I have posted some tips for recognizing and avoiding wobos on WeWobo.com.
*Wobo is just a word I made up to call those businesses who aren’t honest with the customers.
Tips: Why the Strange Prices?
Have you ever notice that many Wobos come with strange prices? They charge $78.24 or $23.18 instead of $100 or $49.99.
We think that’s actually by design.
Some of these Wobos may have monthly charges. By making their price appear random, they are hoping that it would stay buried among with all the other charges on your credit card statement, and thus stay hidden for as long as they could.
Tips: The $1.99 Shipping Costs
Ever wonder why all the Wobos have a small shipping cost attached to their “free” trial?
It’s simple really. The first $1.99 is used to get your credit card number into their database so they can start charging you based on their hidden policies.
Tips: The Myth Behind “Free” Trial Period
Many Wobos entice you with a FREE trial period. They usually ask you to pay a small shipping fee, and claim that it’s “risk free” or “100% money back guarantee”.
But if you carefully read the “Terms and Conditions” page (usually located at the very bottom of their long web pages and in very tiny fonts) like we normally do, you would find that these “Free” Trial programs have the following symptoms:
1) They usually come in short period of time, 7 or 14 days.
2) They usually start on the day of your order, instead of the day when you receive your shipment.
3) The shipments surprisingly come with 1 month of the actual product.
4) You won’t get any refund back except the small shipping fee.
Our problem with this approach is that if these Wobos are so confident about their product and really want to “guarantee” your satisfaction, they would a) give you more time to actually try the product, and b) wait for you to decide whether or not the product works for you before sending out the first shipment.
More tips could be found here.
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