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Question: The acai berry "free trial" scam do not do it?
(Posted by: Mental Health Advice on 2009-07-01 15:03:38)
There is a scammer wrecking havoc on here today named donald. He's promoting "free trials " for both dazzel white and the acai berry. I'm almost positive he works for these people. Do not fall for it. This is a scam. Oprah did NOT promote these products, and her representatives are working on a case against these scammers for using her name! Here's what happens in these free trials. You can google dazzel white complaint, or acai berry complaint, and you will see what I mean. These companies are preying on people who are desperate to change their looks through dieting and teeth whitening, and even wrinkles. (you may have seen the fake blogs where a "mom " finds a dynamic duo, which is always 2 "free trials ") Here's how the scam works. The "free trial " is for 14 days beginning the DAY YOU ORDER! not when you get it. You must cancel within those 14 days in order to cancel your "free acceptance " into a membership where they autoship their crappy products every month for about $90. They also may have signed you up for internet clubs that charge 20- 30 dollars a months, so check your statements if you've already fallen for this. They are likely charging you more than the $90 a month. Do NOT fall for the "cancel anytime " claims, or even believe you can cancel within 14 days and not be charged. Often you will be charged anyway because they will "have no record of you cancelling ". And, a lot of these companies will admit that the free trial is only free if you were one of the lucky ones that didn't open or use the product and sent it back with an "RMA " number. See you can't even refuse these delieveries you get EVERY month with no relief. They only accept unopened packages with RMA numbers which are almost impossible to get. You either have to call or e mail to get one. The e mails almost ALWAYS go unanswered, and it is VERY difficult to get someone on the phone (sometimes it takes hours on hold). And some of these companies even change the return address so often that packages never get delievered, just so they can charge you anyhow. Also there's been many complaint that people have cancelled these products. They've gotten a cancellation number, and while the company does not send you the packages anymore, they still bill you anyway monthly! How do they get away with it? Easy, they bury all of these fact in their terms of "service ". You can usually get to the terms of service by scrolling ALL the way down the page and clicking a link saying terms of use or service. There you will see that if you've already ordered this, you got scammed! If you have been scammed please report the business to the bbb(dot)org. also report them to the attorney general of the operating state. It is impossible to dispute these charges because of the buried terms of service. They are posted, but are hard to see and easy to look over, so you pretty much can't dispute the charges. Be safe and if you want to whiten your teeth for free, check out the questions I've posted. It will say how to whiten your teeth for free, beware of scams. These are REALLY free household ingredients. As far as losing weight, the acai berry is useless. Experts have said this. Do not fall for it. Just take in less calories than you burn! Neil, the worst that could happen is that they WILL, not might, WILL take $90 a month 14 days after you order. Do not fall for this people, it looks as if we have a bunch of people working for these scammers. The acai berry is useless, I've read real studies by real doctors, and these scammers will also use CNN to dupe you I have reported and will continue to report these scammers every time I see the promoting these scams on here. Even though I know they will just make another profile, I at least want to put them through the trouble for that. See I'm new to this as of yesterday. But I've been reading up on these scammers for a long time now. They are EVERYWHERE I guess. Ray <3, thank you for your post and for reporting these people. Tommorrow I will chose your answer as the best on this one! |
