Looking for an edge?

[D3ALN]

I bought a few of these power balance bands off the sales rep who comes round because it was his last day before going in for chemo he gave me good price. so am selling them with very little mark up. But these bands have a frequency which increases your power balance and flexibility in them.
I went for a ride with one today and managed to not fall off once and felt like I could manaevour my bike a lot better at increased speeds.
If you are keen to find out more look here
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=338079764

[KiWiP]

Sorry mate but you've been scammed. Hope you didn't pay to much for them. If you did track him down and punch him in the face.

Or are you the scammer? I don't know just raising the question but the claims are highly dubious (read false)

Power Balance performance technology is Holograms embedded with frequencies that act postitively with your bodys natural energy feild increasing your Balance, Strength and felexibility

Holograms cannot be 'embedded' with frequencies this is just nonsense, if you have evidence to the contrary I'd love to have a laugh over it.
What is your bodies natural energy field? do you even know what energy or a field is?
Demo's of the supposed increase in speed, strength and flexibility are pure Barnum hocus pocus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Piu75P8sxTo&feature=related



These are used by The Elite athletes of many sports to help them achieve excellence
Name them and I guarantee they'll sue :yes:


Great xmas gifts If you believe this then get someone else to do your christmas shopping.

Please stop trying to scam your fellow bikers, it's not on :angry:

[D3ALN]

Sorry mate but you've been scammed. Hope you didn't pay to much for them. If you did track him down and punch him in the face.

Nah dude We were told there a fake ones doing the rounds that are useless. And after a few tests with none, a fake, and a genuine I am happy to say they have helped me.

[KiWiP]

Nah dude We were told there a fake ones doing the rounds that are useless. And after a few tests with none, a fake, and a genuine I am happy to say they have helped me.

You have been scammed or are trying to scam others. The claims you are making are pure bollocks.

Think about it. If there was any credence in the claims would not every doctor and hospital in the world be prescribing these. Would not every athlete be using them.

Don't carry on with this. If you believe it you will end up showing yourself to be a retarded tit. If you don't believe it you will show yourself up to be a conman.

Your move, which creek do you want to paddle up? (FYI you don't have a paddle)

[steve_t]

Sorry mate but you've been scammed. Hope you didn't pay to much for them. If you did track him down and punch him in the face.

Or are you the scammer?



Nah dude We were told there a fake ones doing the rounds that are useless. And after a few tests with none, a fake, and a genuine I am happy to say they have helped me.

Right, so you're the scammer then. What a bugger the 'sales rep' couldn't heal himself with holograms embedded with special frequencies that cure cancer. I had a friend that died a while back of cancer at age 23. She spent hundreds of dollars on 'colour therapy' which was basically paying money to sit in a room holding on to a specially coloured piece of string. The colour therapist declared her cancer-free after about 10 sessions. She died not long after :bye:

[pzkpfw]

... a frequency which increases your power balance and flexibility in them. ...

:facepalm:


I bought a few of these ...

:facepalm:

[Virago]

http://images1.fanpop.com/images/photos/1600000/power-rangers-mistic-force-the-power-rangers-1603912-549-380.jpg

[Blackshear]

It's too late for me to comment on this shit.
Just goddamnit.

Really, hologram frequencies?

This is why we can't have nice things.

[James Deuce]

Can you get these power bands for 2 strokes?

[psycho22]

I have had a so called "balance test" done on me. Weird thing was it kinda worked.

I'm not to sure whether it's just a placebo effect or not because I didn't know when it was put in my hand.

There are supposedly medicinal ones as well but until solid proof can be given as to why and how they work they are just another scam to me.

[R6_kid]

If they really help then why is the dude going in for chemo?

[Pascal]

I went for a ride with one today and managed to not fall off once

Do you fall off regularly without these "power bands"?

[pzkpfw]

Do you fall off regularly without these "power bands"?

Maybe he needs rubber bands.

