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Breaking news: Red Bull doesn't really give you wings.

He alleges that the beverage maker spends millions of dollars in advertising that deliberately misleads customers about the superiority of the "functional beverage" and its ability to "give you wings," while ignoring reports by The New York Times, the European Food Safety Authority and scientific journal Nutrition Reviews that found energy drinks like Red Bull to have the same benefit as the average dose of caffeine consumed in coffee.

Red Bull's ad campaign promised that the drink will increase performance, concentration and reaction speed, allowing the company to charge and get a substantial premium for their products over readily available and much lower priced sources of caffeine that provide the same results, the lawsuit states.

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While filing a claim, don't forget to reserve your right to complain at a later date about how litigious the United States is. Because Company A claimed their product was better than Company B, and wanted more money for their product. But it was bullshit all along.

I don't think you should be able to lie about your product, but there's a lot of consumers out there who actually perceived a benefit to Red Bull and continued to buy it over a cup of coffee. Can you legally run a marketing campaign based on placebo effect? Apparently Red Bull doesn't want to find out :lol:

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That website is fucking up but I want my damn free Red Bull.

It buy Starbucks Refreshers now but I STILL WANT FREE SHIT.

Edit: that was obnoxious. I'm going to be now.

Edited by floggingmike
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i've never drank a complete red bull, never had a monster or any energy drink.

Up until Aug. I was ordering it by the case on Amazon and drinking one or 2 per day (only 8oz) for the last 4+ yrs. After a delay in my order I had some nasty caffiene withdraw for a week and figured it would be a good time to cut back, plus the price went up from $32- $37.

I never really bought into the whole "wings" thing but just drank if for the caffiene and sugar (not corn syrup). I've switched to a can of Coke for my morning fix. I'm not a coffee drinker and like a bit of a kick from something every morning.

I do love RB will my vodka... :)

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