Idaho gets slice of sketchy Skechers settlement
<p>This undated handout image provided by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shows and advertisement for Skechers fitness shoes. Skechers USA will pay $40 million to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that the footwear company made unfounded claims that its Shape-ups shoes would help people lose weight and strengthen their rear-end, leg and stomach muscles. The settlement also involves the company's Resistance Runner, Toners, and Tone-ups shoes. The agency says Skechers made deceptive claims about those shoes, too. (AP Photo/FTC)</p>
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The claims about Skechers seemed amazing: The shoes with the funny rocker soles would tone up your buttocks and help fight cellulite.
But they turned out to be sketchy, and Idaho residents who bought the shoes will be able to get a refund, thanks to the state's share of the $45 million legal settlement.
Idaho residents who purchased Shape-Ups, Tone-Ups or Skechers Resistance Runner shoes may seek payment by going to www.ftc.gov.
Idaho's slice isn't much — $76,152 — but it may be enough to get started on a gym membership.
In the meantime, Sketchers is prohibited from making unsubstantiated claims its shoes can help buyers shed pounds or beef up their back muscles.
Skechers doesn't admit wrongdoing, according to the agreement with 43 states and the Federal Trade Commission.