I held nothing back in exposing the rampant Acai Berry weight loss marketing scams, now in this post let’s take a real good look at acai berry itself and examine what it is and what not.

I’ll also talk about how NOT to be a victim of the marketing scams while buying acai berry products.

After all,  it is not the damn berry itself that’s to blame, it is the way it’s being promoted by unscrupulous marketers:

• As a weight loss miracle pill

• Using a  “Bait Offer” (the “free trial”) to get your credit card info and your authorization to charge you monthly

Ironically, one of the reasons that these “miracle claims” and scammy ads are still everywhere, is the fact that acai berries DO have some tremendous REAL health benefits that have long been established way before it is marketed as a “weight loss miracle”.

As a matter of fact, back in 2007, CNNMoney.com ran a story titled “Sumner Redstone’s Anti-Aging Secret“, telling how the then 84-year-old Sumner Redstone (the media mogul who controls Viacom and CBS) would give out bottles of acai berry juice to the likes of Bill Clinton, claiming that acai berry juice has made him feel better than ever. “Just about every friend I have is on it”, he would claim, “I know I look a lot younger than I am. I feel like I’m 40 years old”.

Oddly enough though, despite all that, acai berry was not marketed as a longevity supplement, it remained mostly unknown.

Until 2008, Oprah Winfrey chimed in on the health benefits of Acai berry…

But let’s be very clear though, Oprah NEVER said anything about “acai berry=weight loss”, or anything along that line…

So What Are The Real Benefits Of Acai Berry?

The Most Obvious and Immediate Benefits of Acai Berry

Energy boost.

This is probably the most obvious and immediate effect users may experience after taking authentic and quality acai berry capsules or juice.

However, it should NOT be construed as a fast weight loss supplement, as many marketers would have you believe.

It WON’T miraculously

“flush out” your excess pounds or

“burn away” your fat

After all, you’ve spent years building up those “excess pounds” or fat (didn’t you?).

One thing is for sure, you won’t benefit from any of those short run “free trials”, or any “hit & run” style or pattern of consumptions. If “fast weight loss” is what you are looking for, you will be totally disappointed.

What We Do Know About Acai Berry so far

1. It is a powerful natural energy booster.

It seems to work by “rejuvenating” your body from within, thus giving you a healthy, even and lasting energy boost on a daily basis, unlike other short-term “artificial” energy boosters (think Redbull or the likes) that actually harm your body by giving you short lived energy “highs”, only to have it crashing down to lower “lows”.

2. It is high in antioxidants and the easiest for human body to absorb.

In another word, not only acai berry has very high antioxidant contents, but it is also the easiest antioxidant content that human body can fully absorb.

Many other foods also have high antioxidant contents, such as red beans, wild blue berries, etc. But only those from acai berries can be easily absorbed by human body.

3. Acai berry can be more helpful than any other foods in the prevention of, in no small part due to its high and easily absorbable antioxidants, diseases caused by oxidative stress such as heart disease, cancer, etc.

4. It can “interfere” (positively) with aging process and the disease process.

It’s not the “fountain of youth” by any stretch of imgination, but the rich and easily absorbable antioxidants is extremely important in neutralizing the build up of free radicals in our body as we age, thus “repairs” and “lessens” aging related common symptoms.

5. Other NATURAL goodies that acai berry can give us

Rich in healthy fats, like the all essential Omega-3, 6 and 9, all helpful in the prevention of heart and liver diseases.

Rich in amino acids and protein. Protein is of vital importance to muscle growth, while muscle is an important regulator of metabolism.

Rich in natural minerals, vitamins and fibre.

6. It has no side effects (if taken normally)

Should You Buy Acai Berry Products?

That depends on how and what do you want to use it for.

Obviously you should consider quality and authentic acai berry products as part of your “self-investment” toward your own overall well being.

But if you’re thinking of “fast weight loss”, don’t bother, you will be disappointed and frustrated.

Here are some pointers:

1. Think of acai berry as a health supplement that contributes to your overall well being, or supports your living a healthy and active life style.

2. Use it as a “jump starter”. Take advantage of Acai Berry’s energy boosting nature,  use it to help you get started with your already planned weight loss programs, or whatever physical activities that you’ve always wanted to take part in, but didn’t due to lack of energies.

If you have a well-planned weight loss program that combines healthy dieting and physical training, then using acai berry to jump start your “full blown” weight loss program will give you the best results.

3. Use it in “stages”.

Forget the “free trial”, just get a 3-month supply, pay it in full, so that you don’t have to worry about the monthly billing thing.

After the 3 months, stop and evaluate your progress. You should be feeling great by now.

Where to Buy Quality Authentic Acai Berry Products Without Being Ripped Off?

A very honest and reputable company where you can buy the best Acai Berry capsules without any hassels or worries that you’ll be scammed is a company called Perfect Supplements. Not only they are very customer care oriented, but they have some incredibly good acai berry products. They offer a straight forward deal, and you won’t be scammed by them.

Not only their acai berry products are of high quality and authentic, they are not one of those unscrupulous, “flight by night” marketers who would go out of the way to defraud consumers.

As long as you are not seeking a “fast weight loss” magic pill, you will be very happy with what these little acai berries can do for you. Just make sure you buy it from a reputable source.

Brazilian acai berries

Another Day Another Victim

Today I heard from my mom that one of her friends just bought into one of those Acai Berry “free trial” offers.

