{"id":154,"date":"2007-06-26T13:49:54","date_gmt":"2007-06-26T18:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/2007\/06\/26\/more-thoughts-on-infomercials-complaints\/"},"modified":"2012-04-24T05:46:59","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T09:46:59","slug":"more-thoughts-on-infomercials-complaints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?p=154","title":{"rendered":"More Thoughts on Infomercials &#038; Complaints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because of my conversations with &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/incrediblediscoveries.com\" target=\"_blank\">Incredible Discoveries<\/a>&#8220;, I found a lot of information within Google regarding the entire infomercial industry.\u00a0 Boy, what a nasty business it appears to be.\u00a0 So many complaints.<\/p>\n<p>There are numerous complaints on every infomercial I have seen.\u00a0 It is really staggering.\u00a0 It is a good thing I trust my instincts. The problem is so large, there are entire websites dedicated to uncovering infomercial scams and the industry as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>Even the reputable infomercials seem to be a target.\u00a0 Yikes.<\/p>\n<p>It looks like if I ever get bored, I will have more interesting reading.\u00a0 The sites that have caught my eye include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/infomercialblog.com\" target=\"_blank\">InfomercialBlog.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/infomercialscams.com\" target=\"_blank\">InfomercialScams.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/infomercialratings.com\" target=\"_blank\">InfomercialRatings.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They look like good informative reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because of my conversations with &#8220;Incredible Discoveries&#8220;, I found a lot of information within Google regarding the entire infomercial industry.\u00a0 Boy, what a nasty business it appears to be.\u00a0 So many complaints. There are numerous complaints on every infomercial I have seen.\u00a0 It is really staggering.\u00a0 It is a good thing I trust my instincts. 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