Melaleuca

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Melaleuca Reviews

Richard January 23, 2009
Unauthorized billing
This company charged my credit card twice without my knowledge ( the second time was a credit card # they did not have record of), keeps sending me order forms in mail( after I requested for them to remove me from their list ), and has just sent my old address a package with products that they want payment for... that I did not order... and I do not live there anymore... and had absolutely no contact with them what so ever.

First off, I signed up with them back in mid 2007 through one of their sales people. She had me fill out a form with my credit card information and home address. She did not discuss with me any of the details, she just informed me that I would receive a discount if I became a member.

One Month later I received a BIG box at my front door (that I did not order) from Melaleuca, along with the $70.00 Charge on my credit card that I did not authorize. I proceeded to contact the sales lady and complain. She then apologized and said she authorized the order, that under the form that I had signed I had agreed to order roughly $40.00 a month in merchandise. She did not review this with me. So, I then returned the merchandise to Meluleuca's head quarters and sent a hand written letter to the customer service dept. stating that I wanted to cancel my membership. This was their policy for cancellation. I also contacted my credit card company that this order was not authorized and should not be paid and had them change my credit card # for my account.

One year later, I saw a new charge on my new credit card # for the amount of $40.00 from Melaleuca. I immediately contacted my credit card company and had them stop payment of this charge and claimed this to be fraudulent. I sent Melaleuca an e-mail and they did not reply.

Since 2007 until now I am still receiving (forwarded to my new address) blank order forms and catalogs from Melaleuca that were sent to my old address and receiving general company e-mails, after which I have asked repeatedly to take me off the list!!!

I have now just received an e-mail stating that they have sent some products to my old address and want payment for the goods. Well I did not order any goods and I do not live there anymore!!!
October 31, 2008
they wont let me cancel...
I have been a customer for many years, paying them over 5, 000.00 dollars so far.They are a pyrimid type scam although I was never involved in suckering others into joining-
There products are generaly good however very overpriced.I have told them now several times and then followed their instructions by faxing my request to cancel.Tonight an hour on the phone with several of them was one of the greatest waste of time I have ever experienced.1st they hung up/disconnected on me.Then denied that I cancelled or sent a fax, then changed the story yet 2 or 3 more times.End of story, I can not quit since they do not have proof that I cancelled-regardless of my confirmation the fax was recieved.We are leaving the country in 10 days, for a year on an overseas mission, and told all of them that including Beth(the head supervisior she says -who sounds 22 and absoultley refused to give her last name)
Beth says too bad you can not cancel because we have not recieved your fax(and would not listen when I said I have the confirmation fax), and besides that alone does not cancel your account she says, it is the policy, you have a contract, I can not cancel your account, you will have 12 parcels on your step when you return, give the product to a neighbour, you can send the package back but we will charge you double shipping(how much I say-she says 16$ for a package -with 2 tiny items-another rip off of course) etc, she actually said I have spent 29 mins on the phone with you and can tell you are frustrated but there is nothing we can do.I asked is there anyone else I can speak with? No, she says, she is the most senior person, but I can email the ceo or anyone if I wish.
Great, thanks alot.What a bunch of idiots.And even worse they are scamming people without regret
October 7, 2008
Rip off
I tried to cancel my account after using their vitamins for over 2 years. After not finding a way on their site I called customer service. I was told they needed me to mail in my signature to cancel the account. I asked what would happen if I stopped ordering every month. They told me they would continue to charge me and send me products automatically.

I asked for a supervisor, because I don't need to jump through hoops to cancel an account. The supervisor told me the same thing, stating it was in the agreement I signed. It is in fact at the very end of their 5 page agreement, after two sections of fine print.

I finally gave up with customer service and completed the written document with signature. When trying to locate my account number as required for cancellation, it was nowhere to be found on their site. So I again had to call customer service.

