Rachelle Ferguson And Melaleuca Deceptive, Retaliatory Oswego Illinois

This person that says he/she was a Marketing Exec. and even provided the BBB case number. Well, I went to the Better Business website, type in the number, nothing came up. Then I typed in the business name for each state and did not find this "so called" case that he/she filed. I did not find any case that Melaleuca did not attempt to resolve. Also, if you were to hold your curser over some of the highlighted words, they lead to other advertisements. I question the validity of many of these claims. Some of complaints filled against Melalecua choose not to resolve them.

I signed up for Melaleuca and was NEVER told the products were non-toxic. Everyone body chemistry is different. I know many people who take herbal supplements and have allergic reations. People don't be ignorant. You can go outside brush up against something and have an allergic reaction. I have returned products for one reason or another and days after the company has received it, my account was credited.

As for the person who said that the company took money out of their account, well if you read the fine print (and your rep informed you) that you have until midnight the last day of the month to order products. At that point the company will select products from your last order to mail to you. A company like this would not just go into your account unless you authorize it.

This is a great product and many people are using their products and love them. One thing I will say, if you are going to solely believe the complaints on this website, I would hate to do business with you. Do you homework and check some of these complaints on the BBB website for your state.

Rachelle is an incredible person and it really bothers me that she is portrayed to be anything less than completely ethical and full of integrity. She has handled this situation with the utmost professionalism and kindness. There are almost 1000 people in Rachelle's organization and she has been building this business for 2 years and there has NEVER been a time that she has not handled her business in an ethical and honest way. She is extremely hard working and is a great leader. It is an injustice to the person that she is to ever be portrayed as anything short of honest, ethical, and full of integrity!

My name is Rachelle Ferguson, and I would like to shed a little light on this unfortunate situation. First and foremost, I would like to say that I believe Kathy Perkins to be a person that has the best interest of children and all potential Melaleuca customers at heart. Having said that, I have only had the privilege of meeting Kathy once in my life, and I have only spoken with her verbally on one other occasion after she registered a complaint with the BBB.

Unfortunately, since I did not enroll Kathy she did not ever have the ability to see or hear me present the store of Melaleuca to any prospective customers. If she had, or if she had participated in team trainings, I believe she would have found that we were and are in agreement on most issues. I think personal integrity and truthfulness should always be the backbone of not only this business but life in general. I work very hard to create an environment of open, honest communication on my team, and I did respond to all of Kathy's emails. I also tried to reach her by phone on several occasions. However, she chose not to include my responses in her report.

Lastly, I would like to conclude by saying that I would NEVER deceive people in order to promote the store of Melaleuca, nor would I encourage or teach my team to resort to such practices. It simply is not acceptable, and even more importantly, it is not necessary. Because the TRUTH is Melaleuca is an UNBELIEVABLE company that has a value for every person that walks on this earth

The common theme with complaints about Melaleuca lead to indepedent representatives and not the company. I am sorry to hear that some people misrepresent this great company, but this is to be expected, in some cases, with such a large number of people involved. I have had a great experience with Melaleuca as a customer and a marketing executive. When I tell people about Melaleuca, we go over prices and policies together. The CEO of Melaleuca passionately instructs those representing the company to be thorough and honest. It must be understood, however unfortunate, that some will stray. The company can only control this so much.

For those who actually perceive this to be a scam; try to evaluate the actual company not with the help of your uninformed friends. I understand emotion can fuel ignorance, but there is truly no way one should lose money or friends over Melaleuca. These excellent, well-priced products can help everyone. If someone is too financially strapped to purchase $50 per month of consumable goods, perhaps that individual should take a closer look at the income opportunity.

Best wishes...and remember the power of a good attitude.

The common theme with complaints about Melaleuca lead to indepedent representatives and not the company. I am sorry to hear that some people misrepresent this great company, but this is to be expected, in some cases, with such a large number of people involved. I have had a great experience with Melaleuca as a customer and a marketing executive. When I tell people about Melaleuca, we go over prices and policies together. The CEO of Melaleuca passionately instructs those representing the company to be thorough and honest. It must be understood, however unfortunate, that some will stray. The company can only control this so much.

For those who actually perceive this to be a scam; try to evaluate the actual company not with the help of your uninformed friends. I understand emotion can fuel ignorance, but there is truly no way one should lose money or friends over Melaleuca. These excellent, well-priced products can help everyone. If someone is too financially strapped to purchase $50 per month of consumable goods, perhaps that individual should take a closer look at the income opportunity.

Best wishes...and remember the power of a good attitude.

The common theme with complaints about Melaleuca lead to indepedent representatives and not the company. I am sorry to hear that some people misrepresent this great company, but this is to be expected, in some cases, with such a large number of people involved. I have had a great experience with Melaleuca as a customer and a marketing executive. When I tell people about Melaleuca, we go over prices and policies together. The CEO of Melaleuca passionately instructs those representing the company to be thorough and honest. It must be understood, however unfortunate, that some will stray. The company can only control this so much.

For those who actually perceive this to be a scam; try to evaluate the actual company not with the help of your uninformed friends. I understand emotion can fuel ignorance, but there is truly no way one should lose money or friends over Melaleuca. These excellent, well-priced products can help everyone. If someone is too financially strapped to purchase $50 per month of consumable goods, perhaps that individual should take a closer look at the income opportunity.

