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Do not pass ‘Go’, do not collect $200

by Dennis Beaver | business, contractor, false advertising

October 18, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver Anyone who has ever played Monopoly is familiar with those two sentences, which mean: You’ve been caught. There is no appeal. You are not wiggling out this time. Accept your punishment. While Monopoly is considered primarily a game...

Mutiny at the seafood restaurant

by Dennis Beaver | business, employment, false advertising

August 19, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver The telephonic “SOS” was at 10 a.m. from “crew members” at “Captain Looney’s Seafood Restaurant,” a small chain of fast-casual restaurants specializing in sustainable seafood. On a speaker phone were the lovely voices of two servers,...

Wood cleaning company damaged room in her house

by Dennis Beaver | business, consumer, false advertising, homeowner's insurance, insurance

December 18, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver
 “Mr. Beaver, I live in a home that is over 100 years old and has beautiful wood beams, paneling, floors, built-in bookshelves, counter tops, a dining table – beautiful, old wood everywhere. “I hired a company that claimed to...

Don’t get burned by solar

by Dennis Beaver | business, consumer, false advertising

February 7, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “We are considering making the jump into solar for both our home and machine shop which consumes a great deal more electricity than a normal house. But in researching solar in general, I came upon some of your articles which were...

Learn a Language in Three Weeks? Really?

by Dennis Beaver | advertising, education, false advertising

May 3, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver You have no doubt heard commercials for Babbel, Rosetta Stone or other computer assisted language learning programs which make claims along the lines of “You can learn a new language in three weeks.” In fact, both Rosetta Stone and...

This Hotel Wasn’t Quite Ready to Accept Guests during its Renovation

by Dennis Beaver | advertising, consumer, false advertising, hospitality

December 14, 2018 • By Dennis Beaver March 14th, 2018 at 4:00 in the morning was a day and time “Denny” would love to forget. “I had the strangest nightmare. A tiny, evil character–something out of a horror movie–had poured gasoline on my right leg, set it on...
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