Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Two small pleasures in the battle against woo

PowerBalance has admitted their magical bracelets are a fraud:

In our advertising we stated that Power Balance wristbands improved your strength, balance and flexibility.

We admit that there is no credible scientific evidence that supports our claims and therefore we engaged in misleading conduct in breach of s52 of the Trade Practices Act 1974.

If you feel you have been misled by our promotions, we wish to unreservedly apologise and offer a full refund.

W00t!

Even better news: this is currently a top trending topic on Twitter worldwide.

Hope Shaq asks them to take this page down soon:

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And as long as we're being giddy with enthusiasm, let's pretend he's reading this, and invite him to donate the money they gave him to a worthy cause. Here's a suggestion:

Donate button for the James Randi Education Foundation

1 comment:

Don McArthur said...

Good news indeed. I took the presence of those commercials on TV to be an indication of how badly our culture had degenerated.

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