Complaint Review: Vine Vera Facial Products

I had never heard of Vine Vera products and was surprised to see a store in the major mall in town... The fellow called me in with the lure of a sample .. don't go near them when they try to hand you a sample .. they are there waiting to pounce !  I have been in sales a LONG time and thought nothing of at least looking at what this new line was about.  I have sold skin care products and thought this should be interesting if nothing else.  WELL, the young, good looking man was incredibly charming .. and Too SMOOTH... I felt every word he said was a lie, he talked about my beauty & this and that... just talking to butter me up and my defences WERE up beleive me, but I also really felt if they were in a major mall and not just Nanaimo but all over - they must be OK.  In the end I bought an eye cream... supposedly almost $300,  said NO, I can't do that, he said OK $100 but I need to call my partner... I was talking to the other young lady (new to the game, not groomed well yet) I realized he wasn't calling anyone and why would he have to , he said it was HIS franchise - he said he had Victoria, Nanaimo and West Eddm Mall.  I wondered why he wanted to be in Nanaimo with this expensive.. lots of mature women but not speanig that kind of money regularly.... Victoria maybe, Calgary would've been a better location than Nanaimo... in the end I took the $100 eye cream and he threw in lots of little 'goodies'.  I knew I had been 'had' but at the time I didn't care, I went in and I didn't have the strength to put up that big of a fight and they were NOT letting me out without buying something... if that makes any sense.  Sometimes just don't want to make a scene and don't blamed me for getting me in to this predicament ...  I am not working right now, so this isn't a good time for this purchase but I have it, hopefully it will work somewhat -- I will NEVER set foot anywhere near that storefront.  Oh, and like another post in the US said... they are Israeli's - that rang true because this was Israeli's as well.   Live & learn... but I wonder how many people go in and say the same thing or can't get a refund because they abssolutely refuse to refund... SHYSTERS IN A STOREFRONT MALL  - look out!

Stevie,

Nanaimo, BC