Anonymous
map-marker Huntington, West Virginia

SCAM

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This is an obvious SCAM! Come on we are not idiots...They are saying the President is hiding a cure for cancer?!!!??!!! You may not like his politics (for whatever reason and I assure you it is Republican propaganda) but you will never convince the 27 million people who now have health care that he would do something so devious and hurtful....It is outrageous that they try to take down the President in the process of scamming us....I hope he sues them.
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Cons:
  • I do not like liars
Reason of review:
false advertising

Preferred solution: Let the company propose a solution

1 comment
Guest

If this is truly a scam, these people do these things regardless of who is in the White House. Their motive is greed that knows no political preference.

There are enough of these types on both sides.

So take a breath and stop sounding so defensive. You people are drowning in your victim mentality.

Anonymous
map-marker Burnaby, British Columbia

Volume Isn't Such a Bad Thing.

ummm and Amazon doesn't have your identity? I can't speak for this company or anyone.. However they did mention a lot of free very informative health info during their video that also had the page number listings of the topics they were talking about along with the researchers and noble prize winners.. So is that a negative in helping the public? Sure the video was long however lets look at the positives the video had good intentions no? Is this not a demonstration of integrity? Also for seniors $37.00 for a membership be a good investment. How about also submitting the receipt for a government refund as well? I don't speak for anyone. Nor am I being paid too. I'm just simply pointing out the facts. Positive facts. I do appreciate honesty, integrity and backed up research. They seem to show this. We all live in a complex world today. This doesn't mean we cannot change it for the positive. It starts with seeing things clearly within ourselves. It starts with the way we try to help one another not hurt. No matter where we come from. With all do respect you might have caught some free good info if you had the volume on.
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Guest

All that you're saying is Irrelevant, if HSI is not following through with they're proposed commitment. There are to many scams out there to attempting to justify HSI's bad customer relations. Enough said.

Guest

Did you drink the CoolAde too? It is Idiots like you that make these phonies profitable.

Guest

Any and all credibility about their natural health remedies was destroyed by espousing the garbage about Democrats and the government. Obviously, if Jenny Thompson and The Health Sciences Institute felt that garbage needed to be said, then I can only presume that their products must be absolutely worthless and they are just another scam. Since I work in the Baltimore area, I will drop into their offices and see what I find.

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Anonymous
map-marker Orlando, Florida

Credit Card given but website disappeared

I just tried to sign on for membership of HSI, watched a very lengthy video, signed up, gave my credit card details, and the website then vanished into thin air! Most upset. Who has my credit card details now? So I shall have to call my credit card company and cancel the card. Not happy. This is a complaint not a review. Is this organisation genuine or is it a scam. I didn't like the fact I had to listen to a very long video without being given any indication how long I would have to listen to it. Nor was I told how much membership would be until the very end.
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Loss:
$37
Cons:
  • No customer phone access
Reason of review:
Problems with payment

Preferred solution: Deliver product or service ordered

1 comment
Guest

You belong to their carefully hunted target market: extremely dump people. Do yourself a favor and do not vote for Trump. He is like the HSI website but on steroids (those are artificial muscle enhancing drugs - fyi)

Anonymous

RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF EMAILS

HEALTH SCIENCES INSTITUTE IS A MASSIVE JOKE...LOOK AT THE COMMENTS ABOUT THEM....YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING, I'VE TRIED TO GET THEM TO STOP THEIR EMAILS, THEY STOPPED FOR MAYBE 3 WEEKS BUT HAVE STARTED AGAIN WITH THEIR ***. JUST REPORTED THEM AGAIN TO THE FTC. THAT SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY THING THEY REMOTELY UNDERSTAND - FIRST OF ALL, DON'T BUY ANYTHING FROM THESE CLOWNS, DON'T GIVE THEM CREDIT CARD INFORMATION, EMAIL INFORMATION, DON'T GIVE THEM YOUR NAME, DON'T GIVE THEM YOUR ADDRESS AND FOR GODS SAKE, DON'T GIVE THEM YOUR HOME PHONE NUMBER, DON'T GIVE THEM YOUR CELL NUMBER. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THESE ***.
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Poor customer service
Anonymous
map-marker Los Angeles, California

Miracles From The Vault By Jenny Thompson Review

I received a book order from HSI, but was surprised to see that the return address was The World Wildlife Fund! Is this HSI some sort of fundraising arm of The United Nations?
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Anonymous
map-marker Perth, Western Australia

Cancel your credit card at least once a year

You'd be surprised how many things get charged to our credit cards if we use the internet a lot. I have had to cancel my card at least once a year, then you get emails from these type of *** saying they were trying to debit your card for x, y or z which you never ordered. Gets rid of the bottom feeders who offer a free sample and then want to bill you for the rest of your life.
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Pricing issue
Anonymous
map-marker Zion, Illinois

"Health Sciences Institute"= Lying, conspiratorial Scam

The so-called "Health Sciences Institute"is self-promoting with a an anti-scientific agenda promoting so-called "natural cures" with fantastic, unscientific, conspiratorial claims that have no valid basis. The language is carefully crafted and loaded to mislead.

