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Herbalife International Change of the sponsor has been denied

Dear ladies and gentlemen,

could you please help me where could I address my dissatisfaction regarding the policy which is treating people in Slovakia and Czech Republic in a non fair policy. I am not happy with decision of Slovakia board of Herbalife.

I have a supervisor who has blocked me 2 years ago on the FB, he is not communicating and I wish to go to the another one.

I have asked for the change of the supervisor and I have received a letter today stating that I am not able to change the sponsor.

It is against the Herbalife policy. My sponsor became an expert for cryptomens, he blocked me on the facebook and the head office in Prague did not allow me to change it. They advised me to stop working for 1 year.

I am very unhappy with this unprofessional manners.

Can you help me please?

thanks in advance,

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Herbalife International Service

I placed an order from the 4th of march till now, I haven't received it, my clients they even asked for refunds and I refunded them using my own money, its a pitty that I called herbalife several times and they always promise to deliver my order, and I have been using herbalife, its for the first time this happening, pargo is the best when delivering our products but dawn wing its full of games and lies, i'm furious for this service. I would like to have my parcel by the end of the day.

Pargo:always lies by saying they failed to deliver due to a missing of contact but I always called them. They're not serious. I want my delivery be done

Desired outcome: Please i would like to have my parcel delivered if its fails again,just refund me

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Herbalife International herbalife ultimate prostate formula

I tried Herbalife product for 10 days, experiencing excruciating, chronic lower stomach pain. Could not sleep, before making an appointment with my family Doctor, I decided to stop taking the product.24 hours later, pain subsided. Never again. Called Herbalife, filing a formal complaint. They immediately sent FedEx to pick up the product….and refusing to honor their advertised refund statement… I'm now in the process of filing a complaint with FTC.

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Our verdict: Herbalife International's legitimacy, as determined by Complaints Board, strikes a balance between trust and caution. This nuanced position suggests that while Herbalife International may operate with some level of legitimacy, users are strongly advised to undertake their own verification processes, reinforcing the call for a cautious but informed interaction.

Herbalife International earns 51% level of Trustworthiness

Average Trust Update: Herbalife International assessed by Complaints board with 51% credibility. Caution advised for personal and financial details.

We found clear and detailed contact information for Herbalife International. The company provides a physical address, 35 phone numbers, and 2 emails, as well as 4 social media accounts. This demonstrates a commitment to customer service and transparency, which is a positive sign for building trust with customers.

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Herbalife International failed promise

I was told by a coach that there was a program called learn to earn! I went to the shop everyday to train for the learn to earn. I was told that I need 40 hours of training to become a coach and get my product. I put in way over 40 hours of training and then my training coach told me that I had to pay for the product out right! If I know that I would not have put all my time in to it! I would like my product seeinga how I put all my time in

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Jan 23, 2014 10:35 am EST

Herbalife is such a scam! I can't believe they told you to go through all of that just to become a "coach". I was a distributor and "worked" at a nutrition club ( for no pay, mind you) only to finally come to my senses of how much time I was wasting. I felt horrible trying to push my friends and family into trying the products, I appreciate they tried them but I should've took they're reluctance as a sign. I got started by seeing an ad for a Wellness Coach on Craigslist and as a student I thought it'd be perfect for my schedule. I was offered to work behind the counter of the nutrition club after a few weeks of hearing the presentation and agreeing to start as a distributor. With that offer at the club I was told I could have as much tea as I wanted and a 100 pack of club invites to pass out to people who would eventually become customers. They made it seem like the perfect decision since people who don't "work" behind the counter have to pay $40 for a pack of 100 tiny neon "free smoothie(shake) and tea" tickets. I was so dumb to agree because once I calculated how much gas I wasted driving up there two days a week and night hours I spent helping blend shakes for weightloss challenges and 3 hours team meetings. I was def not making any money...ONLY wasting it. I was advised to get business cards, take out $700-800 for products, receipt books, product catalogs, and make sure I pass out a minimum of 10 invites to the club once a day. Mind you I go to school in a nearby town about 15-20 min away from the club. This all was told to me the day they offered the "position" to me. We'd get paid in tips that they'd distribute amongst 8 of us at every monthly meeting, but we only had two meetings within 5 months, the last tip was $25. My last straw was when my mother went to place a $92 order on my go herbalife account on Dec 21, 2013, on the second week of Jan she asked me where her products were and have I heard from them. Today is Jan 23, 2014 and she still hasn't received her products. I've contacted Distributor Relations and the Product Orders Department twice a week since Jan 3rd. And all I've gotten was the run around and fingerpointing to a related company, Propay. Propay has explained the situation to me that Herbalife needs to release the other half of my mom's payment amount to my Propay account in order to refund her the full $90. Right now theres only $52 in the account making it impossible to correctly refund the $90. I've apologized to my mom because I feel so bad about the incident and repaid her the $90 out of my pocket.

Do NOT trust this company, no matter who smiles in your face and tells you it's possible to make as much as they (claim) they are. I've used the products on multiple occasions as I have tons of product sitting at home. Do NOT fall for the loud music and hyped up on caffeinated tea individuals cheering at the "training" events. I've been to (as I was required to attend) all of the training events including the past Extravaganza in Vegas, they're all the same and tell the same info just different month.

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Herbalife International This has to be the biggest scam in the USA today

This has to be the biggest scam in the USA today, other than Obamo of course.

I ordered the information package for $9.95 and was told to return it within 15 days to get my money back and I would not be billed the $39.95, but in fact after returning the information package I was still billed $39.95! This happens to thousands of customers, no wonder they are making billions?comlained about HerbalLife, who hide behind the name www.incomeathome.com If they were such an up company, why not use their own name. There probably thousands of garages in the USA full of unsold product from HerbalLife, but what do they care, its the poor sucker that bought it that should worry.

The stark truth is that it is just a multi-level operation, and more like a legal ponzi scheme. The fact that millions of emails go out to poor people trying to struggle through life in every town in the USA, and is not curious that the same woman pops up as having eaned $8, 000 more that month. If the FTC commission requested the names and addresses of these high earner, I am sure that IRS would be interested. and considering the thousands of small towns that exist in the USA, why would they need more people to sell their product. A lot of people have

I had a personal coach named Leonard Baldwin, of theonlinebusinesssystem.com whom I told weeks ago in early September that I was not interested in proceeding with Herbalife distribution work from home system proposed to me as I was quite unhappy with the fact that I sent them $10.00 for them to send me a video, and I it contained were people saying how rich they are, and no indication of how they did it. He played an audio over the phone of herbalife and suggested another charge for setting up work from home. I told him then, quite clearly, that I was not interested in proceeding and he said he would call me in a month or so to see if things changed. Now there is a charge on my account in early October for $39.95 from Leonard Baldwin of theonlinebusinesssystems.com, which overdrew my account for a $35.00 charge. Please help me get my $75.00 refunded to my account and also tell me how to report this fraud to a government agency. Thank you
HerbaLife: Scam or Not?

