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		<title>Comment on What you NEED to know about ViSalus by iandapope</title>
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		<description>I'd like to thank the people with the neutral comments on the company.  It really helps come to a conclusion about becoming a distributor or not.  My cousin just got his bimmer and he says he does everything online.  The only reason he showed me about it is because he's only a few years older than me and has had some good profits form joining, so, he wanted one of his only relatives (in Cali) to feel that success too. I was a little stand offish about joining but after reading these posts feel more confident about it.  Some other website were just slandering every point they could about ViSalus but this website was very informational. So once again, Thank you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d like to thank the people with the neutral comments on the company.  It really helps come to a conclusion about becoming a distributor or not.  My cousin just got his bimmer and he says he does everything online.  The only reason he showed me about it is because he&#8217;s only a few years older than me and has had some good profits form joining, so, he wanted one of his only relatives (in Cali) to feel that success too. I was a little stand offish about joining but after reading these posts feel more confident about it.  Some other website were just slandering every point they could about ViSalus but this website was very informational. So once again, Thank you.</p>
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		<description>I dont usually comment, but after reading through so much info I had to say thanks

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		<description>The Truth,

Your confidence in your position is reflected in your name. Your intent/purpose is reflected in your email name 'scamfinder'. That makes me happy to see a fellow seeker of the truth &lt;strong&gt;but&lt;/strong&gt;, at the same time, I wonder if &lt;strong&gt;an answer&lt;/strong&gt; is what you seek and THE TRUTH, in fact, OR if you have already 'discovered' that YOU and YOUR opinions are that truth. My guess, by your writing and email, would be the latter - and I'm only playing to your ego by responding - but I'm optimistic and hope I'm wrong. For the benefit of all of US seeking the REAL TRUTH about &lt;strong&gt;ViSalus&lt;/strong&gt;, I'll continue. 

The first matter of business is your first statement, "That depends on your definition of a scam." Well, I disagreed with you right from the beginning, and thought to myself, "No, not really, 'is it a scam' is a yes and no question without ambiguity," then I found these various definitions of scam according to Google:

victimize: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me ...
a fraudulent business scheme 
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Scam is the 5th studio album by the Australian band The Screaming Jets. It was their first record to be released under a different label. Singles taken from the album were Individuality, Higher With You and I Need Your Love.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_(album)

Scam is a dance song &amp; the first single from RuPaul's first Greatest Hits album The Greatest RuHits. It is scheduled to be released on the 30th of December. As RuPaul hasn't released any new material for nearly 2 years, fans are excited about the new release. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_(RuPaul_song)

Scam is a 1993 film adaptation of crime drama novel by Craig Smith named Ladystinger.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_(film)

"Scam" is a song by the British band Jamiroquai. The song appeared on the band's second album, The Return of the Space Cowboy. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_(Jamiroquai_song)

A confidence trick or confidence game, more often known as a con, scam, swindle, grift, gaffle, bunko, flim flam, stratagem, or scheme, is an ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam

Fraudulent deal. Business plan intended to defraud; To defraud or embezzle
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scam

S-cam - An S-cam is part of a braking system used in heavy vehicles such as trucks and wheeled machinery. It consists of a shaft, usually around 4 to 25 ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-cam

SCAMs - Soluble cell adhesion molecules (sCAMs) are a class of cell adhesion molecule (CAMs - cell surface binding proteins) that may represent important biomarkers for inflammatory processes involving activation or damage to cells such as platelets and the endothelium.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCAMs

Scams are very similar to phishing, but are not usually interested in obtaining your details, they often appeal to a sense of compassion or to human greed. Read more
http://www.eset.com/threat-center/threats.php

Scam is a slang term for a fraud or confidence trick. Phishing is one of the largest Internet related scams. ...
http://www.standardchartered.com/online-banking/security-tips/glossary/en/

State Coordination and Management Council
http://www.vgpb.vic.gov.au/anrep978/VGPB1/32_apx15.html

SCSI Configured Auto-Magically supports hot-plugging—plugging or unplugging a device while the power is on—with automatic bus configuration. ...
http://home.earthlink.net/~champions/h_s.htm

scams - Abbreviation for Scanning Microwave Spectrometer.
http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/browse

scams - (A&amp;E Special) (March 30, 1997)
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/James-Randi

scamming - is probably the most widely tried type of hack, and its success is based on how well a player can fool another. A player creates a game with a name that would entice other players to join. ...
http://www.tvwiki.tv/wiki/Diablo_II:_Lord_of_Destruction

A method used to identify the residues that are probably exposed to a solvent, such as those that line the pore of a channel. ...
http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v4/n1/glossary/nrn1008_glossary.html

I'm sure my answer will cover all applicable definitions and conclude once again, &lt;strong&gt;ViSalus&lt;/strong&gt; is NOT a SCAM but a very legitimate business opportunity in the direct sales space - otherwise know as MLM or Network Marketing.

