"Powerbracelets" Finally Busted

I'll be the first to admit that I actually have a Power-Balance wristband. :o

A friend of the family is a Flea market snake oil salesman. He usually sells the car polish that they put lighter fluid on and light to show you how it protects the finish.

He traded into an assortment of them and gave them away as Christmas gifts. He means well but buys into the BS as much as he uses it to sell his wares.

I honestly expected it to have the magnets in it or something like the bracelets that they marketed to the golfers years ago. This thing is nothing more than a silicone band with some holograms on it. The same stuff that the Livestrong bracelets are made of.

If they paid me as much as they do the athletes that plug the things for them, I might actually wear it.
 
Funny - I had just seen these for sale yesterday at my local mall. They had an entire booth dedicated to it.
 
Gollnick said:
When you go to see a stage magician perform his illusions, where is the truth? The truth is in the outcome, that you were entertained. And what is this performer's product that he should charge you money for? It is not a rabbit that came out of an empty hat. No. It is the illusion and the entertainment that results.

This company may, in some people's definition, produce a fraud. But, they may say that their product is not so much the bracelet but is an illusion. What the customer purchases is the illusion. And isn't that a real product? Isn't that as real as the magician's stage show? And if someone derives some benefit from it -- even if that benefit is entirely in his head -- isn't there legitimate value in that?

Unlike some medical frauds which are either directly harmful or which may distract from true medical treatments, this one is quite harmless. So if some people BELIEVE that it is beneficial and if, as a result of that belief focused by the object, they obtain a benefit (even if that benefit is just the pleasure of thinking that there is another benefit, of thinking that their athletic performance is improved), then what is the damage in that?

An interesting way to look at if from a different perspective.
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The difference is when you pay to see a magician you know you're paying for illusion. Outright lying and making false claims is illegal, and rightly so. If people do well with a placebo even when they know it's a placebo, then market your device as a placebo and no one can have any complaints!
 
Mark J said:
So are you saying my WWRD? bracelet is a fraud?

- Mark
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Oh no. The WWRD and Glasgow Commemorative Bracelets are the real deal. They have no power or balance in them but there is no greater source of enlightenment that one can purchase.
 
My pet rock died and now this :grumpy:

I can't even bring myself to do a google search on my George Foreman Grill as I might not really be making FAST, EASIER and HEALTHIER meals at all.
 
Next you are going to tell me my pet rock is dead. I have kept it alive for 30 yrs. now. It is my best friend and companion. He really listens to me.
 
Gollnick said:
And there you have it. At the top level, athletics is as much in the mind as in the body. Were I the employeer of an athlete who performed well wearing one of these bracelets and now suddenly has had a sudden change, I would sue the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission who forced this revelation for destroying my property.
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Sue the ACCC... rofl!

Have fun with that!
 
Anyone remember the have a Charles Atlas body in 7 days add?It was in the back of Marvel Comic Books in the early 70s.
 
GRIM 62 said:
Anyone remember the have a Charles Atlas body in 7 days add?It was in the back of Marvel Comic Books in the early 70s.
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Dude! Whoa! A definite blast from the past. Along with my earliest boxing (he was a cornerman for some amateur fighters back in the day) and judo, I inherited my uncle's stack of "Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension" stuff from the late 60's!

Ahhhhh, memories! :)
 
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I wear a power bracelet and I lift things up and put them down.:D

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i don't like sayn but sheep and losers are the ones who buy this stuff...and they're prob the same who answer those nigerian email scams too..
 
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