> 
> The Commerce Commission got back to me yesterday about the
> Magnatronic fuel-saver
> 
> "We'll monitor the situation"
> "What does that mean ?"
> "Well, we haven't had enough complaints to look into it fully"
> "So that means you won't be doing anything ?"
> "Pretty much. But we will monitor it"
> 
> Oh, good for you. Earned your day's pay
> 
> Yet "Sebastian" agreed with me about the Magnatronic (he said he'd
> seen the ads) and could probably have made a call if he felt like it. The
> product doesn't work and is advertised misleadingly (misleadingly ?),
> which I thought would be good enough for the ComCom to do
> something about. But apparently not. How many complaints does it
> take ? He didn't know
> 
> Jinx 0 Scammers 1, although I think they cheated having ComCom
> as an extra player on the pitch. To be fair, I know Magnatronic is
> crap, ComCom don't. Not without looking into it they don't. But
> they won't look into it until other people find out it's crap. Which
> is what I was trying to stop in the first place ;-)
> 
> Not done with it yet though. Now there's a principle involved. A
> Repco branch I went into on Sunday still had them for sale. Might
> check again today
> 


I haven't been following all of this thread but these devices come up
repeatedly. Have you seen the US Federal Trades Commission website? It
annoys me that here in the UK it seems like many of the false claims that
these conmen make are allowed to keep recurring whereas in the US they have
already been banned and the manufacturers/retailers penalized.

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2006/08/savegas.shtm

If you have some time on your hands search for Slick 50, fuel saving
magnets, Splitfire spark plugs and any others you can think of. Most of them
or equivalents seem to be there.

Cheers
James


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