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October 25, 2006

Hair Removal Scams — It’s in the EULA

Posted to EULAs by Andy Sternberg

I received a comment regarding the Boston School of Electrolysis Hair Removal EULA — and then learned this is a pattern and a trend (probably not unique to hair removal either).

Thanks to Hairfacts for providing another example:

Company: Global Electrolysis Supply
Product: Hair removal scams of every stripe.
Lowpoints: The site owner, Ron Mucha, is one of the biggest purveyors of unproven hair rmeoval prducts in the world. The terms are hidden away but are very funny when read. 3600 words of nonsense like:

By using and/or viewing this site you represent and warrant under penalty of perjury the following: You are not directly or indirectly associated with the USFTC, USPS, USFDA, USFCC, or other governing agency.

Highpoints: Most people realize from the EULA that this is a scam site.

Readers: please comment and feel free to contribute your own tale of EULA/waiver/consent astonishment via email or this form.

Comments

  1. Boing Boing
    October 30th, 2006 | 6:02 am

    By eating this food, you agree to the following:…

    Andy Sternberg’s “Small Print Project” continues to rack up astounding examples of crummy “user agreements” that you find yourself entering into by buying goods and services. Seems like no one wants to “sell” you anything anymore — everything c…

  2. dung ngo
    March 25th, 2007 | 7:01 pm

    This Global Electrolysis Supply is the scam bastard. These people
    don’t have dinity for being humanbeing. They have been cheating people for their living . I bet their children grow to be the bastards in the societies as well.

  3. dung ngo
    March 25th, 2007 | 7:08 pm

    The Global Electrolysis Supplu. The galvanic hair removal machine is one of the toy machine. There are no short waves to remove the hair. Pain free - MY ASS. The silver cholride is the danger liquid use for the body and especially dangerous for the biniki areas and anal areas. Those bastards from Global are animal heart.

  4. brenda
    July 19th, 2007 | 12:08 pm

    hi
    I have some tips about laser hair removal which can be seen visiting my site
    http://www.freespaces.com/brendabrown/
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    July 15th, 2008 | 8:23 pm

    There are a lot of scams nowadays. If you ever decide to undergo any surgery or treatment, you should choose the licensed surgeons and clinics.

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    July 18th, 2008 | 7:10 pm

    It’s bad enough that we have to deal with unwanted hair, what makes it worse is that there are a lot of scams on removing hair.

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