Thursday, August 25, 2005

Modern-day snake oil salesman

The gullibitly of the masses never ceases to amaze me. Currently at the top of The New Times Bestseller list for Hardcover Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous is Kevin Trudeau's book, Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You To Know About" Now some of you who don't stay up late, late at night might not recognize the name & face of Kevin Trudeau. This is the guy who was hawking his mega-memory or coral calcium products on TV, with informercials that were set-up to look like late night talk shows with Letterman or Larry King style sets. His coral calcium products were such a total fraud that last year the FTC actually banned the man from doing Informericials anymore. The details of that action can be found here. I mean this guy was claiming coral calcium was a cure or treatment for cancer. The guy was trying to con cancer patients, that's pretty low.



Now he's back again, his new book is supposedly full of the natural cures and remedies that the government, pharmaceutical, & medical industry don't want you to know about. I guess because "they" have it in their best interest to keep the general public as sick as possible. Mr. Trudeau, who has no medical background by the way, is here to save the day. This self-described consumer advocate is here to give you the truth for the right price, and by the way check out his pay website for the real skinny. Judging from the numerous 1 star ratings and angry reviews from people who bought the book on Amazon.com, Kevin has another "great" product on this hands.



Despite his documented background of selling fraudulent products, this book has consistently been a hot seller this summer. Come on people and open your eyes! I understand wanting some sort of hope for new solutions to your problems or alternative cures, but this guy has demonstrated he's not looking out for you. He's doing what he can to shake out at least $30 from your pocket. Thirty dollars that could be used for something much more beneficial for your situation I'm sure.



I hate seeing people taking advantage of, that's what this man is really doing with this book. He's preying on peoples desires for answers, cures and hope. It's just underhanded and I wish people could see him & and his products for what they are BEFORE they go for their wallets.



I'm not providing any links to Mr. Trudeau's books or his website. I'm not going to feed his machine by spreading those links around. If you want to find him just use a search engine. If you do want to buy the book, find it used so at least you aren't putting anymore money in his pockets and you'll have saved yourself a few bucks.

1 Comments:

Blogger CurvyDiva said...

If memory serves me correctly - he was a spokeman for Atkins at one point. Now, coral calcium has been proven to be good for you and used in other treatments - can probably be helpful for cancer patients.

That being said - its people like these that scare me. My parents are very trusting and have been pulled into more than one scheme. I have seen them spend thousands on promises of wealth and health - only to be taken by these kinds of people.

Fri Aug 26, 08:09:00 AM EST  

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