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| Usana health sciences, Scam or Not? |
USANA was founded in 1992 in Utah USA, Selling nutritional and skin care products. Their products are distributed via direct selling and is using the pyramid like Multi Level Marketing business model. Products are obtainable by their registered distributor called associates.
In 2010 they have expanded to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, UK, Netherlands, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Mexico and the Philippines. During this time 90% of their products are bought by their associates and only 10% was from their preferred costumer. They have more or less 222,000 associates and 68,000 customers. Usana's associates earn by the products they directly sell as well as commissions from the sales of distributors they recruit referred to as their downline. Usana also has this compensation plan that awards points for sales volume. These points when they reached a certain amount in a weeks time will be converted to cash commissions, if the points do not reached the required number it will be accumulated in the following week. However, to be eligible to this, the associate will have to maintain a purchase minimum of 100 volume of products (worth $110-$130) every four weeks. If they fail to do so their points will be lost.
Majority of the associates didn't get rich. Only those 2.31% top of the pyramid makes an average income of $857,865 annually. These facts are contradicting to the mission statement of usana ;
To develop and provide the highest quality, science-based health products, distributed internationally through network marketing, creating a rewarding financial opportunity for our Independent Associates, shareholders, and employees.
Is Usana health sciences, Scam or Not?
where is your review? personal opinions? anything? none?
ReplyDeleteO ano na?wala ka masabi sa USANA? MAGKANO BINAYAD NG USANA SAYO? KUPAL NAMAN NG GUMAWA NG SITE NATO!!!
ReplyDeletesakto naman sinabi nya, kahit personal opinion, personal review nya yun, at sa mga sinabi nya para sa totoo naman lahat.
ReplyDeleteUSANA Health Sciences. TESTED AND PROVEN!
ReplyDeletetested and proven what?
Deleteas the article said ONLY 2.31% are successful.
Is that something to brag about?
he/she was talking about the products, not the company. i've seen their products and may mga clinical trials and researches naman to back up their claims. then of course, nasa associate naman yan kung gagawin nyang ethical or not yung business
Deleteyeah..you're right 2.31% are successful bcoz of their business mind setting. Hindi lang naman sipag at tyaga ang kailangan ng tao para maging successful sa kahit anong business..ito ang kailangan.."SIPAG AT TYAGA..and RIGHT OPPORTUNIES" maraming failures sa business esp. MLM bcoz of 2 reasons 1. maganda ang companya,maganda ang products,best ang compensation plan kaya lang ang associates/distributors ay tamad. 2. ang associates/distributors may sipat at tyaga pero hindi naman good ang company, mahirap ibenta ang products at hindi naman maganda ang compansation plan.
DeleteThose whore are employee/self-employed mind setting
take a look these http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yywKO_xqXIY
http://www.knowledgebringsmoney.com/cash-flow-quadrant.html
I was invited by a friend about this.Indeed, I listened to their opinions and about what USANA is. I'm just curious where do they get such a big amount of money. Imagine, you will sell their products of course me additional kna dun..then you will get commission pa sa product and sa marerecruit mung tao.. may corresponding points at bwat product at ang marerecruit mu at convertible into cash. (dollar daw).. san kpa? Grabe diba.. the question is..san nila kinukuha ang pera na kinikita ng mga naka gold,silver at diamond as well as the budget for their big time freebies?(like they said some receive 50k-milions a month without doing something) Their style is networking, me mga down line ka... at me commission ka dun..pero direct selling rin daw just because youwill sell USANA products.
ReplyDeleteAside from that, they introduced the different marketing style..just like 1 way,2way and 3 company... They insisted the 3 way and I need 37k to start, the 2 way company is 23k and 16k is the lowest. I told them that I have no money for that. I was a little bit surprised when they asked me if I have a credit card but it was OK for me. I felt pissed off when they said that I have to borrow money to other people and insisted to be makapal ang mukha. Until now they are contacting me and forcing me to register. Indeed, it made me feel that it is a scam or whatever reason behind that.. I kept to be calm as possible but still they insisted that I should find more than 16k so that I can avail he 37k.. hayz..
