Addison Strack you mention the following:
Addison:
The one "partner" with a scientific background you've bragged about is in California. You haven't been able to describe exactly what he does to contribute to your operation, nor how his expertise is put towards making sure that what you sell is pure, clean, and potent. We don't know his name. We don't know what he does.
My Response:
A post in the link below states what he is in charge of, go ahead read it, then come back...
http://www.imminst.o...&t=14124&st=220 Ok… now that you are back, you ask what his name is. Since he is in Miami right now, and I will ask him to look over this forum post, I have the feeling that a decision will be made not to have his name released at this time, and I am sure you will yell about it, but it is simply is not my decision regarding when to make it public. Likely it will be done through a press release in the near future.
Addison:
You say you have a small operation and it's hard to get things off the ground -- if that is so, then why have you already started to sell product before doing any of the basics of creating a presentable business?
My Response:
I have placed a business on the internet and sell the product we believe in, we believe it is a presentable business. What you consider a presentable business may be someone like Amazon who simply is on the internet to make money, and sells any and every product, with lots of nifty web technology. What you may consider “the basics for business presentation†is your opinion at this point. I believe your opinion has merit, as I would like to see us grow, and sell more products that we believe in and have a much better website. For now, we have our current one.
Addison:
Is your financial situation so precarious that you can't make the basic investment of putting forth a presentable web front?
My Response:
No, I am not in a financially precarious situation, thanks for the concern. Regarding our website, see my response above, thanks.
Addison:
Your current website is just an obvious copy of brainclone.com, an unsuccessful company you started a few years ago with similar ambitious claims about product quality. If you are so tight for cash or time that you just threw that up on the web with the hope of quickly selling pills, then what does that suggest about the quality of your product?
My Response:
Brainclone.com was created to sell software and items for the PPC, go to the wayback machine if you would like to see what was sold at that site. A couple folks I am associated with wanted to work on some new software. They had some interesting ideas revolving around business webservices, and workflow systems for development. I asked our Flex guy to copy the RevGenetics site to Brainclone.com and that we would consider bringing it back. But it has not been worked on at this point.
Addison:
It suggests to me that you need money fast, that you're probably in this business alone with your savings invested, you didn't have the money to invest in a web presence let alone in sanitary manufacturing facilities or the oversight of experts, and you absolutely must sell your pills no matter what or face serious personal losses of probably your entire savings.
My Response:
I don’t need money fast, I am not in business alone, Again, regarding web presence, see response above. We joined the NPA regarding GMP, and they are a great resource if you are building a business, we are very grateful to them and their expertise. We don not face any serious personal losses, but I thank you for your concern. We are a business, believe in our product, and simply advertise to sell our products, like all businesses do.
Addison:
If you're not able to do the most basic of things, putting out an informative internet presence on a simple webpage, then how can I trust you with the task of bottling pills which meet complicated safety and sanitation requirements?
My Response:
Web presence has been established, although I (like you) am thinking it can be improved. Encapsulation, and sanitation is not terribly complicated if you have had help from folks at the NPA, and a person who has done this previously.
Addison:
How can I trust you to oversee the subcontracting of the encapsulation and bottling?
My Response:
At this point, I am not sure I can change your mind regardless of the proof I hand you. So yes I don’t know how you, in particular, can trust me. I believe that is ok, I believe there are other products out there for you, and that you should consider those that you have enjoyed in the past.
Addison:
It isn't even apparent to me that your operation is anything more than your own self, a website you ripped off from your own previous failed business, and some certificates of analysis which may or may not reflect the actual content of your capsules.
My Response:
It is not by myself, the website question was answered above, and the COAs have been emailed to anyone requesting it. If you believe I made the COA up, then I will certainly be asked to stop production by the NPA and their TruLabel program when the product is tested.
Addison:
For god's sake, you don't even have a proper credit card merchant account; you expect people to pay you through paypal, and your site violates paypals acceptable use policy regarding dietary supplements.
My Response:
Credit card merchant accounts allow one to bill a users credit card either through a website, fax, or by phone. Please, if you want to buy one of our products by phone, or fax, feel free to email me. I will send you my number, or fax number and accept your credit card payment over the phone. We don’t have operators, so you will likely get me on the line. Now, because paypal is used, this doesn’t mean it is not an acceptable method to pay for goods and services. The person paying by paypal is in fact protected in case I don’t deliver what I advertise. I think it’s a pretty basic to see how this is acceptable to most folks. The question regarding paypal’s acceptable use policy: Well, I believe we are good all the way around on that one. Please have everyone read it for themselves, here is the link. Simply put, our labels comply:
https://www.paypal.c...prescript_drugsAddison:
You can't afford a decent website, and you're not competent enough to code one yourself. You can't afford to hire someone to rewrite the text on your website to be at least proper and grammatical, and you are not competent enough to rewrite it yourself.
My Response:
I don’t believe we have grammatical errors on the site, but I will have this reviewed when the website is updated. Can you let me know what you have found? Thanks.
Addison:
You continue to describe other people who are partners in your business, but you can't really describe who they are or what exactly they do.
My Response:
I believe I have answered this question above, thanks.
Addison:
After witnessing all of this, how am I going to conclude that you have the competence and the significant resources required to properly procure and adequately oversee the manufacturing of your product?
My Response:
I believe I have answered this question above, thanks
Addison:
I'm going to follow you around here, hound you, and bring out the same old questions about you, your company, and your product.
My Response:
Your criticisms are welcomed and appreciated. Again, it allows me to see what information appears to be on some people’s minds. I know I will always have critics, and that is ok, what is important is to note the things we need to work on. Previously I mentioned we would be making changes to our website, and we will. This does take some time, and we are going to release our changes with the release of our next product. For now it will remain the same, with a few minor changes here and there.
Maxwatt and health_nutty, please email me for the COA, I will not post it here as it can change slightly with each batch, and more importantly I would like to keep a record of folks I have sent it to. Right now I have one person who is adamant about emodin content, and I have promised him that if any of our batches are tested below 25mg, that I will notify him of it so he can consider a purchase. For now I have told him, we are not at that level.
Tintinet, at this time we haven’t been notified if product will not be a part of the upcoming Resveratrol supplement ratings report. I have asked about it from CL, and awaiting some response.
Thanks for the comments everyone, I hope I have answered your questions, and please email me, if you have personal comments or questions.
Thanks again,
Anthony Loera
RevGenetics