Originally Posted By: tenderloin
Did Prolong get sued or fined by the FTC?
No, the facts are that the FTC thoroughly investigated all of the tests and evidence that supported Prolong’s product claims in much the same manner as going through a very detailed IRS audit.
Prolong has never been sued or taken to court by the FTC.
Prolong has never been fined by the FTC.
Prolong did not make false product claims.
No employees of Prolong were found to have violated any FTC regulations.
Only a very poorly run company would allow an FTC investigation to go all the way to court. As usual it was settled by an out of court settlement where they agreed to stop advertising unsubstantiated claims:
http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/1999/09/prolong-super-lubricants-settles-ftc-charges
So I do take issue with your "Prolong did not make false product claims" statement, as the FTC was prepared to take Prolong to administrative court about it. Like any sane company making unsubstantiated advertising claims, they settled early instead of going to court, losing and getting fined heavily. While the rest may be true as far as it goes, reading the article shows no ringing endorsements of Prolong.
Originally Posted By: crazyoildude
why is it here on bitog so many people are called trolls?? This is a discussion about motor oil and filters and whatever else and most of us are here because we are interested in oil and some have different opinions. i Don't consider that response trolling unless i missed something.
Sounding like a broken record, pushing the same claims over and over again in every thread possible may not technically be trolling, but it sure is tiring. I do know endless tiresome quarrelling about these filters earned a short trip to Band Camp for at least one poster in this thread.
