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ALERT BUYING ARBONNE ON EBAY! NEW? OLD? USED? TAMPERED?

by: mademeover!( 2305Feedback score is 1000 to 4,999) Top 10000 Reviewer
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There is a lot of Arbonne being sold on Ebay and you must be a cautious consumer. While the prices seem too good to be true, you need to consider that you may be buying some very old inventory, or worst yet, inventory that has been stored in someone's filthy garage, basement, attic, or backyard shed.  I heard of one Mary Kay Consultant who had over $10,000 of old inventory stacked from the floor to the ceiling in her garage for 3 years. Ick.

The products could have also been tampered with.  That happened to me and the product smelled very bad. I contacted the company who made the product and mailed the jar to them so they could investigate further. Not only had "Vaseline" been added to the cream, the company was able to track down the age of the product by the code it had on the jar. It was 8 years old. Gross!

Before Arbonne products are offered for sale, they are sitting at the Arbonne factory before a consultant purchases inventory to sell to their customers. If someone is selling 2 or 3 year old Arbonne products on Ebay, they could actually be 4 or 5 years old taking into consideration that they sat at the Arbonne factory first before being bought by a Consulant.

Have you ever bought a food item at the grocery store, came home and checked the expiration date only to find it should have been removed from the shelf months before? Thats enough to make anyone gag. If anyone tells you that a skin care product has a 3 year shelf life and its OK to use, run.  The chemical components change within the product in months. Especially products that contain natural and organic ingredients. They should be kept in a very cool place like a refrigerator to prevent spoilage.

There are some people out there who will do anything to make money even if that means tampering with or selling products that had been stored in someones filthy garage for years.  They will add water, other lotions, just about anything to "fill up" the bottles.  I bought some Aloette body lotion off Ebay and it actually ran out of the tube like soup. Since I used to sell Aloette, I knew their body lotion was thick and creamy and when I called the Ebay seller on it, she got MAD at me. Since you can't see through many of the bottles (to include mascara, eye liner, lipstick, etc), you don't know if they are "full" or not. They could have been used by someone else, or was a "tester" and then listed as NEW. Think about it this way.... would you dip your finger into the same jar of facial cream "after" a person had just gone to the bathroom and not washed their hands? Thats how Hepatitis is spread.  Would you apply lipstick that had just been used by someone who had cold sores on her lips? How about applying mascara or eyeliner that had been used by someone who had an eye infection? I could go on but everyone gets my drift.

Some skin care products are often found at flea markets and bought by resalers who move them on Ebay. Those products could have changed hands more than a  few times.

I am a Degreed  Board -Certified and Licensed Aesthetician and sell brand new Arbonne "samples" so my customers can not only save from 75%-85% on the Retail Price of the full sized products, they can try them out first to see if the product agrees with their skin.

You are getting BRAND NEW inventory ordered direct from the factory within a week and unpacked out of the box by ME and sent directly to you within DAYS. Once you have purchased an item from me, you automatically become my VIP customer and will always receive FREE SHIPPING on any future purchases.  Read my feedback and you will see why I am an Ebay Power Seller. I have a huge following of repeat customers who buy other products from me, as well.  Although we are not doing business face to face, the only person you will ever deal with is ME. 

I have been selling skin care, hair care, and beauty products for years and if a product hasn't moved within 6 months, its removed from the shelf, written off, and thrown out.  I have a Medical Assisting Degree and worked in the field of Plastic Surgery and Dermatology.  We checked expiration dates on every item in the office each month - to include bandages. If the bandages were set to expire- they were tossed.

Please email me if you have any questions on skin care! I do NOT sell full sized Arbonne products.  If that is what you want, I highly recommend that you buy direct off the internet from an Arbonne Consultant's Website. You just place your order and Arbonne mails your items to you. There is NO discount if you do it that way, though.  I also sell SALON and SPA quality hair care products, skin care and makeup.


Guide ID: 10000000006824058Guide created: 04/24/08 (updated 11/17/09)

 
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