do you think this is a scam?

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  1. carsick

    carsick Member

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    ive got freckles, alot of them and i hate em. do any of you smart people know if this is a scam or not

    www.alitol.com
     
  2. nesta

    nesta Banned

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    looks like a scam to me. check the ingredients. there are a couple i'm unfamiliar with, but most of those "herbal supplements" are the same bullshit they put in things like herbal ecstacy and other "legal highs"

    none of the things i saw in there are going to remove freckles, as far as i know. but i don't know very far...

    might get a caffeine buzz, though.

    anyway, most of the claims they make for the effects of certain herbs can not be verified. even if some of those herbs have some of those benefits, it would be unknown which chemicals in the plant were responsible, but it would be known that whatever it was almost definitely varies quite a bit from plant to plant depending on a nearly infinite number of variables.

    they're offering a free trial, but more often than not these types of things offer a free trial because a) the pills are made of crap with little actual benefit and cost next to nothing to manufacture and b) people who take the free trial may psych themselves out thinking along the lines of "is it working? i dont know. it looks like its working. maybe its working. i better p a y for another bottle so i can REALLY find out if it works....."

    i mean, look at how expensive it is....75 bucks? are you fucking serious? for gotu kola and gingko biloba and grape seed and vitamin c? they even have echinacea and stuff in there. it looks to me like they put in a few things people haven't heard about, and then put on top of that a bunch of herbal remedies/herbal highs that are widely popular, couple it with a bunch of vague and unqualified claims of how it works on your body, and then charge astronomical prices for it. i'd say if you're interested in trying this, look into the different herbs and what are actually justifiable claims to their effects, and then if it looks reasonable make something like this yourself. the only thing i've seen in their ingredients list that i've not heard of is "ume," so i can't speak in regards to that, but nothing else in there is rare or expensive by any means. almost all of it can be bought at a vitamin/herbal store like GNC or even (around here at least) in your local grocery or pharmacy. but its not worth 75 bucks.
     
  3. Lodui

    Lodui One Man Orgy

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    Yeah, check out the ingredients.

    for 70 bucks a head... just take some vitamin C and get a little tan while wearing sunscreen. Thats what they're recomending.

    Sorry, its a scam. [​IMG]
     
  4. melloncollie_girl

    melloncollie_girl Member

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    i think you should try to like your freckles, they make you unique... i wish i had some
     
  5. matthew

    matthew Almost sexy

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    Alitolâ„¢, like all products from Spring Time Herbs, is backed by our unconditional three month guarantee. No questions and no hassles. If for any reason you are not 100% satisfied with any product that Spring Time Herbs produces simply return the unused portion anytime within three month for a 100% money back refund


    http://skincarerx.com/rosacea/read.php?f=4&i=14083&t=14083

    Try it.. if it does not work.. get your money back.

    I read upto the good business post.. seems like not so much a 'scam' just another product with varying results..
     
  6. Zoomie

    Zoomie My mom is dead, ok?

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    Freckles on women are sexy!
     
  7. soaringeagle

    soaringeagle Senior Member

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    none of those ingrediants would remove freckls. but they would have othr benificial results, id say try the free trial, & if u like it, just get the herbs & vitimins & make your own teas, its way overpriced & u could make your own equivalant fot 1/100 the price
     
  8. soaringeagle

    soaringeagle Senior Member

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    and yes freckles are sexy! you got freckles for a reason, cause they look damn hot on you..love those freckles
     
  9. Wonder Girl

    Wonder Girl rhapsody in pink

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    I wouldn't trust it to work...there are ways to remove freckles,but I think those ways are like lasers and chemical peels. I'm sure you don't want to do that,I wouldn't. Freckles are really cute,don't worry about them :)
     
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    None of these ingredients seem likely to me to have any effect on Melonin distribution. Infact the whole mechanism, what little they describe, seems improbable to me.
     
  11. carsick

    carsick Member

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    i dont mind a few freckles but not a like a milliontrillion, if there was a pic of my freckles youd understand why i hate them so much. ive got pale shitty skin and dark red hair so my freckles are more visible than usual, backed up by my white pale skin (when its not red with sunburn).i dont mind havin red hair but i hate the rest of the shit that comes with it. normal people are free to enjoy sunny hot days,not me because im cursed.
     

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