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Rubber bands on Groupon – Redux

September 5, 2011December 17, 2011 Katatrepsis2 Comments

The skeptical movement is all about consumer protection, especially when people are being ripped off with woo-related paraphernalia. I’ve mentioned balance bands being sold on group-buy websites twice now.  Well, it turns out that Groupon cancelled the deal because they realised that it was an absolute scam!  Read More »

More expensive rubber bands

August 26, 2011December 17, 2011 Katatrepsis6 Comments

I was taking a week off blogging to catch up on other projects, but I couldn’t help but highlight two “new” scams…
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“Harmony bands”, bovine excrement on Groupon…

August 16, 2011December 17, 2011 Katatrepsis14 Comments
"Harmony balance bands", as featured on Groupon

I subscribe to Groupon which often has some fairly interesting and cheap deals.  Companies offer discounts so long as a certain number of people order the deal.  Often it features beauty treatments, yoga, massage, restaurant deals or shopping discounts.  Today, however, they decided to go all-out woo…

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