Don't be cheated by these Companies !!

cp2u SG

First, there is Asayo Group, later, Astral Mag, later DW, and now a new one called Healthwise, all selling mattres pad that claims to cure all sorts of sickness.
I joined Asayo Group some years back and bought I piece for my parents. What effect ? Nothing !! Their health problem has never improved.
They all claimed to be from Japan, I doubt it. You can tell from the labels and packaging.

BearBear® SG

these products only helps to maintain or improve ur health and not cure…and tat y its call health products…. .... u got misled by the agents liao…..

Alex Wong SG

if i’m not wrong, those pad improve blood circulation..not cure illness. unless you are misled by them, using the word ‘cheat’ dun really justified.

cp2u SG

Many things improve blood circulation. Even the cheapest heath food supplement does that but that does that mean it will improve a person's health. I still believe you need the nutritions that play a more important role. Exercise improve blood circluation too.
I said they cheat because of the way they sell. They keep trying to make you believe by giving testimonials. If those products are effective or anywhere good, where are most of the earlier agents now ????
I said they cheat also because they could not tell you who is the manufacturer, no name and no address, can you believe Japanese products in this way ?????

Alex Wong SG

no point argue with pointless facts.

you go and challenge the professors, scientists and doctors who back up magnetic therapy. they may explain more to you.

Laughing

Experienced SG

Hi cp2u,

Why do you missed to mention Venture Era, are you from that Company ?

Do agree with you that many people over-claimed on products, especially those related to health, the most memorable one being the Noni juice, Morinda, every distributors in it claim the product is so good, even good for cancer patients, then how come these people no longer consume it now ?

Even genuine U.S. Companies selling healthfood are not all ethical.
They will all claim that those selling over the counters are not effective and as good as theirs and even use statistics to frighten people saying everyone is unhealthy due to their diet.

The most unethical practice is to use Doctors' statements or articles and I will never believe in a Company's products if they use doctors' statements. Very simple, a doctor has their code of ethics, they are not suppose to endorse or speak for any products, and all Companies in business should know that. So if any doctors are brought in the picture, I will not trust both the Company as well as the doctor, so how could we trust their products ? Foreign Companies are very good in using this method because no one will get to know those doctors.

Just wonder when will the government ever step in to monitor all these bad practices.

Experienced SG

Another usual practice by most Companies is to let their agents and distribuotrs over claim on the products but when blamed, they can just say,.....oh, not the Company's statements, just the members.........and get away with it by blaming on the member.

In the first place, why don't the Company keep such member and don't terminate their membership for bad practices ?

laurence82 SG

Not really true. Some really good products I seen are endorsed by doctors, and they did not go against their ethics.

a) If they endorse without any benefits returned. I swear I seen few companies who thoroughly research for many years, and even to do experiment on human beings also take much time and tedious efforts after the research. Kudos to those people. Btw, these guinea pigs also have no benefits for participating. The only benefits comes from the goodness of these products.

b) If they are really endorsing products that they have used on their patients, and seen the positive effects, in fact this widely happenning, sure as there are good products, surer would good doctors who want to see people cured using them. This have happened widely.

c) I do beware of companies who self research, and using their own doctors or researchers to endorse, if so, there must be also a recognised third party or institution to back that up. Eg, I seen some companies who have Nobel Prize Winners among their researchers, but as to effectiveness and safety of products are not backed up. Only these Nobel winners names were used.

d) In fact, some really good products are used by hospitals in the first place, are then have their distribution rights bought over (after some intense evaluation by the companies) to be sold exclusive by themselves.

i wouldnt mind bringing doctors in, its them who created these in the first place. Just make sure you yourself as a consumer do a check up first. Wink

Experienced SG

My opnions are on those doctors who endorse on purpose.
Of course, good healthfoods formulations are related to doctors or nutritionists and there are definitely good healthfood in existance.
What I meant was, even if a Company do market good health products, they should not use doctors to promote it. It is very misleading to consumers. They should promote the goodness of the products but not using doctors to convince buyers.
How often do we see health products over the counters or retail outlets use doctors ? Not as many as MLM companies. This prove my point that most MLM Companies in health products have bad practices.

laurence82 SG

If like this, then I agree with you. Mr. Green

Urm, i seen few companies that keep telling me they are promoting their products to NUH, SGH and stuff. So these hospitals will soon be endorsing and promoting their products.

I find this rather strange. Firstly, if so many people telling me hospitals are using their stuff, so who is right...and I never seen these used by hospitals before or even after some time.

Secondly, nothing wrong with companies promoting to doctors, and doctors after finding them good, endorse and promote to customers...BUT..it should be done by non MLM companies. Why?

Sure sure, its good to use doctors as direct sellers to promote stuff, but then again, you wont need other professionals or people from all walks of life to be come distributors. Many forget that MLM is supposed to be low cost packaged business to be successful. If one target a selected pool of people, for example, the youngs, or the doctors etc etc, you will end up with limited pool of distributors wont you? Within this limited pool, how many want to endorse or promote the products?

Worse is, I seen companies targeting people from all walks of life, at the same time, SPECIALLY targets doctors too. Why I dont like this? Dividing the company distributors into two camp, ultimately, the doctors camp is gonna earn a lot simply because of their status and profession. This gonna make the other camp pissed off, coz they see themselves unable to do better.

Funnily, I had also seen people targeting rich people. Its ok, but dont make this a norm, Coz, there are not many rich ones who will become customers, and people will point out the reason why you become successful is becoz you have rich friends, who enable you to be more successful. This among also many other reasons, deter people from joining your business.

weidev SG

juz be alert and beware of such ppl... Mr. Green

laurence82 SG

Yes Kyle ,and take your little brother with you to the movie Mr. Green

weidev SG

Rolling Eyes

laurence82 SG

Damn..go watch South Park if you are using one of its character as your avatar.......arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

weidev SG

i watch southpark... u r nt the onli one... i noe wat u r toking bout... juz finding tat ur continuous referral to me as kyle is abit lame... and it is using nt suing... i cannot sue the avatar... Wink

laurence82 SG

aiyoh typo mah......... Mr. Green

Nothingie SG

Had a fren who tried to sell me the magical mattresses too...

But the articles he showed me contained stuff that were mis-interpreted or mis-quoted...

Also, any lawyers ard? Can the consumers sue them for misrepresentation?

laurence82 SG

If I am not wrong, under CASE or MTI, there are Advertising Acts and also an association which governs these, maybe you will want to check thru.

Alex Wong SG

the magnetic mattress does work. if not.. the government had already banned it long time ago..

Wink

laurence82 SG

No leh, I think the gahmen would only ban it if its unsafe and pose immediate danger. As to whether its effective, remember, gahmen is not the biz, so its the biz who is losing money if its found to be ineffective.

This is a society of free entreprise, and there are thousands of products that are sold but are not effective here. So this effectiveness and marketability is up to the biz world.