Hydrolyze Dark Circle Cream

Okay everyone, here we go again. Back in December of 2008, I wrote a post on this blog about a product called "Hydrolize" that was supposed to get rid of dark circles under a person's eyes. I have received countless comments and e-mails regarding this product, so I think I need to update my information. The name of the product is now "Hydrolyze" I think all they did was change the spelling. I have yet to receive any positive feedback on this product. The only thing I have received is complaints about requesting the "free" trial. With regard to this product free means $6.95, or sometimes $12.95. Once you sign up for the trial, you will be billed monthly for around $69.95. It also appears that it is next to impossible to cancel your "subscription" to this product. I tried to find an address or a company name on the website, but there just isn't any contact information. I have also tried to look this product up on the Better Business Bureau website, but came up with nothing. So, my best advice regarding this product is NOT to purchase even the "free" trial. I would still like to know if  the product works, but it seems that everyone who has ordered is has been so caught up in the monthly payment scam of it, that they haven't really gotten to use the product. No matter how you spell it, Hydrolize or Hydrolyze, be very careful and do not fall into the billing trap they set for people like me who are desperate to get rid of their dark circles.

Acai Berry and Total Cleanse

Okay, so I have decided to try out the much touted Oprah Winfrey and Rachel Ray diet which requires taking acai berry supplements along with colon cleansing supplements. It always seems like these products are such a scam, and I have to say, I believe the stuff the two TV personalities are pushing is a scam. Actually, I need to correct that, I think the business practices of the Nature's Best Acai Berry supplement and Total Cleanse is a scam. When I started researching the effectiveness of acai supplements, what I ran into was a lot of offers for me to get a "free" 14-day trial of the stuff. "Free" actually means $4.99 and enrollment in a monthly $50.00 charge for the supplement whether you want or need it or not. I'm not interested in all that sort of rubbish. All I want is to try the stuff and see if it works. I know how those so-called free offers work, so I didn't fall for it. I chose to just order what I wanted from ebay. That way, if it works, great--I can get more when I need or want it. If it doesn't, I'm a fool for trying it paying one time for something that does not work. So, if you are interested in the acai berry supplement and colon cleansing supplement, my advice would be not to order it from the "free" offer websites; just order it from ebay or some other source. I am curious to see if the stuff can actually make a difference. I will keep you updated here as soon as my items arrive and I start using them.

Mystic Dunes Resort--Beware!!!

We decided to use our Mystic Dunes Resort visit this summer. We had paid $1350.00 for the use of a two bedroom condo at the resort in Kissimmee, Florida. Each time my husband called to make the arrangements and check on our reservations, he asked if we would have to attend any kind of presentation or anything that had to do with the sales of their condominiums. Each time he was told "no, you have already done that, this is just your chance to see the facility again, and buy if you want." We foolishly believed them, but you should not, if you are planning to do anything like this, please be aware that they will do anything and say anything to steal your time, wear you down, and try to wrangle a sale from you. When we got down there and tried to check in, they told us that we would have to take a "survey." I thought my husband's head was going to pop off! He was so angry and told them that he wanted to talk to a manager, but the guy they got to talk to us didn't say anything different. I calmed my husband down, and convinced him to just say we'll do whatever and then we would figure it out later. They assigned us a guide to "help us plan our activities"--hell we were there for one reason and one reason only--Disney World. We weren't interested in dinners at their club house, their market days, their karaoke nights or any other the other activities they touted. We did use the pool one day, but that was all we were interested in that had anything to do with the resort. We ended up scheduling a "meeting" with our guide on our last day there so that we would not have to give up any Disney time. My husband was seething, and told them that they were liars and that he was very disappointed in our stay. The great time we had on our vacation had nothing to do with the Mystic Dunes Resort--it had everything to do with seeing my sister and her family and our family having fun together. It didn't matter where we slept, really. The resort stay was just to fulfill the obligation we had imposed on ourselves two years ago. So, as it turned out, we spent 90 minutes with our guide, then they sent another guy over to offer us a condo for $198.oo a month, and we could have the title to the land that day. We declined the offer, asked that our credit card number (which they demanded of us when we got there, in case we rented bikes or ordered drinks at the pool or something--we didn't of course)be removed from their records. Finally, they sent over a vulture of a woman, who was quite rude to us, who told us we might have met our obligation, but we had to turn in this green paper when we checked out. At the check-out desk we were told we didn't have any charges on our credit card (no kidding!) and we were free.
I have to say that we learned our lesson and will never do that again. If we go back to Disney, we will definitely stay in one of the resorts on the park grounds where there is ample transportation, food and no smarmy sales people drooling over the prospect of getting you to spend your money on their "product." If you get any calls or mailings (e-mail or otherwise) that have the name Mystic Dunes or Tempus Resort on it, my advice is to delete it, don't answer the call, or throw it away. A few free Disney tickets aren't worth the pressure they put you under.