MLM - let the buyer beware!

[Guest guest]

Good points. A buyer should always proceed with caution and you raised

some good flags.

 

However, I think the MLM prices for zeolite are outrageously high and

in many instances their hype is even greater. Such is the world of

MLM, where in my opinion you almost NEVER get what you pay for, and

such are the reasons why I do not recommend or affiliate with

virtually any MLM health product.

 

Actually I like the structured living water part - it is something I

believe in and have seen proof of.

 

As for them getting in trouble, perhaps. Freedom of speech, including

commercial speech, is clearly protected by the constitution. Any laws

or agency actions to the contrary are not constitutional. There are

hundreds and hundreds of companies promoting their products in a way

that is not consistent with the FDA's own heavy handed and

unconstitutional interpretations.

 

 

 

oleander soup , " Dr. Loretta Lanphier "

<drlanphier wrote:

>

> Least expensive isn't always the best just as most expensive isn't

always

> the best..although the adage that you get what you pay for does ring

true

> for most supplementation, except for MLM.

>

> This company is doing a lot of " hype " marketing. It helps your body

remove

> cancer triggers, lower cancer markers, lower tumor markers, and lower

> disease markers in the blood. This statement is going to get them into

> trouble. And most likely they package in plastic. All liquids

should be

> packaged in dark glass containers in order to protect from the

leeching of

> plastic. I also could not find a picture of the product or a definite

> ingredient list. Huge red-flags.

>

> Be Well

> Loretta

>

_____

>

>

>

> About the least expensive Zeolite I have found is at:

>

> <http://www.liquidzeolitecompany.com/>

http://www.liquidzeolitecompany.com/

>

>

> The cost is about $20 for a two month supply.

>

[Guest guest]

I agree with you! We have used

several MLM companies in the past but only because the products they had were

good – we didn’t “do” the marketing plan and so we made

hardly anything on what we sold; however, we were just trying to help our

clients as, at that time, there was nothing better. Now, I basically run

from them. I get several emails a week from MLM “distributors”

who just know I will love their product.

 

Several of the good zeolites, including our

brand, are made from structured water. However, the marketing technique

is to name the water all types of things, like " living water " ,

magnetized water, etc. We call ours hi-tech purified water and describe

it as " ...we begin with distilled water packaged in glass (never plastic)

to ensure the purest of water. After distillation the water is placed through a

unique filtration system which produces a hi-tech water that has all negative

signatures erased. In addition it produces a water that has lowered surface

tension, increased solubility, increased cellular absorption and is enhanced

for health. " Most people don’t understand the importance of

water and surface tension to cellular health.

 

I understand our freedom of speech, etc. But according to the FDA, when

you begin making health claims 1) You better be able to back them up and 2) If

it is curing anything it can be considered as a “new drug” because

we all know that only drugs can cure, right? Ad nauseam! Certainly

we do have the freedom to “test” the waters, so to speak.

 

I would advise that buyers beware of Internet supplement/health companies that

don’t:

 

1) Provide a phone number where you can get in touch with them or a

representative. Or the phone number is not working.

2) Provide an address and the owner’s

name.

3) Provide good product pictures.

4) Provide a COMPLETE list of

ingredients. Some companies do not include the excipients or flow

agents. These should be important especially to those with disease.

5) Provide, in the case of “natural”

skin-care or cosmetic companies, a complete list of ingredients which should

always include the ingredients of the base cream. Example would be just a

list of herbs and essential oils as there is no way to make a cream just out of

herbs and essential oils.

6) Provide complete return directions

and product guarantee information. They should have a Customer Service

Page.

7) Provide information about shipping.

8) Provide dispute information.

9) Keep an up-dated site. If their

last newletter is date 2004, that might be a reason to get in touch with them

BEFORE you buy anything.

10) Don’t provide the content

amount such as how many ounces, how many capsules, etc.

11) Give complete details of their products – what they are, how they

work, ingredients, suggested dosage, etc. If it is “in-your-face-marketing”

– the kind in which they try to talk you into buying something by saying

the same thing over and over and over – well, that type of marketing

makes me angry and I probably wouldn’t take the product even if they were

giving it away. ;o)

12) Advertise prices that are in range with

competitive products. If the price seems to good to be true then it may

mean it is an inferior product or the expiration date is about to expire.

 

I’m sure there are more red flags, but the above are some of the most

important.

 

Be Well

Loretta

 

 

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Good

points. A buyer should always proceed with caution and you raised

some

good flags.

 

However,

I think the MLM prices for zeolite are outrageously high and

in

many instances their hype is even greater. Such is the world of

MLM,

where in my opinion you almost NEVER get what you pay for, and

such

are the reasons why I do not recommend or affiliate with

virtually

any MLM health product.

 

Actually

I like the structured living water part - it is something I

believe

in and have seen proof of.

 

As

for them getting in trouble, perhaps. Freedom of speech, including

commercial

speech, is clearly protected by the constitution. Any laws

or

agency actions to the contrary are not constitutional. There are

hundreds

and hundreds of companies promoting their products in a way

that

is not consistent with the FDA's own heavy handed and

unconstitutional

interpretations.