It should be illegal!

Just channel hoping and came across an auction TV station. They were selling an "amazing" Vivitar digital camera. The claims they made for the camera were;

1. It was 8 mega pixels "you only get that on professional cameras usually"
2. The 3x optical and 2x digital zoom "give the sort of range you can't get on any other small camera"
3. Vivitar is the most popular camera brand in the US.

The best though was when the guy was talking through the functions.

There is automatic mode - "automatically zooms for you"
Movie mode - "you can make you own films" (what with the free 8mb SD card?)
AV mode - for when you attach the camera to you video.
TV mode - for showing pictures on your TV.

Would this be taking money by deception?

oh wow, I'd call the station and alert them to their errors.

AV mode.. of course.. audio/visual...
TV mode.. makes perfect sense.. for hooking to your tv... LOL

I don't think most people know what AV and TV modes are.. I never knew until i started looking at higher end cameras...

QVC by any chance?
Some of those presenters wouldn't know their arse from their elbow

Anyhow whatever channel it is it's pretty poor!

LOL.. that is way too funny....

Col_M wrote in post #2308247
QVC by any chance?
Some of those presenters wouldn't know their arse from their elbow

Anyhow whatever channel it is it's pretty poor!

No it was Price Drop. Same difference though.

OOOOHHHHHH YYYEAAAAHHHHHHH,

VIVITAR: AMERICA'S CHOICE FOR CAPTURING THE MOMENT

That's Misrepresentation (legal term) and false advertising.

Where's my $20,000 check?

dewmuw wrote in post #2308228
Just channel hoping and came across an auction TV station. They were selling an "amazing" Vivitar digital camera. The claims they made for the camera were;

1. It was 8 mega pixels "you only get that on professional cameras usually"
2. The 3x optical and 2x digital zoom "give the sort of range you can't get on any other small camera"
3. Vivitar is the most popular camera brand in the US.

The best though was when the guy was talking through the functions.

There is automatic mode - "automatically zooms for you"
Movie mode - "you can make you own films" (what with the free 8mb SD card?)
AV mode - for when you attach the camera to you video.
TV mode - for showing pictures on your TV.

Would this be taking money by deception?

I think I saw that exact advertisement myself a while back.

Caveat emptor.

(Just trying to impress Petkal with my knowledge of Latin)

Curtis N wrote in post #2309366
Caveat emptor.

(Just trying to impress Petkal with my knowledge of Latin)

Buyers beware is one thing, trying to sell you one then when it clearly isn't is another.

The shopping stations do this all the time with telescopes...

"See Saturn as big as the moon!"
(You don't have a backyard big enough
to hold the telescope that will let you see
that!)

"This telescope has over 625x!!!!"
(You NEVER market a telescope by
it's "power"...always by aperture....
The 'norm' is around 200x anyway )

"Rock solid tripod!"
(You put a marshmellow on this thing
and it bends...)

Et al and yadda yadda yadda....

I'm sure if some attorney took the time, he/she might get these people to advertise right.

In the mean time, the best one can do is keep your friends informed.....and give the finger to the TV a lot.....

Tom D

Anyway mine should arrive in 7 days!

Oh no.

Sort of thing my gran would buy.

If the man on TV says its good. She'l buy it!

I do dispair with her and the shopping channels!

She gets addicted!