The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against a Spicerhaart ad claiming Breaking Up Is Easy To Do, and encouraging a vendor who's estate agent "isn't delivering" to "switch to haart without penalty". The complaint was focussed on the use of "without penalty", and pointed out that vendors switching to haart after signing a lock-in clause with another agent, might - in fact - be charged a penalty, only it would be covered by haart until the sale of the property... in other words "deferred". More here.

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