Colon xR Review
by Jesse M ~ April 10th, 2009. Filed under: Fat Loss.
Colon xR, as a product, is much like many other colon cleansing products on the market (despite their claims that it is a “new” and “advanced” formula. Colon xR, as a company on the other hand, appears to only be like the other scam artists in the marketplace. This Colon xR review will try to give you quick look at what you can expect when buying from Colon xR.
As already mentioned, Colon xR claims that they have some advanced formula in their colon cleansing product. But the supplement facts revealed a rather ordinary combination of high fiber-based ingredients. Don’t get me wrong, the ingredient profile looked good and is likely to be effective, but it’s certainly nothing like what Colon xR makes you try to think it is.
The rest of this review will be centered on the company behind Colon xR (SFL Nutrition, LLC) because I’ve found a number of things that should be cause for concern for some people. Naturally, I went to the Better Business Bureau to see what they had to say. They gave them an F rating. SFL Nutrition had a total of 3,003 complaints that went unanswered (out of only 3,502). The fact that the vast majority of the complaints filed with the BBB against the company weren’t even answered is a huge red flag. Obviously, there’s something fishy going on. The next section is a likely explanation of why we are seeing such results.
As is common with many of the scams on the internet, Colon xR offers you only one way to buy their product: through a free trial offer. Having seen other fishy free trials, I looked in the terms and conditions and quickly found that Colon xR uses their free trial offer to rope you into an autoship program in which they charge your credit card each month as they mail you new monthly shipments of the product. You have a short 15 days to call and cancel this program before you will start seeing charges of $78.84 pop up. Unfortunately, most people wont read the fine print and will be completely surprised by these unforeseen charges.
According to some of the online complaint boards, it also appears that consumers who have tried to contact Colon xR to either cancel the program or to resolve issues with the charges (because they didn’t realize they agreed to the autoship) have had a pretty hard time even getting a hold of anyone at the company. The BBB’s record of unanswered complaints seems to back up these claims.
In conclusion, Colon xR is scam. The product itself seems decent and is likely to do it’s job. But the shady marketing and sales tactics used by the company is downright shameful. They lure you in with an autoship, make it difficult for you to cancel, and start charging your card to their hearts content. My suggestion? Avoid all the trouble and go with a different colon cleanser.