The Reality Regarding Herbalife.

The Reality Regarding Herbalife.

Wealthy provides his commentary, personal sights, gripes and 'at-a-boys.

"Should I encounter a minute of clearness, I hope to be recorded during these journals."

31May2003 Our Herbalife experience finishes using the purchase from the domain www.katsherbs.com to someone thinking about selling website traffic to would-be Herbalife marketers.  Appears the job we did generating traffic towards the site created a Google Google Page Rank of 6 for that www.katsherbs.com/herbalife section - great for us.

Therefore we are moving our current content of Vitamin Energy and Shopping to our other domain www.katsvitaminherbs.com and aspire to do a minimum of 1/2 too generating traffic to the new sites www./katsvitaminherbs.com/index.php and www.birrs.internet

Must reading through for anybody thinking about getting associated with Herbalife!

Take advantage of Cockerham's Investigative Report informs the entire story!

We certainly wish we'd read Rob's report before being a distributor and investing both our money and time.  His report is a superb bit of journalism - thorough take a look at how Herbalife intends to pick your wallet and why the chances of the success like a distributor are stacked against you!

23March2003 Did some maintenance in this article to get rid of 'dead' links.  We still get residual visitors to our former Herbalife webpages (www.katsherbs.com/herbalife/index.htm) and interesting comments.

27 October 2002 We now have stopped selling Herbalife from your site.  After receiving Herbalife's objections to the utilizing their Title and/or product names (e.g. Formula 1, Protein Bar) within the page title, we made the decision it was the final hay.  Our sales will always be pathetic and that we are tired of Herbalife's insufficient return policy (as we order it - we're Tied to it).  The alterations Herbalife demands on (via telephone) will ruin our internet search engine positioning and alter the 'look and feel' in our marketing effort.

We believe it is ironic they insist upon replacing the term 'Herbalife' within our url with 'HerbalifeIndendentDistributor'.  Appears to us this is DIRECT supervision and would establish and worker/employer relationship!  A lot for 'independent'.  It it not obvious that even this transformation would satisfy Herbalife, since their telephone contact won't get into specific changes - just general needs.  They merely gave us three days to reply to the requirements (14 October 2002) on paper but our written reply still goes un-answered.

ENOUGH!

Now there's a public forum instead of the merchandise pages.  To date, some Herbalife marketers have published messages saying just how much they love Herbalife.

10 March 2002.  Well . . . great news.  After a little serious letter writing and telephone call, Herbalife made good on its 'support' and changed the items in the return IBP we spoken about below.

20 Feb 2002.  Herbalife sales just plod along!  I have got 10,000 site visitors monthly and lucky to market two or three products.  A lot for that $32,000/month profits they convinced Kathy she'd make for putting on their stupid button and taking advantage of the items.

Marketers BEWARE!  Herbalife Worldwide will require every chance to weasel from standing behind their items.  Should you ever possess a customer return merchandise for any refund (which happens more frequently than you may think) bear in mind that you'll be the main one stuck in the centre.  First, they stick YOU with stocking inventory.  You're needed to provide the client their cash back.  But Herbalife will not provide you with a refund.  Best Herbalife is going to do is ship you alternative items.  But make certain you've every 't' entered and each 'i' dotted since you can't just send them a duplicate from the order you placed together or reference their order number.

Gee, I question the number of marketers permit this to shit flow downhill towards the finish customer.

Here's an excerpt from the form letter from Herbalife's Returns Department:

We haven't received the client Request Refund Form, or even the information contained onto it is incomplete.

We haven't received a duplicate from the original Herbalife Retail Order Form. (ITEM #5001).  [RCB this is actually the one which declined us since we do not make use of this insufficient form for phone orders]

We haven't received the merchandise container(s).  Please be aware the individual unit wrappers aren't acceptable.  We require box the individual models are packed in.

Your alternative product request surpasses the thirty (30) evening frame permitted to acquire a alternative.

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27Sep01 It's taken this lengthy to really find and upload my ramblings and curently have a P.S. - I have now lost 23 pounds.

21Aug01 Opening Entry.  I am upgrading the website today so guess I can't procrastinate any more.  Here's my formerly written blurb - presuming I can continue to think it is.

This can be a difficult review to start.  Kat and I come with an active Site that we are attempting to market these items.  And also the fundamental concept of a Multilevel marketing (Multi-level Marketing) plan would be to sell distributorships and supervisorships to others, thus creating your 'downline'.

The promise we're told to create to those folks (and also the promise which was designed to Kat) is 'these items sell themselves . . . we'll support you stage using the training and give you support need'.

I am grateful that Kat did not subscribe to the 'supervisor' program in advance - for just $2900 you receive a bundle of distributor packages to market and, if I browse the latest email properly, certain names (leads) of folks thinking about beginning their very own biz.  Only then do we can 'train' them on beginning their very own downline.

Well, just exactly can I train them on?  Clearly, I haven't learned how you can market the product!  Just what's the product anyway?  Wait!  Exactly what do you mean, "what is the product", Wealthy?  Anyone can easily see the excellent catalog, glossy pictures of weight loss programs, herbal nutritional supplement and cosmetic items!

When Kat first began out, since I wouldn't accept loading in the charge cards for any 'supervisor' package, she was 'trained' inside a program.  The concept ended up being to consume a formula of creating 'contacts' through disbursing a particular quantity of flyers, advertising and setting up signs declaring "I lost 40 pounds in 40 days!  Request me how!".  Then there's a mobile phone service to enroll in to obtain all of your incoming calls - out of your marketing efforts - and much more 'training'.  Mr. Anthony Powell will train you his 'Newest Method to Wealth!'.

Before I go any more, I have to say something concerning the . . . (what shall I give them a call?) . . . the SECONDARY items?  PSEUDO items?  - the stuff within the catalog, the protein powder, herbal medicines, etc.  Really, they're very good - top quality, well developed company, they really work..  But this is not the actual product!  This isn't how to earn money and isn't the Latest Method to Wealth!  Actually, we're now told, from Kat's 'upline', we're wasting our time attempting to market the 'products'.

Heard the expression 'sell the sizzle'?  I think this really is at the middle of the Multilevel marketing strategic business plan.  The actual method is the sizzle!  It is the Latest Method to Wealth, the work on home, financial, rollin' in dough American dream!   And when you purchase in to the program, naturally you need to decide to try items to be able to have the ability to SELL the items.  So . . . "we is going to do our selling through our marketing".   And our marketers and administrators will buy enough 'product' to stay legal - HEY! - we're not only a chain letter here, we now have stuff we really ship from our warehouse!

Well, I have rambled lengthy enough for my 'opening entry' and think there's enough here to digest in a single sitting.  If you're considering Herbalife or any other Multilevel marketing, do your favor . . . keep the money safe in the bank!

If you wish to lose a few pounds - great, try the 'products', they're very good and offered at www.katsherbs.com.  If you want them, for any couple of dollars you can purchase a lasting discount by being a 'distributor'.

Regarding Herbalife the organization, it's marketing and business practices, I give my AW, SHIT! Award.

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