Is as Seen on TV a Scam?

Whether you love to watch commercials on TV or not, you will have been exposed to television advertising at some point in your life.

Many products carry the ‘As Seen on TV’ logo you must have seen it. You know the one that is a little red box?

Just because a product has the ‘As Seen on TV’ logo it does not mean that it is carrying the sign of a fantastic and well-made product. Often many people shop online to buy such a product only to find that its use is either useless or very limited in its use – it breaks!

When shopping online or about to make a purchase from of one of famous infomercial adverts on televisions late night paid programming, then you would be wise to carry out a little bit of research.

Always have a read of some reviews regarding the product that other people have experienced. You might be in for some shocking facts or find a wonderful ‘As Seen on TV’ product.

Advertisers are good at their job, which is why we find products all over our households that have either been bought because of some compulsive buy after seen a television advert, or glancing at a billboard ad.

A lot of us may regret making that decision of an impulsive buy after picking up the telephone and ordering with our credit card.

As Seen on TV’ is not a scam, but can be very deceptive, people assume because television is advertising a product that there is no possibility that a mistake can be made by customer services or crude product can be bought. But you could be very wrong in that assumption.

There are many nightmare stories of two for one offers having been charged twice because a customer has stated they want two of a product, or because a customer has read or watched an advert completely wrong – always read the small print and listen very carefully.

Many infomercials are very deceptive in the way they tell you about a product. The host of an infomercial can be very excited about the promotion he or she is offering you, yet give you very little information regarding a particular product in a long winded commercial. This should start the alarm bells in your brain ringing straight away.

All to often an offer is far too good to be true, so don’t take things at face value with an ‘As Seen on TV’ product.

The logo is actually some very clever advertising designed to entice your custom, if you impulsively buy a product on the basis you saw it on TV or it has the logo then you have fallen for what the advertisers intended to do – suck you in!

Do your research you may be surprised. This is not to say that every ‘As Seen on TV’ product is garbage, there are some fantastic offers and amazing products from various brands that you can use everyday and they won’t fail.

Some products are used every day in households all around the United States and around the world, these products you might recommend to someone else or repeat purchase. There are others like you online that have done just that, and they share their knowledge – take a look online before you next purchase a product you may have seen on TV or on a billboard.