Everywhere you look, you see these “Free Trial” offers all over the place. “All you need to pay is shipping and handling”, they all say. And they all have Oprah or Rachel Ray’s name as well as some big name media logos plastered all over their pitch page, as if they are being endorsed by all the parties.

On top of that, you have these fake “dieting mom” blogs poping up everywhere, strangely resembling each other and all telling a similiar fair tale like weight loss success miracles, by using the 1-2 punch of Acai Berry plus some “Colon Cleanse” pills…

Only recently, the BBB revealed that they have recieved an alarming amounts of complaints about these “free trial” offers which promoted them to issue a nationwide consumer warning on acai berry marketing scams.

Despite all these warnings, people are still falling for it in troves.

While the biggest reason that many people fall for this kind of marketing scam is due to the fact that they are always on the quest for that one last little magic pill that’ll finally set them free from weight problems, to finally “melt” their fat away like butter in a hot plate, it’s actually not that simple.

One of the reasons for this is that many people just simply have no idea how this marketing scam works.

Here’s How The Scam Is Set Up & The Trap They’re Getting You Into

Their “formula” is very simple:

1. Lure you in with a “free trial” offer

You pay shipping and handling, thus giving out your valid credit card and authorize them to charge you per THEIR TERMS that are well hidden in fine prints.

Below is a quote from one of these fine prints (actual product name withheld):

“I understand that by ordering Acai Berry …[product name withheld], I am agreeing to receive Acai Berry … for a 14-day trial period (days of availability for actual usage could be less depending on shipping time) beginning on date of order. Three dollars and ninety five cents (non-refundable) [$3.95, see how they "hide" the dollar amounts in block of texts!] for S&P. I understand that unless I cancel by calling 801-xxx-xxxx [actual number withheld] within this 14-day period, beginning on the 15th day my credit card will automatically be charged eighty nine dollars and thirty one cents [that's $89.31 per month] for a 31 day supply of Acai Berry…. Thereafter, until and unless I cancel, my credit card will automatically be charged an additional eighty nine dollars and thirty one cents every 31 days for a new supply of Acai Berry …”

2. Make it impossible for you to cancel on time.

Don’t be fooled by the seemingly “easy” call to cancel reassurance, because when you do call to cancel, that’s when you realize things are about to get ugly.

You will very likely encounter every dirty little trick in the book designed to defeat, deter and delay your cancelation, until you are charged at least one big fat follow on charges, if not more.

• Line busy all the time.
• You are disconnected (somehow) right after you finally got through.
• Even if you do manage to get through after wasting who knows how long and how many tries, just when you are about to state your case, somehow the line is mysteriously disconnected yet again.
• Or you will be bounced around between their bogus “departments”, and somehow get disconnected in the process (how convenient!).

You may have to go through this whole aggrevation process over and over for days, usually way past the extremely short cancel deadline, and AFTER you have already been charged the first $89 or so.

In most cases, the best you can accomplish is probably only to stop the ongoing charge of $89 -$130 per month to your credit card. It is very unlikely that you will ever get back the first $89 or more that you got charged for failing to cancel before the short deadline.

3. Hit you with monthly charges left and right, even on services you have no idea about

What else are they tagging onto your credit card charges? Let’s see their fine print again:

“I would also like to take advantage of the the 21 day bonus trial to Bonus#1(PriceLimbo) for eight dollars & fifty one cents a month [that's another $8.51 per month for something you don't know anything about] thereafter, should I choose not to call and cancel Bonus#1(PriceLimbo). I also agree to the (21) day bonus trial to Bonus#2(FitFactory) for twenty-nine dollars and ninety five cents each month [that's yet another $29.95 per month for something you have no idea about]thereafter, should I choose not to cancel….” [what on earth are these charges?] For questions or to cancel, please call our Customer Support team at 1-866-xxx-xxxx M-F, 9am-9pm, EST. [this is a totally different number than the other one, the more numbers you have to call to cancel, the more likely you will miss the cancelation deadline - all designed to make sure that you WILL be charged no matter what you do!]

Wow! You see where this is going?

Here’s a quick recap, you will be hit with:

• $3.95 for the “FREE” trial bottle the day you order.
• $89.31 on the 15th day from your order date
• $38.46 ($8.51+$29.95) just 7 days thereafter.

For a total of $131.72 in a flash, and then $127.74 PER MONTH!

Many people are so frustrated by the hellish and next to impossible cancelation process in order to stop the non-stop monthly charges, they have to litereally cancel their credit cards.

What about those “rave reviews” that are popping up everywhere?

Well, it won’t take a rocket scientist to realize that those “rave reviews” by “dieting moms” pushing the scammy ‘free trial’ offers are nothing but total BOGUS.

It beats me why FTC even allows practices like these continue to defraud consumers on mass.

Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against the (I’m sure) wonderful health benefits of acai berry, or authentic acai berry products, it’s that these unscrupulous scammers taking advantage of our vulnerabilities and explore our weakness (desire to lose weight quickly) that gets on my nerves.

Let’s face it, the scammers will never go away, they will always be there, ready and willing to take your money as much as they can, and they don’t give a damn about how you feel, besides the fact that they outright lie about the “miracle” weight loss “effects” of these “pills” to begin with.

Oh, and Oprah Winfrey has nothing to do with any of these offers.

Don’t fall for it!

Better yet, spread the word, let your friends and everyone know about it!