[Mully]

I had a friend that died a while back of cancer at age 23. She spent hundreds of dollars on 'colour therapy' which was basically paying money to sit in a room holding on to a specially coloured piece of string. The colour therapist declared her cancer-free after about 10 sessions. She died not long after

I hate with a passion "people" who pray on the sick like this.

"Oh, if you buy my crystals you'll be cured"

Fucking sickos.

[KiWiP]

I have had a so called "balance test" done on me. Weird thing was it kinda worked.

I'm not to sure whether it's just a placebo effect or not because I didn't know when it was put in my hand.

There are supposedly medicinal ones as well but until solid proof can be given as to why and how they work they are just another scam to me.

Here's why the test appears to work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Piu75...eature=related

[Scuba_Steve]

While I don't believe personally this stuff works. I do find it funny that most of you people bagging it probably think things like "panadols good for headaches" & why? cause a drug company told you so, welcome to the placebo effect people you've just been scammed :laugh:

(don't get me wrong panadol does have some uses, headaches are NOT one of them)

What I'm getting at here is there ARE other ways to drugs (this probably not one of them tho), sometimes better ways but drug companies have profits to protect so they do push "placebo effects" & drugs for uses that they were not intended. Drug companies are NOT above scamming people & do each & every day, just look round at the reliance on things like panadol you'll soon see my point.

[Banditbandit]

While I don't believe personally this stuff works. I do find it funny that most of you people bagging it probably think things like "panadols good for headaches" & why? cause a drug company told you so, welcome to the placebo effect people you've just been scammed :laugh:

(don't get me wrong panadol does have some uses, headaches are NOT one of them)

What I'm getting at here is there ARE other ways to drugs (this probably not one of them tho), sometimes better ways but drug companies have profits to protect so they do push "placebo effects" & drugs for uses that they were not intended. Drug companies are NOT above scamming people & do each & every day, just look round at the reliance on things like panadol you'll soon see my point.

What you say is largely true .. However, in this particular case, it's a scam ...

[bogan]

While I don't believe personally this stuff works. I do find it funny that most of you people bagging it probably think things like "panadols good for headaches" & why? cause a drug company told you so, welcome to the placebo effect people you've just been scammed :laugh:

(don't get me wrong panadol does have some uses, headaches are NOT one of them)

What I'm getting at here is there ARE other ways to drugs (this probably not one of them tho), sometimes better ways but drug companies have profits to protect so they do push "placebo effects" & drugs for uses that they were not intended. Drug companies are NOT above scamming people & do each & every day, just look round at the reliance on things like panadol you'll soon see my point.

While you have a point that a lot of popular pills are likely 'scams', I see nothing wrong with the placebo effect, you buy a pill, take it, headaches gone, customer got what they wanted and seller got money, where's the problem?

Same applies for these bands perhaps? Course for the placebo effect to work you gotta beleive they will help, and that shits ridiculous, a shiny strapped to your wrist :facepalm: hmmm, maybe thats why rolex's are so popular?

[Scuba_Steve]

oh yea don't get me wrong people I think this deal is ludacris I'm just pointing out the drug companies aren't so much better they've just had longer at it.

I think things like this are mostly harmless and work as a placebo for those that believe (or a lesson) it's when they start pushing "unconfirmed alternatives" to known cures that I have issues with these kinda 'scams' especially when life is in the balance

[scissorhands]

A surfing buddy who works the weekend markets and is a dodgy junkie tried those muscle tests on me, to sell me a 'power balance bracelet'.

Thanks for the good advice guys, I wont be buying one.

[Little Miss Trouble]

Sorry guys, call me a loony if you want, but I wear one and swear by it.

The muscle tightness in my back that I've suffered with for the last couple of years is all but gone and I can't make the nerves in my ankles pinch when I run, no matter how hard I push myself. Probably won't sound like a big deal to most of you but the issue with my ankles has been a life long problem to the point that "I don't do running" used to come out of my mouth on rather a regular basis.

Believe what you want, but make up your own mind rather than take comments on here as gospel.