Even though they were more than happy to accept my electronic signature to sign up, they want to delay my cancellation by making t hard to cancel, and making me mail them a hand written document. The is a deceitful practice and people should think twice before signing up for their products.
October 7, 2008
Fraud and scam
I've recently read a string which I believe to be misinformed consumers... I have been a Melaleuca customer (not a sales agent) for more than 6 years now. I can honestly say that my family is one of the healthiest in our neighborhood (my daughter was one of two children with perfect attendance at her school last year). I truly feel that these products are superior to anything else on the market, especially considering the low cost. Prior to purchasing Melaleuca my daughter was in the hospital with RSV, and we all had major allergies (most likely associated with indoor pollution). In the last several years we are the picture of health. To all that are bashing the company... all I can say is maybe you haven't really done your research. In my years with Melaleuca, we've had two shipping errors which were promptly and easily resolved. Customer Service is obviously a priority for this service. Take care and stay HEALTHY!
October 5, 2008
Very unprofessional company
Melaleuca Company was totally unprofessional when solicited to help solve a customer request. Over the phone they did not even try to accommodate customer's request. When requested to speak with a manager, the client was refused first and only after insisting was transferred to another person, same lack of professionalism and willingness to help.

By the third person in command line, the story become exhausted and no acceptable resolution offered. None of all these 3 company representatives gave all, complete, accurate and useful information at the time of the conversation. A next call placed by the customer 24 hours later revealed the latter part of the information not mentioned yesterday. The company did not even tried to collaborate in a professional manner. A total refuse was all they could do.

Customer service representative transfered the customer to an answering machine after failing for the second time in a row to collaborate and offer something to the unfair treated customer.
October 2, 2008
Terrible experience
Melaleuca has been a wonderful company to me and many others I've meet. The products are wonderful and the people that I've interacted with have been amazingly positive people. If you are looking for a 'negative' aspect in a business, you can find that very easily. Every business will have bad reports on even the most top rated products. As I've done my personal research for the business, I find that the negative comments are far less then the positives. It sounds like many people have been approached and pushed by the wrong people. I can understand how this would put a bad taste in one's mouth. You'll find these people in any business and walk of life. I hope that people are not just researching looking only for the 'negative' side of Melaleuca or any other business. I'm not here to change your mind. Just trying to put a positive aspect in some of your thoughts. Good Luck! Enjoy the world.
September 26, 2008
Scam charges
I wrote a review back in May about Melalueca it was titled They wont let you cancel once you joined and still try to charge!! I was pretty heated about the whole ordeal. Since then I have gotten Some people post comments that were way out of line, Saying if you were more calm and understanding about it they would have helped you! In my defense I was very patient with everyone, i understood the situation. yes i was at some fault for dealing with my 2 and 1 year old at the time of the 10 min. phone recording once you joined about cancellation and the process i even told her just call back in 10 min! and yes i was at fault for giving in and joining when i really didn't want to. But, I didn't want to owe money in the first place so why be mean to people who were trying to help resolve the whole issue? i did get some very rude people they would call until 11 at night saying that if i didn't pay it, it was going on my credit report. Some of the people i talked to were very kind! Others not so much I joined on the 12th of March.

I repeatedly talk to my sponsor via instant message and e-mail and even phone. when i told her i wanted to cancel on the 20th which was 8 days later she never once said by the 25th. I had actually called the company itself to cancel. Like i said i called every time after I faxed the letter to make sure they got it on the 24th almost 7 times. I have heard people saying that oh they did you a favor by letting you fax it. but obviously it didn't do me any good because 6 hours later and 10 dollars out the letters never got there.

I also mailed about 3 letters! not even days apart from each other. The only one they got was the registered one I sent and paid 5 dollars to send it! So yes there was a few really kind service people and i told them they were for trying to help! But the harassing phone calls and a 18 dollar debt collection later I think was over the limit. More power to you if you love the Company or been with them for years! i am not saying everyone who work with them are bad just they do have some very rude people who have no respect for honest mistakes.So before you respond about how i didn't take the time to be nice or i should have thanked people for trying to help, know the situation. and everyone has different experiences and that is what this site is for to list the good and the Bad and mine was one of the bad.

You want to respond being rude go ahead! because if you want to help delete it from my credit report i still have all the paper work and who i talked to filed in my office. I even have smilies written by the people who were nice and tried to help i have written the names of representatives that called at like i said 11 at night using threats about my credit report trying to get me to pay it. So if you want to look at me file go ahead. But don't respond saying it was my fault when all you heard was just the events i went through with the situation! I actually spent more trying to cancel than what they charged on my credit report. I am not some Irrate Crazy lunatic who just wants to down a company. wrote my experience and how it happen. If you want to stick up for the company thats okay but let people write the good or bad reviews without the whole "justice league ordeal."it is our right to write our experiences and there is a bad side to every company!
September 16, 2008
Scam and lies
I signed up for melaleuca under the understanding that I would make money because 'everybody would buy this stuff'. Well after the first few months of limitless phone calls and countless hours of unpaid work. I am disabled in a wheelchair and I have 3 children, 1 terminally ill, and 1 with autism. My husband is my full time caregiver and we receive less than a thousand a month for disability for a family of 5.

