West Coast Wellness
West Coast
Wellness is a California based company
with a very noble mission of helping people
achieve mental, physical, and financial
wellness. Recently, they have expanded
their opportunity beyond the West coast and have
radio ads running in many states.
One thing that I don't like about West
Coast Wellness is that they make an effort
to conceal any information about their
company online. The only way to find
out what they actually do or sell is to call
the regional office or speak with a local
rep. Their website consists solely of
contact info for various areas and no real
background or intro information.
They will tell you the reason that they
do this is because the company is highly
selective of who they partner with, and want
to work with the "right people." However, it
comes of more as a marketing tactic to
disguise the fact that the opportunity is an
MLM business.
If they told people this on their
website they would lose many potential
customers who avoid MLM's. It's to
their advantage to have people call reps
that
hype the opportunity and get people
excited. Then when they show up to the
general West Coast Wellness meeting there is
a higher chance of them paying the sign up
fees and joining.
It costs close to $170 to partner with
West Coast Wellness but they encourage
additional expenses to help your business
succeed. For instance, if you want to
benefit from their radio advertising it will
cost you around one thousand dollars a
month.
Also they suggest handing out free
samples of the health care products to
potential customers, this also comes out of
your pocket. Obviously these costs are
worth it if the convert into sales for you,
but they also come with no guarantees.
Overall, West Coast Wellness is
really no different from other MLMs.
One thing that I wasn't
able to find was a members profit disclosure
statement,
something that shows the income distribution
for all their reps.
These days all major multi level
marketing companies have them posted on
their websites. It usually happens
after, the first time, they get sued for
making unreasonable income claims about
their companies. The profit
disclosures all pretty much look the same,
revealing that about 5% of people making real money
and the rest barely cover the cost of
doing business. This is why many folks
think that it's a
West Coast Wellness Scam.
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Customer Responses, Reviews, or Complaints for
'West Coast Wellness'
Average Rating is
2.46
out of
5
based on
24 reviews.
Mark J. Ferreri Oceanside, CA | 4:26pm on May 1st, 2011  | Joined West Coast Wellness, spending thousands on the advertising & monthly rental for their suite. Never received any of the references from the radio campaigns. Was not allowed, though I am a professional videographer, to video their meetings, but the team leaders recorded them for their personal marketing. A double standard! They gave the feeling that unless you had a lot of money, you weren't worth their time (spent almost $7,000 in 4 months). |
I smell BS Pleasanton | 2:53am on October 14th, 2010 | This thing has these people brainwashed. They remind me a cult. How can you expect for someone to buy your product when you know nothing about it?? Rep's response; "it's good for you.. It's not about the product its about the business" LOL Where else in the world is there a business that knows nothing at all about the product??? that's because they are selling hopes and dreams.. These pyramid, excuse me MLM company's are taking advantage of people that have lost their job and hope, due to the bad economy. Don't believe the HYPE!!!
All i have to say is; please show me your Tax Returns, 1099 or W2, bank statements, and credit report and then i'll believe this BUSINESS really makes money. God Bless ya and Good night
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davedave San Francisco | 1:09pm on August 15th, 2010 | Bad experience in LA with a WCW rep (someone like the Newport Beach rep below?) hounding me into trying to give this company the benefit of the doubt and attend "just one of our casual fact-finding meetings abt our exciting money-making opportunity". Wasn't interested in this "opportunity" and finally told the rep and her higher-level district rep in no uncertain terms -- and told them repeatedly -- to just get lost! TG they finally did so. Now I'm hearing investor-recruiting radio ads for WCW's "opportunities$" on radio KCBS. Ouch... please DO avoid WCW! |
Jackson Sacramento | 12:52pm on May 6th, 2010  | Multi Level Marketing can be fun and profitable, but for most it is just going to be a failure or, at best, give a bit of extra income. All businesses have a basic job: to provide a product or service to people who need / want that product or service. In a competitive, free market arena, those products and services are constantly being improved and costs should come down (or at least mirror the market). If West Coast Wellness were providing vitamins and health supplements directly to consumers then the lowest prices / best quality and service would prevail. But if they have to add a profit margin at each level of the sales ladder then those products are going to be more expensive than if they were sold direct (or via only one or two levels: wholesaler, retailer, etc.) ALL MLMs operate this way. It's NOT about the products, it's about getting others in your downline to get people in THEIR downline to supposedly sell products. It isn't that the products are bad (I'm sure WCW has great products, as did Shaklee years ago, or AMWAY), it's that if sold in a conventional way the products would be much less expensive. That's the rub - |
Greg San Jose | 12:24am on April 7th, 2010 | Basic rule - if all they're marketing is about the company, but not the products, all they are selling is a company, not products.