[Grasshopperus]

Guys, everything the OP has mentioned is true. These things work awesome! They cured up my Obsessive Hosiery Dislocation Disorder real quick

They're so good that I've been authorized by the Fortune 500 company that makes these things to arrange special sponsor packs for everyone on this forum. We're going to pay you $1000 per week to wear them everywhere you go whilst extolling our virtues.

In order to start you'll need to send a us your wrist and ankle measurements so we can get our ex-NASA scientists to make you a custom bracelet with a super-rare orange hologram! We'll also need a small sum to get your stationary printed but then it's clear sailing

Just Western Union $125 to our account #BB19902-222-3111-22222-squid-a-lilly and we'll take care of the rest. You don't even need to tell us your name or email.

[steve_t]

Sorry guys, call me a loony if you want, but I wear one and swear by it.

The muscle tightness in my back that I've suffered with for the last couple of years is all but gone and I can't make the nerves in my ankles pinch when I run, no matter how hard I push myself. Probably won't sound like a big deal to most of you but the issue with my ankles has been a life long problem to the point that "I don't do running" used to come out of my mouth on rather a regular basis.

Believe what you want, but make up your own mind rather than take comments on here as gospel.

Are u sure it's the bracelet and not your biomag magnetic underlay? :innocent:

[Little Miss Trouble]

Are u sure it's the bracelet and not your biomag magnetic underlay? :innocent:

Sure sweetheart, like I said believe what you want, I was the biggest sceptic when I was shown em but I ain't gonna question the results

[KiWiP]

Sorry guys, call me a loony if you want,

You're a loony

From another trademe advert for this ridiculous product. (the first one has been pulled apparently)

Power Balance is a performance technology that is a favorite among elite athletes...that strive to perform at the top of their game
Who? No names therefore no one. As it is said on this site "photos or it didn't happen.


Power balance holograms are embedded with frequencies that react positively with your body's natural energy fields.
No they're not! This is nonsense. It is like saying that a certain petrol is infused with heavy metal music to give it an earsplitting exhaust tone.
Doubt me? then try and come up with definitions for power, hologram, frequency, reaction, energy and field that in some way can link together as the scammers claim. Can't be done!


When the hologram comes in contact with your body's energy field, it allows your body to interact with the natural, beneficial frequency stored with the hologram. This results in improved energy flow throughout your body. Hack...hack hack... I'm unsure whether I'm laughing or throwing up...


Use when Batting, Coaching, or On-Field
or might I suggest to indicate to other con artists that you are an easy mark. Dare you to wear it walking past a crystal/homeopathy/"I sell crap" shop without kissing goodbye to this weeks rent

If at this stage you are still unconvinced by my words of wisdom that is fine. I now feel I can help you. I have been gifted by my level 78 Reiki 16th holder of the scroll of mystical Paladin a fantastic energy detox regime. Psst shh don't share this with anyone else it is our secret "Don't eat crap food all the time and do some exercise some of the time and get some decent shut eye time" It's amazing, it works. I know, I've heard many people say "it works". World leaders, international sports people and several nobel prize winners have in their lives said "it works"
But before you try it make sure you give a complete stranger $100 and sure enough in 2 weeks you will also be saying "it works" Yes its true giving complete strangers money and doing what someone tells you to do really does make you feel good.

Remember "It works" :bleh:

[bogan]

No they're not! This is nonsense. It is like saying that a certain petrol is infused with heavy metal music to give it an earsplitting exhaust tone.

I would buy sooooo much of this :D

[KiWiP]

I would buy sooooo much of this :D

Funnily enough I have 10,000liters of it in a holding facility in Nigeria where unfortunately my business partner died recently without signing the release forms. I just need $$$$s to release the Chemical Resonance Audio Petrol to the NZ market.

Send me all your money now. If you do this within the next fifteen minutes you can have all of it for free. And thats not all.... blah blah blah... :rolleyes:

[scumdog]

Hmm...'withdrawn by the administrator' is what it sez on T.M.<_<

[Little Miss Trouble]

I think you guys will find that a lot of reputable businesses are in fact stocking these
http://www.powerbalance.co.nz/retailers.php


Hmm...'withdrawn by the administrator' is what it sez on T.M.<_<

Because like all good products that develop a following, there is always someone who wants to make a quick buck from making copies.

