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LifeWave Energy Patches
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Posted By:
Fawkes
Feb 24, 2005
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Now you can get more energy from a patch! I especially like the way that
they "believe" that it works. It is also based on years of research from
many fields. While the research may be valid, I'm not sure that their
results were intended to be used with a "patent pending blend of water,
oxygen, amino acids and organics applied to a polyester fabric and sealed
within a polymer shell".
http://www.contactplus.com/lifewave.htm
We can finally have our super-soldiers now!
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Joel
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 | 05:03 PM
POWER BALANCE REACHES $57 MILLION SETTLEMENT OVER FALSE MARKETING
"Power Balance has agreed to a potential $57 million settlement in a federal class action suit that alleged the company falsely marketed its bracelets, wristbands, pendants, and other accessories claiming they gave wearers physiological benefits like improved balance, strength and flexibility.
"Power Balance agreed to change its marketing and advertising practices. Under the proposed settlement, the company will not represent in any advertising that its products will “improve balance, strength or flexibility” or that its products “work with your body energy,” unless it is able to provide evidence that supports the representations.
"Live demonstrations that Power Balance held to exhibit the benefits of its accessories will also end, and the company said it would remove some video postings of demonstrations."
http://www.manatt.com/news-areas.aspx?id=13784#Article1
Gee, and the Power Balance bracelet had so many personal testimonials to back it up, and athletes were wearing it. Just like Lifewave.
Alas, it was nothing but a scam foisted upon a gullible public that fell for new age marketing hype about a "human energy field" and "bioresonance" and "quantum" and "nanotechnology", and who fell for "muscle test" parlor tricks. Just like Lifewave. |
EDHUK
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 | 08:22 PM
http://www.synergyinaction.com/lifewave.html
So, this tired old crap is still online.
Check out the good old days!! |
Joel
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 | 03:09 PM
Thanks, EDHUK.
That website, www.synergyinaction, belongs to Dr. David Kamnitzer, who is into "leading-edge ideas in healing, spirituality, and social transformation" and who offers "holistic chiropractic care." A chiropractor, of course. A "holistic" one, no less. Ooga-booga medicine x 2.
He hawks on that website a product from "Clarus Transphase Scientific" that appears to be a pendant that he says uses "energy resonance" and "clarifies the fundamental information pathways between physical matter, linking to its conjunct non-hertzian field. Use it to "Keep Your Energy Field Clear — Even in Front of the Computer!", he urges you.
These clowns never stop.
But notice that the good doctor Kamnitzer apparently no longer sells Lifewave; it's not one of the ooga-booga products on his "Products" page. So here's somebody who apparently got in on the ground floor of Lifewave (which David Schmidt touted as being the equivalent to getting in on the ground floor of Microsoft), but nevertheless abandoned the product. How about that. Maybe even holistic chiropractor David Kamnitzer eventually figured out that Lifewave patches are a scam.
I hate to admit it, but I may have to start giving holistic chiropractors just a little bit of credit. |
EDHUK
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 | 11:41 AM
Still hoping to hear from Lissa...
Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 | 12:55 PM
Lissa in Australia,
Hi Lissa,
Are you making any progress in your attempt to arrange the very first genuine research study of the patches in relation to autism?
Cheers,
David
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Joel
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 | 05:39 PM
It might be difficult for Lissa for find an Australian doctor who will not summarily laugh her out of his office now that the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has weighed in.
As we know now, the TGA investigated Lifewave's claims and concluded that Lifewave had failed to produce "even minimally persuasive evidence that the advertised products [Lifewave patches] could have the therapeutic benefits claimed in the advertisements." On that basis TGA found the complaint against Lifewave to be "justified," and ordered Lifewave distributor Michael Podolski who was hauled in front of it on false advertising charges "to withdraw any representations that the advertised products are safe, or that they have benefits in relation to appetite control, craving control, weight loss, detoxification, antioxidant boost, anti-aging, skin repair, pain relief, relief of pain from injuries, relief of chronic pain, relief of migraines, relief of arthritis, enhancing energy, enhancing stamina, reducing fatigue, or promoting restful sleep."
http://www.tgacrp.com.au/index.cfm?pageID=13&special=complaint_single&complaintID=1349 (TGA Complaint No. 2009-01-030, dated April 16, 2009).
