Originally Posted by
rekmeyata
EXACTLY!!
I used to live in the Mojave Desert area of California, and never wore an advertised UV protection jersey, because it is a scam, and I wore all sorts of colors, but mostly white due to white being cooler, but never ever did I even get just a slight tinge of red on any part of my body covered in clothing, even after 5 hours in that brutal sun environment.
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Anyway, don't waste your money on smoke and mirrors, just buy whatever jersey that you would like to wear and don't worry about UV protection...
Originally Posted by
prj71
Agreed it's a scam.
But people will buy into it and lap it up like it's the real deal and just willingly pay extra for some perceived benefit that doesn't exist. I gotta hand it to the marketing folks. They are good at leveraging the psyche to influence consumer behaviors.
Yall keep referring to 'wasting money' on this scam, but I have yet to find a connection between shirts advertising UPF protection and high cost.
- expensive jerseys advertise UPF protection.
- inexpensive jerseys advertise UPF protection.
When a feature is mentioned as a product benefit for inexpensive options, it doesnt work to claim the feature costs extra or that money is being wasted on that feature.