US memory ad man 'a crook'

Bought my maid one of those steam irons (on account of her burning my clothes), she used it about 3 times before it gave up the ghost. Thankfuly Phillips brought out a better model which has been going strong for about a year now.
 
The few things I have bought from them are just plain rubbish. An example is that trimmer/clipper thing they advertised over the last while. It looks good, sounds great and it does work....for a little while. The problem is the blade is of such poor quality it is useless to me after about 2 trims.
 
In 2004 he paid the FTC another $2-million, this time in settlement of charges that he falsely claimed in infomercials that a calcium product he sold could cure cancer.
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Trudeau also sells his system as a stand-alone book, which is available for about R110.

The back cover of the book describes him as "the world's foremost authority on memory improvement training", and says everyone has an "inborn photographic memory" which the course will activate.

He is also author of the book "Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You to Know About".

It is reported that people who buy the book learn that to get the full story on natural cures, they have to subscribe to his website
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I don't believe it... Trudeau is hiding out in SA under the pseudonym Johan Beaurain
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:D :D :D
 
A staffer at a Glomail outlet in Cape Town said the company was selling the Mega Memory System as a set of seven CDs with an accompanying book, plus a pocket diary, for R699.

She said there had been "many customers" buying the product.

Trudeau also sells his system as a stand-alone book, which is available for about R110.
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I think I am in the wrong business.
R14 = 7 * R2/cd at rip off bulk top quality(let's not cheat anybody with inferior quality)
R45.00 Pocket diary, embossed - bulk
production cost

Bulk cutting of CDs, printing etc ~ R50.00/set bulk.
Total: R109.00
Book = R110.00
Total R219.00

Now flog something you know has been proven useless till somebody complains at the ASA.

"Sorry, we are withdrawing. All is cool." Profit = (R699.00 - 219.00 - marketing - royalties) x "She said there had been "many customers" buying the product." over 9 years ("In 1998 Trudeau paid a US$500 000 "consumer redress" penalty as part of a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC)")

Anybody want to start a sham?
Correction - business?

My point: Anybody who markets a product will know full well if it has been condemned overseas by the FTC. If they disagreed, you would defend the issue at the ASA. They did not.

"many customers" claiming for refunds would help here, but then again the customers would have to remember where they put their receipts :D
 
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Yeah, everything those firms sell smack of "It wouldn't make it to the mainstream market so we have set up our own channel"
 
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