Anyway you can find their office at
24 flr Tower 1 Enterprise Tower, Paseo De Roxas, Ayala Makati City.
That are the kind of people you should stay away from. Networking is not for everyone. Only very few people are successful, the chances are very slim. Don't give in to the pressure. That clearly is a sign of what kind of business they are in.
Deleteganito po yan..nag o-offer po sila ng 1 business center = 15,990, 3 business center = 30,990 at may 37,990 pa!, nasa inyo po yan kung tatanggapin nyo po ang offer pipili ka lang! Now, ang tanong mo kung saan kinukuha ang pera na kinikita ng mga SILVER,GOLD,RUBY,EMERALD,DIAMOND,ETC. ay galing po yan sa mga associates/distributors na bumibili ng products. kung kinukulit ka po maam..that's part of their business pero kung ayaw mo talaga at hindi ka interesado magbusiness..im sure..di ka na nila kukulitin. Buti nalang nagpakulit ako kaya maganda na yong result..healthy na ang pamilya ko..may income pa ako :)
DeleteAnonymous27 February 2013 at 08:07
DeleteYun nga eh, galing as downline yung kinikita. Hindi ba panloloko yun? Mabuti sana kung sa sales galing, eh hindi eh, sales mo bang maituturing yung auto order ng mga member buwan buwan? Eh obligado silang bumili nun para mamaintain account nila. So admit it or not sa downlines kunukuha yung malaking income ng mga uplines. Btw, kamusta na ang kitaan mo ngayon sa USANA? o baka nagquit ka na?
Many people wants easy money nowadays...
ReplyDeleteUSANA is not a scam! Scamming takes money without having anything in return. When you invest in USANA, you initially have products worth more than the amount you paid. Plus you have a business opportunity that you can opt to do or not to do. It's definitely up to you.
ReplyDeleteBut it's not SCAM! Look up the meaning of SCAM in the dictionary!
How about the 37k cash out? Its a SCAM!
ReplyDeleteyes. ;) worth it. basta teamwork at tyaga ang nangunguna.
Delete26 April 2014 at 06:59
DeleteWorth it? More than 1 year ka na sa USANA ngayon, oh kamusta naman?
Hindi naman scam Yung company. I just don't get it NASA logo nila true health/true wealth. Bakit Hindi nila repack Yung bottles nila mga 30's para matry naman ng mga average people. Cause if their aim is make people healthy gagawin nilang mura Yung products.may mga claims pa sila na ginagamit Ni Pinoy, pacman, Willie r. Perpetual pag tinanong mo kung San galing Yung info na yun, wala silang maprovide na sagot. Saka grabe manghaggard Yung presentors. Hindi ka papaalisin hanggang di nakukuha Yung sagot mo. Mga walang respeto. Nasisira Yung company dahil sa mga distributor na gahaman.
ReplyDeletemeron nang good for 1 month.
Deletehttp://usanawatchdog.blogspot.com/?m=1 check this out all about usana.
ReplyDeleteit's not a scam definitely, i have friends who joined USANA just recently, if i have time and money, i will also join
ReplyDeleteHey Anonymous, Yung sinasabi mong 37k cashout na scam, di yan totoo. Kasi pag nag cash out ka ng 37k matik na yun na bibigyan ka nila ng products worth 37k. So, pwede mo itong ibenta, pwede mong gamitin o kaya ipamigay mo. Sobrang cool ng prodcuts nila. Im a USANA member/user also my family, healthy na kami, my income pa.
ReplyDeletenagtatago nga sila sa products, pero di mo naisip pano ka mag rerecruit ng di ka nagsisinungaling? Tsaka overpriced nga yung ibang items, kahit magsearch kapa, daig nila mga branded. Wala silang legal disclosure ng mga retail prices and receipts so kapag nalugi ka or bigla na lang silang nawala kawawa ka (lalo na pag di mo pa nabawi yung puhunan mo).
Deleteso, is it really good to join?
