The elderly folk who would buy something like this
may not be fools, just ignorant. As this was a full-page
ad in a major newspaper, it would get huge exposure
and be thought to have a degree of credibility. A lot
of nice people on fixed incomes will probably bite.
Sad.





On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 09:58:21 -0500, Duane Bozarth
wrote:

frank1492 wrote:

This product had a full-page ad in the Cape Cod Times today.
I understand this ad was placed nationally. Has anyone else
seen it? This electric heater sells for between $297and $499
and claims to "cut heating bills by up to 50%." It makes claims
that it "heats wall to wall and floor to ceiling" which any heater
with properly directed airflow will do, that it does not reduce
humidity (impossible for a dry heat source) and that it doesn't
reduce oxygen (true for all electric heaters.)
The most BTU's you can get out of a wall socket is about
5000. I have a $10 Pelonis heater that does this.
There are a lot of elderly people on the Cape, many of
whom, concerned about the cost of heating this winter, will
fall for this. I have called the newspaper, but no calls back
yet.
My question is really rhetorical as I doubt anything can
be done in time to prevent damage. I will be calling the
Consumer Affairs Office of MA to report this.
Just thought I'd like to have your comments.\

Sounds like typical ad hyperbole to me....you can't protect a fool from
himself.
Nor can you protect everybody who isn't necessarily a fool but gullible
from other reasons. Unfortunate, perhaps, but true.