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False Advertising

Where has all the trust gone? Well, I’ll tell you… I’ll tell you exactly where it’s gone… After decades of false advertising… It’s gone to the “land of the missing sock”! People can only be promised the world so many times before they stop believing it will ever be delivered.

Honestly… how many times have you purchased a product, due to a very convincing commercial, so excited about the results they boast… only to be disappointed that you seem to somehow have different results than the beautiful model with perfect hair or the handsome man who's getting all the ladies due to his new body spray?

Advertising can be a businesses' best friend, but it can also ruin you just as quickly.  Here enters False Advertising.  As a business owner, I would much rather be honest about the product I'm selling, because at the end of the day, what is more important – getting 100 people to buy your product once and be disappointed, or have 50 repeat customers for years to come..?

As a consumer, I am frequently discouraged when I see a convincing commercial about a product that will supposedly make my life easier, or my hair smoother, make my skin better, or make me smell like a movie star..  but at the end of the day – I simply can't understand why a company would advertise in a way to go for the quick buck, taking advantage of the naive consumer, instead of taking the time to actually make a quality product that will keep them coming back for more.  Now, speaking as one of the naive consumers out there, I have a vested interest in improving the market and what it provides.  I'm saddened by the loss of trust that buyers have (something we commonly experience as a business ourselves, when speaking to potential clients).  Every deal in the market now seems “too good to be true”.  It makes it that much harder for the honest, hardworking businesses to convince the jaded public that they indeed do have a good product that will provide exactly what it promises.

I understand there is no immediate fix to this 'false advertisement'/'lack of trust' problem.  Unless folks somehow regain their conscience… it's going to be here for a while.  But, I do ask the consumer to try and hold onto your faith.  Don't lose it completely.  If something sounds too good to be true, as they say, it probably is… but sometimes, just sometimes… a business, service, or product comes along that prides themselves on providing quality.  And those are the ones worth listening to.  They are the ones worth buying into who deserve your loyalty, respect and repeat business.

Not everyone out there is trying to trick you – but it takes some attention and a good eye to spot the ones who aren’t!