False Or Misleading Advertising Articles and Resources

Resolved Question: Car Insurance are we been conned?

I was quoted £318 for fully Comprehensive last year, I have never claimed, no convictions, no points on my licence, accident free for 20yrs. Yet I am now been quoted £418. I understand that my premium could go up but by over £100 in one jump, how can they justify this... No wonder people are driving without Car Insurance, it,s a complete rip of. One company Compare the Market. com was quoting me £1,300 for third party fire and theft. And the most annoying thing of all is all the advertisments on T.V. are false and misleading, take for example confused.com they sure live up to their name!!. They show insurance quotes with £220 upwards to £280 on the T.V screen and when you ring them or contact them on the search engine they are in the £450 upwards range, surely this is false advertising... Is there anything that can be done about this???? more

Resolved Question: USA FALSE ADVERTISING? - RIPPED OFF?

I booked a vacation activity of a `Sealife Safari Tour' for 4 through http://www.vacationsmadeeasy.com/OrlandoFL/activity/SealifeSafariTour.cfm. When you read the information it sounds great and likely worth the expense for a memorable holiday event. When you go to book it brings up info only for the tour at Clearwater. The event calendar is also very restrictive for 8.45am only throughout every future period. Clearly they then can't offer the buffet lunch beforehand but we still decided to go for it based on the interest factor. When we arrived, we found that the exact same tour is available directly off the pier at $19.95 per head at every sail time during the day/evening. There is no marine biologist aboard and there are no times when they offer food. It was the exact same trip/company as purchased through this agent. They charge $92.45 per head. This gives around an 80% mark up for their booking fee for a trip which appears to be falsely advertised. I have tried to get my money back but their terms do not allow that. I have left a review on their website but no reviews at all are showing. That would suggest they block them to avoid adverse publicity. I am in the UK and wish to report them for investigation for the relevant agency. I would also like my money back for false advertising but stopping them from ripping other people off would also be a reward. It could be I've made some kind of mistake with the tour info, but it appears to me to be deliberately misleading. If anyone has new light to shed, I would be interested to hear and/or can anyone please advise who I would make compaint to? We all work long and hard for our small amount of leisure time and if this is a scam these people need to be stopped from conning other people. Thank you more

Resolved Question: To what extent should advertisers be allowed to use extensions/computer enhancement in cosmetics adverts?

Most cosmetic ads on TV these days (esp. L'Oreal) use hair extensions on their models when advertising shampoo and conditioner, fake eyelashes when advertising mascara and/or enhancing both with computer graphics. There is usually an almost invisible notice flashed up in the bottom left hand corner for a few seconds telling us that's what they're doing, but who thinks they are misleading consumers? We know that the models are very beautiful but if even they have to be enhanced, what hope is there of the product making the rest of us look any better? If Linda Evangelista needs computer trickery to make her eyelashes look better, or Claudia Schiffer needs hair extensions before being deemed fit to advertise shampoo I may as well seal myself up in a dark room so nobody need look upon my hideousness! To what extent is it false advertising and should it be allowed? more

Resolved Question: Advertising cosmetics: to what extent should extensions/computers be used to enhance a model's looks?

Most cosmetic ads on TV these days (esp. L'Oreal) use hair extensions on their models when advertising shampoo and conditioner, fake eyelashes when advertising mascara and/or enhancing both with computer graphics. There is usually an almost invisible notice flashed up in the bottom left hand corner for a few seconds telling us that's what they're doing, but who thinks they are misleading consumers? We know that the models are very beautiful but if even they have to be enhanced, what hope is there of the product making the rest of us look any better? If Linda Evangelista needs computer trickery to make her eyelashes look better, or Claudia Schiffer needs hair extensions before being deemed fit to advertise shampoo I may as well seal myself up in a dark room so nobody need look upon my hideousness! To what extent is it false advertising and should it be allowed? more

Resolved Question: False advertising. How do they get away with it?

False advertising in health products.? I have always wondered why it is that companies that make clearly false claims about their products do not get sued for false or misleading advertising. For instance my email inbox is constantly full of spam email for all sorts of pills and creams for making this bigger or that smaller. But we all know that the claims they make are ludicrous. Is there no law that can be used against these companies?Teddi P you have to be smart enough to read and understand my question. more

Resolved Question: False advertising in health products.?

I have always wondered why it is that companies that make clearly false claims about their products do not get sued for false or misleading advertising. For instance my email inbox is constantly full of spam email for all sorts of pills and creams for making this bigger or that smaller. But we all know that the claims they make are ludicrous. Is there no law that can be used against these companies? more