Who doesn’t like free stuff? I know the popularity of free Hoodia samples is very tempting to people. After all, Hoodia is fast becoming one of the top Weight Loss supplements available. Who wouldn’t want a free sample of an all natural Weight Loss supplement that has virtually no side effects?
There are so many companies making Hoodia that it’s only a given that many of them would offer free Hoodia samples to consumers. They hope people will like their samples so much that they will come back to them and make future purchases. It sounds like a win-win deal for both consumers and companies.
Yet, there is an ugly side to free Hoodia samples that you need to know about. With some people reporting that nearly 80% of the Hoodia being sold are actually fakes, trying these products probably won’t do you any good! Only Hoodia products that are made with authentic Hoodia Gordonii work to suppress the appetite. Trying free samples of an inferior or fake product can make you believe that all Hoodia doesn’t work - and that’s not true.
Before you agree to receive free Hoodia samples from a company, make sure the Hoodia they are offering you is authentic and not fake. The two easiest ways to identify real Hoodia from fake Hoodia is to view the company’s CITES certificates and their lab test results which were completed through an independent lab.
In regards to CITES certificates, these certificates must be obtained by the government of South Africa before you can legally ship Hoodia Gordonii out of their country. If a company doesn’t have one, they are not using Hoodia Gordonii that is authentic South African Hoodia Gordonii. Companies that do bring in the real plant from South Africa for their products will proudly display their CITES certificates for all to see. To prove they have nothing to hide they will also have independent labs test their products for authenticity.
Displaying CITES certificates and lab test results is how genuine companies convey to consumers that the Hoodia products being sold on their sites are indeed authentic. If you visit a website offering free Hoodia samples and you can’t locate their CITES certificates or lab test results, you are probably looking at a company that doesn’t use authentic Hoodia Gordonii in their supplements. Getting free Hoodia samples from these sites is just a waste of time on your part. They won’t work.
Often times when you agree to accept free Hoodia samples you are the one paying for the shipping and handling. Some free Hoodia samples come with a twist, too. If you don’t do certain things after you receive your free sample, some companies will sign you up to be automatically shipped their Hoodia products - and you may be billed for your original “free” samples.
When a company signs you up in an autoship program this means they will send you a supply of their product on a regular basis and charge you for it. Granted, these kinds of programs are very nice for someone if they are dealing with a company that is dealing in authentic Hoodia Gordonii products. In fact, it can be very cost effective and convenient.
The catch is to make sure you know how to cancel out of the trial before you get signed up for something you don’t want to be shipped to you. Make sure you know how to get yourself out of an autoship program if you find you don’t want it, later. Many times getting out of these programs is very difficult.
There have been horror stories by consumers who have had their credit ruined by accepting these free Hoodia samples because they can’t cancel the trial so their credit card gets charged every month. This happens because a representative from the company can’t be reached to cancel or they ignore the request. The result is you stay enrolled in the program and your credit card keeps getting charged month after month!
Before you agree to receive any free Hoodia samples, read all of the information involved. Call the number given to you as a point of contact to verify that you can indeed reach a live individual on the other end. Once you do reach them by telephone, get a feel for their company by asking questions about their offer.
If you are given an email address, you can do the same. Send an email to see if you get a response. Do they respond in a timely fashion and do they answer all your questions? If you can’t get through to a live person or if they don’t respond to your emails, then don’t accept the free Hoodia trial!
Getting free Hoodia samples and enrolling in Hoodia trials is a great way to sample products and save money in the process. With a little caution you can easily weed out the bad companies from the good ones. As always, before you give out your credit card information to anyone, make sure you know who you are dealing with and do your research.
