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Re: Court bans Kars4Kids ads in California
Yeah. They're not fraudulent in their ads, but they are sneaky. If donating to private religious camps is your thing, have at it.
- Saul
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Chrisphen wrote:
Yeah. They're not fraudulent in their ads, but they are sneaky. If donating to private religious camps is your thing, have at it.
So long as the ad makes that clear.
People have some responsibility to make an effort to know what they're truly donating to - just like some otherwise legit charities have ridiculously high overheads. Anybody can say anything in an ad to reach into people's pockets. But I do expect a basic level of regulation and enforcement.
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But the ad does NOT make that clear and never has. All it says is donate your car and you can "benefit" a child. But they never say how it helps or where the money goes. And I'm surprised that isn't a bigger story.
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Saw the story on CBC's website this morning.
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ABC News actually mentioned this on their Saturday national newscast.
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Could we ever be so lucky here?
The day something is done about it here is the day something is done about the false advertising Lotto Max spews out. Lotto Max rambles on and on about better prizes but says NOTHING about adding two more numbers, making it 52 instead of 50. This kind of advertising should be illegal.
Our current ad structure here is designed to only tell as much of the truth as you have to, and that's it...