Best wishes...and remember the power of a good attitude.

A lot of people will find something wrong in everything. And in life, if you look hard enough, you can find something wrong because nothing is perfect.

We joined Melaleuca twice. Once when we were young and couldn't afford the monthly
obligation and again, after my children were born. Again, having to leave it because of the monthly obligation.
Unfortunately the company responds to demand just as the drug companies do. They can make their own rules.

I can't get over how I'm unable to find anyone who truly wants to use this product to help those of us who love the product but can't afford the monthly obligation. I would think it could help those who have trouble getting up the required points monthly. But I guess the number one concern is not the health of the public, but their concern is how can the public make them more money. How about you do both.

I am still able to find someone every now and again, to order from. Melaleuca saved my son from surgery. It has helped where antibiotics couldn't. We love it. We just can't obligate to it all. Too bad, people like me don't count to people like them.

All this flack about Melaleuca is puzzling to me. My family uses Melaleuca products regularly, and we love them. The company has provided us with the best customer service I have ever experienced from a retailer of household products... by far. The products are clearly more effective than other eco-friendly products we've used, and are also obviously safer than the vast majority, if not all name-brand products.

How Melaleuca could be considered a "RipOff" is beyond me. Here, we have a longstanding Inc. 500 company that has been successful over 22 years in proliferating safer, effective, and more environmentally friendly products. Yet people seem intent on name-calling and personal attacks on individual independent marketing executives, who are not under the strict control of the company.

Melaleuca provides accurate publicly available information about all their products. What other people say or claim is pretty much out of the company's hands as far as I can figure. Wouldn't you agree? How could any company be responsible for what any one of thousands of Independent Marketing Executives might say or claim? The company provides accurate information and training materials for those who care to know and do the right thing.

Certainly, it's unfortunate that some people out there are unscrupulous, but find me an industry, or a company half as large as Melaleuca for that matter, where there aren't bad apples. I'm sure Melaleuca has less than most, as most of the customers have become customers because a friend referred them.

What is important is that the company is honest and forthright, which in my experience Melaleuca is, and provides accurate information about their products, which I have researched and have consistently found that they do.

Certainly, if you see others doing something dishonest, it's good to let the company know and the public as well if it's something serious. But I would certainly be clearer in separating that one person or a few bad apples from the company itself.

I would also be concerned that in an aggressive effort to get the word out, someone might see all this and think that Melaleuca products themselves are not safer and more effective than most readily-available alternatives, or that someone might mistakenly pre-judge a very solid and reputable company. Someone who may have benefited from the products or the opportunity may see an attack on an individual as a representation of the company as a whole and may shy away from an excellent company, business, and product line. What a shame that would be.

Because the facts are that the products are great, the customer service is exceptional, the prices are competitive, the ingredients are more eco-friendly and safer for our homes... and the vast majority of the products are made right here in America. That in itself is a huge plus for me. Would you rather people purchase the cheap artificially-low cost Indo-Chinese toxic crap that mega-retailers like Wal-Mart and Costo provide? Or high-quality eco-friendlier and safer products made right here in the U.S.A. like the one Melaleuca offers? In my humble opinion, you might want to re-think your crusade.

What I suggest is that you take a look at the other products out there, the other companies, and the other marketing campaigns, and compare them to Melaleuca. When Exxon Mobil can claim to be "pro-environment" on its TV ads, I would say that that's purposefully misleading. Or check out the toxicity of household products from petro-chemical companies like Dow and compare them with Melaleuca's products, and then tell me which is more worthy of your scathing comments.

I'm not saying Melaleuca is perfect, but I know from personal experience that they are much more honest and reputable than any other large company I know. And it seems to me if you care about home safety, the environment, and truth in advertising, there are much larger and more deserving fish to fry.

And to address a previous comment in this blog, there are surely other companies out there manufacturing eco-friendly products. And God bless'em! But who has the time to find individual companies that truly have the health of the environment and our families in mind? And if you do, who has the wherewithal to order each of those products from individual retailers online, or even worse drive around to different stores burning a ton of gas trying to find them? And what happens if you try them and don't like them? Will they replace with another product at no cost, or give you your money back without question? I doubt it.

If you do your homework, you'll see that Melaleuca has a long track record of producing high-quality, safer, eco-friendly, and competitively-priced products that work. And they stand behind them with a 100% satisfaction guarantee. I know because, as a Melaleuca customer, I've experienced it first-hand.

So I think the name-calling is unnecessary, especially in a public forum. If you have a problem with Rachelle, handle it with her. I don't know of a better company that provides better-quality at a better price and with a better business opportunity across the board. Do you?

Melaleuca is a 22-yr old almost-$1 billion per year American company that provides a great income opportunity for basically no business investment all you have to do is be a customer. Find me a better opportunity than that. Find me a higher-quality more effective and more diverse line of eco-friendly and safe products for a better price. Find me better and more friendly customer service. And when you do, please shout it from the mountaintops with as much verve and vigor as you've pursued Rachelle. I'll be happy to take a close look and try out that company when you do. In the meantime, I'll keep on using the Melaleuca products that my family loves so much.

Oh, and by the way, I've never seen anyone put a finger in a bottle of Melaleuca's Sol-U-Mel and stick it in their mouth, but I can definitely say I'd much rather do it with a Melaleuca product than with something someone else can buy at a neighborhood grocery story or warehouse club. How about you?