Deb :

You can have a jury trial without the defendant present. It is done all the time in civil matters and even in criminal ones. Any business person will tell you that a lot of marketing is BS and or hype. Some is not. That is why there are consumer protection acts (laws) which give consumers the right to rescind purchases and it is why there is the Latin phrase caveat emptor ( let the buyer beware) as a legal principle. There is a wrong answer and it involves anyone who comes on the forum and gives obviously wrong (not debatable but wrong) info for their on purposes to those who may read here and not know better. I would not want to be such a person because of the reply I believe they would get. As DD has said , this is a pretty smart crowd and it is not easy to fool them. IMO it would not be good to invite a reply from the party in question if they really believe what is posted. It would only cause problems for them and the forum and could get ugly. If you want to know more send me a PM and I can provide more (not about the party but the situation). Sometimes it is better to leave sleeping dogs alone.