 Caracol Cream Review: All the old tricks in a new package.
There are so many wrinkle creams for sale right now, that it is a little mind-boggling. Most companies know this and in order to make their product more appealing, they use a few sneaky tricks. The people that make Caracol cream just went ahead and used all of them. That means that their product is either REALLY good; or it sucks and they need to pull out all of the stops just to sell it.
Well, I have done my research and I am pretty sure that Caracol Cream falls into the second category.
It just plain is not that great of a buy and I will take a minute to explain why:
They claim to be the #1 ranked anti-aging product for 2008. Who gave them this ranking? Beats me, but I know that just about every other product I have looked at has said the same thing. These people just need to stop with these lies.
There is absolutely no Clinical data or trial to back up the claims made by the Caracol Cream people. They claim to have countless doctors and scientists that support their product. Well if so, where are the data? I got my degree in Biology and I know that you can only rely on claims like these when you can see the data, and it is nowhere to be found.
The "Free trial". This part is just plain funny; the people from Caracol Cream are offering a free trial to the people that “qualify” for it. Guess what, I tired to get the free trial about ten different times on ten different computers in the local library and miraculously, I qualified every single time! Basically what they are doing is pressuring you to order their product by making you think that you are lucky enough to qualify for the free trial. Don’t buy into this trick; everyone is qualified to get the “free” trial, everyone with a credit card at least. Of course, when you get our free trial you are placed onto the “preferred customer reservation list” or in other words, an autoship program that you did not want. Shady, shady, shady.
Bogus before and afters. Here is an example of a before and after that is ridiculous:
Can you see any difference in her wrinkles? I cant, I just see a woman that is wearing glasses, and frowning in one picture and not wearing glasses and smiling in the other picture. Do people really fall for this? I sure hope not.
Caracol Cream Ingredients
The special ingredient in Caracol Cream is from a rare snail that is only found in the Chilean Andes. As far as I can see, there just has not been enough research on this ingredient to determine if it is really safe or not. Only one laboratory has done any research and that is not enough. I do not trust my skin to anything and the thought of rubbing mystery snail juice all over my face is a little disconcerting.
I would not buy Caracol Cream. They seem a little too focused on using tricks to get you to buy their product and they should worry more about the actual quality of the cream.
If you want to try a wrinkle product that is effective and backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee, try one of the products listed below!
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I bought a "free" 14 day trial, they sent me an already used product from another customer, the box, and jar of cream had already been used. I tried to contact the company but failed to get anyone. All numbers are either disconnected, or they do not exsist. They did however charge my credit card, before the "14 day trail" was even up. (I called my cc company and got my $ back though!)
I will post this to any potential future customers of Caracol Cream.
I wish I had seen this review before Caracol Cream got their monetary thieving claws in me!
After they sent me a HALF-USED jar of Caracol Cream with the "safety seal" already broken and appeared to have been opened and re-opened several times. The label on the jar was scratched off in many places too. It would have been easy to refill this jar with another cream and put back in the origional box for re-sale. I attempted to notify the company of my discontentedness. I was unable to contact anyone! I tried the e mail address they provided me to notify them of my returning the product, and it does not exsist. At least Barbara was able to contact someone. Please beware of this company, you are wasting your money. I would also like to add that CARACOL CREAM HAD CHARGED MY CC ACCOUNT BEFORE THE 14 DAY TRIAL PERIOD WAS ACTUALLY UP. It was a long drawn out process but I managed to get my money back. They have attempted to charge my account several times after this incident, I assum because I never contacted them to cancel my "locked in, low price contract". If I had a way to contact them, believe me, I would have!!! I have, and will continue, turning this company in, they are very dishonest. signed, A CUSTOMER WHO HAS A FREE JAR OF USED C--P!
Posted: 2008-07-16 by Chris [send email]
Scam and Fraud
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Company information:
Caracol Cream
Louisiana
United States
caracol-cream.com
Caracol cream is a fraud and a scam.
If you go to the Caracol Cream website www.caracol-cream.com,
you are greeted by a fictitious character "Pam Estel" who is the website claims is a "Dermatology Expert and Anti-Aging Guru." But upon researching this lady, I discover she does not exist. The only place I can find her is on the Caracol cream website. If she truly were a dermatology expert or anti-aging guru, there would be a plethora of information based on her dermatological knowledge, but there is nothing else out there on her except this website. She is obviously a model of a middle age who was hired for this purpose.
And whenever you visit this website, it will say that they have a special offer that will end at "11:59 pm (today's date)." No matter what day you visit, THAT day is the day the offer will end, or else you will supposedly miss out on the great deal. Also, there is a number of 644 free trials that pops up on one of the screens that rapidly decreases. this is the number of free trials vanishing, so you'd better hurry! This is a ploy to get the consumer to feel pressure to purchase quickly before they lose the "deal, " not giving the consumer enough time to research. But when you hit "refresh" button, the number goes back up to 644 and counts down again.
If you try to close out, a "live chat" agent appears. This is not a live person but a computer giving spiels. When you ask if it is a live person, they actually have it programmed to answer "I am a live virtual agent. :)"
However, they never answer any real questions, i just get the same paragraphs sent to me, asking me to not lose out on the offer, etc. But when i type in "live person" the same response "I am a live virtual agent. :)"appears over and over. They have their site programmed to respond this way to buzz words of "live" and "person."
If you attempt to research information on Caracol cream, they have a clever new "organization" they created to lead unsuspecting customers back to them. The Caracol cream group has created a commercial website for the fictitious "American Anti-Aging Association." This group claims to be a "non profit organization" for the consumer, yet their website suspiciously ends in .com, which is a flat giveaway that this is a commercial website. (the .com stands for "commercial.)
A real organization will end in .org This fake website is clever in that it mimics the true organization of the real American Aging Association. The real group organization website is .www.americanaging.org
The fake website is http://www.americanantiagingassociation.com
The fake website is rather humorous. If you click on the link, it features a building that obviously has typed text superimposed on the building that says "American Anti-Aging Association."
On this website, there are also errors in grammar, syntax and punctuation in addition to use of colloquialisms, which is a hallmark of scammers. Furthermore, if you go to their "history" section, they actually misspelled the word "history" to "histroy." Such blatant errors should be a red flag to any consumer. Legitimate websites hire editors to ensure professional quality of their sites.
They also boast that they have a Dr. Yangoff who has been a "highly respected and decorated dermatologist" on their team for 30 years. However, notice they do not bother to mention a first name of this "doctor." And upon searching for this Dr. Yangoff, you can not find ANY information on him/her. The only information you can pull up about this character is on this website.
If there is a Dr. Yangoff who is that highly respected and decorated for over 30 years, his/her name would appear in many publications and have many references and citations, and not be only on a counterfeit "AmericanAntiAging Association" website.
Additionally, this website says their studies are "highly regarded for years" but they offer no panels who have stated this information.
Bottom Line: The "American Anti-aging Association" is merely a made-up commercial website linked to Caracol cream to mislead the unsuspecting buyer back to the Caracol site, and is not a legitimate organization. Caracol cream is an unethical site, not only for creating a fictitious "organization" to make unsubstantiated claims, but also for creating fictitious characters such as "Dr. Yangoff" and "Pam Estel" who also make uncorroborated assertions. Buyer Beware…