Report: Premier Team Online Home Business System - Herbalife International
Category: Home based business
Premier Team Online Home Business System Aka Herbalife International false advertisement lead me down a path of begging, borrowing, and not getting a dime Work at home ripoff Internet Nationwide
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Premier Team Online Home Business System - Herbalife International
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Submitted: 5/25/2005 10:27:38 PM
Modified: 12/3/2008 9:56:48 AM
Ira
Dunbar, NebraskaHeres my Herbalie story. I needed some money to get back in College, it was about 10grand. So I figured I'd look into work at home jobs to try and get some quick and easy money. ya im 21 and im dumb.
I answered an ad in the paper that stated: Computer Help Wanted. Earn $25 - $75 hour. PT/FT. Training Provided. it had a number and this website www.bdbglobal.com..since I had alot of comp. programing experience I thought, this shouldn't be to hard.
Boy was I wrong. The web site was full of testimonials with no desc of job. I then was stupid and used the last of my money to get the decison package of $39 + s/h. that included a cd, vhs, and booklet, again full of testimonials. then came what i like to call, 'my boss', Debbi Bailey.
She's a nice gal, and she helped me as best as she could. She advised me that I needed to pay around $300 for Internation Bussiness Package, which I had to borrow from parents. It came with some products that I had to use, and some marketing material and more testimonal stuff.
After wasting my time with 'homework', which was online training if you want to call it that. Then there were this consumer training calls that i had to listen in on, which where like confrence calls and had tons of other people listening to more garbage about how to sell, and more importantly becoming a supivisor.
I then sat down surfing one night like I always do and came across this website. After reviewing tons of reports about herbalife I decided I better quit now before I become worse off.
Then I thought to myself - how'd I get to this point. It was from answering an ad in the paper for computer help earning $25-$75 pt/ft. Wait a minute. It doesn't mention anything about retailing, which to my knowledge isn't computer help. And it also doesn't mention all the investment required.
False Advertisment!
I will be updateing this report as soon as I talk to Debbi and find out what she tries to do in order to keep me as one of her downlines.
Ira
Dunbar, Nebraska
U.S.A.
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Updates & Rebuttals:
- In Response to your Post Leading Income [11/4/2008 4:19:21 PM]
- Responding to the rebuttle Cre8ive1970 [11/19/2008 11:53:27 PM]
- PTI Leading Income [11/20/2008 12:57:36 PM]
- Obviously you didn't read as to why this was reported Josh [11/30/2008 4:26:58 PM]
- In Response to your Post Leading Income [12/3/2008 9:39:40 AM]
Submitted: 11/4/2008 4:19:21 PM
Modified: 11/4/2008 5:45:53 PM
Leading Income
PHOENIX, ArizonaU.S.A.
In Response to your Post
I have been using the Premier Team International work from home program for over 5 months now. I made approx $2600 my first month in the business. Last month I profited $6800!
It does work and it works well if you are willing to work! For people like you that expect money to just fall in their laps, well that isn't reality and that's not how this planet works!
I have personally met hundreds of people that consistently make over $5000 a month using this system. My in laws make over $100,000 per month and my 72 year old grandmother makes over $40,000 per month.
The people that say it's a scam are people that aren't willing to work and expect money to just rain on them.
Submitted: 11/19/2008 11:53:27 PM
Modified: 11/20/2008 6:30:30 AM
Cre8ive1970
Cincinnati, OhioU.S.A.
Responding to the rebuttle
'I have been using the Premier Team International work from home program for over 5 months now. I made approx $2600 my first month in the business. Last month I profited $6800!'
This is just more advertising from PTI. Their system is a lie. At every point along their so called 'training' program, you are expected to pony up more cash.
'It does work and it works well if you are willing to work! For people like you that expect money to just fall in their laps, well that isn't reality and that's not how this planet works!'
It only works if you are prepared to lie about what the products can achieve and what your personal experience happens to have been.
'I have personally met hundreds of people that consistently make over $5000 a month using this system. My in laws make over $100,000 per month and my 72 year old grandmother makes over $40,000 per month.'
More BS marketing from some-one who is obviously hired to scan the internet for any bad PR.
