The entire
culture of Chummie appears to be imbued (saturated) with the value that being deceitful
is good for Chummie and deceit can be used by them without concern. It is this
apparently warped value system, at least by American standards, that lies at
the heart of these exposure blog entries. You will note that this one business,
Chummie, has about as many exposures on this site as all other companies in the
bedwetting alarm industry put together. This is shameful, but we doubt that
Chummie will make any significant changes as long as they are trying to sell a
poor product at premium prices. The only way to sell such a product is by using
a lot of deceit. As stated before, we suggest that the reader go to a
comprehensive comparison site for bedwetting alarms like
http://urinealarms.com/Wired_Alarm_Chart.html
and make suitable comparisons.
So let us proceed with the long saga of Chummie and its
deceit.
"Innovation Beyond Boundaries" Chummie claims.
Chummie’s writers may not realize that they may be referring to a scientific
impossibility in a true and practical sense. Sounds good, but practically everything in our
known scientific space has boundaries, and anything that Chummie
might work with certainly does.
Let us go on. "Innovation Beyond Boundries. Theos Medical System’s world-class global
lab is equipped with state of the art technology. Our engineers and scientists
are from the world’s leading universities and a variety of different
industries. We deliver exceptional quality of life to those who embrace our
products. Our labs are home to the world’s most cutting-edge and extensive
research on bed wetting alarms and incontinence solutions. We believe that the
ingenuity and creativity that embody our products has the power to change the
lives of our customers."
Looking at this
last paragraph, we have no reason to believe that Theos has any scientific lab of
any sort. The minimal work that has been done so far has been done, we believe,
by engineers on the payroll of Theos's Chinese contract manufacturer. There is
nothing wrong with that, but it is inappropriate for Theos to refer to this as
Theos's lab. This lab also does work for other clients.
With the
exception of one person that we know of, it is our belief that Theos's entire
team is made up of non-engineering persons. The exception seems to be a person
in Florida with an electrical engineering background, who is probably used by
Chummie as a "hired gun" to place his name on Chummie's patent
applications together with the owner of Chummie and a possible relative of his
in India, to help give the application some credibility. This also brings some
questions into our mind about Chummie's U.S. patent applications. We are not
Patent Attorneys, but we recall that U.S. patent applicants have to state,
under oath, that the device submitted for a patent was conceived (originally
thought of) and invented by the applicants. We know that both Chummie's alarm
and sensor came from Chummie's Chinese manufacturer and their engineers, and
were offered for sale by the Chinese manufacturer before Chummie ever adopted
it. We leave the possible conclusions to the reader.
More from
Chummie: "The Chummie Bedwetting Alarm is our constant endeavor to being
the global leader in bed wetting alarm market ensures that all our bed wetting
alarms and processes not only meet but also exceed industry standards."
And "We
constantly refine and better our bed wetting alarms and processes for superior
performance using the experience of our team, lab tests, and real-world
data."
The only
refinement that we have noticed is the plastic "smile" on the front
of the Chummie. Chummie may also have had their Chinese manufacturer add a vibration
and a two-step volume control. The vibration and volume control (even
multi-step or continuous volume controls) are common among better bedwetting
alarms in all price ranges. So the above statement is essentially hyperbole,
meant to impress the naive reader.
In spite of
having numerous persons point out the deficiencies in their sensor and how it connects
to the alarm box, Chummie has not yet even improved that in their exalted
"world-class global lab."
We again
recommend that the reader go to a comprehensive comparison site for bedwetting
alarms like
See what Chummie gives you and at what cost
relative to its competitors. Then ask yourself whether you should still
purchase Chummie.
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/ .
Strong Deceit by Perversion.
I compared the Chummie and several others, and Chummie is the most deceitful of all the bed wetting alarms. I agreed with Deceit catchers assessments of Chummie. Don't
ReplyDeletebuy a Chummie!
I just came here from stopdeceit.blogspot.com which talks more generally about deceit on the internet. Many readers of this blog may be interested in what "Stop Deceit" has to say. And Chummie above is a perfect example of everything that can go wrong with people who use deceit on the internet.
ReplyDeleteEverything that Stop Deceit says is applicable to Chummie. I am truly shocked at what these people at Chummie have been saying and doing. I do have friends in the medical profession and elsewhere who will hear from me about this.
Before I express any further opinions, I should first explain that this blog, and Chummie in particular, were brought to my attention a few days ago by an advertising colleague. It has proved to be very interesting.
ReplyDeleteAs I read this blog and look at Chummie's web site, I must agree that Chummie has made an extraordinary effort at self promotion. It is well beyond what we consider to be acceptable limits to blowing one's own horn. There can be exceptions. As a simple example, if you win the Nobel Prize, and have the bad taste to toot your horn about it, you may be laughed at, but people will still respect your accomplishments. Chummie is no Nobel Prize winner.
Before this particular matter was brought to my attention, I had not given any thought to bedwetting alarms. I am not knowledgeable about the products or industry. As suggested by Deceit Catcher, I looked at
http://www.urinealarms.com/Wired_Alarm_Chart.html
which provides a detailed comparison with many other "wired" bedwetting alarms. I must admit that this site gave me a lot of information about the characteristics of bedwetting alarms, and issues that may be of importance to users. As a consequence of making obvious comparisons on this site, I must agree with Deceit Catcher's conclusion that Chummie is a poor product being sold at a high price. The various blog entries here relating to Chummie reinforce that opinion.
I want to state what should be an obvious tenet of advertising: Credibility is of paramount importance. Losing credibility is a cardinal sin of advertising. As suggested elsewhere, Chummie seems to be run by hot-shots who are more interested in selling their product, than in telling the truth. Perhaps Chummie has succumbed to a culture of deceit. I do not know. But conclusions can be drawn by looking at public representations. Deceit Catcher has looked at these in some depth, and they are not in Chummie's favor.
Along somewhat similar lines, another blog was also brought to my attention:
http://stopdeceit.blogspot.com/ .
This is an original effort about what I and many others have probably speculated about - how much deceit is there on the internet and how does it occur? The internet is very susceptible to deceit, and the author(s) try to present it in a simple yet logical manner. Since I am considering Chummie on the internet, I do wonder to what extent Chummie may be involved with all of these types of internet deceit. Food for thought.
Something not addressed in the "stopdeceit" blog last mentioned, is how furious and vengeful people may get, after they have been discovered and exposed about indulging in internet deceit. And in their anger how much additional deceit might they indulge in to create problems for their presumed exposer. In my opinion, the party that has been exposed should throw in the towel and try to find opportunities elsewhere, and try very hard to abstain from deceit. However, the vengeful mentality of people who have been uncovered can be quite unpredictable.
I continue to be intrigued by this matter, and shall be following it. It may make for an interesting "Case Study" for professional discussion.