Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
VanagonEuroVan
Subject:Re: Anyone ever tried this on their vanagon??????????????
From:Joel Walker
Date:Wed, 15 Aug 2001 01:31:44 -0500

> http://www-mtl.look.ca/~tonyg29/Index.html
> it claims to increase fuel mileage up to 20%

"claims" are one thing.

i've heard of folks like this before. notice the price for a couple of
magnets. now really .... you can get REALLY strong magnets from a lot
of places for a lot less money.

so here's how the scam might work ...
a. Joe Schmo mails in his check for $69.95 for the small version. just
to test it.
b. company mails the magnets out, and deposits his check/credit
card/whatever into company account A.
c. Joe decides it's crap and wants his money back. mails the magnets
back with a nasty letter.
d. company dutifully writes Joe a refund check, for the full amount,
but drawn on company account B ... to wit,
"pay to the order of Joe Schmo, $69.95, from Butt-licking-Lovers of
Nastiness, Inc."
e. Joe ain't about to walk into his local homey bank and cash or
deposit that check!! his aunt works in that bank!! so he tears up the
check and steams for a few weeks.
f. company waits 180 days and voids the check and keeps the money.

simple. perfectly legal. and you multiply Joe by a few hundred
thousand folks and you're talking a lot of money!!

there's an old saying ..."if it seems to good to be true, it is."
or better yet: let the buyer beware. :(

unca joel

Have something to add on this topic today? Revive this thread in the forum »