Comments on: Christmas Rip Offs – Too Much White Smoke

By: Jerry

Jerry — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:23:34 +0000

I don’t know about this particular promotion, but I bought Whitesmoke during one of their sales. I bought the general version, which was marked down as 75% off, and came with 2 additional profiles (I got Creative and Business – they came with a multilingual dictionary), so I ending up paying $99.95. So far, Whitesmoke has proved to be nothing but helpful – has fixed grammatical errors I surely would have missed. So maybe they had some particular promotion that turned out to be misleading, but for me personally, I ended up happy with the product itself.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:05:56 +0000

You know, the false advertising happens more this time of year I think. I guess many of the companies hide the fine print hoping that you’ll be so frustrated in the store or afraid of making a scene that you’ll buy anyway.

By: Darryl@Angela

Darryl@Angela — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:53:43 +0000

What ticks me off is when a free trial for a product is promised, requiring only shipping, but hidden in the small print is a clause which automatically deducts a much larger monthly fee from your card, unless you actively opt out. And then to make matters worse, some scammers make you call a long distance number just to opt out, making the process even more difficult. Absolutely dishonest.

By: Bill@financial help

Bill@financial help — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:36:29 +0000

I agree, email marketing is totally dishonest. if more people would follow the “if it looks too good to be true it probably is” mentality then for the most it might decline.