[R6_kid]

Sure sweetheart, like I said believe what you want, I was the biggest sceptic when I was shown em but I ain't gonna question the results

You putting your hand up to be guinea pig? Take it off for two weeks and let us know how it goes...

[Little Miss Trouble]

Cmon Gareth, ya think I haven't already done that?
And you used to think that you knew me :-P

[bogan]

Funnily enough I have 10,000liters of it in a holding facility in Nigeria where unfortunately my business partner died recently without signing the release forms. I just need $$$$s to release the Chemical Resonance Audio Petrol to the NZ market.

Send me all your money now. If you do this within the next fifteen minutes you can have all of it for free. And thats not all.... blah blah blah... :rolleyes:

:lol: ok that all sounds legit, trouble is my money is tied up, I just need 100bucks to get it released...

[Scuba_Steve]

I think you guys will find that a lot of reputable businesses are in fact stocking these
http://www.powerbalance.co.nz/retailers.php


Apparently there are a few stockiest go figure, but I guess at the end of the day their no worse (or better) than energy drinks/bars, protein bars/shakes, bottled water & all the other 'crap' they peddle at sports stores & gyms.

[Little Miss Trouble]

Or bike shops ;-)

[Slyer]

Cmon Gareth, ya think I haven't already done that?
And you used to think that you knew me :-P
There's no way it works without breaking science as we know it.
"Power Balance® holograms are designed to work with your body's natural energy field. "
Every single part of this sentence is bullshit.
There's no evidence that there is such a thing as your "body's natural energy field" nor that holograms can interact with it and if there was these fraudsters wouldn't be the first to find out.

[KiWiP]

I think you guys will find that a lot of reputable businesses are in fact stocking these And your point is? Still doesn't make it a legitimate product. Many legitimate businesses sell shit because it makes money. Countdown sells smokes. McDonalds sells unhealthy fatty over-salted meals. Your choice whether you buy them or not but don't expect to get anything of value from the product.

Just as you're a misguided fool if you don't believe that cigarettes can cause you harm and constantly eating junk food won't screw up your physique, you are a fool if you believe the shit that is peddled alongside these sham products.



Because like all good products that develop a following, there is always someone who wants to make a quick buck from making copies.What can be copied here. The hologram cannot, I repeat (for the terminally stupid) CANNOT be embedded with a frequency. It doesn't make sense! Frequency is the measurement of the number of occurrences of an event per second (typically) So how can you 'embed' a number of events per second. They talk of the bodies natural energy field? A field is simply a place where forces act. This will be electrical, magnetic, gravitational or nuclear. Energy is that which causes the forces to effect an action (movement for example) so "Energy Field" has as much meaning as "Banana Hurricane"

Be honest with yourself what you bought had nothing physical to do with your recovery. Not even a smidgen. Psychologically it probably did so all good there.

[Little Miss Trouble]

And the world is flat too?

Can you not consider that possibly, just possibly someone smarter than you has figured out something that works, but that the language used to describe it is lacking?

The company that produces them in the US are working on clinical trials to prove their claims, until then I guess it's just those of us who are open enough to possibility that'll receive the benefits

[Slyer]

Looking forward to seeing it in Science magazine, where all real science is.
I bet you $100 it won't. Not because scientists are snobbish and won't bother to look at it all, believe me they do. But because it has zero factual basis to it beyond placebo.

[James Deuce]

And the world is flat too?

Can you not consider that possibly, just possibly someone smarter than you has figured out something that works, but that the language used to describe it is lacking?

The company that produces them in the US are working on clinical trials to prove their claims, until then I guess it's just those of us who are open enough to possibility that'll receive the benefits

Or someone is trying to desperately prove that they didn't waste money and credibility supporting a product attached to a band that "vibrates" at 400–790 THz just like all the other visible light.

