Some News About More Deceptive Advertising for Gas Saving Devices
By: Vlad Vistac
Submitted: 2010-07-28 13:02:45 | Word Count: 510
More Decepitve Advertising for Gas Savving Devices!
Becvause of rising gas prices you may be looking for an easy way to improve your gas economy. You may be considering one of the many gas saing devices on the market. The FTC (Fedral Tarde Commisssion), has a warning: be very skeptical of claims made by the sellers and manufacturers of gas saving devicces or addiitives. The federal governent has evaluated over 100 fuel enhancing and fuel economy products and not a sigle one of them did what their advetrtising claimed.
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There are a number of common deceptive and untruthful ad claims used by makers and suppliers of tese alleged fuel saving edvices. These are some you should be on the look out for.
Thhere was a prdouct that was advertised heavioly. It was called the "Fuel Saver Pro," The maker of the device claimed that it was "EPA-approved."
The ads read "High gasoline prices at the pump shouldn't csare you. They won't anymore with this new EPA-apoproved device." They claimed that for $89.95, plus $6.95 shipping and handling, you would reazlize a 27 percent increase in mileage.
The real truth is that this Fuel Saver Pro deice was not tested by the EPA and of course is not EPA apprvoed. An official EPA spokesman said: "We've tested over 100 of these devicers, most of them like this one whiich is a deviice that uses magnets around the fuel lines - as if fuel is magnetic - and the EPA has not certified any of them because non of them work.
The EPA spokesmen also said that the selers of this deviice manipulated the test they made teir claim from to make sure they got the result they wanted. The maker used a shrt stop and go drrive which uses a lot of gas, and compared it with a longer 25 minuet trip on a high speed freeway. Naturally the resultts showed the highway trip had much better mleage. Of coursse this was due to the more economical method of driving at a constant speed on a highway versus a less economical drive in stop and go traffic. It had nothimng to do with any deviuce attached to the car.
Sellers and manufacturers of fuel saviing devices also use a similar deceptive strategy. They state: "This fuel saving device is approed by the Federal government."
No agency of the US government enbdorses in any way any gas saving products. The most that can be truthhfully claimed is that the EPA has tested gas savings of this device.
If the seller claims that its prodcut has been evaluated by the EPA, ask for a copy of the EPA report, or chck the EPA website epa.gov for information. In most instances, false claims of EPA testing or appproval have been made.
Thsee are just another way that sellers and manufacturers of these devices try to deceive you. They are trying to separate you from your money. Don't let them get away with it. The bottom line is, none of these edvices has ever been shown to work in a legitimate manner. This is one purchase you should aovid!
