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Warning on fake chocolate covered strawberries |
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Cheap Chocolate Strawberries? Not really: They don't use chocolate & it's never that price when you are done.
Their customers are saying those companies have racked up HUNDREDS in unauthorized credit card charges.
Do a google seach on "Easy Saver Scam" and see what their customers say.
Shout it from the rooftop
Tell a friend, tell your local DA, why has this scam been allowed to continue?
Why have the credit card companies allowed them to continue?
Short version:
How to avoid the most common scams in the chocolate strawberry industry.
- Avoid sites with �Free Shipping� offers
- Avoid sites that use the word �swizzle�
- Avoid sites that offer �Free Magazines�
- Question sites without online ingredients lists
- Avoid sites with �flavored� instead of "cocoa butter" in an ingredients list
- Question when they only describe part of the product (list dark chocolate only)
Long Version:
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THEM
We�re sorry to hear that a group of companies are running ads for cheap chocolate covered strawberries, it's not true: they don�t actually use chocolate
We�ve also seen them run other ads in this context, the actual text and dollar amount of the ads will change from time to time.
That�s like advertising steak and delivering tainted tacos.
They dip thier strawberries using a substance without cocoa butter: it�s not allowed to be labeled as Milk Chocolate, White Chocolate or Dark Chocolate.
Chances are that if you ran a search for the term �chocolate covered strawberries� you saw three or more of the mega-conglomerates ads. (Different company names but all owned by the same parent company.)
What you should expect from them: (NOT US)
- Fake vegetable oil dip instead of cocoa butter based milk, white or dark chocolate.
- Questionable ethics as exampled by the "Free Shipping Offer" that resulted in the "easy saver scam" (read their customers Class action lawsuit information )
- Spammy signups for �Free magazines� & and other pay to renew/use subscription offers.
- Extra fees for �Care & Handling� at checkout.
We could list more... but what more do you need? Their product is not chocolate and that price is not really cheap: it could could cost you hundreds. |
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CCBerries
- We use true gourmet chocolate, yes true Milk Chocolate, White Chocolate and Dark Chocolate, just as you would expect from a gourmet gift.
- Never share your credit card number with anyone
- We don't try to sell you subscriptions for magazines
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We use real chocolate, and will never given customers credit card information to a third party...
We are a tiny company and just can�t afford a national ad campaign to expose every anti-competitive and deceptive practice or ad we�ve seen from this group of ethically challenged companies.
You can help stamp out �Fake Chocolate� and other deceptive practices in the gift industry by telling your friends about this page. (and if you could place a really big order or two with us that would be great).
We list some of the companies using fake chocolate here.
So why does a company that is so big need to do this?
Who are they?
More information:
http://www.libertymedia.com/asset-list.aspx
http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/DTV/1149756386x0x366389/503E5983-A3B8-4210-BFEA-FD0B5B1B54A0/DTV2009ARWeb.pdf
The Board of Directiors http://www.libertymedia.com/corporate-governance-board-of-directors.aspx
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