[Little Miss Trouble]

I really don't care that a bunch of grumpy skeptics on KB don't want to believe it.
I know the pain I felt prior to wearing mine and sure as shit don't want to go back to that so you'll have to excuse me if I happily continue to ignore your comments from now on.

[steve_t]

I guess these bands are no different to homeopathy which is widely accepted and used worldwide.
Homeopathy - the energy from the leaves of specific plants is imparted into some water. This water is then put into a vat of thousands of litres of normal water. The homeopathic water causes a "memory" effect to make all of the water in the vat have the same curative powers as the homeopathic water.

I also loved that the head of some Homeopathic association declared that a double-blind randomised controlled trial is not a valid way to test the efficacy of homeopathy :blink:

Somebody's making a lot of money somewhere

[Slyer]

You say that like being a skeptic is a bad thing. No, being a gullible fool is a bad thing.

Well, unless I've got a lot of money to make in the alternative medicine industry. ;)

[KiWiP]

And the world is flat too?

Can you not consider that possibly, just possibly someone smarter than you has figured out something that works, but that the language used to describe it is lacking?Oh FFS! how thick are you? This is not me being superior or saying I am better than anyone else (oh shit I am so far down the food chain!) It is about having a bit of common sense. Figured out something that works? How an earth does someone figure out that "embedding a frequency in a hologram" which makes no sense, works?


The company that produces them in the US are working on clinical trials to prove their claims, until then I guess it's just those of us who are open enough to possibility that'll receive the benefits You are selling these f***ing things aren't you.
As you undoubtedly know the contact addresses for PowerBand in the US is 30012 Ivy Glenn, Suite #180, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 U.S.A. and 20512 Crescent Bay, Suite #108, Lake Forest, CA 92630 U.S.A.
Google map them these are both residential addresses. I don't see many research facilities. But of this they are making these claims but you say they are working on "Clinical Trials" but my brief search of The IRB in the states where all clinical trials must be registered came up with "no records found" Funny that! Are you talking complete shit? I think you are. Put up either research data (proper research not some shit from Wikipedia) or an IRB reference or hyperlink or as the saying goes "shut up" :bleh:

But wait there's more. How can they be making all of these claims if they have not been tested already? Hmmm there's a hologram embedded frequency of an energy question. So what are you, thick as shit or crooked as?

[Bikemad]

jeez dont hold back there KiWiP.............maybe try looser fitting undies mate.
if it works for you LMT more power to ya........me........well i prefer more traditional natural remedies for my aches n pains :innocent:

[James Deuce]

well i prefer more traditional natural remedies for my aches n pains :innocent:

I don't. There comes a point where you HAVE to make an accommodation with what ails you and learn to cope with it. Natural remedies don't work. Drugs don't work. Pain management is a mental discipline in its own right that doesn't need snake oil pedlars' input.

[Gwinch]

Try the decaf mate. :yes:


*antagonistic dribble*

[bogan]

I don't. There comes a point where you HAVE to make an accommodation with what ails you and learn to cope with it. Natural remedies don't work. Drugs don't work. Pain management is a mental discipline in its own right that doesn't need snake oil pedlars' input.

I know what you mean (unfortunately), however the placebo effect achieves the same ends by much the same means as mental discipline, so there's nothing wrong with that. And I certainly wouldn't seek to rob those who gain effective treatment from that effect. However I still wouldn't recommend trying the more snake oil sounding crap as it isn't likely to provide fuck all benefit, placebo or otherwise.

[Katman]

Who? No names therefore no one. As it is said on this site "photos or it didn't happen.


(And before you start on me - I have no opinion on these things. I'd never even heard about them till I read this thread but..........)

.......a quick search on their site gave me the names of Benji Marshall, Shaquille O'Neal, and Rubens Barrichello. And they were only the names I recognised.

And let's not forget that many years ago Peter Brock split with the Holden Dealer Team over their refusal to fit the Crystal Frequency Resonator thingy (or whatever it was called) to all their vehicles.