Their advice, if followed would throw millions of stably-controlled patients with diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease off their effective meds and leave them at risk of the ravages of their diseases. There is, unfortunately, no cure for diabetes, as this site falsely claims.

The purpose of this site is to tear down Obama while ripping gullible and unsophisticated patients in the process. Buyer Beware and Stay Away!

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Bad quality
3 comments
Guest

Thank You!!! Most complaints from victims falling for this scam are complaining on how to get their money back.

So, the info obviously did not impress the readers. The discoveries are listed by individuals who are not public ally credited with such discoveries. And as you eloquently state, this endangers people who are stabilized with meds and are at serious risk to just read and diagnose themselves.

Sad way to make a buck. Put out discoveries freely out to the general public, let informed patients decide along with their doctors who treat them!

Guest

Who are you and what makes you an expert. You sound as if you are a know it all doctor or a drug manufacturer employee.

YOU only know what you were taught in school or by the drug pushers who make their money from dubious means. You need to pipe down and go back to sleep.

Guest

WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT ARE YOUR CREDENTIALS FOR TESTING THESE AND WHOSE IS SCAMMING WHO. YOU SEEM TO BE AN EXPERT WITH YOUR STATEMENTS.

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Anonymous
map-marker Sevierville, Tennessee

Other Product Review

I have had no contact with this institute and want my money they stole. Phone us always busy and email comes back. They are a scam
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Pricing issue
Louvenia Eeh
map-marker Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur

Unscrupulous Charging of membership via credit card without consent

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Dear Sir,

I had a bad experience of being charged via my Citibank Visa credit card (#4563-77**-**21-2379)by the Health Science Institute for subscription fees (PSV*Health Sciences Insti888-240**** MD U.S. DOLLAR 19.00) of a membership which I had long asked to be terminated. I did not enjoyed any benefit from their so called subscription of their newsletters. In fact, I had asked all similar websites to have my subscription to their newsletters be terminated early of this year and they rightly did so except for the Health Science Institute. I wish someone can do something about it. Thank you.

From

Chang Chun Yeun

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Pros:
  • Useless marketing tactics
Cons:
  • Newsletters with limited value
Reason of review:
Problems with payment
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Guest

Why the world are you showing your credit card number on your complaint? Haven't you heard of identity theft?

Every crook has it by now. Sad you did this.

Guest

Advice: Do not put your credit card # in a publicly posted email. I was reading your complaint and found it horrifying that your credit card number was posted for all to see.

The administrator of this website (pissedconsumer.com) should have deleted those numbers before posting your letter for the public eye. With all the information about hacking and how dealing with a hacked card or bank account can make your life just miserable, I believe you should contact THIS website and ask them to remove your letter from a place where anybody can see your credit card number.

Secondly, if this were me, I'd also call the bank that issued the credit card and TELL THEM WHAT HAS HAPPENED; specifically, your credit card number was included in a letter sent to a company claiming to be an advocate for frustrated consumers. Ask your credit card company to reverse the charges that you didn't authorize, and they will do this, AND they will go after anyone who is charging you for un-authorized purchases.

Last, I stumbled on to this site while looking for reviews on the Health Sciences Institute. I'm not sure if they will even allow my letter to get to you, BUT I noticed the comments they posted in their reply to you were full of spelling errors and poor grammar. This would make me very uneasy; if it were me, I would discontinue trying to work with them. I think you will get the best help by:

1) contacting your credit card company IMMEDIATELY &

2) Contacting the BBB (Better Business Bureau), which is free, at their Maryland number, where The Health Sciences Institute is headquartered.

Their phone number is

(410) 347-**** and their Consumer Hotline Hours are: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8:00 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.

on Friday. I wish you well!

Guest

Regarding their infomercial that I just listened to online about their 'Miracles from the Vault' free book. Really, really creative marketing.

Starting with the tree of life found in the Bible in Genesis.

This is probably a rip-off, but just wanted to say that from a creative marketing stand point, my hats off to the person(s) that can come up with this stuff to sell a product. I love creative writing that leaves a viable impact on so many people.

Just sayin...

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It didn't say found in the bible. Lol your lying, it's found in the rain forest.

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Anonymous
map-marker Miami, Florida

No Company Point of CONTCT One Day After Ordering

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Trying to turn from the Big Pharma ' Cocktail of Drugs ' my present O.D. prescribes, I thought I would try this holistic avenue instead. I ultimately joined for the $99 lifetime membership on 8/12/15. The following morning 8/13/15 my acknowledgement email arrived. It was missing the important "2nd line" as I had typed in on the order information for the shipping address. There was NO contact phone number anywhere on the email to make HSI aware of the problem ! Immediately I did a ' Reply to Sender ' from their email and in big, bold, very obvious text asked for the shipping address to be corrected. It is now Friday, 8/14/15 and I have had NO response from HSI ? My package will not be delivered with the one line address label as they show it, and there is no recourse by ME ! I was remiss in not googling HSI beforehand and reading customer responses. If you want to try them, CAVEOT EMPTOR !
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Loss:
$99
Cons:
  • No customer phone access
Reason of review:
Company Access Issue

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Guest

In 20 seconds via a google search? I found all this info - it may help you..

