Quote :

"Anyone who even for one second considered the thought that these things might actually work is a fucking moron."

And if you've bought anything like this, I happen to have a bridge I'll sell you at a great price.

11/15/2010 12:28:00 PM

Fuck the power balance. I want to live forever!


http://www.alexchiu.com/

11/15/2010 1:22:08 PM

lol, where are all the skeptics in the religion threads in TSB?

11/15/2010 1:32:23 PM

I don't bother debating religion in TSB. Don't believe in it, though.

11/15/2010 5:29:35 PM

^^^ http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Alex_Chiu

Salesmanship works, I guess. Fuck scammers. I still say we should shoot them and set them on fire.

11/16/2010 12:45:13 AM

http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/964065

Quote :

"Power Balance has admitted that there is no credible scientific basis for the claims and therefore no reasonable grounds for making representations about the benefits of the product. Power Balance has acknowledged that its conduct may have contravened the misleading and deceptive conduct section of the Trade Practices Act 1974."

It's from Australia, but if anybody can spot a scam, I'd think it'd be the country settled by convicts

12/27/2010 10:59:38 AM

I thought this thread was about the Zelda power bracelet.



[Edited on December 27, 2010 at 11:07 AM. Reason : haha damn someone already beat me]

12/27/2010 11:05:52 AM

I will say that I purchased one of the Phiten brand necklaces that alot of MLB players wear. That was about two years ago now.. at the time I was a Chronic Pain patient - mostly nerve pain due to various factors. I've gotten better now, but at the time my nervous system was highly up-regulated and I could feel almost every little bit of muscle tension or nerve tightness in my entire body.

Wearing the necklace didn't help at all, but interestingly enough did have a very quick negative effect on me. After putting it on for a few minutes I could begin to feel increased nerve pain/activity in various places and it would get worse over time.

What this means I have no idea.. but I did find it interesting that it had *some* affect on my body. It's something that I doubt healthy people would be able to notice.

12/27/2010 11:07:59 AM

One of my friends sold magnetic bracelets at the mall last month.
He basically did the balance trick on people all day long.

iirc, he said the ones he sold were $19.95 each, but if you buy three you get two for free. His commission was $5 per bracelet including the free ones, so each time he suckered someone into buying them as Christmas gifts on the buy three deal he made $25.

12/27/2010 11:21:34 AM

Phiten is the same mumbo jumbo. Hasselback advertises for them out in Seattle. It's really sad that people believe in this crap still

12/27/2010 12:00:41 PM

wow, a multi-page thread in The Lounge about some total bullshit

12/27/2010 1:44:27 PM

Wow... this is shocking to me that people in the US believe in this shit. And you have that video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gIMxjr3n5U which seems like it was made in a sophisticated modern facility, not some back alley.

I wouldn't be shocked if it was a product sold in some 3rd world country with a low literacy rate and massive poverty and underdevelopment, but the US???

So what the fuck is the point of going to school and college, if people are going to believe in hocus pocus like this anyway?

And I don't see what's new about this thing anyway... magnetic chains and bracelets have been sold for decades which also resonate with your energy at special frequencies and heal you and all that bullshit... this time, some company just decided to make a cool looking one made of rubber so people with active lifestyles can wear it, and they gave it a cool name.

Fuck this.

Quote :

"What the hell is wrong with people who have even a 1% inkling that this MAY be real? Any time you see any bullshit like this it is fake. FAKE. Don't just be skeptical, be outright pissed off about it. Shoot people who try to sell this shit, set them on fire while they bleed out, and piss on their corpse. Don't give them the opportunity to spread the stupid disease even further."

Can I sell some of you a Bio Disc? It is worth reading this, just so you can facepalm yourself:

http://www.qnet.net/products/energy/amezcua/bio_disc/en/

How about a Straw Tube?

http://www.qnet.net/products/energy/amezcua/straw_tube/en/

Check out all the 'energy' products in the links... definitely worth a LOL.

12/27/2010 3:51:21 PM

^ There's a sucker born every day. Doesn't matter the country.

Quote :

"however, there is a way to enhance and improve the biocompatibility of water molecules. Enhancing water’s biocompatibility means that you get more out of every sip while quenching your thirst."

So it turns your water into Gatorade?

12/27/2010 4:00:05 PM

While I think these things are ridiculously stupid

I'm also mad I didn't think of them first

12/27/2010 4:06:52 PM

Quote :

"So what the fuck is the point of going to school and college, if people are going to believe in hocus pocus like this anyway? "

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12/27/2010 4:21:09 PM

well played FykalJpn. well played indeed

12/27/2010 4:24:26 PM

^^ Well that thread went over your head, didn't it!

