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Website Review: Peaklife.com
Last November, we wrote about Somnapure, and how the product was being marketed with the every-shady “free trial” offer. Here we are seven months later, and the product is still being advertised in full force, often by Peaklife.com. For this reason, we have decided to give Peaklife.com the once over with a full review.
Peaklife.com has been advertising rather heavily lately. One such ad, seen on sites such as AOL.com, offers “The secret to stay asleep all night” or “A life changing sleep remedy” or “One weird trick to stay asleep all night.” These headlines scream affiliate marketing, and ripoff! Virtually every ad for the past three years that has boasted a “trick” is nothing more than an affiliate marketer trying to turn a quick buck from free trial offers. Read more about the “Simple Trick” ads here. The ads in question today actually have “Peaklife.com” in small type in the ad, yet clicking it will send you to health-hints.com. This, in turn, will send you to peaklife.com. In other words, an affiliate is most likely advertising peaklife.com products.
The article we wrote last November warned of Somnapure’s “free trial” offer which would hit the consumer’s credit card if they didn’t cancel their trial period quickly enough. The basic points of that article are:
- If you forget to cancel, they’ll hit you hard
- Free trial offers are often a very short time frame
- Canceling or getting a refund requires a frustrating phone call
- Somnapure has bad reviews
- Heavy advertising campaigns by affiliates
- If you look at the ingredients, you’ll find that the main ingredient of Somnapure is Valerian root extract, which is an inexpensive herb.
These ads have all of the hallmarks of affiliate marketing.
Be sure to read the full article for more info.
Let’s take a look at peaklife.com and their “free trial” little closer. You pay $2.99 for a “free” sample, which also enrolls you in their “auto-ship” program. Their terms state that you have 18 days from the time you order to cancel this program, or you will be charged for their “auto-ship” program called the “Easy Sleep Program.” This will hit your credit card $69.99 plus $4.99 shipping automatically for a 30-day supply, and will do so every month until you cancel. You must call them in order to cancel this program, and this writer has heard first-hand stories of difficulties in reaching a customer service representative.
The products available at peaklife.com, as of this writing, are Somnapure, Heart First, Focus Well, Puritea, and The Sleep Guide.
We’ve seen these “free trial” offers go wrong far too many times to recommend Peaklife.com or Somnapure. In fact, we’ve been exposing “free trial” scams for over 3 years now, going back to the ubiquitous acai berry “free trials” of early 2009.
Bottom Line
If you want some herbal aids for sleep, head to your local supplement store and see what they have in stock. At least you can buy it and not worry about a rogue $70 charge three weeks later.
Be sure to carefully browse forums such as this one at pisssedconsumer.com which will yield pages of angry complaints by real consumers, not the glowing reviews you’ll find on peaklife.com.
Have you had an experience with Peaklife.com or Somnapure? We’d like to hear from you in the comments below.
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I had the same experience. I didn’t real all the fine print. When the second month supply and BILL came in, I cancelled. Even though I cancelled, I received ANOTHER month supply AND bill even after cancelling.
I have tried this product, and can’t tell if it helps or not. Therefore, it isn’t worth the money. Speaking of money, I do NOT like the fact Peak Life bills me, after I cancel. Apparently, the SAY your account is cancelled, but they keep your credit card on file for billing you later, WITHOUT your permission.
I WILL NEVER USE THIS COMPANY AGAIN!!!
It took me 3 bottles to realize that I was being charged this outrageous amount of money for a product I did not order, I thought.. I wondered why I kept getting bottles of Somnapur that I never ordered. Then I happened to open the packing slip and saw the charge, went to my last visa bill and saw the charge (which I somehow missed). I never signed up for this “auto ship” program and to “enroll” me for simply ordering a sample is devious and I believe illegal. Now i owe $140 to Peaklife (which I paid via visa without knowing i was doing so). This is such a disgusting practice and a huge ripoff to boot. I hope someone files a class action law suit against this unethical company and puts them out of business and reimburses all those people who got scammed as I did. Ordering a sample product is NOT an agreement to recieive and be billed for future shipments (at obscene prices). Do I have any way to get my money back. The bottles sit in front of me, unopened.
They sell the first bottle in less than 10 $. then when you do not cancel, they send you one bottle every month at 69.99$ pluss tax. The place the receipt from the second bottle hidden in the shipping back, so you do not realize the actula price of the new bottle. When you call they treat you extremely unprofessional, asking you why, they do not understand why you want to return a 69.99$ natural sleeping pills that you can find for 10$ at walmart with similar ingredients, they try to sale you other products instead of returning your money, and they did not return your money if 30 days has passed.
DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCTS
This product and company, peaklife and somnapure, is going to be part of a huge class action lawsuit.
They have stolen (yes stolen) $150 from my bank account at this point. I too did the free trial and immediately cancelled the monthly shipments. they continued shipping and sent me two more bottles at $75 each. I couldnt do anything about it because it came out of my account already. I have notified my credit card and my bank that I will not pay any fees from this company. The product made me very sick, it actually kept me AWAKE with heart palpitations, nausea and headaches. A horrible product, an even worse and unethical company behind it!
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