At least Amway had real products to sell |
Mia Newport Beach | 3:29am on March 29th, 2010  | Wellness has real products just like Avon's. It's not a scam, you buy the business and you have to work of course to make money. People think they invest, do nothing, expect money to just fall from the sky, and then they complain! |
John Sacramento | 3:28pm on March 5th, 2010 | It's a scam. It's like one of those" work from home" deal. No one is going to show you how to make money for free. How do these people sleep at night?
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Tom NoCal | 1:54pm on September 4th, 2009 | Selling overpriced crap for $10 so four people can take their $2 profit means the buyer is paying $10 for something that is worth at best $2. Not a great "opportunity" for the buyer if "wellness" is really a goal of the organization, which it obviously is not. MLM is usually synonymous with overpriced, lousy products "sold" to make the ponzi scheme legal. If these products were so great, the creators would be selling them conventionally! |
nita San Diego | 2:07am on August 9th, 2009 | I find always find it interesting what methods those who hide dirty little secrets, such as those at West Coast Wellness do. Instead of truthfully revealing themselves as they are or answering questions in a straightforward way, they change the subject or get heated up on tangents to deflect such reviews or questions. When you ask what West Coast Wellness's product is, you'll all quickly get the runaround treatment like the below person tries to do. Such nonsense about corporate structure or garbage about making money, work ethics and the like. Again, never straight answers. Stay away! Another non-WCW'er rating this a 1- Dreadful here. |
West Coast Wellness Center San Diego | 11:21pm on August 3rd, 2009  | I always find it interesting when people use the word "Pyramid Scheme". Why interesting? Well most people work for a company who has a CEO at the top, the Vice President below him/her and so on down the pyramid till we get to you who is at or near the bottom. Now I truly feel sorry for people in this position because they have a false sense of security in that they can't be fired, and will always have a paycheck. Not to mention no matter how hard you work you probably still make the same amount. Now with MLM yes you have someone above you, so what. Can you have people below you? Yes. Can you work HARD and make as much money as you want? Yes. Can the person above you fire you? No. So think about it...your basically the CEO of your own little company. To be a company you need products and that's what you should be focusing on. |
Dave Los Altos | 8:18pm on July 27th, 2009 | I am an attorney representing 3 clients who were all duped by this farce of a company, West Coast Wellness. To all potential investors, please stay away from this scam with a 100-foot pole. Two of my clients tried to cancel their membership and found that the company continued to deduct thousands from their bank account. The other client was a member for 2 years and there was never any profit made, despite being told numerous times that the business was just getting ready to take off.