Have you heard of HerbaLife, or do you even sell its products? If not, then let me tell you about the Herbalife scam.

If you walk around any major city, you’ll probably see flyers posted on light and electrical poles saying things like “Work From Home”, or “Lose 30 lbs Now, Ask Me How!” The ads may all be different, but what they all share in common is the same phone number. When you call that phone number, you obtain a company by the name of HerbaLife.

Back when I was unemployed, I toyed with the idea of joining HerbaLife. Little did I know the company history or the other questionable business practices of this firm. However, after doing some online research, here is what I found out:

HerbaLife was founded in 1980 by Mark Hughes, a guy who, at the young age of 44, was found dead due to a likely drug overdose. Still, HerbaLife continued on, and is now almost 30 years in business. As of this posting, the HerbaLife company states that it has over 1.8 million distributors in about 66 countries. The company is even on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HLF). Annual gross sales for HerbaLife are roughly $3.5 billion, though they may have taken a hit due to the recent recession.

HerbaLife sells all kinds of vitamins and other nutritional supplements. There are shakes, protein bars, weight loss products, herbs, even meals replacements.

Do you like what you hear so far? Would you like to buy some HerbaLife vitamins? Well, you can’t. First, you need to become a distributor.

HerbaLife makes the big bucks not by selling nutritional supplements, but by recruiting folks to become distributors.These distributors buy up a certain lot amount of the company’s products, sample them, and try to sell them. More importantly, though, the newly-minted distributors are “encouraged” to recruit their friends and family (and anyone else they know) to become distributors too. And when I say “encouraged”, I mean that the company will pretty much twist your arm in order to have you find new recruits. Weekly meetings, HerbaLife newsletters, company-wide e-mails, etc., will all repeat the company core motto until it comes out of your ears: recruit, recruit, recruit!

Of course, there is an incentive to finding new distributors: a portion of their earnings on products gets kicked up to you. And likewise, part of your earnings get kicked up to whoever recruited you. And so it goes, until the very few people at the top of this pyramid scheme rake in the big bucks while you drive around in your car with big boxes of muscle-building protein powder. It’s multi-level marketing (MLM), plain and simple.

What are the costs for this pyramid scheme? It takes around $220 to enroll in the HerbaLife scam, er, I mean program. This money pays for your enrollment, your first pack of product, and also some samples for you (since distributors are highly encouraged to use the company’s products as well as to sell them).

If HerbaLife would just stop here and allow you to just purchase and sell its products, I doubt you could call it a scam. However, the scamming really starts when you listen to what the company is trying to have you believe:

In its flyers, HerbaLife claims that you can make as much as $1500 per week for part-time work. If you work full-time, you can make $5500 per week. However, the statistics say otherwise. In actuality, about 1% of HerbaLife distributors make 85% of the company’s gross sales. These distributors are in the upper echelons of the company, and were around back when the company was still starting up in the early 80′s. The remaining 99% of HerbaLife distributors, who joined the company after the mid-1980′s, make the remaining 15% of the company’s gross sales.

What does that mean math-wise? Let’s crunch the numbers: 99% of all reported HerbaLife distributors comes out to 1, 782, 000 distributors (99% of 1.8 million). Meanwhile, 15% of $3.5 billion comes out to $525 million. Divide $525 million by the 1, 782, 000 distributors and you obtain $294 in annual sales per distributor! And keep in mind that is not profit, but sales, so the actual take-home pay is even less.

Of course, not all distributors are alike. Some may have enormous selling potential, and lots of eager friends and family to whom they can sell HerbaLife products. But that’s still a big chance to take when your initial investment in the company is almost the same amount of money that you are likely to make over the course of an entire year!

Another problem with HerbaLife is market over-saturation. It’s not as if nutritional supplements, vitamins or protein shakes are in short supply; just look through your local grocery store, sports nutrition store or pharmacy. And those nutritional supplements, vitamins and protein shakes are also priced far below what HerbaLife charges for its comparable items. Granted, when HerbaLife first introduced its products, the market was way smaller, giving HerbaLife a major advantage over its nonexistent competition. But nowadays, when such products run the length of two or more store shelves and are often priced at discount, what’s the point of paying top dollar for HerbaLife? It is little wonder why so many HerbaLife distributors have resorted to selling their remaining inventory on places like eBay and Craigslist.

So, in conclusion, should you invest in the HerbaLife scam? Only if you have extreme sales savvy, as well as lots of spare time on your hands. As for me, I think I’ll pass. I can think of many other businesses that pay a lot more money for a lot less work.

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Jan 24, 2014 6:47 am EST

They gave me the wrong order... :(

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Apr 02, 2013 7:36 pm EDT

Go HERBALIFE!

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miami, US
Mar 15, 2013 7:48 pm EDT

First of all, I am an Herbalife Distributor, and I have to say all the information you put on here is either false or exaggerated to make Herbalife look like some evil company. You can purchase these products without becoming a distributor, you can use these products without purchasing the entire containers, via a Herbalife Nutrition Center. Herbalife prohibits it's distributors from posting flyers on Public property like light and electrical poles. The WorkfromHome site that did all this to you is responsible for all your bad experiences with what you thought was Herbalife.

In the part where you said:
"If you walk around any major city, you’ll probably see flyers posted on light and electrical poles saying things like “Work From Home”, or “Lose 30 lbs Now, Ask Me How!” The ads may all be different, but what they all share in common is the same phone number. When you call that phone number, you obtain a company by the name of HerbaLife."
Herbalife's phone number isn't on those flyers. The Herbalife Distributor who had those printed out or ordered post their personal number on those flyers. Herbalife does sell a flyer offering a free sample or inviting you to the Nutrition center, but they are sold with no address or phone number on them. If they all had the same number it's because the same Distributor put them up even though this practice is prohibited in the Herbalife Rules. If I were you I'd take those ads and call the real herbalife phone number or even their website, Herbalife.com and report the vandalism. If it was a flyer sold by Herbalife, there is a tracking number on it which lead back to the distributor who bought it, breaking the code of ethics and can get them kicked out of the Herbalife system.
This Leonard Baldwin of "theonlinebusinesssystems.com" has scammed you out of alot of money. it doesn't cost you $220 to enroll in Herbalife It cost less then $100 to become a distributor for Herbalife, which you recieve a package containing samples and information on all products, booklets explaining the business, and dvds.

