Herbalife Reviews

They said they didn't know what organic meant. I say that Herbalife should be stating that before you order thousands of dollars of stuff. they have so many disclosers that they are trying to cover their butts...they need to take responsibilty

He is showing these items and entices as many of these people to make a lot more money in addition to your present job? by becoming a sales representative under him. He would often bring his two young daughters and I would visit with them. He asked me if I would possibly be interested in Herbalife nutrition products. Eventually, I bought a few items. In a few weeks, he came back for another visit and he asked me how the Herbalife products were. He also asked me if I was making much money at the Chinese Buffet and I obviously said no. He then advised me that I could make more money by signing on with him as an Herbalife representative under him. Initially I said no, but being from another country and not fully knowing English at the time, I eventually signed up with him.

I completed the Herbalife form providing him with my Name, Address, Telephone Number, Social Security Number and other confidential information. He also advised me that he would have to have access to my credit card and be a Supplemental Holder? in order that I would be able to make more money. Being that I was from another country, I thought he was an honest man and I simply did what he told me to do because he verbally said his name would appear on the card and that he would be totally responsible for all of the debts that he incurred. My policy has always been to pay for all of my debts when they are due and not carry any balance. Initially, he would utilize the card to make Herbalife purchases and pay the debts incurred. It turns out that eventually he utilized the credit card for purchases other than Herbalife without my knowledge.

My credit card bills would indicate that there was an interest charge for carrying a balance. I questioned my credit card about this and they simply said, "Your supplemental card has a balance"? I approached this gentleman? and he said to me that I should not worry because his name was on this card and his payment was most likely delayed in the mail. The next month, I noticed that he only paid a small amount of $100 or less. This obviously means that the credit card would continue to assess interest. As time went on, he transferred? his balance from this card to another bank. I was not aware of this and never would have approved it. I approached him again and he continued to tell me to relax because he owed this money for purchases he made and that I was not liable. In 2003, I learned that my ailing Father (90+) was not doing well and required surgery.

I decided to go back to Malaysia to be with him and my family. I contacted all of my credit cards and informed them that I desired to pay the final debts and close them forever. The credit card companies closed my accounts which were in good standing; however, they informed me that the "supplemental credit" card account could not be closed because no payment had been received for awhile and the total balance had exceeded the maximum limit $5,000. I was shocked and contacted this gentleman? who fraudulently deceived me and he calmly said that he moved and had never received any billing in the mail. As it turns out, the billing property was one of his many properties and it was dilapidated and eventually demolished. He knew that I was leaving the United States soon and he wanted to cheat me as much as he could because all of this time he was fully aware of him not being responsible and the debts he incurred and they would be charged against me because I was wrongfully deceived by him.

During 2002, I met my future husband and eventually we were married on May 17, 2006. This was his first marriage and usually the present laws would allow the creditors to make the person who allowed this to happen be fully responsible for these debts incurred with this Herbalife gentleman? fraudulently misrepresenting their products. Had this "gentleman" never visited the Chinese Buffet, I would never have been fraudulently deceived into his theft and deception tactics. How come Herbalife does not have a policy and there is no law requiring a business to fully check the status of people that work for them and represent their products? I would not consider it impossible for this gentleman? to go as far as tainting some Herbalife products and/or deceiving other people the way he did to me for his greed and financial gains.

My husband and I spoke with a Bankruptcy Attorney who unfortunately informed us that due to the present laws since he persuaded me to complete the Herbalife form and I (Yoke) allowed him to be a "supplemental" cardholder on my credit card account that I am fully responsible for his financial gains. Since I do not have many assets and my husband has been paying the mortgage, utility bills, etc. that it comes down to where the creditors will civilly bring myself and husband to court and we will be forced to pay these debts that we have no financial gain on along with the legal fees associated with this unforeseen situation. In the meantime, this gentleman? that fraudulently deceived me is laughing all of the way to the bank.

Even though this was my problem, it becomes our problem and we will have to get a home equity loan to pay these creditors for this wrongdoing. They are pursuing a civil court decision which will put us further into debt because of a gentleman? an attorney we spoke to that says he is Judgement Proof? because he is aware of the laws that allow him to possibly hide his assets in a corporation or LLC while he and his sister, a real estate sales person and Herbalife distributor, drive leased Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Land Rover vehicles and most likely falsify their I.R.S. tax filings and request cash for Herbalife purchases while deceiving others like myself without any laws to protect victims, like me, and stop these unjust actions.

