Sky Rocketing Gas Prices Are Bringing Out A New Breed of Phony Fuel Savers...
Ever increasing petrol prices have motorists hunting for ways to
reduce the pain at the pump. That's probably why there's
a whole new wave of so-called gas saving devices. Please
be beware, that consumer advocates warn, that very few, if any of these devices actually work.
The amount of adverts for devices that promise to save on
fuel have been around for nearly as long as the automobile.
And anytime that gas prices increase there is normally a
surge in them. . The new thing about
this latest influx of phony gas savers is that they are
advertising them beyond the accepted
newspaper-magazine-television format to emerge with
increasing frequency all over the Internet and in
spammy emails.
Apparently, there is an email that offers to show you how to
cut 70 cents off the price of a gallon of petrol has been making the rounds.
You may not have seen this in your inbox as yet, but
just wait. McCaffee, a vendor of security software,
stated that by their count about 0.2% of nearly all the spam
emails now concerns the cost of automobile fuel. That figure
is almost certain to rise as the cost of gas continues to
rise.
There are many so-called gas savers being advertised
and they claim they can give you gas savings ranging from 12% to 25%.
The Environmental Protection Agency however, who are the arm of the federal government charged with monitoring fuel efficiency,
stated that it has tested thousands of these products and never found one that produced the
results claimed.
That’s why you won't find the Environmental Protection
Agency or any of the other government agencies
advocating these so-called fuel savers. Mind you, that doesn’t stop the
moody sellers of these phony gas savers from claiming that
the government endorses them.
It is necessary to keep in mind that the venders who are
selling these bogus fuel savers are indeed, trying to take advantage of
Joe Public’s inclination to accept that “they
wouldn’t be able to say that if it was untrue”. That’s why
when they advertise, they often feature convincing
excerpts from so-called satisfied customers. It is
very possible that these motorists believe what they’re saying. But it’s
hardly likely that they actually possess the apparatus
that is necessary to test the effectiveness of their products
accurately.
These products have been tested with the necessary
equipment by trained testers, and the results promised
did not pan out.
A consumer affairs experts stated that if you have
bought such a device or an additive that has
promised to substantially save on auto fuel and are unhappy with the results,
that you need to contact the seller first and request a refund. If that
is not successful, then you should file a consumer
complaint by contacting the office of your state’s attorney general.
With so much of your hard earned money already going
into your tank, it makes sense not to throw even more
away on phony gas saving devices. The cost of some of
these devices range from $20 and upwards of $200.
Nevertheless, who can afford to throw money down the
drain when these products don't work!
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