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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Jan

I’ve put up a few comments lately sticking up for AI but I might have to pull my head in a bit. We use ChatGPT quite a bit and have found it very useful. It can save us reading through reams of text. I know you need to check out...

artificial intelligence

making stuff up

false advertising

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Is 5-minute Crafts really made in 5-minutes?

JR T. @StyleWithSense (1954) 28 Aug 20

If you happen to check on your YouTube suggested videos, or your Facebook feed, some of your friends might have had share this channel's contents. They are popular in the DIY or easy recipe video guides on these social Medias....

5 minute crafts

5 minute crafts debunked

false advertising

clickbait

dangerous how to

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Bait and Switch, Not So Much

Winona Morris @nonersays (3344) • United States 4 Feb 20

Good evening everyone! Hopefully I'll have time to reply to everyone's comments on the past two days some time tonight. But for this brief moment I wanted to share a laugh. The store I work at has a sale on our spring flowers,...

bait and switch

false advertising

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I never mentioned this on here....

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 1 Feb 17

In my last post about advertising on Facebook, I never mentioned this ad but suddenly here it is in the side margin here on MyLot. So beware.... this is one of the companies that will not ship or will ship very small, poor quality...

advertising

false advertising

facebook

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Advertising Warning

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 1 Feb 17

I mentioned a while back that I had ordered a Christmas present for my daughter on a website that was advertised on Facebook. When I was told I would not receive it in time and to check back after 8 weeks, they stopped...

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Don't try to fool me!

Michelle @infatuatedbby (94909) • United States 5 Dec 16

Who hates false advertising? I do, I do! Being a cardholder at Victoria's Secret - you get lots of perks & insider coupons, deals, on-going promotions both emailed/mailed. Attached is my most recent flyer I received in...

victorias secret

false advertising

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I hate false advertising

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 24 Mar 16

Don't You? Especially when it's online. I've come across a few road blocks on this journey of ancestral heritage. Some of the most frustrating is paid subscriptions needed to look at something. "We've found 300 + matches to...

ambers complaint of the day

complaint

false advertising

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Mylot confirms Greece has left Europe to join USA.

petersum @petersum (4522) • United States 31 May 12

Yes, it's true - photo proof attached, taken directly from the result of an AdChoices top banner link. Attiki is an administrative region of Greece that includes the capital, Athens. You probably already know that...

adchoices fake ad

false advertising

mylot fake ad

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False advertising

hafiz008 @hafiz008 (450) • India 29 Aug 11

Do you think it is better to promote a product by showing qualities that don`t posses and make customers to motivate to have it.For example in a ad when we use a soap and results increase the colour of the skin.The another method...

advertisng

false advertising

promotion

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Faceless book

GideonYavin @GideonYavin (16) • Israel 6 May 10

So we have an enormous amount of hype around the new age marketing through social media. So we have xxx thousands of users between the age of x and Y to target your advertising, etc. How many of these users have submitted...

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If they say "Free", they lie!

sulsisels @sulsisels (1685) • United States 10 Mar 10

I am so aggravated..I needed to find an email address for a relative of mine today, so I went go google and searched, free email address finder. Immediately, I got tons of web sites, all boasting a "Free" service. I choose one,...

false advertising

not free

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Twiggy ads are banned. What's your opinion???

jahernandezrivas @jahernandezrivas (11287) • United States 17 Dec 09

Go here: http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/twiggys-photoshopped-olay-ads-banned-in-england-554961/ Read the story. What do you think?? I agree with the decision. It's false advertising to boot.

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False advertising by celebrites

blue65packer @blue65packer (11826) • United States 29 Aug 09

I been hearing alot of this lately. There are companies and products that use celebrities that they never asked to promote there products! I even heard some celebries don't use a product they say they use! I think that is wrong...

false advertising

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Tell me something that i don't know

pickoy @pickoy (733) • Philippines 17 Jun 09

How many times you've across people who'll let you do a job and until you accept it that's the only time you know you're underpaid? How many times you bought something you thought was cheap only to find out that you're...

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Not true....... The Axe Deodorant Company should be damn ashamed of themselves!

James72 @James72 (26790) • Australia 15 May 09

I've just finished a spray can of Axe Deodorant after taking the plunge and using it for the past couple of months. I wore it daily. While wearing it, I went up elevators and into lifts, ate at restaurants, stood in crowds and...

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As Seen on TV Products

joyceshookery @joyceshookery (2057) • United States 8 Apr 09

My most recent purchase was called "The Biggest Little Bag." That's one of the most ridiculous claims I've heard advertised. I returned the bag/purse to Walmart the next day. The compartments are Barbie Doll size. I wouldn't be...

false advertising

little bag

phony claims

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our McDonald burgers are small

oyenkai @oyenkai (4394) • Philippines 3 Mar 09

I was just wondering how come the burgers we have here don't look like the burgers in the advertisements - both in the posters and in the television commercials. Isn't that a crime? False Advertisement?

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this is really strange....

catjane @catjane (1036) • United States 2 Mar 08

When we first saw the add for our dog it said "Alaskan Malamutes". Both hubby and I wanted a northern dog, so we went and looked at them. We had no idea what an Alaskan Malamute should look like. Our computer was in the shop or I...

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Hmmmmm.... Really how gullible are some people?!?

meeandnotyou @meeandnotyou (2548) • United States 23 Dec 07

Everyone knows that I mess around a little bit on eBay and I have been seeing this but now I have to speak on it. I was just doing some research on eBay for the newest item I am getting ready to sell and I come across this...

ebay

false advertising

misleading

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Lululemon False advertising!!!

Monkeyrose @Monkeyrose (2840) • Canada 14 Nov 07

Lululemon sells a line of yoga wear called VitaSea which they claim is made with seaweed. They say it releases marine amino acids and vitimins into your skin with contact with moisture. I recent test by the Times proved that...

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