What company engages in the most shameless, deceptive advertising and why?
Or
What supplement do you believe to be the most deceptively advertised?
Things include before and afters when there is no documentation the person ever used the supplement or used heavy doses of steroids, claiming clinical studies back so and so supplement and the studies only apply to starved rats, making outrageous claims with no studies at all to back up those claims?
My vote VPX NO Shotgun. Not a bad product but lies, lies, lies. I need to market Special K ethyl ester to obese people and I will make a fortune. I would prefer Captain Crunch Ethyl Ester for enhaned flavor.
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12-21-2006, 09:04 AM #1Nimbus Nutrition Rep
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What Company Has the Most Deceptive Advertising?
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12-21-2006, 09:10 AM #2gold member
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muscletech
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12-21-2006, 09:20 AM #3The Next Jason Voorhees
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***********s Bulk Cissus
pfft its more like 786mg1/4 teaspoon = 800mg
Tell your Girlfriend i said thanks....
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12-21-2006, 09:29 AM #4Semper Fidelis
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Uhhhh, all of them.
Never criticize someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes. That way, when you do criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
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12-21-2006, 09:30 AM #5Mega-Bulking!
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12-21-2006, 09:31 AM #6Featherweight
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most companies do... but:
worst = Muscletech
best = NOW
NOW doesnt ever lie really, they dont have to. everyone knows they have quality products...
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12-21-2006, 09:43 AM #7Controlled Substance
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don't they all. Its the name of the game
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12-21-2006, 09:46 AM #8RELOADING
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Fizogen made some insane claims about The Strap. I'd have to go with them and MuscleTech for all their outlandish claims of strength gains, etc.
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12-21-2006, 09:49 AM #9MET-Rx Team Sports
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I agree with both, but I would also like to add BSN to the list.Originally Posted by SavageOne
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12-21-2006, 09:55 AM #10RELOADING
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Agreed.Originally Posted by MCWTRAINER
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12-21-2006, 10:47 AM #11Registered User
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Muscletech and SDI Labs they're adds are rediculous and SDI Labs is just a worthless pile of garbage
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Mortmans Activate/ Novedex XT Log
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=1588791
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12-21-2006, 10:49 AM #12Shunned, Unshunned
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what are you hoping to uncover from such a thread? honestly...
If its not good for pregnant women then why would it be good for me. - MegaPump
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12-21-2006, 10:58 AM #13Registered User
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I'd have to say Legal Gear and Muscle Tech
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12-21-2006, 10:59 AM #14Registered User
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Legal Gear, Muscletech and Fizogen/SDI Labs
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12-21-2006, 11:00 AM #15Dr. KillEmall
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Fizogen and BSN
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12-21-2006, 11:02 AM #16Moving Iron
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MuscleTech, BSN, Gaspari
"The Iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and listen to all kinds of talk, get told that you're a god or a total bastard. The Iron will always kick you the real deal. The Iron is the great reference point, the all-knowing perspective giver. Always there like a beacon in the pitch black. I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go, but two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds."
-Henry Rollins
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12-21-2006, 11:04 AM #17Registered User
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steroids dot com is horrible
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12-21-2006, 11:05 AM #18Registered User
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GNC
Originally Posted by natrlone
If you don't feel like your force feeding yourself, like every meal is a chore, like you could not eat another meal for a week, and taking two or more big dumps a day, then you are not eating enough.
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12-21-2006, 11:06 AM #19No cardio No cry
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They give their products names/packaging reminscent of steroids/Rx PCT
http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/gn/nxt.html
http://www.healthsquare.com/newrx/nol1299.htmLast edited by RU4A69; 12-21-2006 at 11:11 AM.
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12-21-2006, 11:48 AM #20Registered User
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NOW has good stuff at good prices... nothing fancy.. nothing whizbang. No brag, just fact.Originally Posted by maxiderm
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12-21-2006, 11:56 AM #21Registered User
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Originally Posted by tech2
I second that!Bass playing bodybuilder.
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12-21-2006, 11:57 AM #22weight loss pills from those damn infomercialsOriginally Posted by leonidas300
"I'm special, you're special. We are all just a bunch of special fcukers!" - Stifler
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12-21-2006, 11:59 AM #23Jericho-holic Spartan
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BUMPOriginally Posted by tech2
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12-21-2006, 11:59 AM #24back to the basics
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I agree. You'll hear the same ones over and over.Originally Posted by UberBerzerker
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12-21-2006, 12:00 PM #25start wearing purple!
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uk based company
> LA muscle
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12-21-2006, 12:02 PM #26back to the basics
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Tofu burgers claim to taste like real burgers. THEY LIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CONTROLLED LABS - WINNING The WAR Against Genetics
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12-21-2006, 12:06 PM #27
Hoodia companies.
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, and third, it is accepted as self-evident."
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12-21-2006, 12:08 PM #28Registered User
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LOL!!!!Originally Posted by RenegadeRows
Bass playing bodybuilder.
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12-21-2006, 12:37 PM #29The Physique Architect
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VPX
Nutrabolics
Fizogen
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12-21-2006, 12:53 PM #30Registered User
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where's the poll?** no butt kissing here, i'm staying in the red!!
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