Agel Enterprises a big ripoff misleading claims about income and products Provo Utah

Agel is a relatively new network marketing opportunity that started in early-mid 2005.I almost joined Agel in late 2005 and am SO glad I stopped and thought about it.
I've seen many people get sucked in by the hype and then later realise that they've wasted several thousand dollars on low quality products and a bad business opportunity.

There are many many problems with Agel that, in consideration of all the current hype about it, someone needs to expose. By the way, I am successful at network marketing (retired at age 31) and am very cautious and wary about all "groundfloor opportunities" as 95% or so shut down within a year or two or three.

Here is a brief expose of just a few flaws in the Agel products and their pay plan.

Problems with Agel's products:

Agel products cost about 10 times more than comparable products. Agel's MIN costs $90 to $110 Australian per month - depending on if you're an Agel rep or a retail customer. (((ROR redacted competitor's name))) costs only $10 Australian per month.

According to the label, Agel's MIN (apparently) contains similar amounts of nutrients to (((ROR redacted competitor's name))). I say "apparently" because as far as I know Agel products are NOT made to the level of pharmaceutical grade ie. Agel does NOT satisfy Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). I gather that Agel products do NOT satisfy the US or British Pharmocopeia guidelines for potency, uniformity and disintegration.

What does this mean? That Agel products are seemingly only food grade quality and as such there's really no guarantee that what Agel says is in the product actually is nor that they dissolve in your digestive system nor that they are absorbed.

So why pay 9 to 11 times the price to get Agel product (and risk a taste you don't like) when for far less you could get (((ROR redacted competitor's name)))? As you may know (((ROR redacted competitor's name))) tablets are tiny and easy to swallow. If you can swallow half a raisin you can swallow (((ROR redacted competitor's name))). Why are they so small? Because it's a very LOW amount of nutrition. Just enough to help you prevent scurvy and rickets and pellagra.

As for myself, I wouldn't even use (((ROR redacted competitor's name))) because I want to lower my risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer, osteoporosis, eye problems and so on. To help one do that medical studies show we need 10 to 50 times the daily amounts of nutrients we get in (((ROR redacted competitor's name))) or Agel's MIN.

Likewise, Agel's other products (FIT, EXO, UMI) contain small amounts of active ingredients - below the thresholds of real benefit.

For over a year Agel products have contained Neotame: "A whopping 78% of all complaints to the Food and Drug Administration, according to the Aspartame Consumer Safety Network (ACSN), concern adverse reactions to Aspartame" and Neotame, a spin-off from Aspartame, is considered to be as dangerous if not moreso. (source: (((ROR redacted link))) The Agel products are heavily preserved with Sodium Benzoate - also known under number 211.

This chemical has been associated with adverse effects ranging from gastric problems, skin and eye irritation, liver, kidney and neurotoxic effects and regarded as a possible teratogen [a teratogen is a substance which can cause birth defects]. In addition it is known to react with vitamin C (either naturally occurring or added) to produce BENZENE – an ingredient present in
petrol and a known carcinogen.

For further details of the dangerous ingredients in Agel products see the discussions at: (((ROR redacted link)))

Problems with Agel's pay plan:

Despite the hype, Agel's pay plan is relatively poor when you sit down with pen and paper and analyse what you can make. You can make commissions that are twice as high with other companies than you can with Agel.

A comparison:

For example, you can make 16% with Agel for the fast-start bonus. The customer pays $1230 US for the Executive Pack and you get just $200 US. However, by comparison, you can make 35% commissions with another company, Usana.

Likewise, you can make up to 20% commissions from your customer and downline product volume with Usana compared to just 10% with Agel. Similarly, the bonuses with numerous companies are more generous and far easier to qualify for than with Agel. With those other companies you get the bonus income based on YOUR results.

Whereas with Agel your bonus income depends on OTHERS in your downline being MLM champions too. That really sucks. You can only qualify for Agel's Silver Director (and get access to a small bonus income: "car and expense allowances", a trip to their leadership conference and a bit more from their "matching" bonus) if you have personally sponsored 2 MLM champions that have built a big downline too (inside your downline). To find 1 MLM champion is a triumph. But you have to sponsor 2 of them yourself (early on so they're high up in your downline) in order to get access to the small Agel bonus income.

By my calculations to earn around $2000 per month from Agel autoships you'd need about 450 people in your downline with Agel. That would be 450 or so people on a 100 point autoship. By way of comparison you could be earning $2000 US per month (just from autoships) with only 150 to 200 people in a (((ROR redacted competitor's name))) downline. Of course, you'd be earning more because of the new startups joining each month.

Agel's 100 point autoship costs $120 US.
(((ROR redacted competitor's name)))100 point autoship costs about $110 US.

Proportionately more money is going in to Agel but seemingly less is coming out and going to the average distributor.

This article presents just a few of the many major problems inherent to Agel. It might look shiny and glamorous on the surface but scratch it and there's nothing below to substantiate the incredible hype.

In forming this opinion about Agel, I have read through several Agel websites many times, seen their videos several times, been to a live presentation, tuned in to several web-casts, spoken with numerous Agel distributors, read their magazine twice and their book called Ageless Nutrition twice. I have spent well over 30 hours looking over Agel very closely.

If you're looking for a viable home business I recommend the e-Book (((ROR redacted link)))

Joseph
Newtown, Utah
Australia

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