Why is it okay to lie and over exaggerated in TV Commercials?

[Starfish]

This had bothered and annoyed me for some time now.

Why is it okay to false advertise? It happens everyday, all day, on the TV. Product claims are usually so over exaggerated that it makes me not trust any thing I see. Then, when a product actually does what it claims, I may miss it, because of all of the garbage.


It is sick how the TV industry funds itself on crap/garbage/idiocy just to provide us with more crap/garbage/idiocy.


The really sad part is that so many people buy into it.
Is that why it keeps happening?

Why don't companies that make false claims about a product, or sway an advertisement by clipping out essential shots of the product in action ever get punished for raping the public?

 

[bluntforcemama]

I'll answer this with another question. Have you ever met an honest saleperson?

 

[Starfish]

Yes, I have. More on a one on one level though, without worry of the boss breathing down your neck.

I am one. I will actually send customers to other stores if what they really need isn't offered by us.

I get your point though. They have to lie to push garbage as if it were gold.

It is just a sick fucking shame.


I just want to tell you all here and now that Oxyclean works like it says it should.

Other than that, you're on your own.

 

[KillerMuffin]

<--- Doesn't watch TV very often and never watches Commercials. There's a mute button for a reason and it's the perfect bathroom break/check the boards/do some homework/get a snack time. Particularly now that you've got about 17 minutes of programming and 13 minutes of commericals. Thats why I usually don't bother to watch TV.

 

[Calamity Jane]

I just want to tell you all here and now that Oxyclean works like it says it should.

Other than that, you're on your own.

Oxyclean is wonderful stuff, isn't it? COuldn't do my laundry without it.

The Swiffer Wet Jet is pretty damn cool too... made my Pergo floors all shiny and pretty.

My husband bought my vacuum off of an infomercial... damn fine vacuum too.

Saw an interesting tidbit on the news the other day though... all those Rx meds they advertise... like Prilosec and the new version of Claritin... the pharmaceutical companies claim they work better than the old version of the same medication... apparently, it's just one more way to get you to still use their meds. The 'new' versions come out as the patent is up on the old versions, and generics will become available... CHEAP meds!!! There is very little clinical evidence that the new version actually works better than the old version.

 

[Private Vasquez]

because the nutrients are IN the peel. The skin is where all those essential vitamins are.

 

[bluntforcemama]

I just want to tell you all here and now that Oxyclean works like it says it should.

See, now that's just a crock! Oxyclean does NOTHING for my clothes. Maybe I'm just too dirty.

 

[Hamletmaschine]

Advertisements cannot legally make false claims about a product. They can be prosecuted for doing so. Many of them, therefore, have perfected the art of doublespeak, in which it appears as if a claim is being made, but in fact they rarely make any claims at all. Thus, while any sensible person would come to the conclusion, based on what an ad does say, that it's claiming to do this or that, they never actually say it and so avoid prosecution.

That's not to say that advertisers never make false claims, because they sometimes do--and they're sometimes prosecuted for it. But they probably don't do it as often as you think they do.

 

[Hamletmaschine]

See, now that's just a crock! Oxyclean does NOTHING for my clothes. Maybe I'm just too dirty.

Consumer Reports did a test of Oxyclean a year or so ago and found that plain old water got clothes cleaner than water + Oxyclean.

 

[Starfish]

I don't wash my clothes with Oxyclean.

I have however...

Removed dried blood from a mat finished wall with it. It left no trace of a stain. Nothing else would take it off.

Removed black soil stains on a white door that NOTHING else would remove.

Removed black soil stains on many plastic pots that nothing else would remove.

Removed hard water stains from aquariums, water faucets and other items that only LimeAway would remove (limeaway is very corrosive, and oxyclean is not)

Removed a carpet stain from cat puke (100 times over) that nothing else would get out.

That is enough for me to be sold on the product, especially considering that if I were to opt for somthing else to use, it would probably be some what hazardous to the environment, or even to animals and people.

In comparison to products such as Bleach, Simple Green, Ammonia, Chinch, and other cleaning products the shit is safer, less damaging, and it does remove grease and stains from walls and cupboards better than anything I've ever used.

 

[bluntforcemama]

I need something that removes oil paint from my overalls. Any ideas?

 

[Starfish]

I think it is time for NEW overalls.

 

[Starfish]

Oh yes, and i've used it for soak cleaning a curtain sheer... just like in the commercial, that was stained yellow from cigarette smoke.

It made it white again. Looked brand new actually.

Bleach will not remove cigarette tar.

I've also used it to clean off dried stuck on decayed organic matter to glass or plastic that would have taken a shit load of scrubbing. Just a ten minute soak, with the bubbles scouring it, and it rinsed away with no scrubbing.

 

[Private Vasquez]

lies and over-exaggerations, all of it

 

[lovetoread]

See, now that's just a crock! Oxyclean does NOTHING for my clothes. Maybe I'm just too dirty.

Ditto.

It doesnt do anything for mine either.

 

[Calamity Jane]

Ditto.

It doesnt do anything for mine either.

Y'all are just filthy, aren't ya?

Oxyclean is awesome for my laundry. 2 scoops, detergent and hot water. Gets out grass stains, blood, mud, even that lovely green slobber from my horses. But it only works with hot water.

 

[Starfish]

Hot water is the trick. You can't dissolve those little pellets in cold or warm.

I like it hot anyway.

 

[lovetoread]

2 scoops?

It said one and I used warm water.

I guess I'll try it that way then.

 

[wizbit9]

We in britain are lucky that we dont have the same amount of adverts that you do in the states but the ones we have still make me mad

they all imply that we are brain dead and cant think for ourselves

The ones that get me are the ones advertising clothing detergent that apparently gets better and better with each development

Ariel followed by ariel ultra followed by ariel futur followed by ariel bullshit

it all does the same and it doesnt help with the fucking ironing

(ariel futur) how do you expect kids to spell if they spell their product incorrectly

AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH

 

[Calamity Jane]

2 scoops?

It said one and I used warm water.

I guess I'll try it that way then.

One scoop might work if ya use hot water. I have a huge washing machine, so I use double oxyclean and double soap.

I can't believe I'm pulling the infomercial thing....

 

[dreamer]

I like it hot anyway.

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