BBB yanks accreditation from Trump-backing founder of MyPillow for false advertising

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory



DAVID EDWARDS
03 JAN 2017 AT 09:26 ET

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) this week revoked the accreditation from MyPillow for false advertising. The company’s CEO, Mike Lindell, recently campaigned for President-elect Donald Trump and promised to give the then-nominee “all my credibility.”

According to BBB, the company’s “buy one, get one free offer” is actually the regular product price, which violates an advertising code of conduct agreed to by MyPillow.

“Among other issues, BBB has attempted to persuade MyPillow to discontinue their ‘buy one get one free’ (BOGO)/other discount offers without success,” BBB of Minnesota and North Dakota CEO Dana Badgerow said, according to KARE. “Continuous BOGO offers, which can then be construed as an item’s regular, everyday price, violate not only BBB’s Code of Advertising – which all BBB Accredited Businesses agree to abide by – but also other state and national organizations’ rules.”

KARE reported that CEO Mike Lindell said he was considering making changes to MyPillow’s pricing structure in 2017.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/bbb-yanks-accreditation-from-trump-backing-founder-of-mypillow-for-false-advertising/

[stopbush]

1. Fuck him and his $89 pillow.

[cstanleytech]

11. You mean his $44.50 pillow dont you?

[No Vested Interest]

2. Thank you for this information re the ever-present My Pillow ads. nt

[niyad]

4. apparently I have been spared--saw the ad for the first, and only, time last week.

[cstanleytech]

12. Saw it last week here and thought "That guy is so fake I wouldnt buy a used car from him".

[niyad]

3. pretty funny that the bbb is actually whining about ethics. and, I KNEW there was something

fishy about that guy the first time I saw his ad last week.

[madokie]

10. For some reason

seems as CON men all look like CON men and this mo'fo looks ever bit a CON man

We replace our pillows as we see fit and I guarantee its cheaper to do it our way than it would be to do it with this dudes fake product

[niyad]

19. I think I spent $20 for four really great pillows about 4 years ago. they are still great.

[dionysus]

21. I was stoned once and bought the friggin "miracle bamboo pillow" at walmart...

Decent pillow, actually...

[Equinox Moon]

5. Sales will now be in the toilet

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(I have been wanting to use this emoji. Ha! )


#1 - for being a bully-grabber-man backer
#2 - for unethical business practices

1000's of people will come knocking for their money back or to get an actual sale price.

[Angry Dragon]

6. a good start to the new year

[Equinox Moon]

8. I think we will get plenty

of opportunity to use the toilet emoji this year.

[Angry Dragon]

9. perhaps a hundred times a day starting with Jan 20, 2017

[mitty14u2]

7. But he has a Crucifix sticking out of his shirt, he must be honest!

[Akoto]

13. That always caught my eye, too.

Hard to miss it, as shiny gold as it is. If he wants to wear a crucifix, fine, but it's like he's brandishing it for the camera.

Either his cameraman is a vampire, or he's sending an unsaid message to his intended audience. Heh.

[PSPS]

14. Sounds like he didn't submit to the BBB extortion racket.

The BBB has become nothing more than a shakedown racket. If you pay to become a BBB member (or renew,) they never do this sort of thing to you. The BOGO scheme is rampant with all advertisers, not just these pillows.

[tavernier]

15. I thought about buying one a couple of years ago.

I checked the reviews online (not at HIS site) and they were really bad, so I figured him for a snake oil salesman pretty quickly.

[progressoid]

22. I saw them at Bed Bath Beyond.

It's heavy and lumpy. I wouldn't use it if they were giving them away.

[kimbutgar]

16. I brought one of those crappy pillows

They said wash it every other month. I did and ohe pillow burst open and for 3 weeks I had the filler in my washer and dryer. I threw away the other and brought bamboo pillows which are a lot better.

[louis-t]

17. This guy must be a graduate of drumpf U.

"How to make a million dollars: put an ad in the paper and try to get a million people to send you a dollar."

[keithbvadu2]

18. false medical claims?

Infomercial sleeper ‘My Pillow’ gets $1 million wake-up call over false medical claims

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/03/infomercial-sensation-my-pillow-gets-1-million-wake-up-call-over-false-medical-claims/?wpisrc=nl_p1most-partner-1&wpmm=1

[riversedge]

20. good.