ReplyDeleteYung sister ko tapos ng nursing and hndi ko maintindihan bakit niya pinasok yang USANA na yan, isang taon na siya diyan at ang kinalabasan silver director last week sa MOA Arena malapit na daw siya mag gold. At lahat kami na family niya pina member. Its not about kung may pera ka na ilalabas o wala or gusto mo kumita o hindi. Pero sa nakita ko sa kapatid ko dahil sakitin ang history ng family namin at concern siya and hindi niya sinayang yung pinag aralan niya. Makikita mo na gusto niya lng maka tulong at alam niya nag excell siya. And by now im working on my account sa USANA gusto ko din maging successful like her. And sa mga nag sasabi na scam try nyo muna yung product. Kasi pansin ko ginawa ng ate ko binibigyan niya ng free product yung client niya walang nilabas ni singko, pero sila na yung kusa nalapit para bumili ng product at mag avail ng discount. ganun! At sa mga nag pa member na guilty at nag sasabi na scam sila at walang natanggap try to ask yourself 1st wala sa company ang problema they provide the best product. ikaw sa sarili mo ano ang mind set mo? mag motivate o puro katamaran.. the answer will always depends on you!!!
ReplyDeleteGanito lang yan, sa mga USANA associates (at tanungin nyo na rin mga upline nyo) at lalo na dun sa mga sasali pa lang. Kindly get this info:
ReplyDeleteilang % ang kinikita ng associate sa sales ng product
ilang % ang kinikita ng associate sa recruitment (adding additional leg sa pyramid nyo, you know yung binary compensation plan nyo aka pyramid)
Pakitanong na rin ang financial statement ng USANA na stamped approved ng Internal revenue service. Kasi in-case na paudit natin at least legal document.
I would assume 98% of the income comes from recuritment and 2% alone comes from the sales of the product. Sounds like a pyramid scam? Maybe?
If it sounds like a duck, walks like a duck, then it must be a duck!
Do some reasearch people para mas maintindihan nu yung company and product wag umasa sa assumptions and opinions ng ibang tao we were given our own brain for a reason. Pease check yung financial background ng company and major investors and stocks maxado kc tau nakapokus sa kitaan at marketing scheme kya pag d kumita feeling natin naloko tau. MLM is not for everybody.mahirap ang trabahong ito pero very rewarding you just have to work hard for that lucrative income
ReplyDeleteIs it proven and tested? and is it even good for children?
ReplyDeletePlease watch dra. Thea Alhambra in Youtube, she's a doctor and marami kayong matutunan sa kanya about USANA products. Even the doctors agree that USANA products are better compared to the leading brand. Sabi nila yung third party research daw misleading at hindi totoo, pero bakit po di sya idemanda ng mga Companies na may mababang rate?
Deleteproven yung products, works ok, pero yung business model hindi, so kung direct selling lang talaga habol mo, may laban ka kaso onti lang kasi kahit sa puhunan pa lang mahal na yung products so kelangan mong lagyan ng patong para kumita ka, which sometimes leads to few customers kasi nga mahal. So in short kelangan may sure customers ka na bibili sayo o kaya galingan mong mag sale ng products OR mag recruit ka ng tao para maavail mo yung percentages for recruiting which in turn will make you a member of the dreaded pyramid scheme.
DeleteYes! of Course have a research guys! baka kayong mga taga ibang company jan kailangan niyo ng product ng USANA!
ReplyDeleteUSANA worked for me well! Lahat ng negative claims dito were unbelievable, never once ako pinilit or "hinarass" ng mga taga- Usana to be a member. I've used their products and it's really great! I felt so much better and look so much better btw. ;)
ReplyDeleteUSANA is such a blessing to my family! healthy ang family ko, kumikita pa ko! sa mga galit sa USANA, malamang yan ung mga associates ng ibang company na quack ang products at nagclaclaim na nakakagamot ang product nila. I salute to USANA's products because marami nang naging cancer free, diabetes free, etc. Highly recommended ng doctors. SCIENTIST ang founder at hindi businessman, hindi rin artista, hindi engineer, hindi doctor quack hehe just imagine, nagbebenta sila ng gamot na hindi naman nila linya ang MEDICINE nakakaloka!
