Judge bars Kars4Kids from broadcasting 'misleading' ads in California

incomplete

they'll just need to change the jingle to be something like: one eight hundred cars for kids, for east coast kids to fly to israel on your dime! also, praise be <diety> that these jingles will soon be off the air.

imglorp

https://archive.ph/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/us/kar...

ChrisArchitect

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48141771

robotnikman

I can still hear the old TV commercial in my head... 1 877 kars4kids...

tptacek

I went back on Archive.org, and it does seem to be the case that they've been up front about their religious affiliation (online) at least since 2013, when I stopped looking. The pitch K4K has had for most of this time isn't about the good that they do so much as that they're very good at picking up your car conveniently and maximizing the IRS impact of the donation. (Donating your car is probably not a good deal and you might be better off just having it bought and picked up by a salvager, and then taking the money and donating that.)

ceejayoz

I didn't realize this was an actual company; I only know of it from The Good Place.

diebeforei485

Hopefully I never have to hear their annoying song ever again.

saltyoldman

> The ads with a repetitive jingle encouraging people to donate cars do not disclose that most of the proceeds go to a Jewish organization in New Jersey, the judge ruled. It reminds me of when they did this giant fundraiser for the palisades fire and all the money went to NGOs that didn't do ANYTHING for the fire victims.

aranchelk

The fact that the organization is Jewish is stated prominently in the article, but I’m not entirely sure why that’s relevant. Many charities in the US have religious affiliations. The adult matchmaking etc, that deviates substantially from their advertising.

Terr_

Recycling from yesterday's submit (55 points, 19 comments) [0] _____ 'Bout damn time. Spoilers for The Good Place: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFQHHor6mT8 I remember being delighted how the scene skewered an unexpected but very deserving target. ____ [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48141771

qwertyuiop_

Years ago, I was moving and I couldn't take a car worth $5000 with me. It was too much of a hassle. I thought of donating and the first thing that came to my mind was "Cars for Kids" because it was embedded in my mind from years of listening to their ads blasted constantly on radio. The donation was easy, they came and towed it away. I felt good thinking I was helping the local kids. A year later, I happened to look them up and felt absolutely cheated.

carlosjobim

All charities are scams, that's how things have been since the time of Moses.