This is getting ridiculous. You're innocently listening to an ad on the radio (with, typically, a minimum of attention) and then at the end, they put on this fast talker to race through all the conditions that surround the "deal" being advertised. With minimal attention, you have barely managed to catch what the product was and maybe - maybe - one of the adjectives they used, like "biggest," "fastest," "cheapest," etc. There is NO WAY anyone hears what the fast talker said.
But somewhere, some overly-paid lawyer convinced them that by doing this, they would be magically protected from idiots who would go ballistic if they popped in to take advantage of said deal and found out that there were some limiting conditions.
Drug ads in magazines are worse - a full page ad about some wondrous drug followed by TWO pages of warnings and conditions. (The 'in rare cases' warnings are the best, though: you may die by skin rot, maggots may take up permanent residence in your pee-pee, talk to your doctor if you get a 4-hour erection, etc.) But nonetheless, these are prescription drugs - you would have to consult your doctor anyway, and you would get the scoop directly from him!
I'm all for "deals" on products and wondrous products, but if some idiot gets them on the black market and their Johnson falls off, I say caveat emptor, people.
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