Still, I would be intrigued to hear from Lissa what became of her attempts to get a doctor to perform valid testing on Lifewave patches relating to autism. Too bad she disappeared. Lissa, are you out there? |
Joel
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 | 12:10 AM
David Schmidt Tells the U.S. Government That Lifewave Patches Contain Honey and Molasses
It is now more than 9 years since David Schmidt filed his first patent application for his Lifewave patches, which was provisional patent application no. 60/413,617 filed September 25, 2002.
His non-provisional application was rejected four times by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) on 5/23/07, 2/19/08, 8/19/08, and 12/11/08. His attorneys at Shaw Pitman appealed the latest rejection. When the Appeals Board summoned those attorneys to personally appear before the Appeals Board in Washington, D.C. to explain why the PTO should give Schmidt a patent, rather than face the heat they abandoned Schmidt’s patent application and instead filed a continuation application (serial no. 12/915,419) thus more or less starting the whole process again from scratch and voluntarily surrendering about 7 years from the life of any patent that might result.
In his latest application, Schmidt gives this explanation of the materials in his miraculous patches with their supposedly revolutionary medical technology:
Claim 68. The system of claim 58, wherein the Right-Handed molecule [in the patches] is a sugar, wherein the sugar is in a form selected from a group consisting of high fructose corn syrup, honey, molasses and sugar cane.
Claim 69. The system of claim 58, wherein the Right-Handed molecule is associated with one or more of components including honey and molasses.
(Application Serial No. 12/915,419 by David G. Schmidt for “Biomolecular Wearable Apparatus,” Amendment dated October 29, 2010, signed by attorney Patrick A. Doody)
There you have it, folks: The Lifewave “technology” consists of honey and molasses, according to David Schmidt and his patent attorneys in their most recent filing with the Patent and Trademark Office in 2010. |
Joel
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 | 12:19 AM
Ever wonder why David Schmidt doesn’t advertise Lifewave patches on television?
As they say down on the farm: Pigs get fat; hogs get slaughtered.
King of Infomercials found dead in jail cell
October 3, 2011. Phoenix. A TV infomercial pitchman accused of defrauding more than 226,000 people out of nearly $52 million has died in his Arizona jail cell of an apparent suicide, authorities said on Monday.
Donald Lapre, 47, was found dead at about 8:30 a.m. on Sunday at a facility in Florence, Arizona, where he was being held on fraud and other related charges, U.S. Marshal's spokesman Matt Hershey said.
Lapre, the self-proclaimed "King of Infomercials," was awaiting a trial next October after being indicted on 41 charges stemming from a nationwide scheme to sell what was billed as "The Greatest Vitamin in the World.”
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44763429/ns/today-today_news/t/king-infomercials-found-dead-jail-cell/
Gosh, and Lapre had all those people giving testimonials for him and everything.
Schmidt so far has been smart enough to keep a low profile so as to fly under the FTC’s radar, so that he doesn’t end up like Donald Lapre. He knows that if he started doing television he would end up in the FTC’s crosshairs. |
pat in aus
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 | 06:39 AM
i think that is very tasteless reporting joel. greedy people lost some money and a greedy man lost his life but so did his family. he must have felt the heavy burden for what he had done to give up and die. nothing to feel glee for there. you may need to put his death in a new context if you want anyone to hear your message. have we lost the plot? |
Joel
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 | 07:30 PM
Here’s a fascinating scholarly study just published by a guy with an MBA and a PhD on MLMs including actual data on the profit/loss experienced by MLM participants, published on the FTC’s website. The compensation plans he studied included the Lifewave compensation plan. See p. 7-31.
The Case (for and) against Multi-level Marketing
By Jon M. Taylor, MBA, Ph.D., Consumer Awareness Institute
www.ftc.gov/os/comments/bizoppstaffreport/00008-57281.pdf
Among Mr. Taylor’s conclusions:
1. Of the 29 MLM payout histories actually studied, 99.6 percent of MLM participants lost money. Ibid at p. 7-27.
2. “On average, one in 238 actually profited after subtracting expenses, and 996 out of 1,000 lost money – to say nothing of the time invested.” Ibid.
3. “As a general rule, the more a new recruit invests in an MLM program, the more he or she loses. This, of course, is true of most any scam.” Ibid.
4. “[O]ne can do much better at the gaming tables in Las Vegas.” Ibid. at p. 7-26.
