Tuesday, January 31, 2006
So I bought the "Natural Cures" book last year some time. Of coures I was just as disappointed as everyone else that the book was full of mostly bunk. It did have some useful information about nutrition and diet and some suggestions on what types of supplements to take and things of that nature. All throughout the book it makes reference to the naturalcures.com website. Kevin (the author) says throughout the book that the FDA has said that he can't recommend specific products of any kind (actually it was because he was fined by the FDA in the sum of 2 million dollars and ordered never to promote another product for the rest of his life). Anyway, he says that when you join his website and become a "private memeber" that he's free to converse with you and tell you all the products he recommends. So I dished out the 9.95 to join the website. The first page says "the FDA says I can't give out the names of products on my website". All throughout the website, there are references to his book, where to buy his book and so forth. Now when you join the website, you can either join for 9.95 per month or a lifetime membership for $499. I believe (if I remember correctly), that there was a SuperDuperUltraKingKong membership also for more money. Anyway...so here you are with a book with no real information that recommends the website and a website with no real information that recommends the book. The book and website are filled with common sense. "Lose weight if you don't eat and only drink water and juice" for a certain amount of time like 30 days or 3 months. Yeah, you might die. But you'll definitely lose weight. That's not a diet program, Kevin. That's just retarded. The book "Natural Cures" offers no cures natural or otherwise. It just offers to take your money. After wasting time on the website, I cancelled my membership, of course. A month later, I notice a charge from "Natural Cures" on my credit card. I send an email to the support people for natural cures letting them know that I was charged for a cancelled account and that I would like my refund. I'm immediately responded to with an automated email giving me a support number and a statement that says I will be contacted shortly. Two weeks later, no response, I send another email. Again I'm sent the same type of message. Another week later, no response. Another week later, ANOTHER charge on my credit card from Natural Cures. I call them. I'm on hold on their 1-847 number for over 20 minutes before the options are "Press 1 for website problems. Press 2 for charges to your credit card." I press 2. A girl comes on and I explain that my credit card was charged for 2 months after I cancelled my subscription to the website. She says "Oh it's a website issue. I'll transfer you." I'm like "ok". I get to the website people and I explain the situation. They say "Oh it's a credit card charge problem...I'll transfer you to the credit card people." I'm like "no...they just transferred me here". Then I get put on hold for another few minutes before he says he's taken care of the problem and that I'll be issued 2 refunds within a week. I'm like "koo...bye".
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