Eeyore said:
Can't the FTC shut down these scammers ?
Graham
I don't think a government agency can just shut down someone who makes
dubious claims about a product, especially when it it consists of
instructions that are open to interpretation, and materials that you must
purchase. The claims can be written in such a way that they are hard to
disprove, and the amount of money spent is so small in proportion to what
you must spend in time and materials to build the device, that it just
isn't worth it. You might be able to win a judgment in small claims court,
but then you would have to take other measures to collect. For $60? Nah...
At this time I am looking for a new mattress or bed that will help my
chronic back problems. A friend recommended the sleep number bed, which is
heavily advertised on TV. My chiropractor gave me a brochure on a
"chiromatic" bed. And I did some on-line research, which yielded a lot of
similar websites for a SAT or SAM self-adjusting air bed, which looked
promising until I read some negative opinions on epinions.com. There seems
to be an actual lawsuit against at least one of the many manifestations of
what appear to be really one company. In this case, they are selling an
actual product, at over $1000, and they have claims of it being a durable
medical device, so there is a bit more at stake there.
But even though the lawsuit was filed several years ago, the company is
still pushing the same product, and it is a little difficult to be sure
about the pros and cons. But I think a big clue here is that there are few,
if any, moderate reviews. I think the over the top positive reviews are
written by the owner of the company and his proxies, while the horrible
negative stories are probably true.
Paul