It is in the same league as homeopathy, psychics, astrologists etc. All scams but there is buggerall that the law seems willing to do about them...
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It is in the same league as homeopathy, psychics, astrologists etc. All scams but there is buggerall that the law seems willing to do about them...
daveza
Honorary Master
I think they just sell you a 2Kg bag of maize and a piece of string.
OrbitalDawn
Ulysses Everett McGill
I'm not sure what the law can do about it, though? As you said, what do you charge them with? False advertising? "Product did not work as advertised." Maybe you can ask the Consumer Commission to investigate?
The guys putting up posters are being fined because they're breaking by-laws, but that's all they can do it seems.
I'm not sure what the law can do about it, though? As you said, what do you charge them with? False advertising? "Product did not work as advertised." Maybe you can ask the Consumer Commission to investigate?
The guys putting up posters are being fined because they're breaking by-laws, but that's all they can do it seems.
Yip, these holistic healers, homeopathic healers, psychics, alkaline diet healers etc are all protected from prosecution on condition that they don't actually perform or claim to perform any medicine. They can make whatever claims they like.
It is quite preposterous. This is one line of dangerous scam artistry where the law needs to catch up...
OrbitalDawn
Ulysses Everett McGill
Yeah, I agree. At some point the fraud is just obvious, and that should be prosecuted.
koeksGHT
Dealer
Those posters are everywhere here...
WaxLyrical
Honorary Master
False advertising?
I find the abortion posters to be far more problematic but no mention is made of those.
The solution didn't work that time. It does work, they'll claim. And they are not subject to the same requirements of actual medical treatments, so legally, they're not bound to test the veracity of their claims. Anecdotal evidence is perfectly acceptable here.
You can put 'cures cancer' on your marketing and you're fine, as long as you can show someone who rubbed your ointment on their testicles once and then went into remission a few years later.
But then again, false advertising isn't even a criminal offense. All the ASA can do is try to impose a fine. Try...