off-topic: 这是真的美国货吗？

chance wrote:

如果你想买美国保健品，可以了解一下Amway，我一个熟人在法国热心他们的直销，吹得神乎其神。

Tingting Huang wrote:

均衡的饮食再加上适量的运动，胜过用保健品。

Zhoudan wrote:

他们的保健品卖得很贵。洗涤用品倒不贵，经常在用的。

pkchan wrote:

中國不是禁止做傳銷的嗎？他們的強項不在於產品，是訓練傳銷員的手法。

In the 1979 In re. Amway Corp. (93 F.T.C. 618) ruling,[8] the Federal Trade Commission found that Amway does not qualify as an illegal pyramid scheme since the main aim of the enterprise is the sale of product and money is paid only for business volume, personal and group. It did, however, order Amway to change several business practices and prohibited the company from misrepresenting the amount of profit, earnings or sales its distributors are likely to achieve with the business. Amway was ordered to accompany any such statements with the actual averages per distributor, pointing out that more than half of the distributors do not make any money, with the average distributor making less than $100 per month. The order was violated with a 1986 ad campaign, resulting in a $100,000 fine [9].

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Amway grew quickly in China starting from 1995. In 1998, after abuses of illegal pyramid schemes led to riots, the Chinese Government enacted a ban on all direct selling companies, including Amway.[14] After negotiations, some companies like Amway, Avon, and Mary Kay continued to operate through a network of retail stores promoted by an independent sales force. Although multi-level payments were still banned, it is alleged that Amway didn't significantly alter its pay scheme, and justified them as payments for services.[15] China introduced new direct selling laws in December 2005, and in December 2006 Amway was one of the first companies to receive a license to resume direct sales. At the time they had a reported 180,000 sales representatives, 140 stores, and $2 billion in annual sales.[16] Multi-level marketing (commissions on sales of new sales persons recruited) is still forbidden under the new laws.

chance wrote:

如果你想买美国保健品，可以了解一下Amway，我一个熟人在法国热心他们的直销，吹得神乎其神。

我个人更信任法国的保健品，好像比美国检查更严格。

产品名称: 碧萝芷护康胶囊
产品介绍:
本品是以法国沿海松树树皮提取物、银杏叶提取物和葡萄籽提取物为主要原料制成的保健食品，经功能试验证明，具有延缓衰老和调节血脂的保健功能。
包装规格: 40粒/盒
保健作用: 延缓衰老，调节血脂
产品批号: 卫食健字（2002）第0293号
主要原料: 法国沿海松树树皮提取物、
银杏叶提取物、
葡萄籽提取物
功效成分: 每粒种含前花青素11.1%，
含银杏黄酮2.41%
适宜人群: 中老年人、血脂偏高者
食用方法: 每日早晚各2粒

产品名称: 碧萝芷片

产品介绍:
碧萝芷片是以法国沿海松树树皮提取物为主要原料精制而成的天然保健品，其中含有前花青素等成分。经动物实验证实，本品可提高SOD活性，降低LPO含量，延长果蝇生存时间，具有延缓衰老、美容（祛黄褐斑）的保健作用。
产品价格: 128元/盒
包装规格: 20片/盒
保健作用: 延缓衰老，美容（祛黄褐斑）
产品批号: 卫进食健字（1998）第013号
主要原料: 法国沿海松树树皮提取物
功效成分: 每片含前花青素≥20mg
适宜人群: 需延缓衰老者
食用方法: 每日2—4片，建议在进餐时服用

XiaoRan wrote:

看来这个在淘宝火爆出售的所谓直接从美国邮寄过来的东西9成是假货！......

[Edited at 2007-10-30 20:53]

wherestip wrote:



That's right. My impression Amway has their own brands, meaning no-name brands.

Way back, a friend of mine tried to get me involved. At the time it sounded like a pyramid scheme to me; so I politely refused.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amway
......



[Edited at 2007-10-31 16:21]

Yueyin Sun wrote:

XiaoRan,

根据你说的“标签印刷粗糙”，我觉得很有问题。美国公司一般不会不舍得在包装上花钱。即使是假货，其包装往往也会很漂亮。当然，也不排除某些人以大包装从美国买进，然后改为小包装出售。你买的东西很有可能是在中国包装的。但是，一改包装，那里面是狸猫还是太子就难说了。从网上买这种东西千万要小心，尤其是入口的东西。同样，也有人从中国以低价进口低质参，然后冒充花旗参在美国高价出售。

Vitamin World 这家公司还是挺有名的：
http://www.vitaminworld.com/

至于从美国邮寄到中国的邮费，你可以查一下网站：

http://ircalc.usps.gov/

http://wwwapps.ups.com/servlet/QCCServlet