CATrends: Fake Discounts on Fitness Products
When the sale price is the regular price.
Information about federal false advertising class actions filed around the country. Please note, our list is neither comprehensive nor reflective of TINA.org’s opinion.
When the sale price is the regular price.
Consumers balk at hidden junk fees.
Lawsuits target misleading subject lines.
Allegations: Falsely advertising discounts off of artificially inflated regular prices and as available for a limited time
Allegations: Failing to include a variable service fee in advertised prices
Allegations: Falsely advertising products as contain no artificial preservatives
Allegations: Deceptively using slack-filled packages that are mostly empty space
Allegations: Falsely marketing products as made in the USA
Allegations: Falsely marketing projector brightness as ranging between 2000 and 3100 lumens when testing shows the lumen output is “substantially lower”
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as monk fruit sweetener when they contain mostly erythritol
Allegations: Falsely marketing that the lumens rating is higher than it actually is
Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose that a “Software Admin Fee” is added to all student school fee payments and lunch money
Allegations: Falsely advertising that products are made with the same active ingredient as Ozempic and Wegovy