Thursday

White Teeth Scam: Clean Whites


I found this one on another fake news site, Consumer Tips Weekly.

The subject to the story was how to deal with the recession. One tip was to use free samples of teeth whitening products rather than go to the dentist. Allegedly, one could save by only using free samples and paying for shipping and handling.

The only problem is, both products reviewed, Dazzle and Clean Whites, are actually membership sales which means that "free sample" signs the buyer up for continuing shipments which are far from free.

The ad has the usual story about the woman with dirty, brown teeth who could not afford professional teeth whitening. As always, she learns about a way to use coupon codes online to get free samples.

The two "free" products have to be used together, or they are not affective. What this does is trap the buyer into two membership programs with high monthly fees. In this case the buyer is advised to click on the Dazzle White and Clean White links, use the provided coupon codes and get their "free samples" and pay only shipping and handling.

I clicked in the Clean Whites link as I am already familiar with the Dazzle White sales pitch. The sign up page asked buyers to sign up for their free 14 day trial. However, if you check out the Terms and Conditions hidden at the very bottom of the page in small print, you can see the real cost of Clean Whites.

15 days from your free trial purchase date and every 30 days thereafter you will be sent another fresh 30 day supply of Vibrant Whitening

the form of payment that you used to order the trial will be billed the Member's Only price of $79.99 plus $8.99 shipping and handling for a total of $88.97 for the monthly value-shipment package.

The trial offer is designed to display the quality and effectiveness of the AxisWellnessPortal.com website

If you enjoy the website do nothing and 15 days from your free trial purchase date and every 30 days thereafter you will be billed $9.99.

To cancel the Clean Whites membership -
To avoid being charged you must cancel before your 15 day trial period is over. You may cancel your Value Autoship Program by calling 1(888) 264-5497

To cancel the AxisWellnessPortal -
You may cancel your membership to AxisWellnessPortal.com by calling 1(888) 822-4806

Clean Whites is very expensive if you use the free trial and fail to cancel within the trail period. Also, including the Axis portal is not what the buyer thought there were getting. This also requires buyers to cancel out of two memberships when they thought they were only receiving some free trial products.

If you can afford it, good for you. If you were thinking about buying it, now you know the whole cost.