Man Sue Lynx Did Not Get Him the Girl
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Usually when an unusual event occurs, one can say only in America or only in New York. Well this time an Indian man sues a grooming company, Lynx because he used the company's products for seven years and did not get the girl. Vaihav Bedi is an Indian and the lawsuit was filed in India for a substantial amount because the law suit claimed that he failed to land a single girl after using the products.
The company that is being sued is the Lynx company and offer male grooming products such as body washes, shampoos, anti-perspirant and hair gels. Lynx marketed as Axe in India advertises its products with sexy women throwing themselves at men when these grooming products are used. These women are usually barely clothed and there are insinuations that if these products are used that these men will get female attention.
Bedi claimed that the Lynx company cheated him because the advertisements said that women would be attracted to him. He said that he had been using the products for seven years and have not met any women because of the use of Lynx products. Bedi said, "I used it for seven years but no girl came to me." The statement was from Vaihav Bedi court petition as he has declined to make any public comment about his lawsuit.
Vaihav Bedi is 26 years old and is suing the parent company, Unilever. The court petition from Bedi states that he suffered, "depression and pyschological damage because caused by the lack of any Lynx effect.
The court system in Indian is not taking the lawsuit lightly as would be expected on a case of the nature. The Indian court has ordered forensic tests of the Lynx products of which most of the containers were half used. But the leading litigators in India stated tthat claims of the Lynx products are suppositions. He said that theire is no data that unattractive or unintelligent men do not attract women. The litigator is asking that the case is settled out of court because some of the most "ghoulish" guys have married and dated attractive women.
It is interesting to see if any American men will file a lawsuit as well as the products pictured are sold by the Lynx company in the United States.
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DancingRedFeather, thank you for your comment. I found the topic online and thought that it was an internet flute. But there he was on Google Images with his picture on Twitter and FaceBook.
So I suppose the story is authenic. Other writers have added information but I tried to keep the article as factual as possible. Your comment is much appreciated.
LOL what a stupid indian. lolol
al to ly, thank you for your comment. It will not known how stupid he is until he' stupid all the way to the bank or just on the internet.
On one hand, it is ridiculous. But if a company makes ridiculous claims as if they are true, they are kind of asking for it, no? I think if the suit were filed in the U.S., it would be thrown out - or I would hope it would.
LizzieTrueBlue, thank you for your comment. Weirder lawsuits have probably happened in the U.S. The news would have been a trivia article instead of full blown news and this was one of the most popular news items when written. I look to see what the outcome will be and like you surmised, what would happen if a lawsuit of such a claim would to be filed in the U.S. Your comment is much appreciated.
Bahahaha thats funny as ;) im backing this indian guy for kicks. Bowchikawowow
Jawsshyy, thank you for your comment.
dancingRedFeather, thank you for your comment.
Hahaha... One word. FAIL.
Bernard Lim, thank you for your comment. Fail is correct.
But surprisingly about 300 people had read Man Sue Lynx Product Did Not Get the Girl hours after publication. So Americans may be more interested in a story as this instead of politics or relationships.
Your commnt is greatly appreciated.
its not entirely comical. English Common Law cases have long tried to decide what is "misleading and deceptive advertising" and what is mere 'puffery' or putting a spin or gloss on a product not meant to be taken seriously. In Australia past cases suggest the Lynx/Axe ads would be categorised as the latter, but Indian law may see otherwise. More stringent anti-deception laws may not be a bad thing, and may be more appropriate in countries which still have a poorly educated or at least "commercially naive" community or population.
vagabond, thank you for your comment.
Interesting take on how laws are applied differntly in different countries such as England, Australia and India.
You think that the Indian sued Lynx/Axe because of unintelligence in applying deceptive advertising to real life.
Advertising is a marketing ploy that deceives people into looking at the benefits of the products with extra ordinary claims. Business courses teaches that companies should indeed advertise the perceived benefits of the products than the actual product itself.
Applying your concept of placing law reform on what in fact is the problem here can put advertising firms out of business. As to the commercially naive propenity to fall for these deceptive ads, that is the goal of most advertising agencies.
Unbeknownth to them that a consumer would actually believe that using a product advertised as a "chick magnet" would attract beautiful women with a resultant lawsuit.
Your comment and insight on this article is greatly appreciated.
At least he wont smell of curry???
billy, thank you for your comment. The guy was using the products for seven years and had half bottles full of the stuff. I don't know . . .
It could be argued that the products do live upto their claims as a well groomed, nice smelling man should logically attract more women. If the lynx effect is simply that good personal hygenie equals better chances when dating then that would seem correct.
Werty, thank you for your comment. You are saying that well groomed, nice smelling men logically attract more women. About the law suit you are saying that there is no validation because there is only a "chance" that good personal hygiene equals better chanche when dating. Your point of view is well taken.
I find this article really interesting, I am currently writing a paper on how certain advertisments sell 'lifestyles'. With this in mind, it makes you wonder to what extent an advert can be taken seriously. I actually find it hard to believe anyone could take this seriously as a courtcase, although, as Werty says, the theory of better personal hygiene = more chance of a girl, would generally be true.
Lex, thank you for your comment. This article is getting so much play because it is unusual to sue claims of advertising. The guy must have been desperate and thought that desperate times is a cause for desperat measures.
Good luck on your paper.
DancingRedFeather says:
3 weeks ago
How stupid can the guy get? Anyone intelligent knows that it isn't a product that gets you the girl..but you! If I was a judge I would throw it out of court and tell the guy to check into his personality for why he didn't land any girl.
Boy, more dumb than that..you're dead.