This was not the doing of Herbalife, Herbalife doesn't force you to recruit, Its not written anywhere on Herbalife's booklets or any thing printed by Herbalife "recruit recruit recruit" Herbalife doesnt require you to purchase anything. You were scammed by someone who was operating outside of Herbalife's standards and practices. Do not blame Herbalife for someone who scammed you, because if I came to you with Bank of America Bussiness Cards and ask for your account information solely based on that would you let me clear out your bank account? and if I did would Bank of America be held responsible?

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Lokeai
Beverly Hills, US
Nov 22, 2012 8:30 am EST

I don't know what's twisted with these people. They post scam products and sell it and earn money. From what? Ripping people off. My friend recently just got scammed at craigslist. He purchased a car that doesn't even exist. If you are also looking to buy a car at craigslist, check this out to avoid being scammed: http://www.scamoncraigslist.com/car-scams-on-craigslist/

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Herbalife International unethical business practices

I resigned as an herbalife supervisor after investing well over $6, 000 in my home based internet business. I strongly advise anyone who is considering this as a solution to your dreams, that unless you are okay with unethical business practices, then walk away before you spend a dime! This company gives very limited upfront information... Even with-holding the herbalife name as the product being sold until they absolutely must. They lead you to believe you can have a successful internet business with a small upfront investment. They alude to the fact there will be a few minor additional costs... Well everytime I turned around it was "you need this, sign up for that, get this, do that... And all at a cost. Their biggest customers are the new distributors and supervisors who they insist must be a"product of the product"... The more you use, the more you'll sell. Yeah... They want every bloody dime in your name before you get smart and quit before you are bled dry. It is very hard to find good customers. The cost is expensive. It is a good product but I personally did not have the weight loss they claimed was possible, and I was taking about $350 a month in products to get the results they promised. All I got was a bad case of gas from excess protein. Ok.. It did help increase my energy level. I started to doubt everything I heard. They want you to follow blindly, do as they say and you will be successful. Doing as they say will cost you at least $10, 000 before you start making any money and really you will need to reinvest that money for a long time to come before you reap the rewards they promise on their videos. You will be working day and night, even if it is from home. What bothers me the most is that you have to be willing to empty the pockets of someone who may not have much money, may have been out of work and is desperate to find a way to earn a living. You will whoo them in with the promise of a small investment, then you will keep asking for more of an investment, and more, and more. You will encourage them to have a garage sale so they can buy more advertising, sell their row boat so they can go to the company conference. And 95% of those people will not be successfull after all of that, and you might not be either... But herbalife and your upline will be happier for your efforts. Don't do this... Not to yourself, not to others you would"sell"too. Be a better human being. And one last thing... Whatever"mentor" calls you and signs you up... Keeps you forever, even if they are not good at mentoring, training, helping... So basically if you get a great mentor, your chances will be better. You get a bad mentor... You will be sunk.

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Herbalife International unethical

I was sold a sort of franchise. The seller knew all to well that I would spend far more that on petrol, to go and see customers. They call training (Training) but infact they trying to sell dealerships to non dealers.
In my opinion they comitting total fraud.

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Nov 13, 2011 1:09 am EST
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Incomeathome scam PPL please read.
If anyone out there has been scammed by herballife to create a income (not the product itself) please email me with your story. I promise one thing I will NOT use your name or email address or what you wrote in your email unless I contact you first and you agree and I get a signature or something from you- I too am a real human with real feelings and a real life, I do respect you and myself. My goal is NOT to get money or any personal info but information from ppl who have paid money to start working at home and have been given all these false hopes and dreams and made nothing. Ppl who have been scammed, its usually the women or men who want to be with their children all day as well as make money online, just like myself. We are comfortable but wanted a little more (we are happy with what we have now, I was being greedy) The ppl who have paid for information they never actually get.. well unless they pay 325.00 first and then what?
Anyone with info please PLEASE email, I was scammed and I want something to happen and I know im not the only one so, … well I need your help. I too am very embarrassed but I do believe that we can stop this. Not herballife but full disclosure all the info before we pay any money. This does not help you make money unless your willing to recruit others to pay the 325 required to earn money and even then only 0.5% do. NOT once was that mentioned to me until I had forked out this much. And yes many will say its my fault and I agree, to begin with it is but after all the ### they thrust apon you no wonder these ppl are making so much money.
Please help me by sending your stories and I will answer each and every one, from what I gather its going to be a few ill try and reply to everyone even if it’s a attachment of what im telling everyone. AGAIN I will not use your name wmail addy or any info you give me until I clear it (if I can) with you, I seriously need to know how many ppl were scammed and what we can do, as a group, to stop this.
Email scammedppl@y7mail.com

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Herbalife International Scammed $9.95 plus $39.95

Suzanne Jennings regularly sends me home based business opprotunities to my E-mail address the latest was Online Business Systems. I sent $9.95 for the no cost training package, ($9.95 was supposedly for shipping and handling) then a woman named Denice called and asked a few questions and set a phone appointment time to talk to Anita Osburn, and she asked if I ever had an online business. Fed Ex delivers as I'm talking to Anita, (it was supposed to get here before her call)The night before I had been to the website and did the so called training and filled out a list of goals.This was exactly what the "training package" had, word for word and the dvd was exactly what I saw and heard at the website. So that was a lie, then in this phone appointment the exact same thing again except she put her own twist to it. Then she comes to me listening to an Anthony, and I find out it is selling Herbal Life and it would cost me $199.00 and that would include products that I didn't need or want. So, I declined and I was told if I sent back the "training package" with the cover letter from Anita without any marks or anything else and I wrote her name on the outside of the envelope it was sent in I wouldn't be charged the additional $39.95, I sent it back in 2 days but was still charged the $39.95. I've called her [protected] and no response except I got an Email saying here are the return instructions I requested. I got those the day I declined and I got them from her. They expect you to write in the booklet before you go to the website or get the call from Anita Osburn then you get charged the $39.95 because it cant be marked at all when you return it. "zigshomebiz.com" is somehow affilliated also with her, and or them SCAM< SCAM< SCAM!

