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by EGreg 4370 days ago
Because in the past, people would dupe grandmas with bad investments and "fly by night" companies. At least with Pebble, Reading Rainbow, etc. you know upfront you're not going to get anything personally beyond, possibly, a product worth 50 bucks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_sky_law