What we have here is a false claim of scam, and rather a matter of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_(marketing)" rel="nofollow"&gt;perceived value&lt;/a&gt;. Why are distributors and customers happy to pay the round-about figure of $150 (actual total is $146.25)? Because there is a value in that price based on the formula behind the product and the results that THAT customer has felt, seen, or heard personally. 

In my due diligence, I spoke with several nutrition experts who informed me that a big reason for higher priced vitamins/supplements is actually the formulation and how easily are those minerals, vitamins and nutrients delivered into the blood stream. Basically, they answered my question of what was better for your body, one formulation or several (with &lt;strong&gt;ViSalus&lt;/strong&gt; there are MANY including essential oils) isolated vitamins purchased/taken seperately. Unanimously agreed, one formulation - with a noted exception of Vitamin D as an added supplement for any dietary plan.

Something else I was told, by a direct &lt;strong&gt;ViSalus&lt;/strong&gt; source, is that the distributor/customer has the ability to choose between all of the ViSalus product lines and mix/match products of their own choosing to equal the $125 autoship. That includes a list too long to list here. So no, we're not just dealing with replacing 12-15 vitamins at GNC or Costco to equal ViSalus' flagship product Vi-Pak, but rather a wide range of dietary products to itemize and price point in an a la carte menu to support your comment.

I did receive marketing materials from &lt;strong&gt;ViSalus&lt;/strong&gt; regarding their product comparisons and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_market_value" rel="nofollow"&gt;fair market value&lt;/a&gt; - which I have posted on the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.visalusscams.com/visalusvisalus/" rel="nofollow"&gt;ViSalus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Info page (and will continue to do so with &lt;strong&gt;ViSalus&lt;/strong&gt; provided materials).

Regarding the &lt;strong&gt;ViSalus Bimmer Program&lt;/strong&gt; and, your comment "they dangle the beamer in front of all these money hungry people", I agree, it does appeal to ones greed and/or sense of security and prestige in a vehicle; but this is a sales driven incentive similar to any major company incentive plan for their employees. I even took this question a bit further in hopes of agreeing with you and saying that, "if the people don't continue to make sales they will lose the vehicle" but I was impressed looking deeper into the bimmer program with the length of time they give the sales persons who fall short of the sales minimums.

On your request, I asked &lt;strong&gt;ViSalus&lt;/strong&gt; directly, "What about the statistic that most people who start a mlm or network marketing opportunity fail," a spokeperson for &lt;strong&gt;ViSalus&lt;/strong&gt; replied, "We have studied the pitfalls in networking marketing structures and found the common denominators of those failures to be training, motivation and support. That is a big part of why we created &lt;strong&gt;Vi-Net&lt;/strong&gt; - to provide a user-friendly dashboard for you to interact and monitor your entire team's activities, manage your back-office, marketing and materials and not only training for &lt;strong&gt;ViSalus&lt;/strong&gt; products, but training to become better entrepreneurs." He continued to speak about the ease of use of &lt;strong&gt;Vi-Net&lt;/strong&gt; and features designed specifically to engage the new distributor with the company and their community of ViSalus distributors with one additional incentive you'll be happy to hear about.....(wait for it).... ViSalus pays bonuses to distributors who HELP someone finish training and reach goals. So that changes the theory of so many unsuccessful that fuel the pockets of the few at the top. In effect, you make more money in ViSalus with the more people you help to achieve success. If you ask me, it sounds like ViSalus has a pretty good strategy for safe-guarding against those pitfalls of mlm and network marketing. 

I do thank you for your comment. I have to say I'm more of a believer in the &lt;strong&gt;ViSalus&lt;/strong&gt; mission of life, health and prosperity than when I created this blog - especially looking at these product comparisons and hearing more about Vi-Net. It may be harder than I thought to stay neutral ;)

Great Question! 