P.S. I knew someone would bring that thread up, just wanted to see who it would be!


[Edited on December 27, 2010 at 7:01 PM. Reason : ]

12/27/2010 7:00:46 PM

12/27/2010 7:35:19 PM

^^^^ lol

[Edited on December 27, 2010 at 7:41 PM. Reason : .]

12/27/2010 7:39:52 PM

this shit doesn't have anything on the The Psychotronic Money Magnet™ Ultra Advanced v1.0

check it out yo:

http://www.lifetechnology.org/moneymagnetultra.htm

Quote :

""The Psychotronic Money Magnet™ Ultra Advanced Version 1.0 The Ultimate in Financial Abundance Engineering Technology Through the aid of spiritual guidance given to us by the Archangel Mikhail we have discovered a uniquely different and improved method of creating our well known Psychotronic Money Magnet™. The new method was delivered to us through an exceptionally gifted channel and we were astounded by the information that we were privileged to have received. According to the information the new Scalar Vector Programming Method™ which we have adopted can raise the subtle energy characteristics and the manifesting capabilities of The Psychotronic Money Magnet™ more than one hundred fold ! It was explained to us by the Archangel Mikhail that mankind was to be allowed to see the truth that we all have a connection to the source of all and that abundance is the natural state of the universe. We all have access to that state through meditation. The Psychotronic Money Magnet™ merely super-connects our consciousness to the source of all abundance more quickly and easily than meditation or any other known method. ""

for the low price of 89.99 199.99 it can be all yours.

[Edited on December 27, 2010 at 10:42 PM. Reason : holy shit they raised the price]

12/27/2010 10:39:14 PM

To me it looks like bullshit to me!

12/28/2010 12:07:00 AM

^^ Wow

12/28/2010 5:59:42 AM

Look kids. Placebos work even when you tell people they are getting placebos.

12/28/2010 7:16:31 AM

I too heard that placebo story on NPR the other day.

12/28/2010 9:21:24 AM

I prefer to buy lottery tickets and wear them on my wrist.

12/28/2010 8:25:16 PM

^^,^^^ Do placebos work for the eternal cynic? Like for a person that believes that a decongestant pill has never worked for them in the past so they believe that decongestants will never work for them.

12/28/2010 8:51:03 PM

Quote :

"Water passed through the Amezcua Straw Tube becomes more hydratious, which makes the transfer of nutrients more efficient and makes water more biocompatible."

i wish my water was more HYDRATIOUS.

12/29/2010 12:23:13 PM

CNBC's Sports Product of the year:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/40842683

I think this quote says all there is to the effectiveness of the product:

Quote :

"“When people ask us questions about whether it works or not, our response is simply on-field authenticity,” said Art Chou, senior vice president of product for Rawlings, which is owned by Jarden. “It is worn by tons of athletes at the pro level and they say it works and many of them wear it for free, so we feel good about that.”"

Several times throughout the article the company provides no proof that the bracelet actually works. They just mention that it is worn by dozens of athletes and that proves that it works.

At least they are making money:

Quote :

"he company says it will do more than $35 million in sales, that’s up from $5.6 million last year and $187,000 in total revenues in 2008."

12/29/2010 3:29:50 PM

^ They should be fined [and jailed] for perverting the course of knowledge and science, and furthering ignorance and alchemy, setting generations of children back.

Quote :

"“So we see that David Beckham has the product and we see a picture of him wearing it,” Rodarmel said. “Then, the next week, we see his kids are wearing it and his friends his pictured with are wearing it.”"

Yeah his kids are wearing it because their dad is an idiot who can afford to spend $1,000 on rubber bands, not because the kids are like "it improves our balance and strength" As for why he is wearing it, well, placebo effect, idiocy, lack of formal education, etc.

12/29/2010 5:01:02 PM

eastern philosophies are a bunch of glorified bullshit

12/29/2010 5:01:53 PM

Quote :

"We even did tests where we'd take random people at the bar and give it to them FIRST, then try again without, and any and all combination of wearing it, not wearing it, and balance/strength tests we could come up with"

LOL at a bar.

Give them the placebo band after a few more beers lol

get the fuck outta here

12/29/2010 5:05:07 PM

maybe maybe not, but at least they have thousands of years of history behind them.

you can't distill thousands of years of philosophy into a friggin rubber band and then claim it will make you stronger.