5. “As a business model, MLM is likely the most successful con game of all time. The very people who are out recruiting are themselves victims until they run out of money and quit. And because victims seldom file complaints, law enforcement rarely acts. It is a vicious cycle, No complaints, no law enforcement action; no law enforcement action, no complaints. So the game goes on.” Ibid.
6. “George W. Bush rewards his Amway supporters with very little action against MLMs from 2001 to 2008. After coming into office in 2001, President George W. Bush quickly replaced [FTC] Chairman Pitofsky [who had tried to reign in MLM schemes, see p. 10-28] in June 2001 with Timothy Muris, an MLM sympathizer who had worked for Amway’s legal firm. And you guessed it, MLMs found in him a safe haven for the duration of his tenure, with only about three cases (NexGen 3000, Trek Alliance, Burnlounge) pursued out of hundreds of MLMs that could – and should – have been prosecuted. Ibid. at 11-5.
Here’s my favorite, the author’s advice to would-be MLM recruits:
6. “If someone tries to recruit you into an MLM, you can save yourself the trouble of researching the MLM and doing all this debugging and calculating by asking the person who is recruiting you to show you his tax returns for the past year. Then ask that others he has recruited in the past couple of years show their tax returns – or some proof that they have earned the promised rewards (less expenses). Be prepared for some blank stares and evasive answers.”
What a simple, easy, and elegant way to test whether the person attempting to recruit you into an MLM is pretending to be your friend but is actually trying to scam you.
Please, could someone out there who is considering becoming a Lifewave distributor ask that question of the person who is trying o recruit you, and let us know the response?
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EDHUK
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 | 08:51 AM
Further LIES in the name of LifeWave.
No surprise here then...
http://acupuncture-patches.blogspot.com/p/from-dr-dean-clark-dc-official.html
Check out Dr Dean Clark who proudly states he is..."official chiropractor for the United States Olympic Track & Field Team."
Perhaps Dr Clark should speak with Jill Geer at USATF
http://www.usatf.org/
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Apparently, she says he is NOT!
Why am I not surprised.
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Joel
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 | 01:26 PM
Gosh, if true, that could mean that Dean Clark has violated
Title 36 of the United States Code, Section 220506, which prohibits anyone from using the word "Olympics" to promote his own goods or services without authorization from the United States Olympic Committee, and provides for civil liability against someone who does so.
Oops. |
Charlotte A Surjono
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Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 | 11:35 PM
I want to follow -up comments about Lifewave Scam Roy A surjono |
EDHUK
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 | 09:58 AM
https://www.facebook.com/people/Roy-A-Surjono/742824436
Nice car!
I wonder what the tone of the comments will be? |
EDHUK
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 | 10:21 AM
Roy's FB "friends":
David Schmidt:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000615982699
Karen Kan:
https://www.facebook.com/karenkan
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002070958211
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1049225613
Ria Gilday
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000212898074
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr8Y3wRlgDY
I guess we can predict the tone of the "comments".
Does that make me "psychic"? |
EDHUK
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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 | 06:57 PM
http://newsblaze.com/story/2011041812330200001.pnw/topstory.html
"Filmed in Studio City, California earlier this year, host William Shatner and MAF reporter Doug Llewelyn interview LifeWave Founder & CEO David Schmidt, Company Ambassador Suzanne Somers and LifeWave Health and Science Director Dr. Steve Haltiwanger. The comprehensive interview covers topics such as how the LifeWave line of patch products work, the scientific evidence the Company has gathered to support its product line, and a testimonial from Suzanne Somers who talks about her use of LifeWave patches and how they play a critical role in her daily regimen."
Say what!! |
EDHUK
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 | 12:01 AM
The scammers get more and more brazen by the day.
As advertised on late night TV.
http://www.theedgechip.com/
"The Edge Pain Chip works by using frequencies that only affect the pain signal."
Mmmm Sounds familiar.
"Modern day quantum physics has defined the presence of an energy field within the human body."
WOW
"The Edge technology taps into this Traditional Chinese Medicine. Energy within the body flows along well-defined meridians. The proprietary method of programming within the multi-layered chips positively influences these meridians. Resulting in pain relief for Back, Neck, Knees, Shoulder and other painful body parts or an increase in energy."
See, it's that easy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0TOUOYMWjE&feature=player_embedded
How do so many people run scams in broad daylight without consequences? |
Joel
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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 | 02:46 PM
Hilarious, and sad at the same time.
