CATrends: Fake Discounts on Fitness Products
When the sale price is the regular price.
In December 2015, a class-action lawsuit was filed against SneakPeek for allegedly deceptively marketing SneakPeek Early Gender Test as having the ability to scientifically determine the gender of an unborn baby (before a sonogram is able to do so) with 99% accuracy when, in reality, the product does not work as advertised and the results are closer to 60% accurate. (Main et al v. Gateway Genomics, LLC dba SneakPeek and Does 1-20, Case No. 15-cv-2945, S. D. CA.)
When the sale price is the regular price.
Software maker will pay a $75 million fine and provide “affected consumers” with free services.
Order puts platforms like Amazon and Walmart on notice.
Advertised “best deal ever” comes with some caveats.
Cecilia D’Anastasio, Bloomberg