# Qray bracelet

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qray-bracelet/140290>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 3, 2002, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qray-bracelet/140290 "2002-12-03T22:18:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Lure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@Lure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lure)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qray-bracelet/140290/1 "2002-12-03T22:18:07Z")

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I just saw this ad for a supposed pain relieving bracelet.

Call now (next 15 seconds:) and the price is ony 2 payments of $49.95,instead of 3.

Needless to say I blew that opportunity because I’m asking here:has anyone used/heard of a user getting any benefit from it?What could possibly make an alloy of some kind (according to ad,not copper nor magnets) relieve a backache while circling your wrist?And again,from the ad,immediately after putting it on.We should be able to do away with anesthetics,if I’m reading their claims right.

I never fell for the magnets or copper,why should I believe this one?

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qray-bracelet/140290/2 "2002-12-03T22:23:59Z")

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If you have to buy _right now_, it’s probably not the greatest deal of all time.

$100 would buy one huge bottle of Advil at Walmart.

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**Author:** ![Snowcarpet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowcarpet/32/257_2.png) [@Snowcarpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowcarpet)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qray-bracelet/140290/3 "2002-12-04T14:28:13Z")

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That would be:  
[http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/PhonyAds/qray.html](http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/PhonyAds/qray.html)

In other words, save yourself the cash.

-your friendly consumer health librarian

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**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qray-bracelet/140290/4 "2002-12-04T17:09:55Z")

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One of my co-workers showed up to our “Winterfest” party on Saturday night wearing one of this, and she was bitching about how it didn’t do anything for her back pain. Magnets didn’t work either. I laughed at her, but she thought I was laughing with her, so that’s okay 🙂

Then we traded stretching and workout tips.