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RE: The legality of it

Analog Scott,

When you say, "I don't see how there would be any fraud if the vendor makes no claims about the devices' effectiveness but does believe they are a legitimate substitute for other devices on the market that others believe are effective," I believe the vendor of the substitute device would be making the statement that the substitute device is as effective as the other device, which was asserted as being affective. If I buy an aftermarket alternator for my car, or a generic version of a pharmaceutical, I must be able to assume it functions in the same way as the original and there are laws that require it do so. In this way, the potential maker of $20 "Genius Rocks" would be making an statement of effectiveness by association as a "substitute". If however, the vendor stated, "Of no use, function, effectiveness whatsoever" there is no fraud. This is why "Pet Rocks" could be sold in the 60's- they were purposely promoted as useless!

Cheers,

Bambi B


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