retailer of the power balance wristband?!


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Power Balance, only yesterday were ordered by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to refund all customers who feel they were misled by the supposed benefits of Power Balance bracelets.

ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel said in a statement: “Power Balance has admitted that there is no credible scientific basis for the claims and therefore no reasonable grounds for making representations about the benefits of the product.

“Its conduct may have contravened the misleading and deceptive conduction section of the Trade Practices Act 1974," Mr Samuel said.

"When a product is heavily promoted, sold at major sporting stores and worn by celebrities, consumers tend to give a certain legitimacy to the product and the representations being made."
http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/fi…

This follows months of skeptical activism which lead to community watchdog "Choice" conducting a double blinded study on Power Balance bracelets only to find they worked no better than placebo. Choice awarded Power Balance with their annual 'Shonky' award; shonky meaning dubious or underhanded: https://vicskeptics.wordpress.com/2010/1…


Double blinded tests have also been carried out by the University of Wales:

*Dr Irwin said: "Very simply the tests show that there was no difference between wearing this dummy band or wearing the Power Balance band. We tested it statistically as well and found that there wasn't a statistical difference. The physiology and the biology of the performer won't have changed by putting this band on at all. There may be some changes in performance because of the placebo effect, which is a strong tool."

His views were shared by Dr Andrew Dearden of the British Medical Association Wales, who criticised the bands as "pseudo science".*
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11805…

So that's it - game over for energy bracelets. I hope this information points you in the right direction.

You can actually buy $2 copies of the Power Balance bracelet; they come out of the same factory in China and are identical, except they are labeled "Placebo Band". Power Balance bracelets sell for $60.00. The placebo bands are an idea of a skeptics group in Australia to take the piss out of Power Balance: http://skepticbros.com/placebo-bands/



I found power balance a long time, you can visit :
http://www.powerbalance-wristbands.com/
free shipping wholesale sale ,only 4$/pcs. my friends bought last month.
I hope can help you this is my personal opinion.

http://www.powerbalance-wristbands.com/



there's loads on eBay.

You do know it's all a scam though I hope




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