Can USANA deal with Chinese laws? Major multi-level marketing companies like USANA face crackdowns in China, where the business practice is widespread, sometimes violent, and very illegal. The following story was written and reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah Stories. USANA encounters multi-level problems in China Multi-level … [Read more...]
The Greatest of All Welfare Scams: The Hidden Cost of Bargain Prices
When Scheels, the sporting goods giant based in Fargo, North Dakota, started shopping cities for the expansion of their highly profitable mega-stores, Utah’s economic leaders offered a greater gift than Santa could ever provide. The combined efforts of Sandy City, Salt Lake County and the Canyons School District all ponied up to offer Scheels 25 years of paying … [Read more...]
Damning Evidence That Young Living and DoTERRA’s Essential Oils are Adulterated
A deposition in Utah court by Dr. Robert Pappas, shows that Young Living Essential Oils under the leadership of D. Gary Young passed off synthetic oils as authentic for jasmine and birch oils, which were conclusively found to be synthetic oils. Dr. Pappas says that he first learned of Young Living Essential Oils when he was giving a lecture at Purdue University working for … [Read more...]
Lavender Fields of Deceit?
Driving into Mona, Utah on I-15 the fragrance of fresh lavender through an open car window is enchanting. Just fifteen minutes from all of the construction madness in and around Utah County, remnants of road-rage and stress fade away as the vast expanse of farms begins to unfold. From early spring through September breathtaking rows of majestic purple lavender extend like a … [Read more...]
Westgate Resorts Class Action Lawsuit
Nevada court might finally deliver timeshare ripoff victims the justice they deserve. It has been amazing that such a blatantly dishonest company as Westgate Resorts has been able to continue lying to customers and selling timeshare rip-off scams for as long as they have. It actually appears that Westgate might finally get what they deserve. A class action lawsuit has … [Read more...]
Westgate Resorts Rip-Off Relief
Warning!...Please! If you are going to the "free" 1-night-stay + $50 night at Westgate resorts in Park City...BEWARE! submitted by Sarah Ashliman My husband and I, and my little girls went to the "90 min. resort tour" (ended up being closer to 4 hours) and ended up buying! Why? We had made each other a promise before we went in that we wouldn't get sucked in. Somehow … [Read more...]
Timeshare Rip-off Protection Laws
Did you buy a timeshare then find out it was a rip-off? If you bought it within the past five days Nevada state allows you to request a full refund. Timeshare laws they hope you don't discover. -By Mindy Nielson It was going to be a great Las Vegas vacation - my husband and I were off to the Planet Hollywood for the first trip without our son. As we walked through the … [Read more...]
Westgate Resorts Admits Timeshare Advertising Dishonest
A 'five star luxury resort' Westgate Resorts executive admits untrue. Our experience in Westgate South Beach and how Westgate's deceptive practices should refund buyers their money. Last week the time finally came to depart on our Westgate vacation in Miami. As I stated in our previous story, the fine-print in our contract showed that our one-week vacation was actually … [Read more...]
Timeshare Scam from Westgate Resorts
Part III in the ongoing story of attempting to fight back against Westgate Resorts rip-off time share scam. See our previous story on Vegas time share scams. In the previous installment I described how Westgate Resorts in Las Vegas used dishonest practices to sell us a time share single-week package for Miami Beach, Florida. We bought the package with the assurance that we … [Read more...]
Vegas Timeshare Scam from Westgate Resorts
How one-week single usage timeshare options are misleading and dishonest. The second of four installments beginning with our previous story on timeshare nightmares. It's very fitting when you consider that Las Vegas is the number one place for timeshare sales in the United States. I now completely understand why timeshare companies are so willing to offer free vacations worth … [Read more...]