David Beckham -LA Galaxy - HerbaLife Scam

BFG_2

Anyone noticed who the shirt sponsor is for DB's new team (LA Galaxy)...it's a company called HerbaLife.

They appear to attract quite a bit of negative feedback on the web.

They seem to be the common or garden 'Earn millions for yourself by recruiting 500 others to sell over-priced vitamins/tablets' rip-off.

You know the sort...the area scammers (sorry area managers)have their car plastered with vinyl signs saying 'Earn £500 a week part-time' call 333 33 333 (witjhout actually saying what the job is!!!).

Have a google for 'herbalife scam' for an interesting list.

Wonder if DB knows anything about them??

BFG_2

One examplefound on the web:

I think this summarises the scam nicely.....


You may see an ad on the internet (or on a car or on a card shoved under your windscreen wiper whilst you're parked somewhere) saying that you can work from home and make $1500-2000 part time per month. You will hear and read testimonials of people who used this system and got rich quick and 'it will work for you too!' You have to order a $40 decision package to find more information because 'they work with so many people and can't spend the time with everyone individually.' What they don't tell you is that this is only the beginning!!

After the $40 decision package they'll want you to buy a $300 package to get you started using the [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Herbalife[/FONT][/FONT] products and then a $1000 (or $4000 if you choose to jump to a higher position) package, then $400 worth of [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]promotional [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]materials[/FONT][/FONT], $50/month to subscribe to their internet site, $50/month to have their 'promotional voicemail' and on the list goes.

You really don't know what exactly you're doing until you've signed an application to work for them (and placed your huge order). They say you are [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]getting [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]paid[/FONT][/FONT] to bring other people into the company as distributors, but in reality you are the company's CUSTOMER, not distributor.

You are trying to get other people to buy into the same lie that brought you in. Oh, and if you like you can sell a few [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]herbal [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]supplements [/FONT][/FONT]so that it will look like an actual business. DO NOT buy into this lie.

Butlers1982

Wonder if DB knows anything about them??

Doubt he even cares, He's raking in a fortune so as if he is going to give a monkey.

vikingaero

Butlers1982 wrote: »

Doubt he even cares, He's raking in a fortune so as if he is going to give a monkey.

Maybe he did it to cut down on the cost of all those skinny milkshakes and whey protein for Vicky?! :rotfl:

haloaw

The "additional" costs to which your referring to BFG are through affiliate companys who sell herbalife products, not herbalife itself. I am a herbalife distributor and have not yet recruited one single person under me or tried to. Why? because I actually really enjoy selling and consuming the products. Herbalife is by far not a scam, they are good quality products that actually work, sold by independant business owners who can choose to make a bad name for the company by not actually understanding properly how the system works, or creating the name for the comany it deserves.

Herbalife has built schools, hospitals, donates and supports countless charaties and looks after its serious distributors with more support and care than any other office or labour job ever has for me.

All of the nagative feedback from Herbalife is merely people not understanding the true nature of network marketing, or the science and facts behind the products.David Beckham is obviously one who actually does his research properly and professionally before he judged herbalife.

I love the products, they have done wonders for me and I love helping people to feel better even if it is only through 1 product.

Try before you judge.

maninthestreet

"David Beckham is obviously one who actually does his research properly and professionally before he judged herbalife."

I doubt it very much - he has no say in who LA Galaxy reach agreements with regards shirt sponsorship. He's contractually obliged to wear shirts bearing the sponsor's name/logo for matches.

trisontana

Why is it that most of these overpriced products, sold in very dubious ways originate from America ? Apart from HerbalLife, two other examples I can think of are those Saladmaster pans (see ongoing posts on this forum) and Kirby vacuum cleaners. Then there are all those pyramid "investment" schemes. Are our American cousins more gullible ? Or perhaps the companies have been run out of town by various consumer protection authorities in the USA and are forced to flog their over-priced tat over here instead ?

superscaper

Science? What science? The two most prominent scientists linked to the company have been lambasted because of their undisclosed conflicts of interest, extremely unscientific behaviour.
It's a multilevel marketing scheme no matter which way you slice it. MLM schemes are so fundamentally unfair and unethical that they are not allowed to be discussed on this forum even if they are legal.

anewman

Maybe Beckham needs a bit of the herbal viagra or something to enlarge his errrm, u know,

peter_the_piper

anewman wrote: »

Maybe Beckham needs a bit of the herbal viagra or something to enlarge his errrm, u know,

Do you mean his ego???

anewman

I was thinking his size zero wife :rotfl: