by Dennis Beaver | consumer, false advertising
February 1, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver Following our recent articles on deceptive-range claims made by manufacturers of consumer walkie talkies, we were contacted by “Hank,” a reader in California’s Central Valley whose agriculture and ranching-related business requires...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, false advertising
March 17, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver It is virtually impossible to go online or open almost any magazine and not be constantly told about how some language program makes it easy to learn a foreign language “like a child learns a language,...
by Dennis Beaver | false advertising
July 11, 2009 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver A restaurant advertised a two-for-one senior discount. A couple saw the ad, went in, and asked a waitress about the discount before ordering. She stated, “No, we don’t have a discount for...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, false advertising, technology
January 25, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver Have you purchased a pair of walkie-talkies which claimed in bold, large print on the package a range of anywhere from 6 to 50 miles, taken them home, charged the batteries and then discovered that these radios barely let you talk a...
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...
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...