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Caroline Heinemann
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Aug 21, 2013 1:40 pm EDT

I have never used herbal Life...but what they are doing is called a funded proposal. Nothing wrong with that. However with that said, I have been successful at a network marketing business that has been around for over 50 years. And yes, I don't agree with buying a "rank" by purchasing products other than a starter pack that may cost anywhere from $300 to a $750 for most companies and these should contain products that you will use as a tax break and write off the samples anyway. Our company even offers a money back guarnatee on the kit and of course all their products. Just imagine opening any traditional business or a franchise. There is a much bigger investment than this small amount. This just gives you the tools and of course if you choose a legit "sponsor" they will show you what you need to do but the action is up to you. Most people don't realize that it takes hard work to build a business but the end result has been a residual income for our family.

Addressing the comment on expensive products. Again have never use the Herbal life products but some would say that ours are more expensive not all...but with that said our products have over 300 million dollars of research and can back up our claims with research that has been published in scientific journals. I get what I pay for...and again can at any time...not within a month but anytime receive my money back if I am not satisfied.
Hope this puts things into perspective,
Caroline Heinemann
www.theMLMBlueprint.com

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Mountain View, US
May 08, 2011 6:02 pm EDT

Totally agree, especially after I paid the $399 for the package. After the sale it was hard to get a hold of my sponsor. He had totally disappeared of the face of the earth. Nice Coach! At least on our last phone call we had, he then told me that I would have to invest the minimum of $2, 500.00 to be able to start making the profits. Looking at what had came in the kit was not worth the money I had invested in to start my own business. Nor was I told about the $2, 500.00 more. I had to take it with a grain assault, and had to come to terms that I had been taken for more than $700 all together counting the advertising costs...(post cards, magnetic signs for vehicle, personal address cards, etc.) The cost of the products are extremely exspensive. As a Independent Distributor it would have tooken a life time of hussling other people to become distributors which is an easier way than selling products. It would have also meant taking people like I was took. NO THANK YOU HERBALIFE! I believe what goes around comes around. NO SALES HERE! and IT'S NO WONDER WHY YOU HAVE MADE A BAD REPUTATION FOR YOURSELF.

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amulr76
Bossier City, US
Feb 01, 2011 10:20 pm EST

I just herd on the news from a local person from Haughton, LA about instructions for Home Based Business and was told to fill out form. I did that i received a package 3 days later for $9.99 then received a call from a coach going over all the information. Beware this is b-###. Selling Herbalife, if i do not return the package within 14 days. you pay $39.95. now they have different options A. Selling door to door Herbalife - to friends family, coworkers for $71.00 or Online Business Solutions for $399.00 which includes growth package, training manual, 1 mo. supply free. scam. these people are making tons of money doing this to people. I returned the package after 3 days for $20.00 US postal service. They better not put this on my Credit Card. Im not investing $500.00 to start on Herbalife, maybe all the people on the tape have made millions of dollars. But is this idealistic that we are going to make $500.00 - 2500.00 mo. Selling, Selling, 10-12 hrs. week. Find me another Home Based Business that is not a scam. it said: Follow the instructions at Home Based Business set up account. Then they will give you websites links to post. Start posting those links. Everything gets tracked. Get paid $500.00 - 1, 500 a week.

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Herbalife International plomo in the products

For every body before use herbalife product, to read

Dangerous special for kids and senior so bad
Every single product has extra plomo.

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Los Angeles, US
May 05, 2013 9:19 pm EDT

Herbalife is crap, my friend went to the hospital just cause she consumed the product.

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Panama City, US
Apr 04, 2012 5:12 pm EDT
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I HATE Herbal life. The conned my husband into the scam and he has spent more then 600.00 so far. Worst is he put our 15 year old son on it to help with his weight issues instead of just telling him no to soda and greasy combo meal at fast food joints. We are divorcing over his latest con he has fallen for. I am within an inch of calling Child Protective Services over the Herbal Life Supplement abuse he is giving our son. He is 53 and still looking for a get rich quick gimmick. Panama City Herbal Life I am about to ROCK your world.

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Herbalife International $50 Rip-off

RENAE M. AMANNAMISNIAK, HERBALIFE DISTRIBUTOR, SCAMS RETIRED DISABLED VETERAN FOR $50
After answering an advertisement for making income on the internet, my brother who is a retired, handicapped & disabled veteran, decided to look into it on September 10, 2010.
He went to: www.Renae4HomeBiz.com where he had to send in $10 shipping for a free kit to help him start making big bucks with his new home based business, according to the site.
After receiving the kit, he had to read the materials and study the CD's that came with the kit before Renae was to call him with her "Coaching" lesson to get him started. He studied as much as he could to be ready for her call a few days later. The day came and Renae called as promised and on time. She went on & on to my brother about how much money he was going to make in the future by selling Herbalife products to his friends, family and everyone else he knew.
My brother had never heard of Herbalife, so he asked Renae what they sold. Renae stated that Herbalife sells vitamins and other products for everyday living and sells them at very competitive prices and for that reason, it was one of the largest growing companies on the planet. Then came the clincher: “All you have to do is buy $2800 of their product and YOU will be a “Herbalife Distributor.” “YOU will have “YOUR OWN” Herbalife web site that will be set up for you as a ‘Herbalife Distributor.’ Would you like to place that on a Visa or Mastercard was the next question from Renae. My brother stated that he did not have $2800 to invest, but that he would work very hard to sell these products if given the chance. “Do you have anything you could sell of value to raise the money, possibly a car or some jewelry?” was her next question. My brother stated he could not sell his car because he would have no transportation.
Renae then stated that he could not join the ranks of the Herbalife Family of Distributors until he raised the $2800. My brother was very upset to say the least after he had spent hours studying the course sent him by Renae.
Within 2 days on September 30th, my brother’s checking account had a $39.95 debit charge from “RENAE4HOMEBIZ [protected] CA which was the same as his payment of $9.95 for shipping of the free kit. I contacted Renae for him by e-mail to question the $39.95 debit charge and her return e-mail stated that the $39.95 debit charge was the fee for the kit because my brother did not take advantage of this money making opportunity. I answered her e-mail and gave her 24 hours to return the $49.90 in debit charges to my brother or I would be bringing her scam public.

Renae M. Namisniak
A/K/A Renae M Amannamisniak DOB 12/06/1948
D/B/A Renae4HomeBiz
Owner & Independent Herbalife Distributor
Personal Business Coach for Herballife
www.Renae4HomeBiz.com
13736 Kenmore Ave., Baldwin Park, CA 91706
Formerly in Falls Church, VA.
E-mail = [protected]@verizon.net
Home Office #: [protected]
Voicemail #: [protected]
[protected]
293-2699

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Herbalife International refunds

My complaint is this they took my money right away, but get my refund I have to wait 6 weeks. I sould not have to wait. I've called them twice and got the same response. no good faith with this company.

