Comments on: Is Dermitage a Scam?

By: DaveK

DaveK — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:39:46 +0000

It sounds like Jim Reich is one of the scammers. He says he returned the product and had no problem, then he said the products actually work. Why would he return products that actually work? Sounds like he is a scammer that is encouraging you to place an order. My wife got scammed on ACAI berry pills. They were free to try for 14 days, but they DIDN’T cancel and we were charged $59.99, then another $59.99, then another $59.99 within one week.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:37:23 +0000

This is a scam, no doubt about that. It was NOT clear, unless you just happy to click on the tiny font link for their Terms and Conditions. They lead you to believe that you are getting a “trial” size and then send out the regular size product, which takes 14 days to get to you and your charge card is already billed. There are so many complaints about their deceptive practices that it is actually shameful (not that they give a damn).

By: RG

RG — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:39:42 +0000

So the previous poster thinks it’s a great product that works well…yet he returned it. I’m sure he’s not a shill for the company, or anything like that!!

By: Jim Reich

Jim Reich — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:04:53 +0000

I can’t believe the stupidity and hysteria
of all these people using Dermitage.
Hundreds of them, the blogger included
mention some kind of DECEPTIVE marketing.
The only thing DECEPTIVE are comments
like the bloggers who state they DID NOT
know that after the FREE TRIAL if they
continued and didn’t say anything they would
be auto shipped at the full price.
HOW CLEAR COULD IT BE.
1) You get a free trial.
It ends on a specified in advance date.
If you do not call customer service or
let them know you will get billed at full
price. WHAT IS DECEPTIVE IN THAT????

2) I tried their free trials, and had no
problems at all. I did return the product
per their instruction and WAS NOT BILLED
$99.95.
3)They have GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!!
4)The biggest SECRET. The products actually
WORK. That is probably the reason for all
this baloney. The competion does not want
you to try this product. If you don’t want
to DON’T.BUt for all you who really haven’t
tried it, not the SCAMMERS,try it. Honestly, the
product line is worth trying. You can return
it and use it for a couple of bucks,
They do have good customer service.
Research it you will be pleasantly surprised.
A hint, try the very first offer they offer.

By: NotMary

NotMary — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:10:09 +0000

I used to work for a telemarketing company that took calls for many different companies, and I saw this type of deceptive marketing many, many times (mostly for diet pills). The company says you get a “free 14-day trial,” after which, if you keep the product you will be billed the full amount. While not an outright lie, it IS deceptive.

You DO actually get to try the product for free — for 14 days (most of which will have passed before you even recieve the product). The first 14 days are free; the product is not. It’s actually more of a deferred billing than a free trial. If you want the trial to actually be free, you have to cancel before the 14 day trial ends — usually by calling a number that you recieve WITH the product (which, as noted before, may or may not arrive before the trial period ends).

Consumers should always read offers VERY carefully and assume that “special offers” like this have fine print attached. If nothing else, one should wonder how you can get a 14 day free trial of a 30 day supply of product. Read everything connected to the offer, and then Google the product name. If it’s a scam (or “just” deceptive), you’ll likely find the first page of results is filled with complaints about the product.

And don’t trust “review” sites, unless the reviews are from well-known and trusted sources (such as Consumer Reports). If the ad says “as seen on CNN” or “as seen on Oprah Winfrey,” go to that site and do a search for the product. If CNN or Oprah did a story (or an endorsement) of the product, it should show up in the search results. And if such a story DOES exist, actually READ the story, to see what they had to say; whether it was good or bad. If there’s no such story, then most likely the product was simply advertised there, and is NOT endorsed by anyone affiliated with the site.

In short, use some common sense before you whip out your credit cards. If an offer SEEMS too good to be true — it IS.