[KiWiP]

(And before you start on me...LOL

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/power-of-holograms-or-just-a-big-scam/story-e6frecj3-1225849554095
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Piu75P8sxTo
http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/comment/powerbalance.htm
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/power-wristbands-might-be-the-biggest-scam-20100619-yo11.html

And it goes on...

Doubt me then put your wallet where your conviction is and buy one
from any of these http://www.powerbalance.co.nz/retailers.php but keep the receipt and tell me if you're still wearing it down the line

:bleh: to those who red repped me, like I care what dumbasses and conmen think

[Katman]

And it goes on...

Doubt me then put your wallet where your conviction is and buy one
from any of these http://www.powerbalance.co.nz/retailers.php but keep the receipt and tell me if you're still wearing it down the line



What conviction? Can't you fucking read?

[KiWiP]

What conviction? Can't you fucking read?

Sorry that wasn't directed at you but all the dumbasses who are going to rush out and buy one so they don't fall off

Yep can read, bit pointless being on a forum if you can't. I think you meant "can't you fucking interpret?"

[DMNTD]

But because it has zero factual basis to it beyond placebo.

..and for the last 2000 years people have 'known' that there was a magical ol' fulla up in the sky that sprinkled magic fairy dust and created a shit load of stuff :facepalm:
Never allow facts to get in the way of a good story

[Pascal]

Pain management is a mental discipline in its own right that doesn't need snake oil pedlars' input.

:nods: Probably why Little Miss Trouble is all better now because of the "bracelet".

[James Deuce]

:nods: Probably why Little Miss Trouble is all better now because of the "bracelet".

Absolutely, BUT in the long term would be better acknowledging and managing pain than leaning on a placebo-based crutch.

[Katman]

Having pondered this overnight, my take is this.....

I have always believed that we have an energy within us. If we didn't then the Chinese have been scamming us for thousands of years. This energy, when focused can produce great self healing ability.

I think that all these bracelets are doing is creating a sense of awareness of that energy and the wearers own mind power then takes over and achieves the results.

[Scuba_Steve]

I do like "Power Balance performance technology is Holograms embedded with frequencies that act postitively with your bodys natural energy feild increasing your Balance, Strength and felexibility"

So 'Power Balance' is whole pictures embedded with a 'number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time' so is that like a CRT monitor???

[nodrog]

..and for the last 2000 years people have 'known' that there was a magical ol' fulla up in the sky that sprinkled magic fairy dust and created a shit load of stuff :facepalm:
Never allow facts to get in the way of a good story

What the fuck has Santa got to do with it?

Fanny.

[Scuba_Steve]

What the fuck has Santa got to do with it?

Fanny.

maybee he goes round delivering these "power bands"?

[Slyer]

Power Balance says the holograms on either side of the wrist react with the body's energy flow and tune its frequency to the ideal 7.83 hertz required to power the body.
You can't make this shit up folks!

Oh, wait.

[george formby]

I have had a so called "balance test" done on me. Weird thing was it kinda worked.

I'm not to sure whether it's just a placebo effect or not because I didn't know when it was put in my hand.

There are supposedly medicinal ones as well but until solid proof can be given as to why and how they work they are just another scam to me.

Our local seller tried that one on me. It's an old parlor trick based on muscle memory. We used to muck about with the tricks at school, we used slates & chalk in lessons.

I was given a Shuzi (?) bracelet as a present & had a sniff around trying to find out about the "technology". It doe's not exist in any peer reviewed form. A friend with one removed the chip & did the same tricks to unsuspecting bar flys.

I'm a natural sceptic & just because something is new & not main stream I do not automatically scoff. We do respond to magnetic & electrical influences, so why not?

The morning after I put the bracelet on I woke up feeling great, their could be a 100 reasons why but it was a suprise. Otherwise it had zero effect. I gave it back. A lot of money for something which is totally negligible & purportedly helps your golf swing. I don't play golf...