ReplyDeleteNoon pinangarap ko din talagang mag abroad kaso naisip ko pamilya ko, ayoko mawalay sa kanila, pero nung nameet ko si USANA, nagkaroon ako ng hope na may darating na magandang kinabukasan sakin without going to abroad. galing ako sa ibang networking na company but all I can say is the best ang USANA!
Anonymous 20 September 2014 at 22:40
DeleteSo kamusta na nag 1 year mo sa USANA?
The terms they use:
ReplyDelete1. It's a Part-time job
2. You are a business associate
3. You can retire in a few years
4. You will be financially stable
Etc
Their tactics
1. They will say you have leadership potential
2. They will give you compliments
Etc
To usana people, its soo scripted.
The color of your pea will change because of the detoxification...that is what they claim... sure it will change because of the color of their tablets... just my thoughts... :-) any thoughts?
ReplyDeleteJust study everything about it before making a conclusion. If you don't like it, then don't. Only the uneducated about it can claim that it's a scam. Anyways, once a skeptic, always a skeptic. Too bad skeptics misses the benefits.
ReplyDelete#NotAnAssociateButAThankfulProductUser
Every "Networking" can make you rich or not, it depends on how you will do it. Sadly in the Philippines, the Networkers wants a quick result so they tend to invite tons of people to make sure they'll get money from the easy way, that's why Networking has a bad reputation in the Philippines and that may include USANA.
ReplyDeleteYou can also read my review on USANA and why you should trust it
http://www.truehealthusana.com/2015/01/why-you-should-trust-usana-true-health.html
Sa pagkakaalam ko walang automatic na kinikita yung mga associate sa narerecruit nila.kikita sila sa volume ng product na kinukuha ng mga na sa downline nila, at siyempre sa product na kinukuha nila. Di tulad sa isa pang networking na alam ko. Na may commission ka agad sa recruit mo. Na parang additional lang ung products.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous18 August 2015 at 20:33
DeleteYun na mismong volume ng product na kinukuha ng downline ang kinikita ng mga uplines. Yung pag nag member ka at nagpasok ka ng 39k, yung product ba binili mo? Hindi. Kasi sakanila na galing na yung 39k ay business opporunity na binili mo at yung products ay cover up.
Isipin mo, sa isang tao na may 4 na downline, may points na siya sa 39k each nung mga yun at sa mga susunod pang products na kukunin nila. Idagdag mo pa yung magiging downlines nung 4 na tao, pasok ulit yun sa mga upline. Benta ba ng products yun? Sales ba yun na maituturing? I don't think so, kasi di naman nila binili yun for personal consumption, halos lahat yun binebenta nila, puro pautang pa. At higit sa lahat, auto-order yun, in other words, obligasyon para manatiling active yung mga account nila.
Ehem, I am a nurse specialist major in psychiatry here in USA. I'm also a neurobehavioral nurse specialist. Whats my point? I will be very LITERALLY ATTACKING ALL NETWORKING AGENTS. I started USANA last 2010. I DONT LIKE NETWORKING simply because its not my cup of talent, I hate rejections and I don't have the resilience to market "UNEDUCATED" and "IGNORANT" people. YES, marami akong nakitang MUKHANG PERA AT SINUNGALING NA MARKETERS NA LUMIPAT SA USANA. Galing sa Forever Living, UNO, Royale, AIM GLOBAL, but PLEASE SPARE ME the DRAMA! The products are randomized clinically double blinded studies. SO NEVER NYONG SISIRAAN ANG PRODUCTS! Kasi, sabihin na ninyong bulok ang mga tao, but the purity of the product is SUPERB and more than expected! I have Left ventricular hypertrophy before (2009) with low EF (ejection fraction) with High LIPID PANEL PLUS Left lower lobe stage 1 B cancer last 2015 Feb. What happened? Nandito ako sa USA? Besides from the Lord, USANA is a product you can never ever compete. WHY? 1st of all, hindi sya katulad ng ibang