The Edge Chip's website says, "Frequency is the measurable rate of electrical energy flow that is constant between any two points." That's about as hilariously incorrect a statement about science and technology as Dr. Steven Haltiwanger's definition of nanotechnology, the moron and/or crook (take your pick) that he is.
So the Edge Chip invokes all the same buzzwords as Lifewave including quantum, frequencies, acupuncture points, energy meridians, ancient Chinese medicine, and "no chemicals enter your body." Like Lifewave, the Edge Chip has a pain version and an energy version, has lots of testimonials including by people in sports who would endorse monkey poo if doing so made them a few extra bucks, you can use extra ones at the same time for more benefit, and of course there's the obligatory money back guarantee. And hey, if someone claims in a testimonial that it works, then that's proof beyond dispute that it's not just the placebo effect at work, right?
Also like Lifewave, the Edge Chip comes with FDA disclaimers disclaiming any notion that the things actually do anything, or can effectively treat any condition. And, like so many other scam products, the Edge Chip scam stickers are significantly cheaper than Lifewave scam patches. So why would anybody buy expensive Lifewave scam patches when they can buy cheaper scam stickers instead?
I don't know, EDHUK. It's very sad that our government lets people get away with defrauding the public like this. And it's sad that so many people are so uneducated, gullible, and self-delusional that they buy into this stuff.
Sad that attorneys help them perpetrate their frauds, and television companies sell them advertising time. Sad that athletes like Steve Garvey, Lamar Odom, and Shaq lend their names to the scams for a few extra bucks, as if they're not rich enough already. Sad that people like Suzanne Sommers will hawk any scam product for a few extra dollars. Sad that people like William Shatner assist them for an extra payday. Sad that anybody believes for a minute that if an athlete or actor endorses it, then it must be real because who understands more about science and cutting edge technology than athletes and actors presenting paid endorsements.
It's a breakdown in morals, education, and intelligence within our society from top to bottom.
Let's hope that someday we get a president who believes that crooks shouldn't be allowed to defraud the public, and who puts some teeth into the FTC.
Alas, I fear that politicians in this country and sellers of fraudulent pain/energy/sleep/diet/anti-aging/gas mileage products will always share a deep and abiding bond as fellow members of the Brotherhood of Crooks, who all profit in their own way by selling their own respective brands of snake oil to a gullible American public. Why take action against fraudsters? Why eat their own? Reminds me of that old joke about why sharks don't eat lawyers. |
EDHUK
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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 | 08:19 PM
"It's a breakdown in morals, education, and intelligence within our society from top to bottom."
Couldn't agree more, Joel. I believe it's way past time that schools had a course on critical thinking...you know...the other national deficit!
The course would teach children how to examine claims about any product or service. Be it the great "deal" from the local car showroom or LifeWave patches.
It's also way past time to deal with the likes of Peter Popoff and the many other faith healers on TV. The psychic counselors who talk to the dead for a contribution to their lifestyle.
It's way past time to deal with the likes of Kevin Trudeau and his list of "things they don't want you to know".
It's way past time to deal with the folks who want you to buy their plans for a perpetual energy machine that will provide free electricity for your entire home with some left over to sell back to the electricity company.
This country needs to get real.
There's a huge difference between the "American Dream" and pure la la land!
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Joel
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 | 04:15 PM
EDHUK:
The psychic counselors who talk to the dead for a contribution to their lifestyle.
How about this "Pet Psychic to the Stars":
"During a consultation, she uses her psychic abilities to connect with the animal’s spirit, chakras, and auric field. She tunes into the vibrational frequency of the animal's spirit guide and angels. She also telepathically communicates with the animal to gain deeper insights and complement her intuitive findings." http://keen.stage.keen.com/details/Psychic-Veterinarian/Pet-Psychics/5600417
How can anybody say with a straight face, "I tune in to the vibrational frequencies of your cat's spirit guide. For a fee, of course"?
I believe it's way past time that schools had a course on critical thinking..
They do have such courses. They're called math and science courses. People just need to take advantage of what's offered to them for free on a silver platter.
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EDHUK
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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 | 06:44 PM
It's all looking rosy for LifeWave:
http://www.lifewave.com/pdf/press/PressRelease_New-HQ.pdf
"The new headquarters includes a variety of new amenities for LifeWave including: a separate 4,000 sq. ft. research and design facility, a
new training area for distributors, a media room that will allow the company to produce its own webcasts and broadcast training sessions, among other video production tasks."
One can only guess at the quality of the web casts! |
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