A free bottle of a supplement for control of blood sugar in diabetics (GlucoBalanceMD) was offered. On Sept. 4, I ordered this "free" bottle for the cost of $4.95 shipping and handling. After receiving this free bottle, in less than 5 days, two more bottles came in. No papers were included in either package.

Upon checking my credit card account balance, with a transaction date of Sept. 4 and a post date of Sept. 8, I found a charge of $88.85. I filed a dispute with my credit card company and they are in the process of investigating.

Upon calling the phone number on the bottle, I was told that I had 14 days under the terms and conditions sent within the package (I received no papers at all within) to decide if I wanted to keep the extra bottles or I will be charged. This phone call - whether it was related to my conversation or not - was held with a lot of snickering going on in the background (not much of a professional image, is it?)

As the sample bottle contained 45 capsules, I wasn't even near trying out the product for effectiveness but was sent the new 2 bottles within less than a week of receiving the sample and subsequently billed $39.95 per bottle plus $8.95 shipping and handling.

Had I not checked my credit card account, I would have been - and was - completely unaware of these supposed "terms and conditions". If there are "terms or conditions" attached to any offer, I always read them.

On my fixed income, this amounts to a week's worth of groceries and is an extra hardship. Avoid anything that mentions the words "free sample". You are not made aware of any "terms or conditions", no notifications on the website or in the packages, treated as a buffoon on the phone and they will claim its your fault!