[ellipsis]

le) so "Energy Field" has as much meaning as "Banana Hurricane"



....funny you should mention the "Banana Hurricane" phenomenon ....the last one I got caught in was almost immediately after overdosing on my own top secret elixir...one that is guaranteed to fix...not cure, mind you....any and all ailments...either real or perceived...oh, all right...its not that much of a secret and it does get expensive and sometimes it makes things worse than they were...and you need to mix it with milk from a green coconut...

[scissorhands]

All that is required is a double blind test with 10 or so participants repeating an activity like an obstacle course.

Racehorses use them?

[george formby]

I have had a so called "balance test" done on me. Weird thing was it kinda worked.

I'm not to sure whether it's just a placebo effect or not because I didn't know when it was put in my hand.

There are supposedly medicinal ones as well but until solid proof can be given as to why and how they work they are just another scam to me.

Our local seller tried that one on me. It's an old parlor trick based on muscle memory. We used to muck about with the tricks at school, we used slates & chalk in lessons.

I was given a Shuzi (?) bracelet as a present & had a sniff around trying to find out about the "technology". It doe's not exist in any peer reviewed form. A friend with one removed the chip & did the same tricks to unsuspecting bar flys.

I'm a natural sceptic & just because something is new & not main stream I do not automatically scoff. We do respond to magnetic & electrical influences, so why not?

The morning after I put the bracelet on I woke up feeling great, their could be a 100 reasons why but it was a suprise. Otherwise it had zero effect. I gave it back. A lot of money for something which is totally negligible & purportedly helps your golf swing. I don't play golf...

I would suggest pulling the little do dacky out & sticking it to your fore head...

[Bikemad]

Having pondered this overnight, my take is this.....

I have always believed that we have an energy within us. If we didn't then the Chinese have been scamming us for thousands of years. This energy, when focused can produce great self healing ability.

I think that all these bracelets are doing is creating a sense of awareness of that energy and the wearers own mind power then takes over and achieves the results.

TRANSLATION =........i just realised my wife wears one and i like free sex

[Bikemad]

I don't. There comes a point where you HAVE to make an accommodation with what ails you and learn to cope with it. Natural remedies don't work. Drugs don't work. Pain management is a mental discipline in its own right that doesn't need snake oil pedlars' input.

dude lighten up and learn to read between the lines...........im 50 years old mate..........know a thing or two about living with what ails me by now.........we all cope in our own way...........your way may not be my way..........doesnt mean its the wrong way does it???

[wysper]

unhealthy fatty over-salted meals.

damn - now I'm hungry! - wonder if those power bands could help with that?

[bogan]

damn - now I'm hungry! - wonder if those power bands could help with that?

hmmm, dunno if you can digest energy changing holograms, would probably give you some pretty bad gas, perhaps even ring sting:shit:

[Scuba_Steve]

damn - now I'm hungry! - wonder if those power bands could help with that?

yes, by NOT buying one you'll have enough money for a fast food "family meal" which contain special life preserving attributes that can help you stay alive longer than if you didn't eat at all.

[nodrog]

damn - now I'm hungry! - wonder if those power bands could help with that?

Yes they can. They put one inside you around your stomach, and Gem and the Holograms fight off the hunger pains, and the fat.

Fanny.

[steve_t]

damn - now I'm hungry! - wonder if those power bands could help with that?


hmmm, dunno if you can digest energy changing holograms, would probably give you some pretty bad gas, perhaps even ring sting:shit:

I'm skeptical. I don't think the holograms would help get rid of the feeling of hunger but yeah, eating the silicon bands might either make you feel full or really sick :shutup:

[Pascal]

hmmm, dunno if you can digest energy changing holograms, would probably give you some pretty bad gas, perhaps even ring sting:shit:

Imagine a technicolour, projected, animated fart though. It'd eat Gandalf's smoke rings.