-Intrigued</description>
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<p>Your confidence in your position is reflected in your name. Your intent/purpose is reflected in your email name &#8217;scamfinder&#8217;. That makes me happy to see a fellow seeker of the truth <strong>but</strong>, at the same time, I wonder if <strong>an answer</strong> is what you seek and THE TRUTH, in fact, OR if you have already &#8216;discovered&#8217; that YOU and YOUR opinions are that truth. My guess, by your writing and email, would be the latter - and I&#8217;m only playing to your ego by responding - but I&#8217;m optimistic and hope I&#8217;m wrong. For the benefit of all of US seeking the REAL TRUTH about <strong>ViSalus</strong>, I&#8217;ll continue. </p>
<p>The first matter of business is your first statement, &#8220;That depends on your definition of a scam.&#8221; Well, I disagreed with you right from the beginning, and thought to myself, &#8220;No, not really, &#8216;is it a scam&#8217; is a yes and no question without ambiguity,&#8221; then I found these various definitions of scam according to Google:</p>
<p>victimize: deprive of by deceit; &#8220;He swindled me out of my inheritance&#8221;; &#8220;She defrauded the customers who trusted her&#8221;; &#8220;the cashier gypped me &#8230;<br />
a fraudulent business scheme<br />
<a href="http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn" rel="nofollow">http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn</a></p>
<p>Scam is the 5th studio album by the Australian band The Screaming Jets. It was their first record to be released under a different label. Singles taken from the album were Individuality, Higher With You and I Need Your Love.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_</a>(album)</p>
<p>Scam is a dance song &#038; the first single from RuPaul&#8217;s first Greatest Hits album The Greatest RuHits. It is scheduled to be released on the 30th of December. As RuPaul hasn&#8217;t released any new material for nearly 2 years, fans are excited about the new release. &#8230;<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_</a>(RuPaul_song)</p>
<p>Scam is a 1993 film adaptation of crime drama novel by Craig Smith named Ladystinger.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_</a>(film)</p>
<p>&#8220;Scam&#8221; is a song by the British band Jamiroquai. The song appeared on the band&#8217;s second album, The Return of the Space Cowboy. &#8230;<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_</a>(Jamiroquai_song)</p>
<p>A confidence trick or confidence game, more often known as a con, scam, swindle, grift, gaffle, bunko, flim flam, stratagem, or scheme, is an &#8230;<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam</a></p>
<p>Fraudulent deal. Business plan intended to defraud; To defraud or embezzle<br />
<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scam" rel="nofollow">http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scam</a></p>
<p>S-cam - An S-cam is part of a braking system used in heavy vehicles such as trucks and wheeled machinery. It consists of a shaft, usually around 4 to 25 &#8230;<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-cam" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-cam</a></p>
<p>SCAMs - Soluble cell adhesion molecules (sCAMs) are a class of cell adhesion molecule (CAMs - cell surface binding proteins) that may represent important biomarkers for inflammatory processes involving activation or damage to cells such as platelets and the endothelium.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCAMs" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCAMs</a></p>
<p>Scams are very similar to phishing, but are not usually interested in obtaining your details, they often appeal to a sense of compassion or to human greed. Read more<br />
<a href="http://www.eset.com/threat-center/threats.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.eset.com/threat-center/threats.php</a></p>
<p>Scam is a slang term for a fraud or confidence trick. Phishing is one of the largest Internet related scams. &#8230;<br />
<a href="http://www.standardchartered.com/online-banking/security-tips/glossary/en/" rel="nofollow">http://www.standardchartered.com/online-banking/security-tips/glossary/en/</a></p>
<p>State Coordination and Management Council<br />
<a href="http://www.vgpb.vic.gov.au/anrep978/VGPB1/32_apx15.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.vgpb.vic.gov.au/anrep978/VGPB1/32_apx15.html</a></p>
<p>SCSI Configured Auto-Magically supports hot-plugging—plugging or unplugging a device while the power is on—with automatic bus configuration. &#8230;<br />
<a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~champions/h_s.htm" rel="nofollow">http://home.earthlink.net/~champions/h_s.htm</a></p>
<p>scams - Abbreviation for Scanning Microwave Spectrometer.<br />
<a href="http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/browse" rel="nofollow">http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/browse</a></p>
<p>scams - (A&#038;E Special) (March 30, 1997)<br />
<a href="http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/James-Randi" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/James-Randi</a></p>
