It's not the first time I noticed some property companies made their advertisements which really make me doubt where the property is located. This one described its on the highest mountain (Flying Goose Mountain) on the Kowloon side, but then it showed a view to the Victoria Harbour on which Bank of China is on the right and IFC is on the left. So I wonder where in the Kowloon side we can have such a view? Or if they have a free gift when you buy the apt. The gift is a super-telescope to view a big mirror from the Peak of Hong Kong? The other day one of my friends bought an apt. and it showed the apt. with a super sea view and it's on 36/F. When they asked what if the factory bldg. with 20 storey and got told "oh, 36/F is of course higher than 20/F.". However, when I told them 1 floor of a factory is almost double of a residential floor, it's too late and as they got the apt. 2 years later, it turned out their 36/F is blocked by the factory in the front. Then another good example is another property in the so-called Digital Harbour (close to Aberdeen). The TV ad. showed that place has an unblocked super board sea view. I then told my friends "do they need to remove the whole Lamma Island?". So you really need to go to the site by yourself instead of reading what the ad. says.
8 comments:
no surprise la
this kind of interpretation technique has been long used by skin care advertisements
some hotels also not using their own 'real' pictures to show the facilities (such as restaurant, spa and gym)
:)
This is a fraud in the US. US seldom has misleading ad due to protection on consumers.
Mi
Yes Mi is correct. US has strict law to protect consumers, sometimes it is too much.
In most cases, they may say the photos as reference photos. However, it's about an apt. of a few million HK$. It's not about an instant noodle which shows shrimp, chicken and veggie on the packaging.
There was a time my friends and I went to a Chinese restaurant in Causeway Bay. We ordered a "北菇海參花膠雜菜煲" (mushroom sea cucumber fish maw mixed veggie casserole) and the photo shown as it should be. When the casserole came, there was no mushroom and only lettuce was at the bottom of the casserole. So I called the waitress and pointed out these 2 missing things. Her reply "oh the photo is just for reference and you shouldn't count on that". Then I took a photo of that and simply told her I would check with the Consumer's council. It's not about the photo anyway. It's the menu describing "mushroom" and I didn't even talk about mixed veggie on the only "lettuce".
Then re the consumer's right in N. America, sometimes it's abused by certain consumers. I learned from my friend in Vancouver that some consumers return the electric fan (bought in summer time) to the store for refund when it's winter time, and return the quilt (bought in winter time) to the store when it's summer time. :) What a wonderful World.
If the same case(the mushroom pot with no mushroom) happens in the US, I am sure that restaurant gets sued already. Even if that consumer does not want to sue, the jerk lawyers will encourage him to.
Your friend in Vancouver was right. It is exactly like that in the US. Consumer Right is overly protected so people abuse it.
Lots of people bought the part dresses in X'Mas/New Year, wear them with labels hidden inside, then return after the party. That is why so many dept stores go broke and file bankrupcy in the US.
yes, there are indeed quite a no. of "interesting" claims by some consumers, e.g. ordering a hot drink from a famous fast food shop but then complained he/she got burned from the hot drink for not warning him/her that the drink inside the cup is "hot". :)
You mean Mac Kee right?
Polo Ralph Lauren got sued today for some stupid reasons too.
This is quite common in the US as many jerk lawyers need to work and get money.
Just like some doctors would first ask "do you have any insurance plan?". If so, then there would be another charge. So it is actually a circle of game.
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