Save your money and if you really want to make more money, invest in your education or do something you enjoy. Don't get involved in anything that sounds too good to be true. |
Aristide Pleasanton, CA | 8:54pm on July 13th, 2009 | You all reading this can probably guess that the five-star comments from June 17th to July 1st are NO QUESTION from persons directly involved with West Coast Wellness. No wonder. Besides flooding widely-read comments-sites such as this with their testimonials, West Coast Wellness is also doing the Web 2.0 route to attract much more big-$$$ "partners" into their MLM. This MLM has opened a center near me in Walnut Creek, East Bay CA. One aspect of their company that really gets to me and others I talk to is that you cannot get any specific information on the products they are trying to sell without having to go through a WCW rep or go through all their testimonials & hype (at seminar, at center, at other places). Dreadfully frustrating! |
Evelina San Diego | 2:53pm on July 1st, 2009 | I am proud and honored to say that I am affiliated and working with West Coast Wellness. What I love about West Coast Wellness is how much up to date they are on everything. I mean, check this out! West Coast Wellness is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Bebo, Digg, and many others Web 2.0 widgets. And they are not selling anything on there! NOTHING! They are actually sharing various health tips, interesting articles, cutting edge ideas to stay fit and happy, relaxation techniques etc. West Coast Wellness is SO MUCH MORE than just a business (or MLM company for that matter, as many try to blackmail it). They claim on their web pages, that West Coast Wellness is a community of analytical, passionate and health-oriented professionals who share burning desire to lead fun and exciting lives. And even if they don’t have a global community yet, I am positive that West Coast Wellness is surely on the right track to create one! |
Derek San Jose | 2:51pm on July 1st, 2009 | Their products are awesome! My wife tried their BIO-LEAN II, when she was trying to get back in shape after we had our second baby. She lost 3 sizes in 10 weeks. She was so happy! She's been trying different products over years. But this one she said was the most effective. And she liked the customer service. West Coast Wellness associate followed up several times in the last 3 months to see whether she likes the product. |
John Lipard Fresno, CA | 4:44pm on June 17th, 2009 | About 3 years ago I didn't know what to do with my life. I had a full-time corporate job that I was tired of, fairly stable, but honestly boring life and teenage kids who never had time to spend with their family. I was miserable! At that point in my life I heard about West Coast Wellness. Since I had some free time with my flexible schedule at work, I decided to call them and go through their training. Boy, did that CHANGE MY LIFE!
West Coast Wellness gave me a unique opportunity that I never had before: to earn residual side income that I could use to increase the quality of my life. I started as part-time entrepreneur, while working full-time. Yes, it was a lot of work!!! But West Coast Wellness products are really good, the staff is very helpful, and training was definitely effective. That combination helped my business to take off.
I quit my full-time corporate job long time ago. I am fully concentrated on West Coast Wellness now. In fact, I work a lot less than I used to, I make a lot more money, I have more free time for vacations with my lovely wife. I even managed to save up enough money to send my son to college this year.
I know that there are a lot of West Coast Wellness Scam messages out there on the web. Good and bad publicity prove only one thing: that WEST COAST WELLNESS is a real company, and they deliver what they promise! Some people just don’t like that. |
Larry Dublin | 2:47pm on June 3rd, 2009  | West Coast Wellness is nothing but a Pyramid Scheme operating on the fringe of the law. I attended one of there sell meetings and almost brought into what they were selling. They even had people who said they were making more then what they were on their regular job. With some effort on my part I discovered that this individual were paid employees of WCW and those individuals you here on the radio adds are also paid employees. I would like to say if you want to just give away your hard earn income, you won't find a easier way to do it than buy into the WCW sell pitch. |
Jim CA | 2:00pm on May 15th, 2009 | What a sad enterprise. Whenever I hear the ads on the radio I am compelled to switch to another station to avoid hearing the lame sales pitch. |
Tim Antioch | 9:44am on March 5th, 2009 | Nick, you sound just like I did about 20 years ago when I was defending my business opportunity in Amway.
There are much better vehicles to make money than MLM, and you don't have to alienate your friends and family. |
Casey San Mateo | 11:00am on February 16th, 2009 | Those who fall for their ads don't exercise critical thinking skills. They give you no info on the radio and dangle the money like a carrot for brainless rabbits. |
Arturo San Jose | 9:26pm on February 2nd, 2009 | Very critical reviews of this West Coast Wellness distributorship at Yelp website for the California ciudades, Santos Diego and Jose.
Yes, same for Foster City West Coast Wellness. |
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