<p>scamming - is probably the most widely tried type of hack, and its success is based on how well a player can fool another. A player creates a game with a name that would entice other players to join. &#8230;<br />
<a href="http://www.tvwiki.tv/wiki/Diablo_II:_Lord_of_Destruction" rel="nofollow">http://www.tvwiki.tv/wiki/Diablo_II:_Lord_of_Destruction</a></p>
<p>A method used to identify the residues that are probably exposed to a solvent, such as those that line the pore of a channel. &#8230;<br />
<a href="http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v4/n1/glossary/nrn1008_glossary.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v4/n1/glossary/nrn1008_glossary.html</a></p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure my answer will cover all applicable definitions and conclude once again, <strong>ViSalus</strong> is NOT a SCAM but a very legitimate business opportunity in the direct sales space - otherwise know as MLM or Network Marketing.</p>
<p>What we have here is a false claim of scam, and rather a matter of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_(marketing)" rel="nofollow">perceived value</a>. Why are distributors and customers happy to pay the round-about figure of $150 (actual total is $146.25)? Because there is a value in that price based on the formula behind the product and the results that THAT customer has felt, seen, or heard personally. </p>
<p>In my due diligence, I spoke with several nutrition experts who informed me that a big reason for higher priced vitamins/supplements is actually the formulation and how easily are those minerals, vitamins and nutrients delivered into the blood stream. Basically, they answered my question of what was better for your body, one formulation or several (with <strong>ViSalus</strong> there are MANY including essential oils) isolated vitamins purchased/taken seperately. Unanimously agreed, one formulation - with a noted exception of Vitamin D as an added supplement for any dietary plan.</p>
<p>Something else I was told, by a direct <strong>ViSalus</strong> source, is that the distributor/customer has the ability to choose between all of the ViSalus product lines and mix/match products of their own choosing to equal the $125 autoship. That includes a list too long to list here. So no, we&#8217;re not just dealing with replacing 12-15 vitamins at GNC or Costco to equal ViSalus&#8217; flagship product Vi-Pak, but rather a wide range of dietary products to itemize and price point in an a la carte menu to support your comment.</p>
<p>I did receive marketing materials from <strong>ViSalus</strong> regarding their product comparisons and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_market_value" rel="nofollow">fair market value</a> - which I have posted on the <strong><a href="http://www.visalusscams.com/visalusvisalus/" rel="nofollow">ViSalus</a></strong> Info page (and will continue to do so with <strong>ViSalus</strong> provided materials).</p>
<p>Regarding the <strong>ViSalus Bimmer Program</strong> and, your comment &#8220;they dangle the beamer in front of all these money hungry people&#8221;, I agree, it does appeal to ones greed and/or sense of security and prestige in a vehicle; but this is a sales driven incentive similar to any major company incentive plan for their employees. I even took this question a bit further in hopes of agreeing with you and saying that, &#8220;if the people don&#8217;t continue to make sales they will lose the vehicle&#8221; but I was impressed looking deeper into the bimmer program with the length of time they give the sales persons who fall short of the sales minimums.</p>
<p>On your request, I asked <strong>ViSalus</strong> directly, &#8220;What about the statistic that most people who start a mlm or network marketing opportunity fail,&#8221; a spokeperson for <strong>ViSalus</strong> replied, &#8220;We have studied the pitfalls in networking marketing structures and found the common denominators of those failures to be training, motivation and support. That is a big part of why we created <strong>Vi-Net</strong> - to provide a user-friendly dashboard for you to interact and monitor your entire team&#8217;s activities, manage your back-office, marketing and materials and not only training for <strong>ViSalus</strong> products, but training to become better entrepreneurs.&#8221; He continued to speak about the ease of use of <strong>Vi-Net</strong> and features designed specifically to engage the new distributor with the company and their community of ViSalus distributors with one additional incentive you&#8217;ll be happy to hear about&#8230;..(wait for it)&#8230;. ViSalus pays bonuses to distributors who HELP someone finish training and reach goals. So that changes the theory of so many unsuccessful that fuel the pockets of the few at the top. In effect, you make more money in ViSalus with the more people you help to achieve success. If you ask me, it sounds like ViSalus has a pretty good strategy for safe-guarding against those pitfalls of mlm and network marketing. </p>