Below are some facts and questions that we would like for you and other lawmakers to be involved with further discussion to prevent further Fraud, Identity Theft and Theft by Deception with credit cards for our benefit and that of other taxpayers in the future:

1. ) Can anything be done against Herbalife Company? It is strictly though gentleman's? dealings with marketing Herbalife products that I ever got enticed into this theft by deception. Through this transaction, he got my identity and indicated to me, a foreigner that did not fully understand the English language, that he would have to be a "supplemental" cardholder on my credit card. He simply indicated that he would be responsible for any debts with his signature on receipts, all the while knowing that he was simply pulling the wool over my eyes and reaping financial gain from a person like myself that is not fully aware, as the majority of people in the United States are, about credit card theft and fraudulent deception. How come Herbalife does not fully check the status of its representatives? Laws should be enacted that a business, like Herbalife, is fully responsible for any wrongdoings like this situation against its sales representatives for misleading potential sales representatives like myself in this case.

2. ) This gentleman? and his sister (Real Estate Sales Person) are jointly involved with buying and selling real estate and marketing Herbalife products. It turns out that he listed one of his buildings that was falling apart for his billing and eventually it was demolished and he purposely did not provide any new address to the credit card company. He did this to further delay the credit card company from pursuing this matter especially considering that I (Yoke) was out of the United States and in Malaysia taking care of my ailing Father.

3. ) Can changes in the present laws be made to track people like this gentleman? that have a history of these wrongful doings and prevent them with being involved with corporations, LLCs and other instruments which presently exist and allow people like this gentleman? from doing any further wrong and technically not having any assets to seize and fulfill judgments against them? People like this should be punished, in some way, or they will continue to benefit by the present laws regarding theft and misuse of personal information and deceiving responsible innocent people like me.

4. ) Why is there a loophole in the present laws that allow creditors to take assets from a spouse who was never involved in a fraudulent activity like this? I would have simply filed Bankruptcy, considering the facts with this situation, but now that I am married, my husband's assets can be taken. We would simply have delayed getting married to get out of this unfair situation but were not aware, until just recently that since I was the principal cardholder, I was totally responsible for all debts on this account. This is unjust in that this gentleman? is able to have financial gain and we will most likely have to come up with approximately $25K for absolutely nothing other than clearing the financial records and getting these debt collectors off our back while this gentleman? lives a lifestyle of the rich and walks away from various judgments on the many wrongdoings he has against him due to present laws in his favor.

5. ) Why was this gentleman? able to transfer debts from my initial credit card account to open various new credit card accounts without my knowledge and approval? Obviously, I never would have allowed this to happen. Why are banks negligent in checking the accuracy of a potential cardholder's past history? This is truly unfair and unjust that this gentleman? was able to build up debts against a "supplemental" credit card account and easily transfer the debts from his own credit cards without the bank first contacting the primary cardholder and signing an agreement form before this transfer of debt or any purchases could be made. Through my Herbalife application, he had my personal information and fraudulently misused it for his own benefit. He informed me and I believed him that since his name was on the credit card that he was responsible for all debts incurred on the original credit card and I had nothing to worry about.

6.) We are not sure about a few things regarding this gentleman. How can a determination be made if he is/was a citizen of The United States of America. We think he may only have a Green Card and be from Nicaragua. As an HERBALIFE representative, does he have a valid business license to operate a business in Philadelphia? Does he have a Social Security Number? Do the City of Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and U.S. Federal Government authorities have records if he filed local, state and I.R.S. business taxes and personal tax forms? Can anything be done depending on the outcome of these items?

I have contacted various agencies, the Federal Trade Commission (F.T.C.), the U.S. Secret Service, the District Attorney Office, police, the three credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian and TransUnion) along with all of the banks and collection agencies about my situation. They have all provided various information and billing statements that reflect purchases made by the gentleman. It all comes down to if this gentleman? was never in my life, I would have had a good credit rating and not have to deal with this hardship and loss of time and my own money for credit card theft (The act or an instance of stealing) and deception (deceive v. To cause [a person] to believe what is not true; mislead. Deceive involves falsehood or the deliberate concealment or misrepresentation of truth with intent to lead another into error or to disadvantage).