12/29/2010 5:05:37 PM

Quote :

"They should be fined [and jailed]"

Read the article. They have been fined.

12/29/2010 5:21:38 PM

My grandfather's chick showed up on xmas wearing one of these. Such a joke.

12/29/2010 6:01:29 PM

I'm probably a sucker but I bought (very cheaply) one of those ion things that you see baseball pitchers wearing from time to time and I swear it helped my tense shoulder problem when playing tennis...

12/29/2010 6:07:15 PM

I know it's snake oil bullshit but given that the placebo effect is a real thing, if there is some way to harness that intangible mind-body connection, I'd be all for it.

But I have waay too cynical and scientific of a mind so I'd never be able to believe it in my mind to even get the placebo effect.


Hah perhaps Samson's strength tied to his long hair is the first Biblical evidence of the placebo effect

[Edited on January 1, 2011 at 12:02 PM. Reason : ]

1/1/2011 11:59:58 AM

Quote :

"we're all college-educated here therefore, finding someone on here who has used it and has good things to say about it will be difficult"

i like this post. it makes sense

1/1/2011 8:01:44 PM

http://www.powerbalance.com/australia/ca

1/3/2011 10:05:48 AM

^Damn, beat me to it.

From the link:

Quote :

"In our advertising we stated that Power Balance wristbands improved your strength, balance and flexibility. We admit that there is no credible scientific evidence that supports our claims and therefore we engaged in misleading conduct in breach of s52 of the Trade Practices Act 1974. If you feel you have been misled by our promotions, we wish to unreservedly apologise and offer a full refund. To obtain a refund please visit our website http://www.powerbalance.com.au or contact us toll-free on 1800 733 436 This offer will be available until 30th June 2011. To be eligible for a refund, together with return postage, you will need to return a genuine Power Balance product along with proof of purchase (including credit card records, store barcodes and receipts) from an authorised reseller in Australia. This Corrective Notice has been paid for by Power Balance Australia Pty Ltd and placed pursuant to an undertaking to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission given under section 87B of the Trade Practices Act, 1974."

1/3/2011 4:30:06 PM

I wear one around my balls. Works wonders


I'm astraladvent and I approved this message

1/4/2011 12:05:12 PM

yo does anyone wanna sell me one on the cheap now?

1/5/2011 8:30:14 PM

If u just wait i'm sure you will find someone who's giving theirs up

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

1/5/2011 9:53:02 PM

Guys, I feel the need to share with you a secret tool that has helped me in the past. It's called, the twenty dollar bill. Now I'm not psychic and I don't claim to understand the power which is contained in one of these devices, but anyone who has carried a twenty dollar bill can certainly attest to its powerful abilities.

A man in Kansas City was hungry until he got the twenty dollar bill. Using the power of the bill he obtained three pizzas from Dominos and his hunger was cured.

A man in Iowa, whose feet were riddled with blisters, used the power of the bill to obtain neosporin, bandaids, and socks which cured his damaged feet.

But the greatest testament of all comes to you from right here in your own city. Imagine being lost, stranded, and hungry in downtown Raleigh at two in the morning. That's the exact situation our most recent convert found himself in. The twenty dollar bill, used in conjunction with his cellphone, brought a man in a yellow car who drove him to Cookout and dropped him off at his house.

I'm glad to be able to offer this product to you today for the low low price of $twentynineninetyfive. You won't be disappointed.

1/6/2011 12:55:50 AM

Three pizzas from domino's?

Do you happen to have the coupon code he was using? Damn!

1/6/2011 1:00:30 AM

It was when they had the $5-$5-$5 deal.

[Edited on January 6, 2011 at 10:15 AM. Reason : a]

1/6/2011 10:15:31 AM

Yeah, but the NC prepared food and sales tax still takes that up to about $60.

1/6/2011 10:28:47 AM

Wow, they are doing well enough to buy the Sponsorship rights to the Arco Arena in Sacramento. It will now be called the Power Balance Pavilion.

http://www.sactownroyalty.com/2011/1/11/1929138/source-new-name-for-kings-arena-will-be-power-balance-pavilion

1/11/2011 10:54:47 PM

Hehe, those balance demonstrations are good party tricks.

1/11/2011 11:10:12 PM

but guys!!

Quote :

" but the demonstration was legit. "

!!!

1/11/2011 11:56:43 PM

http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture/magical-elixirs-and-beneficial-bracelets-28212/

3/22/2011 2:45:18 PM