As we said earlier, our exposure to Chummie and its web
site strongly indicates that Chummie will provide many examples of deceit. We
are now going to look at Chummie’s main (home) page and examine it for deceit.
As Chummie has made this page point in many and confusing directions, many of
which may provide additional examples of deceit, we shall limit our examination
of this home page to what is presented directly on this page (with sliders as
well) and not take links to other pages.
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Chummie for Children – Stop Bedwetting in Weeks
Such a definitive statement! “In
weeks” suggests a few weeks to many readers. In reality it could be one week,
or ten weeks, or one hundred weeks, or never. Perhaps Chummie could offer a
guarranty: "If using Chummie for four weeks has not stopped the bedwetting
problem within the four weeks, Chummie will refund to you, without argument,
two times what you paid to purchase your Chummie!" Now that would get Chummie lots of
customers, with no deceit required at all! Deceit
by perversion.
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Perfect for deep sleepers.
How and why? Is it extremely
loud (at least 100dB heard at the ear) or vibrates as much as a bed shaker? If
not, (and it is not) this is deceit by
perversion.
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Over 100,000 satisfied families.
Proof? When Chummie first
started selling their product (in 2011?) right up front they claimed that they
had sold over 100,000 units! Wow! Two years later they only have over 100,000
satisfied families? Does that suggest that many
of the original 100,000 buyers were probably dissatisfied with their imaginary
Chummies? Or is all of this just more Chummie hype? Deceit by misleading and concealment.
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Chummie for Adults – “Unparalleled comfort and
efficiveness.” Ignoring the misspelling (a human trait), unparalleled compared
to what? Where is the evidence? Who is the unbiased authority that tested and
collected this evidence. How were these tests conducted? Etc. And sometimes
parallel is good. Unparalleled can also go in the wrong direction. Deceit by misleading and concealment.
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Impressive Results - Clinically Proven
Technology
Impressive Results? What
Results? For Whom? Where is the evidence, tests, etc. This can be repeated ad
verbatim for many of Chummie's exalted claims . If the "clinically proven
technology" applies to bedwetting alarms in general, this may be true. But
Chummie misrepresents matters enough to make it sound like this is specifically
for Chummie!
Deceit by perversion.
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Zero side effects.
Chummie should elaborate on what
effects are being referring to. If a child and/or parent is disappointed with
the working or results of the Chummie, is Chummie claiming that their
unhappiness and frustration is a zero side effect? Deceit by perversion.
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Save Money - Average Savings of $500/year
Some of these savings are
relevant. But they are not particular to Chummie. In fact, compare Chummie to
some other bedwetting alarms
(look at http://www.urinealarms.com/Wired_Alarm_Chart.html
). Although there are some bedwetting
alarms where you truly have "Nothing extra to buy" other than
batteries, Chummie also has a particularly degradable sensor which falls apart
in a few months. Look at reviews on places like Amazon to see such complaints. Plus
you have to keep buying tape in order to attach this degradable sensor to your
non-degradable briefs. These extra sensors and tape certainly contribute to
Chummie's bottom line and can be a pain to the customer's wallet. So much for
their claim that there is "Nothing extra to buy again ... EVER." This
claim is blatantly false. Phooey! Deceit
by perversion.
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Experience Chummie - Better Technology for
Faster Treatment.
Better Technology? Faster
Treatment? What? How? Patent? The fact that Chummie wrote down some aspects of
its alarm (which some competitors did not) and was awarded a patent, is not
necessarily "better." It does indicate that no other party stated the
combination of product properties as Chummie did, or before Chummie did, so
Chummie was awarded a patent. This does not mean that Chummie is "better"
or "faster." Deceit by
perversion.
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Comfortable and easy to use system.
A great exaggeration. Attaching
Chummie's sensor to briefs with tape, and keeping its sensor wire connector
from getting disconnected from the alarm box by taping it, are indicative of
poor design and lack of concern for the patient's comfort. You can read enough
gripes on Amazon. Deceit by perversion and concealment.
* Superior Quality - Better Technology for Faster
Treatment.
