CATrends: Fake Discounts on Fitness Products
When the sale price is the regular price.
Information about 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: Misleadingly advertising that customers can cancel its “7 day free trial” at any time when the company makes it difficult to cancel trial subscriptions and instead automatically renews subscriptions
Allegations: Operating a deceptive bait-and-switch scheme
Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose that consumers who sign up for free or discounted trials are enrolled in automatically renewing subscriptions
Allegations: Representing that consumers who sign up for free trials and cancel during the free-trial period will not be charged a monthly fee when the company routinely fails to cancel…
Allegations: Misleadingly representing that memberships include “$10 toward a movie ticket each month – any movie, any showtime, any format” without adequately that the credits expired after 30 days
Allegations: Falsely marketing when sales end
Allegations: Failing to include a variable service fee in advertised prices
Allegations: Falsely advertising that tickets allow consumers to “Fly all day” and gives them “Access to ALL DAY PLAY!” at the trampoline park when the park does not allow consumers…
Allegations: Misleadingly representing that consumers are charged $10.99 in “Taxes & fees” when no portion of that amount is a tax charged by the government and misleadingly using fake sales
Allegations: Failing to include variable “Per-Ticket Fees” and $7 “Order Fees” in advertised prices