{"id":1482,"date":"2009-03-22T01:03:15","date_gmt":"2009-03-22T09:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oeconomist.com\/blogs\/daniel\/?p=1482"},"modified":"2023-08-28T01:33:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T08:33:02","slug":"brushes-with-dishonesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oeconomist.com\/blogs\/daniel\/?p=1482","title":{"rendered":"Brushes with Dishonesty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style: italic ;\">&#91;<span style=\"font-variant: small-caps ;\">Up-Date<\/span> (2009:07\/17): Some time after this entry was posted, <a href=\"http:\/\/coolshaving.com\/\">CoolShaving.com<\/a> removed <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20060719213728\/http:\/\/www.coolshaving.com\/shavingbrushes\/shavingbrushes.html\">its fraudulent claims, which had been up since at least 19 July 2006<\/a>.&#93;<\/span><\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/coolshaving.com\/shavingbrushes\/shavingbrushes.html\">At CoolShaving.com, they claim<\/a><\/p> <blockquote style=\"font-size: smaller ;\">Believe it or not, a young man actually thought we killed badgers to get these bristles for our shaving brushes.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  The manufacturer of these superior quality brushes maintains a flock of badgers that are more pampered and coddled than any badger in the wild, or any domestic animal for that matter.<\/blockquote> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coolshaving.com\/category_results.cfm?Category=7\">The page on which they advertise the line of shave brushes<\/a> doesn't identify the maker in text, but on the handles one can see that these brushes are branded <q>Col. Ichabod Conk<\/q>.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colconkproducts.com\/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1&zenid=l1ddv1vqsn852rmmlsur4bj057\">The Conk brushes are manufactured by Progress-Vulfix <abbr title=\"Limited-Liability Corporation\" style=\"font-size: inherit ;\">Ltd<\/abbr> and by Dovo.<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulfixoldoriginal.com\/\">Progress-Vulfix <abbr title=\"Limited-Liability Corporation\" style=\"font-size: inherit ;\">Ltd<\/abbr><\/a> makes no claims about a <q>flock<\/q> of badgers<span style=\"vertical-align: top ; font-size: smaller ;\">&#91;1&#93;<\/span> nor of not using the bristles of killed badgers on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulfixoldoriginal.com\/brushguide.htm\">the page where they describe their brushes at VulfixOldOriginal.com<\/a> nor on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.progress-vulfix.com\/brushes-main.htm\">that at Progress-Vulfix.com<\/a>.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=(%22cruelty-free%22+|+vegan)+site%3Avulfixoldoriginal.com\">Neither the string <q>cruelty-free<\/q> nor <q>vegan<\/q> are found at VulfixOldOriginal.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=(%22cruelty-free%22+|+vegan)+site%3Aprogress-vulfix.com\">nor at Progress-Vulfix.com<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colconkproducts.com\/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=8\">The brush that Dovo supplies to Conk<\/a> isn't listed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coolshaving.com\/category_results.cfm?Category=7\">on the page of brushes sold by CoolShaving.com<\/a>.  But, for the record, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=(%22ohne+grausamkeit%22+|+%22grausamkeit-frei%22+|+%22cruelty-free%22+|+vegan)+site%3Adovo.com\">the strings <q>ohne Grausamkeit<\/q> &#91;<q>without cruelty<\/q>&#93;, <q>Grausamkeit-frei<\/q>, <q>cruelty-free<\/q>, and <q>vegan<\/q> do not appear at the Dovo site<\/a>.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/samspade.org\/whois\/coolshaving.com\">CoolShaving.com is registered to Jim H. Hedgepath of 129 Minnie Fallaw Road, Lexington, <abbr title=\"South Carolina\">SC<\/abbr> 29073-8226.<\/a><\/p> <hr width=\"50%\" align=\"left\" \/> <p><span style=\"vertical-align: top ; font-size: smaller ;\">&#91;1&#93;<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bartleby.com\/61\/89\/C0218900.html\">A company of badgers is called a <q>cete<\/q> \/sit\/.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#91;Up-Date (2009:07\/17): Some time after this entry was posted, CoolShaving.com removed its fraudulent claims, which had been up since at least 19 July 2006.&#93; At CoolShaving.com, they claim Believe it or not, a young man actually thought we killed badgers to get these bristles for our shaving brushes. Nothing could be further from the truth. 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