Being Ripped Off Analysis

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We all see ads, whether they are on tv, in the newspaper, or on our phones. Many of these ads show famous celebrities using products to make viewers think that the product is better just because they use it. But are these marketing tactics going to far? How do we know that the products we are buying are exactly what the companies say they are? And how can we stop misleading advertisements from spreading lies? These are some of the topics which Sue Jozui voiced her opinion on, but was her opinion justified, or is it our responsibility as the consumers to keep ourselves from being ripped off? Sue Jozui starts off buy saying that advertizing companies use celebrities in their commercials so that people will think that the celebrities prefer that …show more content…

Sometimes this leads to an unrealistic representation of the product, or even lies about is performance. These types of ads make it hard for consumers. A person interested in buying a product may not be able to trust any ads they see about the product. But the person endorsing the product can make a difference. If I saw an ad with an expert fisherman saying that one lure was better than any other then I would be mostly convinced that the lure is good, however if it were a football player of an actor that came out and said that the same thing about the lure, then it would not have the same impact on my opinion of the …show more content…

But the problem is that nothing can be done if the advertising is not false. This means that as long as the ads aren 't lying about the product then there is nothing we can do. We also cannot ban ads which use people who don’t use the product because aside from celebrities many actors have careers based on showing a product in a commercial, and if we banned theses ads it would be unfair to them. The only time that we can stop these types of ads are when the advertisers are