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AIBU to complain my magnum infinity does not grow back!

31 replies

SodaStreamy · 01/05/2013 19:52

I'm serious , I completely believed the advert.

I'm an intelligent grown up and I believed the advert and it would 'grow back'. I was looking forward to watching this in amazement like a little kid, bit in in anticipation, waited and waited.

Nothing.....IT DOES NOT GROW BACK....lying bastards

Well I know it couldn't grow grow back, but I thought it maybe had a secret ingredient like ice magic which hardened over ice cream [ice cream]

Nothing, Nadda , Zilch

Are they really allowed to lie like this, I thought adverts had to be truthful or have small print.

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musickeepsmesane · 01/05/2013 19:54

yours might be broken. Take it back to the shop, get another one.......

round1000 · 01/05/2013 19:56

That advert is really confusing, I consider myself an intelligent person but the advert does imply it actually grows back. I was also disappointed when my one diddn't grow back.

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SodaStreamy · 01/05/2013 19:56

I feel completely cheated and stupid.

THEY DO NOT G|ROW BACK..........wankers

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Sparklingbrook · 01/05/2013 19:57

Shock You need to complain re misleading advert.

HoneyDragon · 01/05/2013 19:59

They only grow back if you lick them the right way. You must be doing it wrong.

trikken · 01/05/2013 19:59

I was wondering if they actually did. I am a bit gullible though.

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SodaStreamy · 01/05/2013 20:00

I'm going to Sparkling , I really am.

I'm going to tweet them and facebook and complain to the ASDA .

I feel like a tit

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SantanaLopez · 01/05/2013 20:00

I think you must have done it wrong. Maybe you need to practice?

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SodaStreamy · 01/05/2013 20:02

complain to the ASA not the ASDA , but them too, they sold me them

They're all in on it...........ice cream fibbing wankers.

They be sorry , I'll show them what grow back looks like, mark my words

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SoleSource · 01/05/2013 21:00

Keep taking the magnim lolly sticks back to the shop. Until you are 100 stones. Then sue.

Sparklingbrook · 01/05/2013 21:03

I think you should phone Dom Littlewood and go on that 'Don't get Done get Dom' programme. Or Watchdog/Rip off Britain.

Melpomene · 01/05/2013 21:09

Legally this ad would be classed as 'trader's puff' - the idea that they grow back is intended to be ridiculous/over the top and not taken literally.

I expect plenty of children would take it literally though, so I think they should put a restriction on showing the ad during children's programmes. I'm not sure whether they've done that.

MyNameIsInigoMontoya · 01/05/2013 21:12

Honeydragon "They only grow back if you lick them the right way." Grin

toomuch2young · 01/05/2013 21:18

Grin I won't even mention my comment when half watching the Twix advert, 'oh I didn't realise is a difference between the two sides'
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Dawndonna · 01/05/2013 21:18

It's because you have to eat the ice cream first and I bet you started on the chocolate first.
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GreenEggsAndNichts · 01/05/2013 21:21

hah :) I did think the same thing when I first saw these adverts. Only a matter of time before there is small print at the end.

MsJupiterJones · 01/05/2013 21:26

It is really weird though, usually there is a different tone to these types of ads where they make a grandiose claim. I too wondered if there was something special about it - I was thinking smaller ice cream inside the larger one.

I will not buy one ON PRINCIPLE unless they are really nice

PowerPants · 01/05/2013 22:51

SodaSteam - I thought exactly the same as you, even down to the Ice Magic bit!

ParadiseChick · 01/05/2013 23:29

I marvelled at the history of twix, the family rift, the small drive!

Bunson · 01/05/2013 23:37

Stupid

WeAreEternal · 01/05/2013 23:40

I feel totally conned. That is the most horrendous case of false advertising I have ever seen.

Sue the bastards for pain and suffering caused by the ice cream not growing back.

KatyTheCleaningLady · 01/05/2013 23:51

I'm giggling like a fool, here.

I didn't literally believe it grew back, but I did wonder what they meant by the advert. Like, was there something about these lollies that they SEEM to grow back?? I mean, I didn't think you could do that in an advert.

I think being deliberately OTT would be something like those Axe (Lynx?) adverts where the guy sprays the stuff on and women come running. That I can see is meant to be silly.

But, the advert plainly states that the Magnum Infinity will grow back!

GirlWiththeLionHeart · 01/05/2013 23:51

They actually changed the ads, probably because if was misleading. The girl used to bite into it, look down and it had grown back! They cut that out of the new one

tomorowisanotherday · 01/05/2013 23:51

even my nine year old said.... I bet it doesn't grow back... they're just saying that to make you buy some

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SodaStreamy · 02/05/2013 01:35

It should not be allowed though.......I believed it was going to grow back.

Because in a way I thought that might just be possible

They say and actually say 'It grows back' it DOES NOT grow back

Why are they allowed too lie like this

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