Originally Posted by
Toolmaker51
It used to be snake oil.
Past 18 months or so (?), internet's awash in that very manner. It's that "one weird trick" gimmick. Cure athlete's foot, overeating, poison ivy, diabetes, high auto insurance. spots on glassware, glare reducing glasses, fuel consumption, eye bags, tennis elbow, premature baldness, hair removal, earwigs, dingy collars...&...etc.
Ad-men not so clever any more. Why be creative? Just copied some other clowns gag.
Never how to resharp twist drills, hit a hole in one, cure concrete, or hump bundles of roofing shingles, or fry a boom box 250 feet away...
Like most auction sites. Pages of identical stuff; even same copy/ paste pix and text. How is marketing being a clone of shop next door? Eeny, meeny, miny, [but no moe] over and over.