Dave O.

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Contact Us

HSI and the team at HSIonline.com welcomes your comments and inquiries!

Frequently asked questions: HSI FAQ's

For customer service: e-mail: HSI Customer Service Call toll free: 1-88*-***-**** Write: Health Sciences Institute 702 Cathedral Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Questions for HSI and/or editorial comments: The HSI panel cannot respond personally to each inquiry we receive because of the large volume of incoming mail.

However, we all value your comments, and they will be taken into consideration when planning the editorial coverage on the website and in the newsletter. e-mail: HSI Editorial Comments Write: Health Sciences Institute 702 Cathedral Street Baltimore, MD 21201

Anonymous
map-marker El Sobrante, California

Wrong Membership It was one year not life time

RE: My one year membership order.

Promotion Code: LHSSIR83H

I ordered a one year senior discount membership just this morning, and to my great distress you changed it to a life long one in your email confirmation. Your phone number is not working. I am a senior citizen on a fixed income. Please change this immediately to the membership I ordered.

Thanks,

Edith Heine

These are certainly signs of a scam that you want us to wrtie more words; do not have a working phone, change

our order to a life long instead of a year, nto try it out.

If thias is the case, we will bring it to the media and to

the police.

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  • No customer phone access
Reason of review:
Order processing issue
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Guest

The same thing happened to me. What was the result of your complaint?

Anonymous
map-marker Thousand Oaks, California

SCAM

These *** have an add running on the bottom of my PC screen and I cannot get the *** thing off. Even if I go to another site. I am so pissed off, if they were local I'd go down there and kick somebody's ***! Don't buy anything from this company, there tactics are deplorable !!!!!! I've been dealing with this for a week now and there is no way you can unsubscribe! Also you cannot reach them by phone! Scam artist!!!! And now these *** want at least 100 words! How about *** YOU! *** YOU! *** YOU! *** YOU! *** YOU! How's that!
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Loss:
$1000
Reason of review:
Poor customer service

Preferred solution: Get these damn add off my computer screen!

Saralyn Hba
map-marker Houston, Texas

Scam fom HSI

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I saw an offer on the internet from Health Science Institute. They said that my subscription was gone to be $37.00 as a special price for seniors.

I received a charge in my credit card for $99.00. Then I found out that their real business is to try to sell all kinds of natural remedies and the first offer supposedly was free but was really a scam in which you have to buy 2 bottles and then will get a third one free. In their web site they write a very long discurse of interminable little paragrafs saying the same thing over and over.

I recognizwarne my stupidity now but I want to warn to some posible

naive people to fall in this phony business. They steal your money

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Loss:
$60
Reason of review:
Not as described/ advertised

Preferred solution: Full refund

2 comments
Guest

They say the drugs that ruin your life are approved by the Government. Why?

Money. Yet they give this almost unending speak hinting at cures only found by joining them. What for?

Money!

Guest

I find it hard to believe that anyone who read and saw the video did not realize within the first five minutes that this is a first class scam. They are merely attempting to sell products on behalf of their vendors. These people prey on the desperation of sick people.

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Anonymous
map-marker Everett, Washington

They're selling something, and they are trying to push your buttons to do so...

Clicked on a link that's supposed to discuss how Hillary's campaign is jeopardy only find out it's a Health Science Institute conspiracy theory about Obama, the FDA, etc. The first page is full of all the scare tactics typical of those who have nothing behind the curtains.

When you try to navigate away from the garbage, a pop-up appears to 'confirm navigation'. There's no telling what clicking one of options will do, but I bet it includes grabbing some personal information. I had to kill the browser to get rid of the page without clicking anything.

What a bunch of ***. Avoid like the plague.

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Bad quality

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Guest

I found the same thing. Just a bunch of baseless scare tactics. No truth whatsoever.

Guest

I got the same popup in my browser today. It seemed fishy so I killed the process and searched for Health Sciences Institute. I think they are a purveyor of snake oil remedies and fear mongers who don't really practice "science" at all.

The tactics of popups and unsolicited emails from them is a good indicator that they are a scam.

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Anonymous
map-marker Dunsborough, Western Australia

Subscription

I am unable to subscribe to your company as you do not include Australia in your list of countries. I was very interested in the video I was sent to watch, by a friend. But when I began to fill in my application there was no way that I could add Australia to my application & thus, I am left without being able to subscribe. Does this mean that people living in Australia cannot have access to what you offer. That would be a pity. What can I do about completing my subscription? My email is: amay@***.com.au Adrian May
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Order processing issue

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Guest

Maybe we could think that the gv of Australia is well informed about the suspicious commercial acts of HSI. Beware, it looks like a sham.

Guest

Dear Australia:

Be glad you can't subscribe from Australia; this company is a complete SCAM; don't waste your time or money!

Guest

scam dont buy it..read the reviews!

Guest

I wouldn't worry about be able to subscribe. They are not a good company to deal with. You will NEVER be able to unsubscribe!

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