Chummie: Very Strong Deceit by Perversion and Concealment.

Chummie            http://www.chummie.com/sleep-solution/        (June 28, 2013)


Chummie, with its website and other advertising, is the fountainhead of deceit in the bed wetting alarm industry. We have suggested earlier that Chummie will provide numerous displays of deceit. We continue with another page on Chummie’s web site.

On the page with the above URL, where Chummie describes “The Perfect Sleep Solution for Children,” we shall skip the more obvious exaggerations that we have mentioned from other pages of Chummie's promotional largesse. But we do feel the need to hammer away at some statements that are blatantly false (call them lies, if you wish), that Chummie keeps bombarding their readers with. They are not content with making their exaggerated or false statements once. They feel that they must keep on repeating it, on various pages. "Brain washing?" Being critics of deceit in bed wetting alarm industry advertising, we wonder why Chummie feels so inadequate about themselves and their product(s) that they cannot simply state the correct facts. Will their site become much smaller and their claims become much less unless they continue their bombast?

*         “Compete cure – No additional purchases necessary.” 

Again ignoring the typo, Chummie’s sensor decays and you have to buy replacements. Look at various complaints on Amazon about this. Plus, you must keep buying tape because of the manner in which the sensor has to be taped to the briefs.

Skipping to the bottom, Chummie states:

“Additional Benefits – Wer’e not yet done… There is more”

O.K. We’ll ignore the typo. And yes, there are a lot more shovelfuls of ---.

*         “Discreet – Compact so no one will know you are using it."

If it were invisible, this would be true. Chummie may not realize that their alarm is about the same size as many others. And being worn on the shirt makes it just as visible as other alarms. The only alarms which another person may not see are the wireless alarms where the sensor also serves as a transmitter.

*         “Complete – No add-ons or expensive subscriptions needed."

At about $20 for a sensor and $5 for each package of tape, the extra costs can add up quickly. And that is after you have spent about $99 for the initial purchase of the Chummie!

*         “Durable – Built to last several years under normal conditions.”

This may be true of the alarm box, as it is for almost all alarm boxes. Chummie’s sensor is probably much more prone to decay and having to be replaced than most other sensors.

*         “Reliable – Detects and responds to a drop of urine every time.”

Assuming that the sensor is extremely reliable (and it may not be), the drop of urine not only has to get to the sensor, which could involve traveling through briefs depending on where this drop falls, but there must be enough or it must fall perfectly and precisely on specific parts of the sensor, else the sensor will not sense it. So consider Chummie’s claim with a grain of salt (or a shovelful, based on their repetitive exaggerations and your tolerance of it).

*         “Innovative – Most modern technology in any enuresis alarm.”

Evidence? How was this determined? Etc. A gross exaggeration.

*         “Success – Over 100,000  happy families successfully used Chummie."

To copy from a previous blog entry: “ 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?

*         “Leader – Manufactured by a global incontinence leader."

We are assuming that Chummie is talking about itself. If so, this is false as the Chummie alarm is an off-the-shelf item purchased from a Chinese manufacturer, with very minor changes by Chummie (such as adding a “smile”). Regardless, be assured that there are much more established and well-recognized bedwetting alarm manufacturers than Chummie (or its Chinese contract manufacturer). The only thing that Chummie is undeniably a leader in is exaggerations and false or unsubstantiated claims. This is nothing to be proud of!

*         “Support – Award winning support, always there to help you."

Again, a gross exaggeration and possibly false statement. We noticed a response in our last blog entry about Chummie, where a reader was unable to get any response when he called Chummie a few days ago. Take it for granted that there would be many other complaints of non-availability or inadequate support from Chummie.

We think that the promotional phrase at the bottom of this page should more accurately read:

“Chummie – The Most Advanced Exaggerator and Falsifier of Claims for a Bedwetting Alarm.”

And do remember that Chummie has many other pages of extreme hype on their web site! So expect more exposures! 

We would urge the reader to go to a detailed comparative site such as http://urinealarms.com/Wireless_Alarm_Chart.html  and compare this alarm’s properties, price and possible credibility with those of other wired bedwetting alarms.


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.