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I'm going to make a Herbalife hate video on youtube :D I too have had extremely poor costumer service... EVERY complaint on her will be on that video ;)

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Cindy Rreberk
Oakdale, US
Jun 11, 2012 9:51 am EDT

I'm trying to get my money back too! I have been waiting for some form for almost 3 weeks. This is just crazy. The gal I'm working with is having problems (with the company) she said. I'm very sick of waiting and I don't think I should have too. I paid for 4 products and waited to get all 4 for 3 weeks. This is extremely poor customer service and will pass this along! This whole process for me has been a complete nightmare!

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Herbalife International selling personal information

I need to make people aware of the biggest problem that I have noticed about Herbalife. As with all the other complaints, I too, got the information packet, all the phone calls, and spoke with my mentor Cathy Rogers. Found out shortly after speaking with her (from another mentor) that she was experiencing some family issues, thus inreturn I was given a different mentor. Since that time, my phone number and mailing address has been sold to what seems like every rippoff, scam organization in north america. It is quite common on the average day to recieve 10-12 calls from some kind of bogus buisness.
Another thing I noticed when I started to ask questions from alot of people who where with Herbalife buisness was they could not tell me how much they were making per month. If herbalife is such a great buisness, then why is it the people who package, ship, and work in the warehouses, are not in buisness for themselves instead of working in the warehouses?

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Herbalife International scam

One day, I saw an ad on the internet; it says I can make some extra money every month, and I only have to pay 9.95 to start the thing. I typed my credit card #, and a few days after, I received a DVD, and a piece of paper with whole bunch nonsense testimonials. Watching DVD, I realized it was all about selling Herbalife products. At first, the ad didn't mention I have to have at least 1000 dollars to start the business, and it's all about selling dietary supplements. If it was mentioned, I wouldn't spend my 10 bucks to order those garbage. In addition, somebody who told me I am your mentor said if I am not interested, I have to return the DVD in 14 days; otherwise, I will be charged additional 39.95. WTF? They didn't reveal what they are at first. That's why I spent my money for that garbage. Isn't this a scam? First, they tempted people with some extra money every month, and later, they ask you to put your everything in it. WOW..I am pretty surprised noone has sued these parasites.

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Aug 06, 2010 11:21 pm EDT

HI

First paid R250.for starter Park delived to me, then I paid R1545.00, he said I will receive my IBP(international business Park).Still waiting for my IBM.the is no lonegr communication with my mentor.my name Prince.email address is prince.sello@webmail.co.za. Name of my mentor is Johan Engelbrecht and his email address is Johanhr@live.co.za

Guide me what must I do

Waiting for your positive respond.

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Herbalife International business

For those of you who are trying to get involved with herbalife, then I suggest you to read this.. You will be losing more money by investing hundreds of dollars buying their products and programs they offer you. I have been scammed by these people. First you pay 9.95 for the home based-work and from then on you have to purchases even more things like the programs and products. Not only that they charged you a monthly fee of 29.95 for just having a merchant account. Yeap thats how they make money by taking other people's hard work money.. 100% scammed

*note if you have a website and you want to make money then click or copy n paste the link below. And its absoluety free! Thank goodness..

http://www.bigextracash.com/aft/4bdcbd1bdcb6b.html

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TexasPatriot
The Alamo, US
Jul 02, 2010 11:25 am EDT

I think the problem with Herbalife is that many distributors stopped following the Mark Hughes' formula. One person selling one kit at a time and helping people through the weight loss process.

If a distributor is more focused on sending $39.95 DVDs and pushing you to buy $4000 of product and setting up websites and buying contact lists...RUN AWAY.

I was a distributor when Mark was alive...my 1st wife had actually met him on stage at an Herbalife convention with an amazing 100 lb of weight loss. It was exhilarating for her...we believed in the vision. But then Mark's own tragedy and death hit us all hard and new management took over. However, after one conference our upline started really pushing hard for us to start marketing turnkey opportunities...sell 4000 volume points up front and a web site package...it started turning us off. I knew it was wrong. We just melted away, and our own downline did as well without our support. My immediate upline did as well - just lost interest in the new focus of our line.

I don't blame the company although they can police it and prohibit this manner of sales to individuals. It's still a good company and a good product -- I just wished I could go back to the old Mark Hughes days when it was a happy time for Herbalife.

Herbalife is best sold wearing the buttons and talking to people. Period, no other way truly works for this product, despite the President's Team members who will come on here after me and proclaim how successful they are...ask them...how much of your $$ from direct sales...or are you doing the bare minimum of personal sales? If you do it without the stinking package deals...then my hats off to you! I might want to rejoin in YOUR supervision line.

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rene porcile
Costa Mesa, US
May 30, 2010 3:13 pm EDT

Hey there fellow entrepreneur,

If you are looking for a long lasting income. one that con last for your entire life and then handed down to your children,
Herabalife is one option. I am earning royalties of 40K per month. You do have to apply yourself, go to trainings, and become a better
person by providing value to your team members. This is not for those who just want to sit around and let someone else do the business for you.
If you have PASSION and DETERMINATION to help yourself and other to a better lifestyle, then you can do it with Herbalife or with other companies as well.

All the best in your quest for a better life,
Rene Porcile
123ezweightloss.blogspot.com

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Herbalife International rude employees

I found this website http://www.moneypub.net/ online and requested information as well. I recieved a call from Michael Gillingham informing he would email me the information to save me the $9.95. So I read the material and watched the DVD. Michael was supposed to call me today 5/26/2010 at 2:00 pm. I googled some information and came across some scam websites http://www.johnperkins.com/Documents/Workathome2.htm stating this was a scam. So I politely emailed Michael and requested to cancel my call as I was not interested at this time.

Michael rudely responded the following:

--- On Wed, 5/26/10, Michael Gillingham wrote:

From: Michael Gillingham
Subject: RE: Information Package You Requested
Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 1:05 PM

Your Info is WRONG! Anybody can post anything they want, Steve and Debbie and I, Stacie, Ryan work for a company that is in business for 3O YEARS! And if you want to be broke all your life-miss out on your kids growing up-that’s fine. DO IT! One thing I will not tolerate is someone saying we are a SCAM. This stuff is all over the internet from people who know nothing about our Business- if we were a SCAM do you think the NYSE would let us on-NO. Herbalife International is the NO.1 Nutrition company in the world! And has helped Millions of people around the world.

I feel sad for you, that you let some person who knows nothing about us.. lead you astray.

Have a great Life, if thing change for you let me know

Did you know I read the “Pope is the anti-Christ” also.. Check it out, its on the internet!