'The people that say it's a scam are people that aren't willing to work and expect money to just rain on them.'
No, the people who say it is a scam are the people who have been scammed by the 'system' and are willing to inform others about the scam. I personally worked my ass off for two months and invested $4000 in an attempt to make it work. I was not able to sell one unit of the product despite following the so called 'proven system' to the letter. The only way anyone is going to make money from this system is to con other people into believing it will work. This is not about selling a product, it is about convincing desperate people that a product can be sold. It is an absolute scam, unless you have no scruples, no soul and are willing to lie through your teeth in order to make some money. You can't make any money selling the product because the product doesn't sell. The only way you can make money doing this is to recruit others to try and sell a product that doesn't sell. I still have $3000 worth of product in my basement tha no body is interested in buying. I can't even get my money back, let alone make a profit. But, then again, I'm not willing to lie to people to get them to buy the product nor am I willing to lie to people to convince them that this is a 'business' worth investing in.
The trick with this 'business': those who recruit you make money off of what you buy to sell on. They make money off of what you sell on. The incentive of the recruiters is that if they can con you into spending money, they make half of what you spend, whether or not you make any money.
Submitted: 11/20/2008 12:57:36 PM
Modified: 11/20/2008 2:30:05 PMLeading Income
PHOENIX, ArizonaU.S.A.
PTI
You are clearly some one who is very negative and posting lies. I do not own nor am I employed by PTI. However, I use the system on a daily basis and I help people on a daily basis.
Just because it didn't work for you doesn't mean it doesn't work for others. Find something more constructive to do with your time you'll be able to enjoy a better life.
Obviously you didn't read as to why this was reported
I'm glad the system works for you (although I am sure you're fudging your numbers a bit in order to make it seem like you have a valid reason for rebutting in the first place), but that isn't why this report was filed. Its the deceptive recruitment processes that caused this consumer to file the report. She responded to an ad for computer work. Not for nothing, but this is as far from computer work as it gets.
Sure, you send emails, coordinate your business, setup web sites, and track the progress of your potential distributors' application process via an internet-connected computer, but that does not equate computer work.
I also almost fell for one of these scams as I was looking for some side work and saw a yellow sign stating 'Computer Work PT/FT $25-$75/hr' and I immediately assumed it was anything from independent PC repair to HTML programming. Calling the number gave me a voice recording directing me to a web site that was severely vague on details (nothing but testimonials and all about being my own boss...hardly computer-related information) and just had a form to fill out and a credit card processing page. I knew right away this was some MLM BS, but I was curious as to which company was behind this stream of lies. Primerica Financial usually sticks to careerbuilder.com for their phony claims of 'financial independence', and Amway actually brands their literature, so I knew this had to be something different.
So I did my cyber-sleuthing...basically I obtained the IP address for the web site and ran a WHOIS query and found out it was a site setup by PTI on behalf of Herbalife. Nice. I am not here to slam the efforts of the company to recruit (because that's not what I take offense to in this case). Its the blatant disregard for which this original report was filed in the first place. I know you're wanting to paint your business in a good light and you're obviously doing what you've been told to do (I have family that have been involved in MLM's before and they were specifically instructed by their 'sponsors'/'upstream partners' to visit this site and offer 'blind' rebuttals on any and all reports involving their company's name), but this has nothing to do with the product, it has all to do with the recruitment process, which is deceptive and untrustworthy.
Oh, and to offer a rebuttal on a report over 3-years old and to scold the reporter as if this was an active complaint is just short-sighted and sad.
Submitted: 12/3/2008 9:39:40 AM
Modified: 12/3/2008 9:56:48 AMLeading Income
PHOENIX, ArizonaU.S.A.
In Response to your Post
Obviously you have spent a great deal of time with your research even though finding an IP Address or WHO IS info is cake. That's nothing new.
You are obviously doing whatever you can to personally discredit me as well as PTI and Herbalife.
If you spent your time more wisely you would be making money and not looking for a computer job...
BTW, I haven't fudged the #'s. Send me your address and I'll make copies of my paychecks and mail them to you.
I wish you luck with your job search. Hopefully you'll find something that keeps you productive and making some money.
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