Ahhh – the feigned indignation of Icerat/Insider/IBOFightback!!!!
Kirkland advertises itself as certified by USP, which is lower standards than FDA GMP.
USP includes GMP, so it can hardly be a 'lower' standard. Doesn't work the other way around, but nice try!
Dishonesty or an inability to read? The article you are referencing suggests that fruit and vegetables is a better source of Vitamin C than factory synthesised Vitamin C (and specifically acerola cherries). And there's A LOT of evidence to support that.
“Suggests” being a key word in the murky world of overpriced vitamins, isn't it?
There's no doubt that fruits and veggies are better than a pill. Just hard to justify that the chemical processing of those fruit/veggie vitamins into pills is somehow superior to a pure chemical synthesized one – when we're talking about the exact same compound. Homeopathy, maybe?
The FTC has no explict rules requiring sales to non-IBOs, that's a complete lie (dishonesty - again!). Amway does in some countries...
The FTC cites sales to non-IBOs in FTC vs. Amway. Must just be bad wording on their part? With no sales outside the pyramid, the newest members provide the profit for the older members. Amway does have explicit requirements for sales to non-IBOs in the USA.
My "inbox" says otherwise.
No doubt there is a large market for Amway distributors looking for someone other than their upline cult leadership to tell them that they made a wise decision in hyper-consuming Amway products as a means to care-free financial security!
You see, lads, Insider has given up on hanging out on forums where his ‘arguments’ have been discredited. He has normally sequesters himself to his cult retention website where it’s “Amway Rules/The Critics Are Stupid” 24/7. But, since it’s sworn duty to defend the cult (when he’s not busy hosting websites for brothels), he has google alerts for any discussion of Amway…and in true cult form goes screaming over there to try to prove it’s not a cult. The odds are good that folks there, while they may have a bad impression of Amway, do not know the money-grubbing cult that the ‘business opportunity’ has morphed into. He counts on the probability that his well rehearsed shtick, and it’s well rehearsed, passes as fact.
Unfortunately, he found his way here and looked like he was not terribly successful, but then he goes and tosses out the ‘critics are liars’ desperate defense.
Here are the facts about his ‘Nutrilite’ pricing, which he crows about being “Number one” – based on dollar sales and not volume. Dollar sales almost exclusively to Amway distributors themselves trying desperately to keep their ‘business volume’ up by purchasing their own products.
His ‘powerhouse’ product that he has implied is responsible for being ‘Number One’ is the cheapest one they sell. It’s not cheap, though:
Nutrilite Daily: as he says,
$11.30 retail for 90 pills.
Kirkland (Costco) – my example: $
15.99 for 600 pills.His vitamin is
370% more expensive than Kirkland. Amway wins!
OK – while his cheapest vitamin is the one that has the best chance of being sold to a retail customer, if an Amway distributor buys if for himself, he only pays in the $7-$8 range. I will not give out the exact price.
Anyway, at Amway distributor’s price, it’s only
206% more expensive than Kirkland.
All right, not fair. Kirkland is an exemplar affordable and high quality vitamin, but I doubt it has significant market share. Let’s look at Centrum!
Centrum: $17.49 for 250 pills. Walgreens online price.
At full retail, Nutrilite Daily is
79% more expensive. At distributor price, it’s only 17% more expensive.
You have to be well on your way up the chain to get your 17% back.
Insider/Icerat knows that. He was hoping no one else here did. In true fraud fashion, sometimes that doesn’t always work.