Mike

I think this email was completely out of line. I was not accusing anyone of anything, just simply stating I was not interested. I will have no problem posting this information and letting all I know hear of this situation. Is this the kind of people you want advertising your company? I feel I was treated very dis-respectful.

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TexasPatriot
The Alamo, US
Jul 02, 2010 11:49 am EDT

1. Herbalife itself is an outstanding company
2. Herbalife is an outstanding product

However, many of the independent distributors who have signed up are NOT doing the business the way the founder, Mark Hughes, laid out.

You do not have to pay any more money to start a business than the basic distributor kit. If you are told you do...then RUN AWAY. Find a distributor who will sign you up for the minimum. Also find one who is not focused on sending you DVDs or get rich quick kits and who doesn't pressure you into buying $4000 worth of products. You do NOT need inventory on hand to sell, you can order for future delivery -- having on-hand product is YOUR choice. (I always had a bunch, but had the cash flow to keep the stock in the closet, but nobody told me I HAD to.)

Most of the complaints people have about Herbalife are perpetrated by independent distributors who can barely be controlled or policed, or even in some cases "separate" shell companies who funnel people to distributors who collect money and a profit for setting up the opportunity on a distributor's behalf.

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Edwich P.
Orlando, US
Jun 03, 2010 1:19 pm EDT

I have to agree that the way he responded was rude. May I ask why were you not interested in what was being offered? Where you turned off by the fact that you saw negative information on the internet? Let me ask you where to you buy all your groceries? Publix. Winn Dixie, or, Walmart? Or maybe even an community supermarket? Do some research Google their name and see what you come up with. You have to understand that people who place negative info on any site are just like you and me. The only difference is "they" had a bad experience and choose to place on her for the world to see. And of course as humans we tend to turn to the negative before we see the good. i might say that this representative DOES NOT REPRESENT HERBALIFE IN A GOOD WAY AT ALL ! Funny I have a friend of mine who represents this company and well she has been rewarded much better than a job could ever do.
If you would like more info Email me I would love to chat with you: StanleyandEdwich(AT)Gmail(DOT)com

HAVE A PHENOMENAL DAY :)

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Scott
San Franciso, US
May 31, 2010 3:11 pm EDT

Yep, a rude attitude is a big sign. I understand if it was a legit business and people were upset about getting a bad rap, but it would be more professional and appropriate to explain in a pleasant manner about the company, etc. If they were to deliver what they promise, is there any reason why someone would write complaints online about their personal experiences and to say it's a scam? People who are satisfied with a company would give the company a good review and even recommend it to others. Just because someone complains, doesn't always mean the company is a scam or bad... however, if employees are rude and obnoxious, not only is it uncalled for, but also a big red flag. If this company has been in business for 30 years, they would know that and would do all they could to resolve any issues with customers/clients in a professional manner.

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BETTY 9
SORENTO, US
May 26, 2010 4:12 pm EDT

i order 5/18/10 and still have not got order yet.but they charge my account already, i beleive i was scam! THANKS ALOT

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Herbalife International not helpful, disappointment

In 2007, after I lost my job, I saw an ad online to open my own business. Well, I sent my$9.95 & got a dvd, 2 days later I got a call from my mentor. I tod him I was interested in starting my own business. Do you know he had my debit card number on file but he wasn't able to charge the $2, 300.00 until I called my bank to raise the debit limit. I got all these boxes, I had to buy my own flyers, make business cards & this was in july and I live in florida. I had to go to parking losts & give out flyers, put them on car windshields & all those conference calls two days a week. I uses to hear speakers who made a ton of money by bringing in people to "the business" who could've knocked my over with a feather. I felt so stupid. I still have alot of the products in my home that I can't sell. I got now help whatsoever & it left a bad taste in my mouth. Don't put any faith in having your own business with herbalife.

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Jul 21, 2010 4:47 am EDT
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Ms Val, I am an Independent Herbalife Distributor and can see that your mentor did not help you at all. There are many ways of advertising your business and I would suggest you attend any and all meetings in your area - this is the only way you are going to learn the business. I also had a mentor that did little or nothing for me but I attended as many meetings as I could afford at the time and learnt from others how to work the business. It does take WORK. It is NOT a get-rich-quick scheme. You need three ways of advertising your business (wear the button, pull tags, flyers, newspaper ads, online ads - heavens, you can even use Facebook!). Stick to whichever method you choose for 90 days and you will see your business start growing. Repeat the process for another 90 days and it will grow exponentially. To you TexasPatriot - congratulations! I just love my Herbalife business :)

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TexasPatriot
The Alamo, US
Jul 02, 2010 11:36 am EDT

When I started with Herbalife over 10 years ago, I started USING the products myself. I knew how to use them, and could demonstrate the results on myself and my 1st wife.

It's the wrong approach your "mentor" took with you to have you start an Herbalife business cold.

NOBODY should ever buy thousands of dollars of product up front, because your ability to return the product has severe limitations as a signed distributor. (A customer, it's no questions asked.)

The true way...wear the buttons, use the product, and engage people directly. You get one person on it...when I did it often I'd get their relatives doing it too. That's the old school, get-rich-slow way, I know, but that's how it truly works.

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Herbalife International never received order, and no responce from company

I place 2 orderes with this company, i received the 1st order, little late, but that was, ok. Never received 2nd order for a total of 47.42.
Called to inqire about the order, and Steve ( this appears to be a 1 person operation) told me he would check into it and call me back the next day. Well, this has been 2 weeks, no call back, no reply to phone messages left or e-mails and of course, no refund or product

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Ericka25
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Feb 09, 2013 9:57 am EST

Place an order with Diet444. And it was fro $187 and I haven't received it as yet. I call, leave messages and send emails and I didn't get any respond so now I'm calling my bank to report an fraud with this company.

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Feb 11, 2010 3:42 pm EST

I am the owner of Diet444.com and this complaint is incorrect as above Edi has rescinded the complaint and asked complaintboard to remove but they have not.

