ralphpnj wrote: > Here in the US what we get are all kinds of commercials that make very > reasonable sounding claims or very attractive offers only at the very > end of the commercial, whether they are in print, on line, on television > or on radio, there is the "fine print" which basically voids everything > said in the commercial. It's really quite comical since you will see or > read an ad that promises to cut your cell phone bill in half only to be > followed by a disclaimer that basically says "hey we're only joking". I > just love totally unregulated capitalism!
As someone with feet on both UK and US soil, and therefore familiarity with the Advertising Standards Authority, it's amazing to me what advertisers in the US can legally get away with. Exactly as you say, you can make all these fundamentally bogus claims and then simply disclaim them in fine print and you're good. Receiver stuck at blue LED state after reboot? Please vote for bug '17462' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17462) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ paulster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23073 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103223 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
