Of late, I have seen increasing posts on people promoting the product El Marino Blanc by Elken. sooo much that it seemed like the Bioslim product have lost its market on Facebook. (Note: i am not affiliated with Bioslim products or it's company, Unicity)
Well, I have stopped consuming El Marino for quite a while now, my last consumption was in Mid July i guess. I thought I should just let my mother consume the remaining boxes and satchets of the El Marino Blanc since she needs it more than me (collagen helps with the joints), whilst I am just consuming it for my own beauty needs.
Perhaps out of the many testimonials of El Marino Blanc online, I am the only one providing negative feedback on the product. It's not that i have not tried the product long enough, but i thought, if the product works so fast but it doesn't last long, then i may just as well stop consuming the product once and for all. Yes, my face showed signs of improvement when it stopped being so ridiculously oily and breakouts aren't as often, but after awhile, my face starts to be oily again even after consuming the product religiously.
And as for my mother, nothing much as really improved for her legs. She still feels pain in her legs when she walks, which is a sign for concern for me though.
Right now, you may be wondering, why are people suddenly promoting and hardselling the product? It's because of the incentives that is in store for them when they manage to get people to buy the product. What is it called? MLM? Network marketing?
Well my friend, MLM/network marketing sure is a lucrative market to break through for you to get rich quick. But do you seriously think it is easy to achieve what those "big shots"achieved? I first thought it was easy to get customers to purchase the products but i was sooo wrong. I let out my troubles on how i couldn't get a sale under me, and all i got was "you should try your parents, friends, relatives". I know my relatives just so damn well and i know that they aren't financially capable of getting such stuffs. In other words, my family is just not so well off. And what do i get? "don't judge them".
oh hello? since you told me to judge me, why then, are there still stories of people living in poverty and still needing financial help from the government? since it seems sooo easy for you, why then, do you not personally find these people and lure them into the MLM business since it will be just right for them to earn extra income that will put them out of poverty?
The answer is simple, isn't it? that group of people can't afford to fork out the money that is needed to fund your commission.
As time passes by, i feel that the MLM network is just filled with individuals who are greedy and selfish. they are pushing for the people below them to "meet the target meet the target" so that the downlines can "bring extra money home for their family". But the irony? these "atas" people also earn commission!
different people live by different set of principles. well to be honest i am not one who will hard sell or make people buy (they call it sharing) by claiming this product has this and that and it's good for this and that.
even if the product really works, it's really costly to maintain. one box contains 30 satchets, which is to be consumed 4 daily (2 morning and 2 at night). one box will barely last you for a month! and mind you, a box of 30 satchets costs $113 RETAIL PRICE. it will be a costly supplement to maintain.
i'm sorry. i'm leaving the networking industry. it's just not for me. i hate people asking me to sacrifice work (are you fucking kidding me?) to attend seminars, and then saying if i don't sacrifice, i don't make the effort to make my life and my family's life easier. different strokes for different folks baby.
it's okay. even though my basic salary is barely $1.7k, i guess i'm happier living my life paycheck to paycheck.
not forgetting, i still have my sideline business on facebook. i prefer to do direct selling. promoting products that are already known at cheaper than retail prices. promoting health products that increases the well being of the female reproductive organs at much cheaper than what i used to do under this networking shit.
When I do things, I do not only think of myself. I also think of the people who are going to be my prospective customer. Because i truly understand the need for people to save while they shop, thus i don't really wish to sell my items at such exuberant prices.
Well it is up to the individuals to be promoting El Marino or otherwise. I am not providing negative feedback just because i couldn't find anyone to buy it from me, neither am I providing negative feedback because I am not the lucky ones who manage to seal deals of 10-20 sets of El Marino Blanc, my feedback is entirely based on what me and my mother experience after consumption of a total of 11 boxes of El Marino Blanc over a period of 2 months.
The fuck thing?
Paying for this product BY INSTALLMENTS over 3 bloody months, but even when the installment have not been fully paid, the product is already finished.
This is sooooo frustrating i can't even.
Hi there. I've just gone to a presentation by some Elken reps 2 days ago. From what i gathered, in order to join in this so called business opportunity, i have to firstly purchase 2 sets of 8boxes of el marino blanc. They justified it by saying i have to personally try it out to verify its effectiveness before convincing others to buy it.
ReplyDeleteSo the price in total for those 2 sets is about $1.5k and they told me not to worry they have giro and credit card installment plans ready.
Told them i would think about it and they were gracious enough to let me go without the hardselling tactics. I went home and analysed their price to a similar product i found in GNC.
It seems that Elken is selling that collagen drink at 225grams (30sachets) for $96. Compare that to GNC which is selling at 400grams at $100. The difference is 18cents/gram and it is equivalent to Elken being more expensive than GNC by 72%...and the fact that i know that GNC already marks up its price by 50-100% higher than online shops makes it even harder for me to swallow the price that I need to fork out for Elken.