mga companies na nagstart as a business. GETs mo yun? They started as a research company, then after having products tested for years and patented (mahirap yan sa USA), they make direct marketing (palengke or tinda method like divisoria) then multilevel marketing. YAN ANG TOTOONG KWENTO. Para sa akin, kung sisiraan nyo ang mga tao sa USANA okay lang, TAMA NAMAN YUNG IBA, pero yung products? Wag na wag! Mapapahiya lang kayo, kaming mga nasa field ng science, at mga barkada ko ay doctors at Phd na katulad ko, mapapahiya lang kayo, why? KASI PO, galit kami sa mga ganyan dati, sukang suka na kami sa mga pangako ng CASE STUDIES or testimonies, pinaka weak ang case study sa research! The gold standard to test ant claims or even theory kasama na ang product ay ang random double blind studies, sa mga college graduates dyan, NATUTULOG kasi kayo sa RESEARCH 101 kaya hindi nyo ma appreciate. So, I will tell you, marami akong patients na may bipolar, myxedema, schizo(baliw), stroke patients, dementia, and believe me, HINDI SILA GUMALING, pero may goodness, the effect? Hindi na sila violent, nagkaka complications sa maraming gamut nila, maganda ang tulog at higit sa lahat, maganda ang prognosis. Ako? It took me 6 months to see the effect. Gumaling ako (case study rin yan- testimony), pero, mind you, in a skilled nursing facility here in New mexico, the management is giving all patients with consent na uminom ng USANA essentials and BIOMEGA, and after just 2 weeks, the improvement is beyond imaginable....so hindi isang group of patients yan. WARDS ang pinag uusapan dito, hoping this will remind you of another example, Christianity according to Gandhi is really a great philosophy and religion but the members are not. Parang simbahan natin, maganda ang tinuturo, pero TAYO mismo ang hindi magandang example, that's USANA is, sometimes naka focus yung GANID na marketer YUMAMAN, nakalimutan nyang HEALTH IS WEALTH not WEALTH is HEALTH. Pero, hindi lahat naman ganun. May kilala ako, kahit hindi ako umoorder, we are still friends. Hanggang ngayon I'm taking USANA, and believe me, maganda sya sa mga substance abuse disorder and alcoholic. God bless po. RESEARCH RESEARCH din minsan
ReplyDeletehello sir, nurse here and just new as usana associate bcoz i establish trust sa product. have a frnd na a son is experiencing depression and yan dn un nkita kng solution. pwd ba 3x aday ung biomega?
DeleteNakalimutan ko, kung may issue kayo sa marketing scheme nila? Okay lang, ang importante, yung PRODUCTS, may yumaman akong students dito at meron din naming naloko, so depende yan sa up line nyo...ako nga niloko eh, so, bakit ko ipro promote ang USANA? Kasi talagang okay ang products, mag away away na kayo sa MLM na yan, I do NOT care. OO nga pala, NABIBILI KO ANG PRODUCTS sa AMAZON, so, wag kayong maninira sa products okay? sabi nga ni Daniel Padilla..SHUT UP!!! kung wala namang alam sa product..ang HERBALIFE nga at AIM graba ang competition sa marketing kasama ang FRONT ROW, PERA PERA lang yan, kung masisira ang pamilya nyo sa promise na YAYAMAN ka? wag na...focus on the PRODUCT and hindi ka kaagad yayaman pero sure akong hahaba buhay mo at the same time bago kayo manira, uminom muna kayo for at least 1 month ng ESSENTAILS 3 pairs a day. uminom na ako ng P10k na acai berry na lasang brown sugar, AIM products worth P8k na walang effect, uminom ako nyan for 2 months, Forever living na ihi ako ng ihi, FRONTROW- gluthathione nila? nagsasayaw ka lang ng pera,,ano naman kung maputi ka pero liver function tests mo hindi normal...wala namang INDIVIDUAL and 3rd party studies yan kaya bias. UNO at ROYALE? vitamin C lang ang pwede kong inumin dyan na pwede kang magka alkaline stones....so please....stop RESEARCH din po. kasi ako? nilaklak ko na lahat ng product pati stem cell capsules na wala namang effect...
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