Saturday, August 30, 2008

CrazyFox Home Business is Herbal Life

So - I'm sitting at home and I see this commercial about working from home. I know it's probably nothing but a bunch of worthless hype, but... I figured I'd at least see what the business is out of curiosity.

So I go to 29path . com as it said in the commercial, and what do I get? Thefoxisright.com - CrazyFox Home Business. A crammed page filled with testimonials of people who make thousands of dollars after just a few weeks, and after a year are buying vacation homes and making 6 figures just with this home based business. Of course, there's the typical disclaimer at the bottom that these results are not typical, blah, blah, blah.

Ok - I'm skeptical, but still curious as to what exactly this business is. There's a form to fill in for "free" information. It requires a phone number - and knows if you try and fake it. So I gave my old number from a different town I moved out of 5 years ago. Thinking that when I click the submit button, I would have a package sent. Right? Nope! Another page of hype and claims and impressive figures and sales pitches, but still no idea whatsoever what the business it. Not an inkling. And, to top it off, they want me to pay for this information package. They make no money off of it - so they claim.

Well, needless to say, I decided to get out of there. But - a window pops up trying to get you to stay by putting a live chat up. Natalie, the allegedly helpful chat person, came on and proceeded to copy and paste several paragraphs of sales pitches and "click here now to take advantage of this special offer!" BS. Meanwhile, I'm typing in between, asking questions - all of which are completely ignored. Finally, I ask if there is even a real person there. That she answers - but when I ask what type of business it is, she starts posting the cookie cutter sales pitches over again.

In the meantime, I opened another window and did a search for CrazyFox - and guess what? It's Herbal Life! The weight loss suppliments. So - I type that to Miss Natalie and ask why she couldn't just tell me that. She closed the window on me. Yup - she "hung up" on me. So, I try to leave the site again - and up pops Natalie again! Copying and pasting her little fingers off without reading a single thing I was typing. Didn't even realize I was the same person she just cut off. Never did get an answer out of her about anything at all, well, except that she was a real person.

So, here's my question. Why hide? What's the big secret? And if they don't make money off of charging for those packages, then why don't they tell people who they are? I think it's because if they said who they are, damn few people would pay for that package. They'd do what I did - leave.

Now, I'm not knocking Herbal Life. Obviously it works for some people or it wouldn't have been around so long, and I'm certainly not knocking anyone who sells it. But selling weight loss suppliments is not something a lot of people would care to take on as a new job.

I just can't understand why a company like that needs to hide who they are? Their behavior and tactics would not endear me to them and give me confidence in going in to business with them. Any business that can't admit up front to who they are, what type of business it is and what they sell has serious problems in my book.

Oh well! Anyway - if you or someone you know is tempted to go tp that website or call that number - I hope you read this first before anyone shells out cold hard cash to find out it's just Herbal Life. And if you decide you'd like to give Herbal Life a try - don't spend your money on that website. Just check your local classified ads. There's always someone advertising it in there.