For me to recommend such an obscenely overpriced product to my friends and relatives is a disgrace.
Hi aizac. thanks for the feedback and the extra info on other collagen supplements other than EMB by Elken. I am glad that someone else realizes this fact that EMB is overly overpriced and we are tricked into "trying the products first at our own expense, discover it's miracle only then we would be able to promote the product to our relatives and friends".
Deleteanyway, to join elken you need not buy sets of EMB. all you need is $36 to be their member. I guess you've been gravely misled by those who are greedy for the commission. Do you know that when you buy 2 sets from Elken (with your name directly under them), they benefit from the commission? That's how MLM works (if you don't already know).
Sheesh~ everyone is getting greedy for money.
I got drink el marino for 5 days already they say this drink can make me fresh but why from start i drink this I fill so tired n sleppy??
ReplyDeletePeopple say when u drink el marino u fill like very fresh n so energytik but why I'm very sleepy n tired ?? Pls answer my question coz I need to know why coz I need to think want to order another box or not.
ReplyDeleteHi enni.
DeletePersonally I get tired easily and always feel lethargic, most probably it is due to insufficient sleep and irregular sleeping patterns (because I'm working shift). I don't experience any changes to how i felt when i took El Marino, as i was also like you, i feel tired each morning and i still find it hard to wake up in the morning.
May i know what purpose did you buy the El Marino for? because if you're wanting to feel refreshed i'm sure the remedy will be enough rest as your lifestyle is important as to how your body reacts to any supplement that you're consumingg. and as for looks wise, all i can recommend is to not waste your money as there are better and cheaper alternatives. (:
i hope i managed to clear your doubts. (:
Hi..I happened to chance upon your blog while searching more about EMB.
ReplyDeleteSimilarly, there are many posts everywhere in FB about EMB. Some of my friends, colleagues that have consume EMB, did not show any positive results. In fact, their face got worst...of course they did not finished up the remaining box..
And i heard their follow up is bottom line..even after my cousin complain to this person who sold it to her, she replied very late and keep saying that this is normal for impurities to surface while drinking..in order to see very good results, she finished up all the 10 boxes..
however, she did not..she went down to CASE and HSA to lodge a complaint about this as ELKEN did not even replied to her emails...
wow... that's very serious....
Deletei consumed EMB back when it wasn't the raved much about on FB. thus before consuming EMB, i only managed to read all the positive reviews on EMB, nothing much about pros & cons of EMB. it's really amazing how in such a short span of a few months, there were soooo many negative reviews on EMB.
do update me on how HSA & CASE follow up with her complains yaa?
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siyesly u r damn right!!!thanks for putting some thought in this article..at least u save me from buying this damn expensive product of elken :) tq again
ReplyDeleteno worries. you're welcome ((:
DeleteHi all.. My first time reading negative feedback about emb. Wow.. Well, I was told that before you consume EMB, you should first of all detox your body by taking the lactose-s for three days. (When you join as an Elken Member, the Lactose-S comes with the starter kit). If will make your body "accept" emb or any elken product much effectively.
ReplyDeleteWell, i haven't tried emb yet. Still on my 1st day of taking the lactose-s. So let's hope what I was told is right. Or else.....
Finally! A genuine feedback about EMB. All I've heard about were positive comments. Sounded too good to be true, but my curiosity got the best of me. My friend managed to sell me 2 boxes at "her member price". Initially, I noticed that my face was less oily. But in my 2nd week, my face suffered from more breakouts (and bigger pimples than before!). My friend said it might be a detox process, and wanted me to get 2 more boxes. She even doubted me as I was the only one among her circle of friends who had undesirable result. Thankfully I chanced upon your blog. Made me stand my ground on not purchasing anymore! Thanks for your honest blog entry!
ReplyDeleteDetox the TOXIN in your whole body as the first step before taking any product include emb. That toxin in ur whole body/stomach has blocking the cell. Than the nutrition will not react firmly. So takes lactose-s,detox b4 talk! The pimples grow bigger bcoz of the toxin rejecting the nutrition in emb! Im obeying the detox step n drink the magic drink_emb_ anddd im telling u... ITS WORKING!
ReplyDeleteDrink K Colly or Aurawhite!:) it works better than elmarino blanc! go google it. much cheaper too
DeleteYes detox is the first step that you must start with. Continuous 6 days of drinking Lactose-S before you sleep with an empty stomach. Main purpose is to detox your colon. For some, you may experience symptoms like diarrhoea which is actually healing crisis and are signs of recovery. I personally tried for 6 days. I used to clear my bowel once every 2 - 3 days. After doing detox and taking Elken Spirulina daily, now i clear my bowel daily.
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