Saturday, October 31, 2020

Caixin baits online users with a catchy $0.99 price, but when you click on this bait, the real, sustainable price is approximately 21 times

Caixin isn't alone. Far from it. Almost every online subscription service uses this deception. Ought to be banned.




Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Dabur plays with public's lack of knowledge about v/v and w/w to inflate the perceived percentage of alcohol in its hand sanitizer [COMPACTIDEA]

Dabur knows that public doesn't know what v/v and w/w mean. So in Amazon's title, it cleverly says 70% v/v alcohol, making buyer feel like this product is more potent compared to those hand sanitizers which contain "only 60% alcohol", whereas on w/w basis, this Dabur product also contains only 60% alcohol. Clear deception.


Sunday, April 26, 2020

Reliance Jio inflates the number of months of validity for its prepaid recharge packs by changing the definition of a month!

So when they boldly write "12 months", you assume a year or 365 days, and you're alright to assume this as a consumer, but in reality it's only 336 days [or a full 29 days less, almost a month less, implying ~11 months], because they've - in small-sized disclaimer print at the bottom - changed the definition of a month! Such nasty tricks go on in the open without bone-breaking fines!