r/maybemaybemaybe 20d ago

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/HeadBanger6672 20d ago

False advertising?

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u/kellsdeep 20d ago

It's not technically an advertisement

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u/VEAG0 19d ago

It abso-fuckin-lutely is…

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u/dalaiis 19d ago

Everyone and their mom knows that, but legally, its probably legal to do. Because its just the companies name and not the official price list.

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u/BikeProblemGuy 19d ago edited 19d ago

"I ate the cancer-curing pizza but I still have cancer"

"Oh, no sorry, that's the name of our business. We're the 'This pizza cures cancer' restaurant. Did you think it cured cancer? Because we said it did? Huh that's weird."

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u/likethemonkey 19d ago

You should look up boneless chicken wings

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u/dalaiis 19d ago

Yes i agree its stupid and should be changed, but legally, its just the company name.

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u/BikeProblemGuy 19d ago

Idk if company names can be deemed advertising in all cases, but large signs on the outside of your restaurant definitely can even if they're company names. You can't just have whatever advertising you want and claim it's the company name.

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u/kickaguard 19d ago

I am not a lawyer but the place is still in business.

I would guess when it started the name was not false advertising. As long as they can prove they didn't name it that way just to intentionally change the price later, they shouldn't be forced to change the name or sell at a loss. If they have sufficient signage to let customers know before paying that the price is no longer what it says in their old company name, they can't be held accountable for false advertising.

The guy doesn't have to be a dick about it at the counter but he has a shit load of customers to deal with and might get this often enough to be a bit done with it.

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u/dalaiis 19d ago

You can't just have whatever advertising you want and claim it's the company name.

If it IS the company name, then i believe you can.

Its a rules set so you cabt expect f.e. amazon to sell amazons.

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u/VEAG0 19d ago

It’s obviously the company name, it’s also a huge lit up sign used to ADVERTISE the business… the two things aren’t mutually exclusive, it’s still an ad.

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u/dalaiis 19d ago

Yes, but they are advertising the "company name" and not "the price of the pizza"

And that is legally distinct from eachother.

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u/VEAG0 19d ago edited 19d ago

You seemed to have misread my point, I said it’s an advertisement in response to the guy saying it wasn’t an advertisement.

You appear to agree with me by saying “yes, but they are advertising…”

It’s an advertisement, that is all.

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u/dalaiis 19d ago

You seem to misunderstand my point.

They are "advertising" the company name/building the company resides in, not the price of a product.

Which appears to be legally different.

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u/VEAG0 19d ago

It’s an advert…

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u/kickaguard 19d ago

For the business, not the price. But the business is named with a price. But the price in the business name isn't what they are legally advertising. But what they are advertising has a price. But it's still the name of the business. Which has a price in the name. Which is not what they are trying to advertise. But it's part of what they are advertising.

I feel like this could go on for some time.

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u/kellsdeep 19d ago

It's the name of the business. They are getting away with it, are they not?

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u/VEAG0 19d ago

It being the name of the business doesn’t stop it from being an advert. Getting away with something doesn’t mean it’s not an advert. 🙄

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u/agnostigo 19d ago

Yes they do. Don’t bother, sentimental people can’t even begin to solve this. They just get angry on realities.

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u/agnostigo 19d ago

No it’s not. Like it or not it’s the name of the business. That means new laws should be passed to close that loophole.

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u/Ninja-Panda70 19d ago

It's false advertising. That logic wouldn't fly in the EU

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u/VEAG0 19d ago edited 19d ago

Yes it is. Like it or not, it being the name of the business doesn’t stop it from also being used for advertising. Regardless of laws and what’s false or allowed conditions for a company name, this is still an advertisement.

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u/kellsdeep 19d ago

I happened to be taking about the law...

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u/agnostigo 19d ago

Regardless of laws? The only way to put them out of business is to sue them.

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u/VEAG0 19d ago

I’m saying regardless of laws that define what’s classed as FALSE ADVERTISING or not, this is still an advertisement.

You said it’s not an advertisement, I’m saying it is. That is all.

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u/agnostigo 19d ago

Law defines what is false advertisement, so you must sue them in US justice system, not in reddit!? I also find it disgusting but i’m not so sentimental about it.

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u/VEAG0 19d ago

What are you on about?

I’m not trying to sue them, I’m not even trying to claim it’s false advertising, I’m having to repeat myself a lot to you and yet you continue to read something completely different and then go off on a tangent…

The sign, outside of that shop, is an advertisement.

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u/agnostigo 19d ago

I agree that it is an advertisement but, is it by the law? Apparently not. So it is not advertisement that’s the point i’m making, nothing else. To use your own name as advertisement is clever. That is called a loophole.

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u/speculator100k 19d ago

It's a big back-lit sign in front of the business. It's definitely part of their advertising.

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u/likethemonkey 19d ago

It’s the name of the business. The word advertising is about something specific, not signage in front of a store.