28 Things People Believe Are Complete Scams.
It's becomes very difficult, almost impossible, to distinguish an absolute scam from really useful things and services.
It's becomes very difficult, almost impossible, to distinguish an absolute scam from really useful things and services.
1
Those stupid copper and magnet bracelets.
2
I don't know about famous but it was out there. Back in the early/mid 00's there was a fuel saver module pimped over TV and the internet. You plugged it in your car to get more HP and better fuel mileage. It was just fancy marketing. All it did was trick your intake air temperature sensor into thinking the air was colder.
3
There was a Pet Rock when I was a kid.
4
The Shake Weight had its heyday
5
Head On. Apply directly to forehead
7
There was a product in the 80’s it was a blanket that gaurenteed you could lose weight by just sitting in it
8
Charcoal toothpaste. It scrapes your teeth
9
That s****y Prime drink from Logan Paul, especially in the UK. Kids are using it as a status symbol because apparently its hard to get there? Its an overpriced energy drink, absolutely ridiculous.
11
Sea Monkeys - I never got a single one with a crown and trident!
12
Ear wax candles. Burn one not in an ear, and it still fills up with wax.
13
McAffee and Norton antivirus software
14
The dietary pyramid/ federal dietary guidelines
16
Any vehicle you have to pay extra to unlock a feature, specifically new cars
17
Single-use access codes for college textbooks is pretty much racketeering.
19
Insurance. The one product you pay for and are never supposed to actually use. And if you do use it, you are penalized.
20
Academic databases like Elsevier and JSTOR. No matter what you or your school pays for access, exactly $0.00 goes to the researchers. Fun fact: if you contact the researcher directly, they will usually email you a copy for free.
22
All of those weight loss teas influencers promoted a few years ago. They’re just laxatives.
24
Anything that claims to target the loss of fat from a specific area of your body.
25
COLLEGE TEXT BOOKS. You need edition 10 for this class. They change one chapter in the book make it a new edition over price it and f**k the college kids. Always drove me nuts when I was I college.
26
Peloton bikes. Over a thousand dollars to buy a stationary exercise bicycle and you still need to pay a monthly subscription to get the most out of the bike.
27
Branded painkillers like Advil or Tylenol. Just buy generic and save money. It’s the same thing.
28
I've said this before, and I'm gonna say it again. DETOX PRODUCTS DON'T F*****G WORK! YOU DON'T NEED A DETOX! YOU HAVE A LIVER, A KIDNEY OR TWO (idk, maybe someone reading this has extra kidneys) AND OTHER ORGANS THAT NATURALLY DETOXIFY YOU!
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