<p>I do thank you for your comment. I have to say I&#8217;m more of a believer in the <strong>ViSalus</strong> mission of life, health and prosperity than when I created this blog - especially looking at these product comparisons and hearing more about Vi-Net. It may be harder than I thought to stay neutral <img src='http://www.visalusscams.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Great Question! </p>
<p>-Intrigued</p>
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		<description>Is this a scam?  That depends on your definition of a scam.  They are selling vitamins for about $150 delivered per month.  Now, you could go to your local GNC or Costco or even Wal-Mart and get most of the same vitamins for a fraction of the cost.  What you can't do at Costco is make money off of other people.  So the question is, is the product worth $150?  The real answer is NO!  Why do they charge 150?  That's obvious....if they didn't, how would people make money? This is very similar to a ponzi scheme, but instead of getting your hopes up about great fortune and getting nothing in the end, for $150, you get a months supply of vitamins that are probably worth no more than $25/month if you look for the same type of vitamins/minerals, fish oils....ect and put them together yourself.  Do people make money doing this…ABSOLUTELY.  The problem is, MOST don’t.  Next time you are with these guys, ask about that statistic.  I’m sure that’s no where on their website.  Ask yourself this, would you ever buy a months supply of vitamins for $150?  Most of you would say no.....But, would you buy a months supply of vitamins for $150 if you knew you would make money on people that you recruited?  That sounds a little more doable.  That ultimately means, a rational person will only buy the vitamins if they are getting paid/subsidized for recruiting people.  Oh, and I love the whole presentation about a beamer in less than 30 days...they dangle the beamer in front of all these money hungry people....of course people get excited and join.  Is this illegal, I don't think so, but taking advantage of people's need and desire for money and cars to make your own pocket bigger, that doesn’t sound LIFE HEALTH or PROSPERITY…unless you’re talking about the prosperity of a few at the expense of many.  The real question is, would you buy the product straight up, without any other incentive for $150?  If you answer no, why would you join?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is this a scam?  That depends on your definition of a scam.  They are selling vitamins for about $150 delivered per month.  Now, you could go to your local GNC or Costco or even Wal-Mart and get most of the same vitamins for a fraction of the cost.  What you can&#8217;t do at Costco is make money off of other people.  So the question is, is the product worth $150?  The real answer is NO!  Why do they charge 150?  That&#8217;s obvious&#8230;.if they didn&#8217;t, how would people make money? This is very similar to a ponzi scheme, but instead of getting your hopes up about great fortune and getting nothing in the end, for $150, you get a months supply of vitamins that are probably worth no more than $25/month if you look for the same type of vitamins/minerals, fish oils&#8230;.ect and put them together yourself.  Do people make money doing this…ABSOLUTELY.  The problem is, MOST don’t.  Next time you are with these guys, ask about that statistic.  I’m sure that’s no where on their website.  Ask yourself this, would you ever buy a months supply of vitamins for $150?  Most of you would say no&#8230;..But, would you buy a months supply of vitamins for $150 if you knew you would make money on people that you recruited?  That sounds a little more doable.  That ultimately means, a rational person will only buy the vitamins if they are getting paid/subsidized for recruiting people.  Oh, and I love the whole presentation about a beamer in less than 30 days&#8230;they dangle the beamer in front of all these money hungry people&#8230;.of course people get excited and join.  Is this illegal, I don&#8217;t think so, but taking advantage of people&#8217;s need and desire for money and cars to make your own pocket bigger, that doesn’t sound LIFE HEALTH or PROSPERITY…unless you’re talking about the prosperity of a few at the expense of many.  The real question is, would you buy the product straight up, without any other incentive for $150?  If you answer no, why would you join?</p>
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		<dc:creator>avromy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>just wanted to share my experience; I have been with the company for a few weeks and I just got my first check for $369.92. A scam? i think not. check out my website for more info.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>just wanted to share my experience; I have been with the company for a few weeks and I just got my first check for $369.92. A scam? i think not. check out my website for more info.</p>
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		<title>Comment on What you NEED to know about ViSalus by Chris Moran</title>
		<link>http://www.visalusscams.com/scam/what-you-need-to-know-about-visalus/comment-page-1/#comment-7</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris Moran</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nice writing style.  Looking forward to reading more from you.

