As a consumer you need to be aware of the deceptive practices that SOME skin care companies use to mislead and rip off their customer.
These practices include: Free trails that are NOT really free.
You do a Google internet search and click on a search result or an ad, this takes you to a fancy "landing" page which offers you a free trail.
You think, "great it's free, so there is no risk involved" and you immediately sign up for it.
Well unfortunately you may soon find out that "free" is not really free.
Firstly, you will pay a high price for shipping and secondly, in the fine print, it states that after a certain amount of days, if you don't return the product, they will charge your credit card.
So it's not really free they just delay the billing by a few days.
On top of that they make it very hard or almost impossible to return the product to get a refund.
Even worse you have unknowingly also agreed to (also in the find print) have the product auto-shipped to you every month and your credit card billed.
They also make the auto-shipping very hard to cancel.
Phone numbers may go to voice mail.
Email and voice messages are sometimes never answered.
By the time you are able to cancel the auto-shipping, by possibly resorting to contacting your credit card company, you may have already been billed 3-4 times.
Adding up to hundreds of dollars.
Their only goal is to be able to bill your credit card 3-4 times, not to keep you as a long term customer.
If you have given the company your financial information the product will probably not truly be free.
You probably will also be charged monthly for the product until you are able to cancel it.
They may tell you that you can cancel at any time but there are thousands of complaints from people being charged for months and months after canceling.
There are numerous reports of people with the same complaints about free trails and auto-shipping with the Better Business Bureau, RipOff Reports and other places on the web.
Miracle products that work almost instantly.
Another deceptive practice is advertising for products that claim to work instantly to reduce wrinkle.
Such as claiming a "5 minute face lift".
No topical product can instantly take away wrinkles.
Often the product will just be a sugary/sticky substance that will dry hard on your face and make it feel tighter to you.
Your skin will not look any better and as soon as it is washed off the feeling of tightness will be gone.
Hard Sell advertising copy "Hard sell" landing pages for anti-aging skin care products will include lots of copy writing tricks to try and convince you to try or buy their products and be signed up for auto-shipment.
Using phrases such as "Dear friend" and creating a fake back story, such as "I'm a mother of two living in [insert your city here]" The page will automatically, insert your city based on your IP address, to try and make you feel an association with this fake person.
To avoid wrinkle product scams and rip-offs.
Don't sign up for free trails.
If you have to give your credit card information to receive your "free" trial, it will usually end up not being free.
Never sign up for auto-shipment.
It is better to order and pay for something only when you want and need it.
Don't believe any claims of instant results.
Look for a complete list of ingredients so you know what you are actually paying for.
Look for contact information.
Search the web before ordering for any scam or rip off reports about the company and/or products you are buying.
You can use the company name and the word "complaint," "scam" or "rip off" as keywords in your search.
There are a lot of great wrinkle/anti-aging products out there just make sure they are reputable.
Companies with quality products will treat their customer well so they can gain a customer for life instead of trying rip them off and move on to the next one.
Please see our website for reviews of wrinkle products and companies that we trust and love at.
These practices include: Free trails that are NOT really free.
You do a Google internet search and click on a search result or an ad, this takes you to a fancy "landing" page which offers you a free trail.
You think, "great it's free, so there is no risk involved" and you immediately sign up for it.
Well unfortunately you may soon find out that "free" is not really free.
Firstly, you will pay a high price for shipping and secondly, in the fine print, it states that after a certain amount of days, if you don't return the product, they will charge your credit card.
So it's not really free they just delay the billing by a few days.
On top of that they make it very hard or almost impossible to return the product to get a refund.
Even worse you have unknowingly also agreed to (also in the find print) have the product auto-shipped to you every month and your credit card billed.
They also make the auto-shipping very hard to cancel.
Phone numbers may go to voice mail.
Email and voice messages are sometimes never answered.
By the time you are able to cancel the auto-shipping, by possibly resorting to contacting your credit card company, you may have already been billed 3-4 times.
Adding up to hundreds of dollars.
Their only goal is to be able to bill your credit card 3-4 times, not to keep you as a long term customer.
If you have given the company your financial information the product will probably not truly be free.
You probably will also be charged monthly for the product until you are able to cancel it.
They may tell you that you can cancel at any time but there are thousands of complaints from people being charged for months and months after canceling.
There are numerous reports of people with the same complaints about free trails and auto-shipping with the Better Business Bureau, RipOff Reports and other places on the web.
Miracle products that work almost instantly.
Another deceptive practice is advertising for products that claim to work instantly to reduce wrinkle.
Such as claiming a "5 minute face lift".
No topical product can instantly take away wrinkles.
Often the product will just be a sugary/sticky substance that will dry hard on your face and make it feel tighter to you.
Your skin will not look any better and as soon as it is washed off the feeling of tightness will be gone.
Hard Sell advertising copy "Hard sell" landing pages for anti-aging skin care products will include lots of copy writing tricks to try and convince you to try or buy their products and be signed up for auto-shipment.
Using phrases such as "Dear friend" and creating a fake back story, such as "I'm a mother of two living in [insert your city here]" The page will automatically, insert your city based on your IP address, to try and make you feel an association with this fake person.
To avoid wrinkle product scams and rip-offs.
Don't sign up for free trails.
If you have to give your credit card information to receive your "free" trial, it will usually end up not being free.
Never sign up for auto-shipment.
It is better to order and pay for something only when you want and need it.
Don't believe any claims of instant results.
Look for a complete list of ingredients so you know what you are actually paying for.
Look for contact information.
Search the web before ordering for any scam or rip off reports about the company and/or products you are buying.
You can use the company name and the word "complaint," "scam" or "rip off" as keywords in your search.
There are a lot of great wrinkle/anti-aging products out there just make sure they are reputable.
Companies with quality products will treat their customer well so they can gain a customer for life instead of trying rip them off and move on to the next one.
Please see our website for reviews of wrinkle products and companies that we trust and love at.
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