The CHOICE 2007 Shonky Awards
The spotlight is again on bad products, with CHOICE holding its 2007 Shonky Awards in Sydney.
So what topped this year’s list? One of Australia’s leading banks, a popular spread aimed at children and a major appliance manufacturer. CHOICE gave out nine awards in all:
- Teleconfusion: Mobile phone industry
- Spoiling the fun: Play For Fun Flying Ring
- Nasty shonkeyness: Woofaz retractable dog leash PA0087B
- Warm wine and high energy: Dome 900192 and Rank Arena RAWC28
- Unfair fees: Westpac
- Low General Integrity (GI): Ferrero Nutella
- Greenwash: LG combined steam washer/dryer WD-1248RD
- Supershonkyness: Superjuices
- Ain’t Shrek Beautiful: Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB)
The Shonkys are supposed to be a bit of fun, but they also give an insight into some of the misleading claims, product safety issues, self-serving behaviour and the environmentally bankrupt spin out there in Australia.
Head on over to CHOICE to vote for your favourite Shonky, or nominate one of your own. Or watch the YouTube video.