The second part has been
addressed a little earlier. Superior Quality? Only in Chummie's mind and hype.
Superior to what? How? Evidence? etc. Again, deceit by perversion.
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And only 13 symbols representing whatever to the
right? Many of these are made up (invented?) by Chummie. Having said "RoHS
Certified" the lead, mercury, cadmium and "green" made-up
symbols are totally redundant as RoHS includes those properties. But that would
be four less symbols with which to impress some foolish reader. Chummie’s apparent
basic philosophy seems to be - throw whatever
you can at the reader and something might hit him/her! Deceit by perversion.
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Cost Savings:
As mentioned earlier, some of
these apply to all bedwetting alarms, and not just Chummie. But unlike all
other bedwetting alarms, Chummie does keep you buying supplies from them. This
has been described earlier. Deceit by
perversion.
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Award Winning:
Again, by whom, what, how, etc.
This is a continuing mantra for Chummie's empty and unsupported claims. Deceit by perversion.
At this point, exhaustion overcomes us, even though we
are only half-way down the home page. Obviously it did not overcome Chummie's
creative writers as they could continue to display their ingenuity in attempting to overcome
the reader's thought processes and make him/her into a zombie buyer unable to
think or rationalize further. As reasonable and ethical persons, it is
absolutely astounding to us that Chummie can be so dedicated to deceit on the
information and claims that Chummie makes on its web site. Chummie’s motto and
axiom appear to be:
“If you can fool
some of the people sometimes, you should be able to fool all of the people at
all times!”Obviously, we do not appreciate Chummie’s strong inclination towards deceit. We sincerely hope that Chummie will promptly and rapidly move away from such misguided marketing methods and towards much more honest and ethical approaches.
Based on the above, we would strongly recommend that any
person who reads Chummie's promotional efforts should keep on repeating to
themselves:
"I must remember that I am reading an exercise in intentional exaggeration
and deceptive claims!"
A detailed comparison of Chummie to many other bedwetting
alarms can be found at http://www.urinealarms.com/Wired_Alarm_Chart.html
.
Note:
Chummie(TM) has a very large number of entries about its deceit in this blog. There are so many more entries and much more serious bad activities attributable to Chummie, so that Chummie has significantly more entries than all other manufacturers combined. You can read all of the Chummie deceit entries on this blog.
Chummie has also been given a 0-stars blog of its own so that its many examples of deceit can stand out by themselves. This Chummie blog is at
http://chummiedeceitcatcher.blogspot.com/ .
Note:
Chummie(TM) has a very large number of entries about its deceit in this blog. There are so many more entries and much more serious bad activities attributable to Chummie, so that Chummie has significantly more entries than all other manufacturers combined. You can read all of the Chummie deceit entries on this blog.
Chummie has also been given a 0-stars blog of its own so that its many examples of deceit can stand out by themselves. This Chummie blog is at
http://chummiedeceitcatcher.blogspot.com/ .
Very Strong Deceit
by Perversion and Concealment.
This is a very thorough and enlightening blog. At first I could not even imagine that what was said about Chummie could be true. Then I carefully checked everything mentioned. I am now completely convinced that Chummie is very deceitful and deserves no respect.
ReplyDeleteI was seriously thinking about purchasing Chummie for my son, but now realize that I would be making a serious mistake. These people should be publicly disciplined and made an example of. They are deceiving the public, many of whom, like me, did not even realize all of the false and unsubstantiated claims that Chummie was making about their product and themselves.
Is there not some government agency in the U.S. that can examine and discipline Chummie?
Shame on Chummie! You certainly won't have me as a customer, or anyone else that I know.
Keep up your good work, Deceit Catcher. Your other reviews are also interesting and show that this industry needs much improvement in its standards.
I just read this posting and it really blows my mind about the extent to which Chummie deceives the public.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with John. STAY AWAY from Chummie! Do not encourage such unethical behavior!
Thanks, Deceit Catcher. I will be reading your postings.
Just tried to call for support on my Chummie! today June 24th, 2013 at 3:05pm. Where is that 24/7 support?
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