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DealDash.com how is this not false advertising?
Posted on 9/19/16 at 10:53 pm
Posted on 9/19/16 at 10:53 pm
We have outrage over car dealers making a profit but dealdash.com is advertising in older demographic time slots saying you can win MacBooks for $11 or iPhones for 8 cents.
How are these commercials not banned? It's about the same as saying you won $500 just deposit $499 into the account first.
(I understand how it works but many people would not)
How are these commercials not banned? It's about the same as saying you won $500 just deposit $499 into the account first.
(I understand how it works but many people would not)
This post was edited on 9/19/16 at 10:54 pm
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Posted on 9/19/16 at 11:16 pm to gobuxgo5
I would be happy if they shut down just to stop those annoying commercials.
Posted on 9/20/16 at 9:17 am to gobuxgo5
I've never even looked into those as they just sound like a scam.
Like the Indian Loan lady commercials they used to have.
Borrow $10k and pay back $63k.
Like the Indian Loan lady commercials they used to have.
Borrow $10k and pay back $63k.
This post was edited on 9/20/16 at 9:20 am
Posted on 9/20/16 at 10:33 am to bogart
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I would be happy if they shut down just to stop those annoying commercials.
I just wish they would quit advertising on Fox News so my 74 year old father would stop telling me I can get a new ipad for a penny, and showing me the commercial he TiVo'd.
This post was edited on 9/20/16 at 10:34 am
Posted on 9/20/16 at 2:17 pm to GaryMyMan
It is not false advertising because you can technically win/buy all those items for that price. Point is to bid the incremental $$ and hope no-one outbids you. However, if someone does outbid you, you don't get the money back like in a usual auction. So if I bid 1 penny for an iPad, and no-one else bids, I win the iPad for 1 penny. Some wait until the bid is up to $11-$12 and come in and put in a single bid at that amount. If other people have exhausted their budget, they win the iPad for $11-$12.
Most auctions like that have a stipulation that the moment you have paid full price for the item in bids, you get that item. So if you are in the market for an iPad and ready to pay full price and don't care about wasting time for nothing, then you can go this route and see if you can get it for a lower price (you probably won't). I would just go to the Apple store instead.
Most auctions like that have a stipulation that the moment you have paid full price for the item in bids, you get that item. So if you are in the market for an iPad and ready to pay full price and don't care about wasting time for nothing, then you can go this route and see if you can get it for a lower price (you probably won't). I would just go to the Apple store instead.
Posted on 9/20/16 at 2:26 pm to Napoleon
Posted on 9/20/16 at 2:49 pm to AmeriKop45
quote:If you probably won't then the stated "won" price in the commercial probably didn't occur.
It is not false advertising because you can technically win/buy all those items for that price. Point is to bid the incremental $$ and hope no-one outbids you. However, if someone does outbid you, you don't get the money back like in a usual auction. So if I bid 1 penny for an iPad, and no-one else bids, I win the iPad for 1 penny. Some wait until the bid is up to $11-$12 and come in and put in a single bid at that amount. If other people have exhausted their budget, they win the iPad for $11-$12.
Most auctions like that have a stipulation that the moment you have paid full price for the item in bids, you get that item. So if you are in the market for an iPad and ready to pay full price and don't care about wasting time for nothing, then you can go this route and see if you can get it for a lower price (you probably won't). I would just go to the Apple store instead.
Posted on 9/20/16 at 2:50 pm to Tigers4Lyfe
YOU probably won't. But someone has to and did. Odds are very little is what I'm saying.
Posted on 9/20/16 at 5:45 pm to gobuxgo5
Do you want to ban lotteries and gambling too?
Posted on 9/20/16 at 7:48 pm to Porker Face
Ugh yeah that's not he same thing
Posted on 9/21/16 at 7:26 am to gobuxgo5
Why not? There is a small, but not impossible chance of winning a lottery
Casinos marketing says "you will win big" when almost no one actually does. Is that false advertising too?
Casinos marketing says "you will win big" when almost no one actually does. Is that false advertising too?
Posted on 9/21/16 at 8:13 am to Porker Face
My problem is the ads don't take into account all of the money spent on each bid.
Posted on 9/21/16 at 8:40 am to lynxcat
You could make a case of lying by elimination. But it would be a weak case since the T&Cs are invariably listed out in vast detail on the websites. It is just a business model. Don't like the rules? Don't play.
This post was edited on 9/21/16 at 8:42 am
Posted on 9/21/16 at 11:05 am to AmeriKop45
To put into context the ad was airing on a channel that was targeting older demographics who probably could never read that fine print. It's just very misleading
Posted on 9/21/16 at 11:20 am to gobuxgo5
Yeah but only thing is this isn't fine print. Its like investing in the stock market and then saying you didn't read the "fine print" that you may lose money too.
Its the most basic rule of the game. It is not their fault if you didn't read it.
I see your point that that the activity is kind of predatory. Point I'm arguing is that it is not illeagal. Unethical? That is more arguable.
Its the most basic rule of the game. It is not their fault if you didn't read it.
I see your point that that the activity is kind of predatory. Point I'm arguing is that it is not illeagal. Unethical? That is more arguable.
This post was edited on 9/21/16 at 11:23 am
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