Chris Moran

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice writing style.  Looking forward to reading more from you.</p>
<p>Chris Moran</p>
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		<title>Comment on An Editorial on the &#8220;ViSalus Scam&#8221; by Marianne</title>
		<link>http://www.visalusscams.com/scam/an-editorial-on-the-visalus-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-6</link>
		<dc:creator>Marianne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have used all the Visalus products and I love them all! I am very excited to﻿ be involved with this company. They are going to do amazing things and I couldn't be happier to be there with them while they do it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have used all the Visalus products and I love them all! I am very excited to﻿ be involved with this company. They are going to do amazing things and I couldn&#8217;t be happier to be there with them while they do it.</p>
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		<title>Comment on An Editorial on the &#8220;ViSalus Scam&#8221; by admin</title>
		<link>http://www.visalusscams.com/scam/an-editorial-on-the-visalus-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-5</link>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you Dan. After visiting your &lt;a href="http://www.customerservicehelper.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;customer service helper&lt;/a&gt; site, I know you understand some of our frustration in "wasting time" researching the frivolous claims that seem to abound. Such a shame marketers have resorted to "controversial marketing tactics" by trying to harpoon the success of legitimate companies that are excelling in their space. 
I commend you on your efforts to aide in dealing with the "difficult clients" in business overall. Lord knows we all have/had one of those!

Best of success in all that you do!

-Appreciative

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you Dan. After visiting your <a href="http://www.customerservicehelper.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">customer service helper</a> site, I know you understand some of our frustration in &#8220;wasting time&#8221; researching the frivolous claims that seem to abound. Such a shame marketers have resorted to &#8220;controversial marketing tactics&#8221; by trying to harpoon the success of legitimate companies that are excelling in their space.<br />
I commend you on your efforts to aide in dealing with the &#8220;difficult clients&#8221; in business overall. Lord knows we all have/had one of those!</p>
<p>Best of success in all that you do!</p>
<p>-Appreciative</p>
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		<title>Comment on An Editorial on the &#8220;ViSalus Scam&#8221; by Dan Waldron</title>
		<link>http://www.visalusscams.com/scam/an-editorial-on-the-visalus-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-4</link>
		<dc:creator>Dan Waldron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts.  I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work.  Look forward to reading more from you in the future.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts.  I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work.  Look forward to reading more from you in the future.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Is ViSalus a Scam? by admin</title>
		<link>http://www.visalusscams.com/scam/is-visalus-a-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-3</link>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you for that David. It's refreshing to see positive replies instead of the dreaded, &lt;strong&gt;"&lt;a href="http://www.visalusscams.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;ViSalus&lt;/a&gt; is a Scam&lt;/strong&gt;". (Congrats on the accomplishments too by the way)
Now I want to be clear why I used the word dreaded. As an unbiased blog we will stay neutral in reporting on ANYTHING that we find negative regarding &lt;a href="http://www.visalusscams.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;ViSalus&lt;/a&gt;. I do understand how valuable any negative information can be in evaluating a company - especially before making a decision to join. Now the reason I say dreaded is because I dread having to take the time to read and internally research claims from someone who just has negative things to say about the success of a company because they are not making the money they expected to make in another opportunity - and not necessarily &lt;strong&gt;ViSalus&lt;/strong&gt;. The last thing we want to do is spend hours of research just to find that this person was promoting another business (not &lt;a href="http://www.visalusscams.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;ViSalus&lt;/a&gt; or even a competitor of &lt;strong&gt;ViSalus&lt;/strong&gt;) and has slandered several other companies in the notorious forums that provide a platform for these "controversial marketers".
I know that was long-winded, but I just wanted to say thanks again for the comment. 

-Refreshed</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for that David. It&#8217;s refreshing to see positive replies instead of the dreaded, <strong>&#8220;<a href="http://www.visalusscams.com" rel="nofollow">ViSalus</a> is a Scam</strong>&#8220;. (Congrats on the accomplishments too by the way)<br />
Now I want to be clear why I used the word dreaded. As an unbiased blog we will stay neutral in reporting on ANYTHING that we find negative regarding <a href="http://www.visalusscams.com" rel="nofollow">ViSalus</a>. I do understand how valuable any negative information can be in evaluating a company - especially before making a decision to join. Now the reason I say dreaded is because I dread having to take the time to read and internally research claims from someone who just has negative things to say about the success of a company because they are not making the money they expected to make in another opportunity - and not necessarily <strong>ViSalus</strong>. The last thing we want to do is spend hours of research just to find that this person was promoting another business (not <a href="http://www.visalusscams.com" rel="nofollow">ViSalus</a> or even a competitor of <strong>ViSalus</strong>) and has slandered several other companies in the notorious forums that provide a platform for these &#8220;controversial marketers&#8221;.<br />
I know that was long-winded, but I just wanted to say thanks again for the comment. </p>
<p>-Refreshed</p>
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