One of the people I trust for the truth is author and patient advocate Teri Robert. You can find her work at MyMigraineConnection.com, HelpForHeadaches.com, and in her book Living Well with Migraine Disease and Headaches. She’s also started a new blog, from Teri’s Keyboard.
Now, here’s someone who goes the extra step for us. One of her readers asked about a “Migraine Relief Guide” being sold at www.TheMigraineRelief.com. I would have said that Elizabeth Hayden, the owner of the site, was making promises that were just too big and to stay away from it. Teri, on the other hand, didn’t do that. She decided to check it out for herself. When I asked her why, she said, “With my work, I don’t feel that I can just state my opinion based on my reaction to a site. I feel that I have to have some kind of proof to back what I say.” OK, fair enough.
Anyway, Teri paid $37 to buy their downloadable “Migraine Relief Guide.” She reports that it’s 65 pages of material that contained nothing new to her. Nothing that was of any help to her. She points out that Hayden’s web site selling the “Guide” contains this section about her guarantee:
from www.TheMigraineRelief.com
Teri reports that she has now requested a refund, TWICE. Helloooooo? Elizabeth Hayden! What about your promise? Your guarantee? Gotta tell ya, lady. This makes you look just like any other snake oil salesman.
But, back to this so-called “Migraine Relief Guide.” $37 for a 65-page downloadable book?! How absurd it that?
Tell you what. I’m going to say something Teri won’t say: If you want to buy a book, go to Amazon.com and buy a copy of Teri’s book, Living Well with Migraine Disease and Headaches. It’s 336 pages of great information — already printed!
I really hope Teri gets her money back. It shouldn’t cost her hard-earned dollars to debunk things for us, but I’m grateful that she’s out there looking out for us. Thanks, Teri!
Best,
Arabella ♥
PS: I went to the site and found an email address for these people. I’m going to email them about giving Teri her refund. The email address is support@themigrainerelief.com.
Thanks Arabella and Teri for the effort to look out for “fake promises” at your own expense but for the benefit of the majority. May the campaign for Teri to get her money back works. I, too, will email Elizabeth, and I’m calling everyone to do the same.
Hmmm. I find it a relief when someone goes of his or her way to check things out for real. We can’t really blame the internet itself for the proliferation of such PR strategies, but we can also empower ourselves about using the internet the right way, so that others may also benefit from our discoveries.
As researchers, the one thing you should always do is know where you bought the book from. The affiliate site clearly says that all sales are handled by ClickBank. They have an online form to fill out with the receipt number they gave you upon purchasing the book. THEY are the ones you have to fill a refund with…NOT the author!
It’s a shame when people have to stoop to such tactics to make other people look bad, just to promote their own product, when any 1st year marketer could see that procedures weren’t followed. If you are still within your refund policy and warranty time, you WILL get your money back the same way you paid it, within about 3 – 4 days of filing for the refund….from ClickBank….NOT the author!
You’re talking out your behind, fool. Ms. Robert did go to ClickBank and had trouble getting her refund. I doubt that she would have gotten it at all had she not used PayPal to pay them. As for the author, if she’s going to have affiliates, it is actually in her best interests to be sure that affiliate sales (and refunds) are handled in a professional manner.
As for using “such tactics to make other people look bad, just to promote their own product,” I have no product to promote.
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