FitFlops - shock, horror are a scam

Computersaysno

Lynx ad's are all done fairly tongue in cheek.

People DO indeed buy them because of the toning claims, otherwise why would the sellers make such claims????

jacques_chirac

Computersaysno wrote: »

People DO indeed buy them because of the toning claims, otherwise why would the sellers make such claims????

Evidence?

If you look at the Fitflop website the focus of their advertising is on comfort.

Computersaysno

jacques_chirac wrote: »

Evidence?

If you look at the Fitflop website the focus of their advertising is on comfort.

Evidence......er, the name for one. All the advertising before they got slammed??

The focus on the website may well now be comfort...but before they got slammed it was 'toning'. IIRC they still go on about microwobbleboard bollix.

here's what they were spouting a few yrs ago....

The result of a two-year collaboration between Marcia Kilgore, the woman behind the Bliss spa brand, and Dr David Cook, an expert in bio-mechanics at London's South Bank University, the Fit-Flop looks like an ordinary flip-flop but - if you believe the hype - comes with 'a gym built-in'.

Kilgore wanted to invent something 'that would help fight the onset of cellulite while I was walking to the office'.

With the help of Dr Cook, she devised a flip-flop that contains 'patent-pending micro-wobbleboard technology' that, like MBTs, slightly destabilises your usual gait, forcing your muscles to work harder.

The result is a sandal they claim is 'clinically proven to work your bum muscles more, has a significant effect on toning the muscles of your thighs and helps reduce joint strain and absorb shock'.

Computersaysno

comeandgo wrote: »

I have used Herbalife products and they do work too, pity I cant afford them anymore.

Just buy the [100 times cheaper] generic pills that 'do' the same as the herba!!!!! stuff.

BTW they don't work [despite what you think].

wealdroam

Computersaysno wrote: »

All the advertising before they got slammed??

The focus on the website may well now be comfort...

here's what they were spouting a few yrs ago....

So all you are quoting is old stuff.

Please explain why you think we should still persecute a company that has cleaned up their act?

Actually no... don't bother doing that.

This really isn't a Consumer Rights issue.

Once upon a time it may have been a Consumer Rights issue, but as you say yourself, the company's activities no longer promote their earlier claims.

Please re-read my earlier post... post #9

elsien

They're also good for people with arthritis in their toes.

Computersaysno

wealdroam wrote: »

Please explain why you think we should still persecute a company that has cleaned up their act?

I wasn't suggesting that we persecute a company, merely making sure no one thought they did anything useful for toning or keeping 'fit'.

Computersaysno

elsien wrote: »

They're also good for people with arthritis in their toes.

Gee...well in that case the NHS are wasting millions when all they have to do is buy fitflops. [There's the big pharma conspiracy again].

Trust me, if there was any EVIDENCE that what you say is remotely true, then the manufacturer would be screaming it from the rooftops!

Anecdotes are not evidence.

[And no, not everyone's view of reality is as valid as others].

Computersaysno

If what people are saying is 'they are comfy shoes', then I'm not going to disagree, but !!!!!! to claim they cure plantar fascitis or arthritis is a load of bollix.

Country_Cousin

I am curious - do you own a pair and have found they do not suit you? What is your interest.

I have three pairs (2 with toe posts and 1 pair of shoes that I bought just the other week) and I find them very, very comfortable. That is all that I need to know about a pair of shoes.