Free Hoodia Trials
Its becoming pretty much en vogue lately for manufacturers, producers and suppliers of diet pills to offer free trials or free samples of their wares.
There is nothing ultimately wrong with this but the word FREE has been given too much latitude for our liking.
Free should mean Free - period. Free with a little bit of cost attached is not FREE!
This is not just an issue that affects the Hoodia industry - but the diet and health industry and possibly every industry worldwide.
Why Are Free Trials Offered
New products to the marketplace have to gain brand recognition fairly quickly.
Research and development costs have to be recouped in order for a new product to survive the first year or years of existence and and so offering a free trial or free sample is great way to acrew a customer base and hopefully breed some loyalty.
Again, there is nothing wrong this - it is standard practice across the globe in most industries.
Free Hoodia Trials With Shipping Costs
The first minor irritant is the shipping costs that are normally attached or added on. So a consumer is paying nothing for the product sample but paying something for the privilege of having the sample delivered. Understandable to a degree.
The word scam is used to too frequently in the diet and health industry and too strong a word to describe the standard practice employed by diet pill companies that are not trying to gain a foothold in the market but still rely on free trials or free sample offers as a revenue stream. The dreaded, misunderstood and much maligned AutoShip Program.
Free Hoodia Trials And The AutoShip Program
The usual scenario would be that the free trial or free sample is just too tempting to resist and so in haste a consumer "signs up" online detailing name, address and possibly other standard pieces of information.
A credit or debit card card number is usually asked for and minimal fee is required for shipping - which as mentioned, is understandable.
It is the small or finer detailed that is usually overlooked by the consumer that causes the execution of the AUTOSHIP PROGRAM.
By default, some of the less scrupulous companies ensure that when an order for a free trial or free sample is placed this automatically enrolls a customer into the autoship program whereby his or her credit or debit card is billed on a monthly basis for monthly supplies of the (signed up for) product until such a time when the customer cancels.
The difficulty here is that a customer is not usually aware that they are due to receive and subsequently incur costs for monthly shipments.
It is only when a delivery is made that a customer realises the extent of their free sample.
Should I Avoid All Free samples
Not at all - the scenario above is not meant to scare but to inform.
In most cases where a consumer has been possibly duped into the autoship program, monthly subscriptions have been canceled and money retrieved.
If you do intend to participate in any free trial offer always read the finer details and assume that there quite possibly is a catch somewhere along the line.
Now - if you want to read about a diet pill that employs dubious tactics and most likely is an unadulterated scam - read about Anatrim
