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Australia: 2010 CHOICE Shonky Awards 'winners'

For the fifth year running, CHOICE Australia has handed out 'gongs' for the 'shonkiest' goods and services, detrimental to consumers.

The 'winners' of gongs in 2010 inlcude:

Nurofen, for promoting different packets of painkillers for different pains, despite all containing virtually identical ingredients.

Extra virgin olive oils, for not being 100% extra virgin olive oil in many cases in CHOICE tests of 28 brands.

Coles, a leading Australian supermarket that offers a clubcard caleld 'Flybuys'. CHOICE calculated an average weekly spend would take 7 years to accrue enough points for a domestic flight, whereas the points themselves expire after just 3 years.

 

Losers

Other winners include LG, the Commonwealth Bank and BabyNameMeans.com

All the winners and losers

See the full list of gong winners at the 2010 Choice Shonky Awards website.

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