From: ynh@coldmail.com 
  
 I purchased a Horizon 5.0T Treadmill from a local fitness equipment 
 dealer. I searched for a dealer of equipment made in North America, 
 but even Horizon has recently switched to "made in China" - (Gad, 
 those prison labourers work cheap!) because, as a congestive heart 
 failure patient, I needed the "heart rate monitor" function for my 
 rehab program. 
 Imagine my dismay to find I have been SCAMMED - the "heart rate 
 display" via the handgrips is simply a random number generator! 
 70, 190, 60, 40, 180, 56,........those are the kind of readings I get 
 from using the handgrips on this treadmill! 
 If they're accurate, I must be the biological wonder of all time! 
 If you need a treadmill, go buy one from Walmart or Crappy Tire - at 
 least, if it doesn't work right, you can get a refund, and it will 
 cost you less than than half of what I paid for a machine with a pulse 
 rate monitor THAT DOESN'T WORK! 
 Avoid the "fitness equipment" ripoff artists. 
 Remember the gyms with their "memberships" that went bankrupt after 
 collecting lots of memberships? This industry is rife with scam 
 artists. 
 I called the selling dealer, and got a litany of exuses - I shouldn't 
 expect "hospital accuracy" - it's only an average indicator - gimme a 
 break - a heart rate indicator is supposed to indicate "heart rate"! 
 Avoid these scam artists! 
  
  
  
 "How well we know what a profitable superstition this 
 fable of Christ has been for us" - Pope Leo X (1513-1521) 
  
 --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 
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