[george formby]

hmmm, dunno if you can digest energy changing holograms, would probably give you some pretty bad gas, perhaps even ring sting:shit:

At least other people would be able to see them & stay up wind

[ynot slow]

Easy to see if a scam.Ask the sales rep when he is having chemo,then go visit him when he's getting treated,he'll have a needle in his arm or wrist,if not ask him what tablet he is on,if he can't give you answers to his regime give the wanker a punch from me,I friggin hate arseholes saying they're having treatment or got cancer and haven't.

Man if it is true I could've done with it when having my chemo,especially when having radiation and chemo infused weekly into my neck,especially when combining it with a few cocktails,man my feet were pissed that night.

[steve_t]

The 'about to start chemo' sales rep is a fictitious person created to emotively persuade you that there's a genuine reason these bands are being offered so 'cheaply'

[jonbuoy]

I don't. There comes a point where you HAVE to make an accommodation with what ails you and learn to cope with it. Natural remedies don't work. Drugs don't work. Pain management is a mental discipline in its own right that doesn't need snake oil pedlars' input.

I agree with everything else apart from the drugs, prescription pain killers do work. Its sad how desperate people can get that they will fall for this B/S. I know a guy who has been conned into trying "energy medicine" - he gets charged an outrageous amount of money to get plugged into what is basically a fancy lie detector that "heals" his body with electrical impulses. Problem is the "real" doctors can´t do anything about his condition so its a last resort - no-ones got the heart to tell him its a load of Quakery, his only real hope is a miracle. If they weren´t charging so much it wouldn´t be so bad. These parasites feeding off the sick and desperate need a bullet between the eyes.

[Coolz]

I have some magic beans which I would be willing to trade for a motorcycle.......

[Slyer]

http://www.powerbalance.com/australia/ca
For those still following... hahahah

Also check the product page, they removed all the bullshit!
http://www.powerbalance.com/australia/silicone-wristband-aunz.html

[steve_t]

http://www.powerbalance.com/australia/ca
For those still following... hahahah

Also check the product page, they removed all the bullshit!
http://www.powerbalance.com/australia/silicone-wristband-aunz.html

"In our advertising we stated that Power Balance wristbands improved your strength, balance and flexibility.

We admit that there is no credible scientific evidence that supports our claims and therefore we engaged in misleading conduct in breach of s52 of the Trade Practices Act 1974.

If you feel you have been misled by our promotions, we wish to unreservedly apologise and offer a full refund."

:shit::shit::innocent:

[KiWiP]

Made to last, this durable, 100% Surgical Grade Silicone wristband can go anywhere you do. Made with a stretch feature that extends easily over your hand, you’ll love the style and comfort it provides. Complete with two Power Balance holograms, this sporty and fun band goes with everything. Find your size and see where the day takes you.

Wow all that for only $AU 60!

[pzkpfw]

I
don't
fucking
believe
it.

Check out the last page of Suzuki's "Blitz" PDF: http://www.suzuki.co.nz/Its-A-Blitz/

That's a decision made right now: I swear I will not buy a Suzuki again.

(Unless all the manufacturers do equally nutty things and even the playing field (a foot lower than it used to be).)

[bogan]

(Unless all the manufacturers do equally nutty things and even the playing field (a foot lower than it used to be).)

hey, lets be fair, kwakas are already a foot lower :bleh: and hondas a foot above :innocent:

[Slyer]

With all the sports people out there fully endorsing this bullshit it doesn't really surprise...
They obviously failed to realise that this will lower sales amongst the more well informed of us.

[scott411]

we sell these, for the only reason that they sponsored the Suzuki MX team here,

some people swear by them and claim they have positive effects while wearing them, mine never really did anything for me, it personal choice,

it is about as scientific as the bible is, but alot of poeple believe in that as well,

[Slyer]

Why would anyone accept sponsorship for a blatant scam? It's helping to trick even more people into buying their bullshit.
They're almost as bad as homeopathy, god knows how that got so prolific.

[scott411]

for the same reason people accept sponsorship off cigerette companies, energy drink comapnies and alcahol, its expensive to go racing,

i do not see it as a scam, they are not the 1st company to fall foul of consumer laws, and will not be the last, they have always offered a money back policy,