Archives: Shonky Awards

According to a senate inquiry, CBA’s financial planners orchestrated a “calculated deceit” and deliberately put clients into risky investments.

Kindle Paperwhite’s boasted eight weeks of battery life is based on just 30 minutes of reading per day.

Is a swimsuit really a swimsuit if its label proclaims that it may become see-through when wet?

The Shonky Award for… selling ‘cover’ that leaves you exposed.

The Shonky Award for… catch-22 pet insurance whose conditions make it worthless

The Shonky Award for… spoiling your food, expensively.

The Shonky Award for… gaming the Health Stars system to sell a kids’ cereal

The Shonky Award for… creating the returns system from hell

The Shonky Award for… putting profit before customer returns.

The Shonky Award for… Milking the Truth.