"sorry to be brave on the internet but I think #food #labels should list every single #ingredient and that there should be harsher #penalties for #mislabeling and #deceptive labeling"
Shame on you Safeway for deceptive sale prices!
Figi water at Safeway right now shows it's $6.99... but if you read the exceptionally tiny print below the price tag, it says you also have to buy a certain brand of pistachio nuts to get the deal. Otherwise you're likely getting charged $9.49.
Now Safeway normally runs a "deal" on Figi water every other month or so for $6.99, otherwise you pay $9.49 (although it has gone higher at $9.99)
The true price of the product is around $7
Lucky's sells Figi water normally for $6.99 and Target $7.99, although both have had sales discounting it further.
It's never truly on sale at Safeway. It's just overpriced and they make you jump through hoops sometimes to make you feel like you achieved a deal, when they're simply giving you the actual price.
This multi-combination buy is just shameful.
They do the same with Pepsi and Coke products.
This is why I avoid buying beverages at Safeway.
In the 14 yrs the #CFPB has existed, it has challenged #banks on outrageous overdraft fees, taken on payday #lenders, & issued rules to rein in rogue #debt collectors. It created a complaint database to help #consumers seeking to resolve disputes with their #creditors & pursued companies & industries w/ #deceptive marketing & billing practices.
The agency was also laser-focused on making companies communicate w/consumers in plain language.
#Trump #Musk #DOGE #law #regulation #USpol
#Colorado #officials #apologize for #accidentally #honoring #antiLGBTQ+ #hategroup.
#Out Colorado #Gov. #JaredPolis vehemently denied #supporting the #group after a series of "#deceptive #actions" led them to be #honored
— Surely the #name on the #certificate would have been a #bigfuckingclue.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Colorado #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Homophobia #EmptyThePews
#Corrupt #Ohio #SupremeCourt clears #ballot #language saying #antigerrymandering #measure calls for the #Gerrymandering
#CitizensNotPoliticians, brought the #lawsuit last month, asserting the #language “may be the most #biased, #inaccurate, #deceptive, and #unconstitutional” the #state has ever seen.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate
Are 90% of #Kenyans #homophobic?
#Ultraconservative #Christian #advocacy #group CitizenGo circulated a #petition with #deceptive #data #claims
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #Religion #Hategroups #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #Propaganda #Disinformation #ExportingHate #ChristianDarkMoney #EmptyThePews
https://globalvoices.org/2024/08/20/are-90-percent-of-kenyans-homophobic/
Realy !? ... gtfo #intel troll ! #amd #technology #manipulation #marketing #deceptive #fail
Washington, D.C., attorney general sues #StubHub, alleging #deceptive pricing
The majority of subscription apps and websites employ dark patterns
https://stackdiary.com/the-majority-of-subscription-apps-and-websites-employ-dark-patterns/
Adobe’s hidden cancellation fee is unlawful, FTC suit says - Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg / Contributor | Bloomberg)
Adobe pr... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2032021 #unfairbusinesspractices #federaltradecommission #subscription #deceptive #policy #ftcact #adobe #ftc
The #KnightsOfColumbus, a #billiondollar all-#male #Catholic #order, gave $10.8m to fund hundreds of ‘#deceptive’ #antiabortion #CrisisPregnancyCentres in #secret.
#openDemocracy, reports this far exceeds prior #disclosures.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WomensRights #Abortion #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Misogyny #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews #TaxReligiousGroups
We can’t let them #clown us.
#Rightwing #pundits paint #transgender #people as #dangerous, while #comedians paint us as #unhinged and #deceptive. #Antitrans #bigots, pretend to be #feminists and treat transgender people in just the same fashion as the right.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
3/3 At this rate, it may end up with people starting to suspect anything and everything brands claim, including actual product features and promises 
It would be useful to remember the children's tale, 'The boy who cried wolf' all over again.
#FTC #sues #largest #Christian #university in US for #deceptive #advertising.
It's the second #Biden #agency to #takeaction after the #DepartmentofEducation #fined #school nearly $40M for '#falseadvertising'
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #HigherEducation #Religion #Crime #EmptyThePews
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/ftc-sues-largest-christian-university-u-s-deceptive-advertising
This is the way headlines are supposed to be: the best possible summary of the major points of an article.
"Tesla lied to customers, blaming them for shoddy parts the company knew were defective". I can't improve on that.
Tesla is terrible. Don't buy their cars.
That #QRCode You’re About to Scan Could Be Risky, #FTC. Warns
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/business/qr-code-scam-ftc.html
#Scammers have used #QR codes to steal #personalinformation by imitating legitimate companies or sending #deceptive emails and text messages, the #FederalTradeCommission said.
Meta Johnson covets the young
For profits — it must not be done
Seems that they deceive
To comply they won't leave
And the public's shocked by what's been revealed
I haven't used #Facebook in any capacity for almost a decade, but recently started using it again out of necessity, for a specific purpose.
Every time I log in, I see these promoted advertisements that use the exact same #deceptive graphics and appear to be Messenger notifications, but they appear in the advertising area.
I report them as "Misleading Or Scam" and then the next day one or two more appear in the same spot, with the same graphics, but pointing to a different BS website.
Facebook is such trash, I cannot fathom why anyone likes to use it.
Fix your sh*t, Facebook.
@barrygoldman1 
Colour is (a) essential and (b) a snare/delusion in identifying minerals 
The "precious serpentine" here is soft, waxy and translucent, and usually shades of yellow-to-green. Epidote is often "pistachio green", so can overlaps in colour, but is harder and usually opaque. But both can be other colours too! Everything needs to be considered when identifying rocks/minerals, and even then it may not always be possible! 
#Duplicitous #Deceptive
Brandt 
