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It's unbelievable that showing a car when it's not being awarded doesn't fall under any sort of false advertising law.

by United857 4y ago

JohnJamesRambo 4y ago
This is a car!
kukx 4y ago
Yeah, like those ads with "I am a doctor and I recommend ...", where the speaker is just an actor.
- selcuka 4y ago
  Even in that case it can be argued that the actual quote was written by a real doctor and the actor is simply reading it. This one sounds like a complete scam.
- noduerme 4y ago
  Or worse, a chiropractor.
  - russh 4y ago
    Doctor of education.
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winternett 4y ago
Don't worry, they've mostly moved on to selling crypto and NFTs for the most part... I haven't seen a car parked in my local mall for ages, there's a bitcoin ATM parked in that space now. There's a certain breed of huckster that even if they designated a prize winner, it would be one of their family members. The most important part of managing scams is to expose them, and cite the names involved so that they need to pick a different line of work.
- josephg 4y ago
  > The most important part of managing scams is to expose them, and cite the names involved so that they need to pick a different line of work. Or we make these scams illegal. Sending scammers to jail is much more effective than finger wagging.
  - themitigating 4y ago
    Cost of a police investigation, prosecution, and then housing them in jail for what? 2 years ? Public shaming is much cheaper
    - xwdv 4y ago
      If you could guarantee someone would go to jail, that would be priceless. Unfortunately I don’t think they would.
      - lbriner 4y ago
        You can never guarantee that! Even if the law was able to be that clear-cut about a particular crime, plenty of people would still believe they will get away with it, otherwise there would be no hard crime in the world right?
    - vkou 4y ago
      These people have no shame, much like a lion has no shame when he eats an antelope.
      - themitigating 4y ago
        That's instinctual and not an accurate analogy
    - josephg 4y ago
      Still orders of magnitude cheaper than the amount of money scammers con out of the public every year.
dathinab 4y ago
it does in many countries
Frost1x 4y ago
It's pretty easy to be deceptive without needing to be false. A lot of advertising these days just use a mix of clever selective language, vague subjective terms, and omission of important information to avoid directly lying. It's pretty much normalized across all marketing at this point. To my knowledge an ad doesn't have to correspond to the visual which is why a lot of ads visually sell or imply sex in some way, meanwhile whatever there selling isn't. Clothing is notorious for this. Sticking a car there just catches your eye like an attractive person might to lure you in. It's then up to the passerby to read the details and fine print of what's actually being sold.
raisedbyninjas 4y ago
I think malls commanding $1500/day for ~200 sq. feet is even more unbelievable.

It's unbelievable that showing a car when it's not being awarded doesn't fall under any sort of false advertising law.

JohnJamesRambo 4y ago

This is a car!

kukx 4y ago

Yeah, like those ads with "I am a doctor and I recommend ...", where the speaker is just an actor.

selcuka 4y ago
Even in that case it can be argued that the actual quote was written by a real doctor and the actor is simply reading it. This one sounds like a complete scam.
noduerme 4y ago
Or worse, a chiropractor.
- russh 4y ago
  Doctor of education.

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winternett 4y ago

Don't worry, they've mostly moved on to selling crypto and NFTs for the most part... I haven't seen a car parked in my local mall for ages, there's a bitcoin ATM parked in that space now. There's a certain breed of huckster that even if they designated a prize winner, it would be one of their family members. The most important part of managing scams is to expose them, and cite the names involved so that they need to pick a different line of work.

josephg 4y ago
> The most important part of managing scams is to expose them, and cite the names involved so that they need to pick a different line of work. Or we make these scams illegal. Sending scammers to jail is much more effective than finger wagging.
- themitigating 4y ago
  Cost of a police investigation, prosecution, and then housing them in jail for what? 2 years ? Public shaming is much cheaper
  - xwdv 4y ago
    If you could guarantee someone would go to jail, that would be priceless. Unfortunately I don’t think they would.
    - lbriner 4y ago
      You can never guarantee that! Even if the law was able to be that clear-cut about a particular crime, plenty of people would still believe they will get away with it, otherwise there would be no hard crime in the world right?
  - vkou 4y ago
    These people have no shame, much like a lion has no shame when he eats an antelope.
    - themitigating 4y ago
      That's instinctual and not an accurate analogy
  - josephg 4y ago
    Still orders of magnitude cheaper than the amount of money scammers con out of the public every year.

dathinab 4y ago

it does in many countries

Frost1x 4y ago

It's pretty easy to be deceptive without needing to be false. A lot of advertising these days just use a mix of clever selective language, vague subjective terms, and omission of important information to avoid directly lying. It's pretty much normalized across all marketing at this point. To my knowledge an ad doesn't have to correspond to the visual which is why a lot of ads visually sell or imply sex in some way, meanwhile whatever there selling isn't. Clothing is notorious for this. Sticking a car there just catches your eye like an attractive person might to lure you in. It's then up to the passerby to read the details and fine print of what's actually being sold.

raisedbyninjas 4y ago

I think malls commanding $1500/day for ~200 sq. feet is even more unbelievable.