Scarlet Pimpernel
06-08-2026, 04:55 PM
I know we wont be taking them to Fair Trading or the ACCC but if it was any other business maybe they would be caught with these provisions:
"Under Australian Consumer Law, businesses are prohibited from engaging in conduct that misleads consumers into thinking their goods or services are those of a competitor."
or the catchall
"Australian Consumer Law (ACL), which strictly prohibits businesses from engaging in misleading or deceptive conduct. This means companies cannot make false claims about product features, prices, or environmental impact, regardless of whether they intended to mislead."
How it applies to services I have no idea. I guess the girls might show show distant relationship to those other countries ie "I identify as ..." so who is to dispute that? .
Picking up on BrisbaneDancer’s comment, lifted out of the Four Seasons thread.
As we are going all legalistic here, I think there would be some implied terms and conditions or warranties regarding respect and confidentiality in a services contract between the ML service provider and client. These go both ways. I would not like to see an ML publicly talking about personal details of the punters, or perhaps publishing CCTV footage of their shop’s reception area showing us waiting for our booking. I think there is an implied understanding that confidential details shared between the parties remain so.
All advertising uses “puffery” to some extent, where claims are not to be taken literally. Sure we’ve all been duped at some time - maybe she was late 20s but just has had a really, really hard life! Nationalities seem to be the same, probably just mixing things up to keep us interested.
I’m also starting to think some MLs don’t even use their real name. Who would have thunk! But I’m sure some punters have used an alias when booking a first time booking with a new shop or ML.
All part of the game I say, and all MLs deserve our due respect for the services they provide.
Back down off soap box now!
"Under Australian Consumer Law, businesses are prohibited from engaging in conduct that misleads consumers into thinking their goods or services are those of a competitor."
or the catchall
"Australian Consumer Law (ACL), which strictly prohibits businesses from engaging in misleading or deceptive conduct. This means companies cannot make false claims about product features, prices, or environmental impact, regardless of whether they intended to mislead."
How it applies to services I have no idea. I guess the girls might show show distant relationship to those other countries ie "I identify as ..." so who is to dispute that? .
Picking up on BrisbaneDancer’s comment, lifted out of the Four Seasons thread.
As we are going all legalistic here, I think there would be some implied terms and conditions or warranties regarding respect and confidentiality in a services contract between the ML service provider and client. These go both ways. I would not like to see an ML publicly talking about personal details of the punters, or perhaps publishing CCTV footage of their shop’s reception area showing us waiting for our booking. I think there is an implied understanding that confidential details shared between the parties remain so.
All advertising uses “puffery” to some extent, where claims are not to be taken literally. Sure we’ve all been duped at some time - maybe she was late 20s but just has had a really, really hard life! Nationalities seem to be the same, probably just mixing things up to keep us interested.
I’m also starting to think some MLs don’t even use their real name. Who would have thunk! But I’m sure some punters have used an alias when booking a first time booking with a new shop or ML.
All part of the game I say, and all MLs deserve our due respect for the services they provide.
Back down off soap box now!