After 6 months of being forced to spend at least $50 per month mandatory on their overpriced products (which some were 'ok' but not worth the price) I sent a cancellation letter explaining we could no longer afford to put any more money or time into their company. I also informed the person who signed me up and they harassed me to no end to 'hang in there' that we would soon be richer than we ever dreamed of... blah blah blah.

The next month a package shows up on my doorstep and lo and behold they charged my credit card $65! I called the company and they claimed never to have got my cancellation letter and it cosed me another $12 to send the products back! (I was out nearly $30 from shipping costs which were not refundable)

Again I sent another letter, this time certified, and the following month another package arrives! And may I add, due to these charges it made us short and late on our rent every month for 4 months in a row causing our landlord to have to cancel our lease.

In the course of that 4 months 9 letters were sent 3 registered, 2 certified and notarized and 4 regular (I have all receipts) And all were received but not claimed to have been received and when I called asking for the mail dept and the person who signed for them I was told they no longer work for melaleuca... blah blah blah...

We finally lost our beautiful home and as a result could not find an accessible place and had to resort to living out of our van and using the ymca to shower, and the library for homeschooling our children and use of the computers.

We have now been homeless for 2 months and yet Melaleuca continues to send packages to our old address even though 2 have been sent back (no longer at this address) and they continue to charge our credit card, once for the package (our mandatory backup order + return shipping). I have even faxed and received faxed confirmations that they received our cancellation and they continue to charge us! They were even so bold as to automatically renew our contract without my permission! I have not received even a penny of refund from them (only excuses that I have to call their long distance number as they cannot transfer me to that dept... and I do not have a cell phone or long distance card.) They even have it in their records that we are homeless and we are still getting charged money we cant afford and useless empty apologies and excuses why we cant get our money back.

So, if you see the word melaleuca, TURN AND RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN!
June 19, 2008
Don't do business with them
I have been a customer of Melaleuca for 15-20 yrs. and now that my children are grown no longer need their products. I have spent 5 months trying to cancel my account with them. I cancelled my charge card to stop them, spoke with numerous representatives (who assured me everything was fine) and sent a number of letters yet they continued to send me packages. They have sent me numerous letters and repeatedly called my home for payment of these packages that had been sent back. I spoke with someone this evening about it again and he informed me that I owe them for the UPS charge for the package I sent back last. I explained that the account was cancelled months ago, that just weeks ago a representative told me the package was sent by mistake and would I be so kind to send it back. Which I did and I was not asking them for reimbursement of the postage. He then informed me that if I didn't pay for the UPS charge that they would continue to harass me by calling constantly. Do Not Do Business With This Company!
May 12, 2008
Online scam!
I was browsing the web where I can about this program. I emailed them. Said why not and it's worth a try, and had only cost me $1.00 to sign up. Well I asked every question under the book. My one question, 'Do I have to purchase anything monthly?' They said no. I asked them again, but in a different form 'So I do not have to put out any money a month for this?' They replied just for the material that it cost you to advertise. But non towards their products. I sat in an hour length phone call. The only thing it went over and over again on was how much money you can make, and all the promotions going on.

Well the next month came along, and well let's just say I felt real low trying to purchase something for my newborn at the store. Because I knew I have money on my credit card, and it was denied. This one wonderful lady offered to pay for my items, but I said no thank you and called my credit card company up right away.

Melaleuca had charged $34.98 or some amount to my credit card. I put a dispute on it and called up Melaleuca the following business day. They told me it was in the contract. I said 'OHNO!' I asked that question before hand. They then told me that if I would had read the contract it states it in there. Well see the only thing though, is that you give all your credit card information over the phone to the lead person. You don't actually see the contract.

It's just a big scam. I never bought any of their products because I told them that, I was in the middle of moving, and had NO extra money. So I could afford the $1.00 set up fee but not $34.98 or whatever the amount was a month.

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