Phiten Braclets a Scam - 1249 Words

Fight on Phiten bracelets and necklaces have become very popular in the world of sports. The main sports they are used in is baseball and golf. At Phiten, they claim that their necklaces will â€Å"add energy† and â€Å"help people enhance their quality of life† (Hirata). The makers of Phiten say claim to use a special way of breaking down titanium into water, creating something they call aqua titanium. This aqua titanium gets infused into their products, which they say will help a person’s overall lifestyle and increase their energy. However, the problem is that there is no scientific proof to back it up, so people should not spend their money on Phiten products. The average Phiten Necklace costs twenty-five dollars for a consumer to†¦show more content†¦They now believe it works because Phiten makes false claims about it balancing the positive ions in your body, then may tell friends about the product having their friends buy it, and then they all get scammed for their money. The biggest problem with the Phiten necklace, is that it is not FDA approved. Phiten actually will not even bring it to the FDA to be tested, because they know that they are creating a complete scam. If someone wants to wear the Necklace just because of the way it looks, that is fine. If Phiten wants to say it is a stylish athletic necklace, that would also be fine. However, to present false claims saying it will improve an athletes performance and help ease pain for some of its users, is absolutely preposterous. That is the main reason their necklaces are so highly priced, which is not fair to the people who are wasting their money on these products. Someone could make a necklace out of yarn for five cents, and it would have the same effects that a twenty-five to forty dollar Phiten necklace would have. If one believes it will help them in the sport they play, it most likely will help because it would increase their confidence and give them menta l strength. One does not need a company like Phiten giving them made up scientific facts that are not proven to boost their confidence. It is similar to a superstitious thing, it just tricks their minds into making them believe it works. To charge up to forty dollars on a