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joetiern
Boxford, US
Oct 10, 2009 11:20 am EDT

That is so sad. I am an herbalife distrbutor and have no issues with shipping products to customers.
If you would like to try me I will coach you all the way to your weight loss goals. Please visit my web site
http://www.wellnesswithme.com

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Herbalife International rip people off

In Feb. 2006 I joined Herbalife to try and open a small business, They told me they would help me and lead me through every aspect of the program. First the lady that signed me up turned me over to a lady in Washington State. Then I could never get back in touch with her again, The lady in WA said that I needed to order some products to sale and she helped me do that. I ordered over $3000.00 worth of products. She then said that I need to order some contacts from W8loss.com. I ordered 25 contacts at $94.89. The contacts started coming on my email on A Friday. I contacted the lady in WA and she the said I need to do to a Conference in Cancun and the ticket were only $7500.00 for the 3-day trip. I said I could not afford that. She got mad because I would not spend that much money. She said that she was leaving on Sunday and would be back in about 4 days and not do anything until she got back. The contacts were only good for 72 hours after I received them. I tried to contact her on Thursday of the next week and was told that she got sick while in Cancun. I did not here from her for another 3 weeks, buy this time I had lost all of the contacts. I was then turned over to another lady in WA by the name of Fran, she wanted me to order more contacts, and I ordered 25 more at $94.89. She wanted me to go on conference calls and listen to others make calls, I did and set for hours listening to people dial phone numbers with no success. I did this for [censored]s then started trying to make calls on my own. Every one said they were not interested and some that they had tried the product and it made the sick. Every time I got one of those excuses I would send that contact back and reqest a replacement. I returned 80 bad contacts and still had 23 of my original 25 left. What took the cake was when I tried to return one because she said she had tried the product and it made her sick. ( I tried to return that lead and was told that that was not a good enough reason to exchange ) I realized that this was no good for me and I wanted out. I tried to call Fran and find out what to do. Fran ask me who I was. I had been talking to her on the phone and through IM for several weeks then she did not know me. I finally got hold of some one at Herbalife int. and ask that lady she told me to contact Herbalife buyback dept., and the would tell me what to do. They said to pack every thing up and send it back to them, I did and the said it would take about 4 to 5 week for me to hear anything. I waited 2 months and started making phone calls. After 4 call back to buyback I finally got a lady named Rowena on the phone. She said she would check and get back to me. 30 minutes later she called me back and said my return order was in the warehouse and they could not buy it back because the bottles had turned yellow had a smell to them. They were not in that shape when the left me. The said the were sending the product back to me. I dont know if the will be the same products I sent them as Herbalife has lied to me from the beginning. Now I have to eat that $3000.00. If Herbalife sent me a new car to drive for a year free and it had there name on it I would not even get in it and crank it or let it set near my house. I just want to let people know how they rip people off.

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SimpleHealth
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Oct 18, 2010 10:42 am EDT

I tried to return some items that were sold to me under the pretenses it was 'healthy' and after I did some research found out all the VERY bad ingredients in all the 'health' products!
When I confronted the rep she hand-balled me directly to the company who were so embarrassed they promised to give me a refund...THAT TOOK TWO MONTHS TO GET BACK!
If you want to get healthier its really simple...fruit & vege (mostly raw), basic proteins (lean organic white meat - nuts - seeds)...all natures best - PURE & SIMPLE PEOPLE!

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Esther Anders
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Oct 18, 2010 10:24 am EDT

Herbalife is a great company. Sometimes we have to look at the company's facts, and not the person who signed us up. Just like when we go to a major company and buy products we don't blame the company for personal problems, but the people working for them for most of our problems like... they took too long, they were rude, ect. But was the company bad, just because they hired a few bad people? Herbalife has millions of clients and therefor bound to have many bad sales representatives. Not everyone is cut out for having a home business. My husband and I tried, and found it wasn't for us. You can make money, and loose weight too (we both lost weight and felt so much healthier). We had a pretty good supervisors, but in the end we found at the time it just wasn't for us.
You do have to work hard, and be willing to over come the negativity that always comes with a home business. I have years in sales, but found that home sales just wasn't what we wanted to do. I do encourage those who want to stick with it. It can be rewarding and a great way to get healthy even if you don't sell it, but just want to consume for personal use. We use the products for our self, and wish we could use every product suitable for us.
If you've been scammed, please inform Herbalife about them, and they will look into it and will kick them out of the company. There's people who want to scam you in every company, but please don't look at the company scamming you. Herbalife only requires you to buy the basic package for under $70. to sell the products for personal gain. If you are told to buy more and you have to attend events and shell out money, then look more closely. When you read your distributor pack it gives you all the basic information you need. Don't be pulled in by those who know how to sell you stuff you don't need. You don't even need to take the products or have anything on hand, to be in sales. Although it would be very helpful and a testimony in itself if you did, but not required. Herbalife has always been about helping people get healthy, and are always there to help. If your up line stinks, find others who can help, like maybe their supervisor, or maybe attend an event (if you choose to), or talk to others in the business.
If you want to sell Herbalife, be encouraged. When getting down watch one of the movies (which also comes in the distributor pack) or find another (good) distributor to talk threw any problems that you might be having. You probable have a shake store nearby that you could visit and talk to the owners, they will also have encouraging words about their customers who come in. They do have some great and new stories to tell. Enjoy your business, and I do wish you all the best in success!

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TexasPatriot
The Alamo, US
Jul 02, 2010 11:12 am EDT

I used to be an Herbalife rep. I got out when these changes started to take hold on the work force -- the focus from top distributors, Chairman's Club, President's Team members pushing Supervisors to do "Cash by Mail" and other schemes.

Most people are not aware that you do not need to purchase thousands of dollars of product to operate an Herbalife business. The reps are independent distributors operating their own business.

All you NEED to buy is a small kit with one basic weight loss kit a manual and some forms.

What I have heard and seen is that many people are more focused on selling turnkey opportunities that they have lost sight of the real Mark Hughes vision, which is helping people lose weight. It's still a good company, with some of the distributors trying to push people in the wrong direction. (True, it's easier to make quota by pushing one person to buy $3000 than it is by selling $100 kits to 30 people. But that's not founder's vision...and that's why I got disillusioned.)

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artie09
Chicago, US
Dec 13, 2009 2:48 pm EST

My bad Cervantes
it was late night and i was trying to put everything right i also just revised it and realized I did put up a bad slogan.
But yeah since then I've learned allot more.
Wow it's been two months already.
The first month I was learning
The second month I got in.
And Well now I'm about to open up my own.
I'm currently working with my my mom's sponsor at her club but we need to expand so she's letting me spread my wings.
Im already a Supervisor so I guess I'm going to THE KICK OFF!
BTW
I Have RERead my fist Comment and yeah there are some errors I have committed there.
but yeah this company is successful
its been out for almost 30 years and its all officially in 72 countries
It all started with one Man's Dream and Tragic Fate.

