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Consumers duped by bogus product
http://www.sina.com.cn 2003/04/21 11:52  Shanghai Daily

  Has your interest ever been peaked by the advertising promoting "Wearing our knee-pads for a year, you can grow five to 10 centimeters taller?" If so, you might be one of many gullible consumers who have been lured by the claim.

  In the past few weeks the Shanghai Consumers' Association has received more than 10 complaints against Shanghai Gaoerbao Garment Co Ltd, the producer of the kneepads.

  "It's strange that all those complaints came from other provinces, especially Shan-dong Province," said Lao Jianhong, spokeswoman of the association.

  The complainants claimed they bought the product from the firm's franchises, however, its poor efficiency failed to fulfill the firm's promise.

  According to the advert, the product is especially effective for people under 25 and users can see the effects after three months. The company also boasted of its patent number issued by the State Patent Bureau.

  A student surnamed Fu from Zibo City, Shandong Province, spent 1,800 yuan (US) buying 10 pairs of the kneepads in February 2002 as the salesperson recommended. By this March, Fu found himself only one centimeter taller.

  He asked for a refund at the Zibo franchise but the seller had vanished.

  In Shanghai, the company had been ordered to stop advertising the product by the city's drug administration. After an investigation, the association found that the so-called national patent was only about the appearance design of the product and had nothing to do with its effect.

  "The company has actually made a trick with the patent," Lao warned.

  Shanghai Daily tried to con-tact the firm on Friday but the phone number and address it left were both wrong.

  At present, the case has been shifted to the Fengxian District Industrial and Commercial Administrative Bureau,swheresthe company was registered.




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