{"id":2566,"date":"2012-11-14T20:58:08","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T01:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2566"},"modified":"2012-11-14T20:58:14","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T01:58:14","slug":"group-buying-sites-their-false-advertising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/11\/14\/group-buying-sites-their-false-advertising","title":{"rendered":"Group buying sites &#038; their false advertising"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just read that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coupang.com\/\">Coupang<\/a>, in South Korea, has been <a href=\"http:\/\/koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com\/news\/article\/article.aspx?aid=2962378&amp;cloc=joongangdaily%7Chome%7Cnewslist2\">fined<\/a> for using false information by the Korean Fair Trade Commission to sell beef.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s amazing is that there was 117 million won (~USD$108,000) worth of beef sold at a 50% discount. The fine for false advertising, which is common in group buying sites as they beef up copywriting, was 8 million won (~USD7360).<\/p>\n<p>Guess they&#8217;re big, but everyone&#8217;s got to play by fair rules. I wonder how many other trade commissions look into whacky copywriting in other countries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Group%20buying%20sites%20%26%20their%20false%20advertising&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2012%2F11%2F14%2Fgroup-buying-sites-their-false-advertising&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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