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gcervantes6
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Oct 16, 2009 3:41 pm EDT

I disagree with your statements . I've been taking these products for 8 yrs and I've been feeling great. I've been in the business since 14 yrs old and my parents also. This is a good business, its a good way to make extra money on the side. I agree with 1st person who commented your opinion about this company, this business takes time and effort to achieve your goal. This company isn't just going to do everything for you. Also learn the slogins because you can't even spell them right, revise your spelling. The slogin is "Lose Weight Now and Ask Me How".This Company helps people stay healthy and I will never trade this for anything. If this company doesn't work for you then don't complain; maybe it doesn't work because your not doing anthing for it to work or maybe you go based on what people have told you. Also you don't need that much money to start out with in order to buy the products to have inventory. You could start out small and then when you see the money coming in, then think big.We don't send people to go off on their own, we train them and prepare them to make an effective sale. But most importantly we make sure people are well imformed what their body is taking and what's the use of it. Finally if you have nothing better to say, I'm talking in a professional way, don't say anything that you don't have any real information over. Look things up and use resourses that could help. And most importantly STOP COMPLAINING! Thank for your time.

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skip09
Frankford, US
Oct 12, 2009 3:29 pm EDT

Kudos to artie09,
Herbalife is a great company. If you didn't succeed, maybe you didn't try and was expecting someone else to do it for you. They have great resources if you use them. The company has been around for 29years, is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and is an acredited business the the BBB. They are in numerous countries. You don't last that long in this business unless there is something to you.

If you failed it is strictly your fault and no one elses. Would you start any other business and then blame someone else if it failed. Well considering your comments, you probably would. It sounds to me like you wanted everyone else to do the work for you. Good luck with that in anything you try.

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artie09
Chicago, US
Oct 08, 2009 5:22 am EDT

Man o man did you have it bad. That is a bad experience, sounds like someone just wanted the money and run off with it. Although I got to say, you may have been easily fooled. It's not your fault though and I bet after that experience you wont go back again. I guess this product works differently for some people, I guess I can also say it works different in other places of this country, see, they we do it over here is actually more friendlier. Yes it's true we are taught and trained, basically transformed to convince people that this product works. We achieve this is through testimonies, we recount peoples experience time after time after time and it never gets old, you know why? It's because this product does not fail you if you haven't failed it. We actually consume the product and learn from it, this product does not make you sick, people are just too afraid and insecure of what people might say if they are caught trying to loose weight. We call everyone who puts us down "The Dream Killers" and why do we do this? We do it to separate the people who truly believe in us and the ones who only want to keep us right under their foot. They way we do it also has to do with the people we know all around us, once they see the many changes we have been through, they will stare and ask "What is your secret" And we simply tell them "Its not a secret, Its Herbalife" Allot of times people will point or stare and say "Why are you doing this, no one will buy!" But we turn around the other way and what do we say?"LOOSE WIGHT FAST, ASK ME HOW!"
The main point is not to let people get you down, that is there ultimate goal, to get you down and they will not be satisfied until you are down on their level where they are. If I recall, they do not give out phone numbers to call and ask people if they want to buy. A true salesperson would go out and look for their loyal customers, people who are ready for change, people who are just like you and ready to silence anyone who would kill their dreams. That is the goal, to ACHIEVE and OVERCOME THE ODDS! I would say the best way for a business to succeed is to give out a word and make it big, nothing is handed to them and tells them "here are your customers", we don't know these people but what we do know is is that their is always someone out there suffering from some sort of ailment or a possibly developing disease and it is our job to help them fight of any malevolent body intruder. Here in this country, The United States Of America, we know how bad we go it and how limited health care is so why wait until we get sick, why wait until something tragic has happened before we act, why not fight the cause instead for waiting for the effect. Why do we let all the wrong people into our heads and let them control our decisions, our way of thinking. Allot of the times people get impatient and its not just 1 or 2 hundred people, its the whole country in fact the whole world, people want to see change right now and there but how can there be any when people are just sitting there waiting for something to happen like it's the planet's job to make the change, like it's not their job to make a world a better place. People do not like standing up on their own two feet they need someone to help them but the next guy feels the same way and that person does not want to stand up if the other doesn't want to stand up and so on. That is why these type of things are done within groups or families, to have the support and love of others, and if by GOD'S choice you do not have the support, do it for yourself, because you love yourself and because there is no one who can do their job better than you can. We all don't make the right choices all the time but when you know there is an opportunity of a lifetime standing on your doorway, do not let it pass by. I am here to spread the word not only from Herbalife and all it's members and participants but also from all those individuals that believe change is for those who really want it, it's for those who believe in the well being of themselves and others and hope for new beginnings.

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Herbalife International Unauthorized billing

I was charged $39.95 30 days later after I told them I wasn't interested in the Scam. I even called Nanci Ayres @ [protected]. What a joke that was. I told her I was charged the $39.95 and she said yes because I didn't return the package that I paid for and a DVD, now they want it back. haha what a rip off company this is.

They wanted us to invest over $250.00 and then they would send us list to buy merchandise, etc. etc.

We payed $9.95 from a TV ad. We called after receiving the package talked said no not interested. and that was the end until March 14th then they charged my back account $39.95 with out telling us.

Now they tell me I should have mailed it back within 14 days. No where in the package does it say that or was told that.

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calicogirl12482
vienna, US
Aug 14, 2010 6:15 pm EDT

Actually, it does say you will be billed $39.95 within 14 days of shipping unless you return the package. It's included on the website and you have to click on privacy info and you'll see it in print, but I guess you could call it the "read the fine print".

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artie09
Chicago, US
Dec 13, 2009 2:35 pm EST

You are right Rithu it is Hard earned money but the real scam you are working with is your job. You should not be working hard to get money, money was made for people so why should we work hard to get it.
Hi I'm an Herbalife Distributor, If you need any Correct Information from the experts please contact your local Herbalife Distributor we don't sell product, we recommend it.
Also the company you call "SCAM" helped me make more money in a little amount of time than at my regular job.
I only work part time or less
3 Hours * 6 Days=18 Hours
Total Earnings INSIDE THE club 210+
and thats minimum effort.

It's like we say if you don't work with us you can't give facts about this company

At the end of the day we all go back home, look around, and compare.

P.S. That last line was by Greco Garcia

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Rithu
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Oct 06, 2009 4:16 am EDT

Also in India, everywhere herbalife opens nutrition club and provide herbalife products daily, and they will pull in people into the scam. This is increasing rapidly and needs to be stopped, else innocent people will landup in losing all hardearned money.

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First off, I would like to say my heart goes out to all those who have invested huge sums of money in Herbalife to come up empty. In December 2006, I saw a commercial on T.V. I had seen this commercial several times before but finally decided to go to the website and sign up for the DVD which was $9.95. I got a call from my soon to be 'mentor' a day before...

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