We are going to continue to fight this wrongful issue with the collection agencies and would like lawmakers to be aware of the loopholes in the present laws and desire that legislation or whatever changes may be taken to stop further situations like this from happening in the future. Any additional way that you could provide assistance would be greatly appreciated by me and my husband.

The products sent in NO WAY compensate for the products origionally ordered; and the approximately two bags of groceries I had to throw away due to the bug infestation.

My pantry soon became infested with the little brown bugs. I had to clean it out; throw away many items; disinfect the shelves; replace shelf paper. You can imagine the frustration when the replacement products were received; and they were also infested. NOT to mention the fact that they are only part of the origionally ordered products I had recieved that were beyond their expiration dates; and infested.

The following month was filled with meetings which discussed those individuals who had joined and now were very prosperous as a result. Those individuals were used as examples and everyone else was told they could attain equal prosperity at Herbalife. The managers and others in charge spoke of how to enhance your status to become a supervisor and more. All this worked quickly to convince my easily impressionable mother that once she learned everything she would be able to make a very comfortable living.

For a housewife who never had any real property the idea of being a prosperous supervisor or manager was enough to motivate her to comply with anything that was asked of her. She obligingly put ads in the Chinese newspaper like the ad that she herself had answered to gain new recruits. Manager Nancy ** took her to purchase a cell phone which each independent distributor had so that they could be contacted. After a month surely it was obvious to all the managers that this was not a job my mother could handle. She had not sold a single item to anyone nor recruited any new members. They persuaded her to purchase $3,700 points of Herbalife products (of which she had only used up $1,056.42 before she left the job). She received no receipt in return for her cash. When another member asked for a receipt for a $20 deposit of their $200.00 fee they were told we don’t give receipts.

My mother was also under the impression that she would receive a license to open her own Herbalife business if she wanted. When she inquired into this she was told that the card received in the mail was her license. This card however was clearly labeled “ID Card” and not license. A regular trip every three months was another factor they used to entice **. For her first trip she was told they would go to Herbalife’s main branch. She paid $700 for plane fare two sets of entrance fees for $400 each was also taken from her. After two months and nothing to show for it, ** left the company. Only $600 of the $700 in plane fare was refunded to her. She has been asking the managers of that branch for a refund of the unused portion of her $3,700 and the two sets of entrance fees of $400 ever since. They have told her to keep waiting and that it will arrive soon however it is nearly one year since she joined and it seems unlikely that anything will arrive.

It is clear that ** is a victim of their pyramid scheme and fraudulent and unlawful practices. She is only one out of the countless Chinese people that fall victim to the practices at this branch of Herbalife. Many others, some of whom unlike **, may not be citizens are no doubt too fearful of jeopardizing their stay in the U.S. to speak out. (My mother speaks only Mandarin Chinese with very minimal English. The contact number is for my cell phone.)

With hives I couldn't go to water aerobics and I had hoped to work on a certification as an instructor. After a week it was obvious it wasnt water aerobics or the chemicals in the pool. I went to see the VA hospital and brought the Herbalife tablets with me. He told me quit taking the tablets and my hives were reduced. However, I noticed the hives would get worse when I showered. Also, I started to get hives from sulfties in foods. I only had an allergic reaction once in my life and it was over 10 years ago when I was in the USAF. They had given me a sulfa antibiotic and after a few days I had hives. The USAF told me never to take sulfa antibioitcs and I have never had any other problems until I started the Herbalife tablets.

Herbalifes directions say take 1-3 tablets twice a day. I took about 2-3 a day. Herbalife said they've changed their ingredients and the new bottles dont have SLS.

I am not sure what to do next, but my life has turned into hell from this and you have no idea how miserable life is when you are covered in itchy, red hives. People look at you like you have a disease so you cant hardly go out unless you are all covered up and its torturous to constantly itch when you accidentally come in contact with SLS or sulfties. I cannot use normal soap, shampoo, bodywash/handwsh or detergents. If I do, I get a horrible case of hives.