Trueler has received a complaint on “AgeLessShop.com – Anti-Aging and Cosmetic Products” online store which operates in Canada. The customer received from AgeLessShop.com a box of Adovia Mineral Skin Care moisturizing day cream which was expired, the seal was broken, the tube was only 30% full, cream was swapped, and the box had some phrases removed by corrector… AgeLessShop.com was totally ignoring customer’s inquires about this issue…
Parcel from AgeLessShop / Naturale Science Inc
It is a parcel received by customer from the following address:
Naturale Science Inc
1277 Townline Road North
RR 5
Oshawa ON L1H8K7
and label:
Distributed by
Naturale Science Inc.
Courtice, ON, Canada L1H 8L7
Adovia Mineral Skin Care day cream
This is the content of the shipment:
Even on this picture we can see that the tube with cream is far from full…
Let’s take a closer look.
Expired Cosmetic!
(And swapped boxes)
The expiration date on the box is February 2011, but on the tube it is November 2011, which is clearly seen on the picture:
The box does not match it’s content also…
Broken Seal!!
There is a special seal on the tube with cream which states “Sealed for your protection“. But it was already removed:
Almost Empty!!!
It is supposed to be 50ml of cream in there which is the full tube up to the seal. But there is less than 20ml in the tube from AgeLessShop.com, approximately 30%
Modified Description
Don’t really know the reason, but it’s a fact. Some phrases in the description on the box were removed by a “liquid-paper” corrector:
and here:
No Customer Service
The customer was trying to reach AgeLessShop.com to resolve the issue without any luck…
Let’s do some research now.
AgeLessShop.com
Registrant, administrative contact and technical contact for AgeLessShop.com is:
Naturale Science Inc.
Sergio Martines
806 Fairview Avenue
Pickering, on (CA)
L1W1M8
smartines@nsp.ca
+1.(416)619-0772
It corresponds to the company name on the parcel.
EnviSk Organics/Bio
Certified Natural and Organic Skin Care
Website: http://envisk.com
It has been registered by Naturale Science Inc as well as AgeLessShop.com:
Naturale Science Inc.
smartines@nsp.ca
64 Cumberland Lane
Ajax, ON L1S7K4
CA
416-619-0772
E-mail address and phone numbers are the same also. Location is pretty close. AgeLessShop.com sell stuff from EnviSk Organics.
Both AgeLessShop.com and EnviSk.com have the same contact phone number on their websites: 1-888-410-0575 with no any human response during working hours.
Naturale Science Inc & BBB
Website: http://naturalescience.com
Registrant information is about the same:
Naturale Science Inc. .
72 Noake Crescent
Ajax, on (CA)
L1T3L7
Sergio Martines
806 Fairview Avenue
Pickering, on (CA)
L1W 1M8
smartines@nsp.ca
+1.(416)619-0772
Contact phone number on the website is the same as for AgeLessShop.com and EnviSk.com:
There is an interesting information at Better Business Bureau about this company:
“! There is an alert for this business !” – tells BBB
“Naturale Science Pharma Inc” is out of business now. First complaint to BBB happened in 2004. Some information differs from “Naturale Science Inc”:
Phone: (905) 420-2266
Fax: (905) 420-2210
8-1815 Ironstone Manor,
Pickering, ON L1W 3W9
atiller@nsp.ca
However this is the main info which is similar between both companies:
http://www.naturalescience.com
Primary Contact: Mr. Sergio Martines
Business Category: Skin Care
It let me think that Naturale Science went out of business at some point due to problems and just renamed business a bit to start over. Now we see problems again…
Old Website: http://www.nsp.ca
Modele Age Less
(Anti-Aging Skin Care, Anti-Wrinkle Skin Treatment Products)
Website: http://www.clubmodele.com
All information is the same as for above resources…
It is really frustrating that Canadian company Naturale Science Inc and its affiliates allow such outrageous things like dangerous, expired, half-empty and probably fake cosmetic being sent to their customers to happen… without any desire to fix things if it was an unexpected occasional mistake…
Beware!
Nice try, barbara ;)
I like this most: “If any of this was true the business would not exist”
Thanks,
Trueler
Wow! I am shocked to see this review for this company as I have always had a great experience with them. I never had any issues with their products or service. If anything they are always willing to help with any questions I have and promotions they have going on. They take their time to assist you and if you are not satisfied they offer a full money back guarantee or credit on your account. The choice is yours. I have recommended this company to my friends to buy their wonderful products many times turning them into loyal customers over the years. Sometimes you have to wonder if the negative reviews are false and solely made to cause undue hardship on a small business made by an unhappy negative person. :) Let’s be kind to one another. If any of this was true the business would not exist.
i never seen this type of issue , i am also a buyer form AgeLessShop.com for last one year. As much I know they are working truly hard to make sure the customers are completely satisfied with their shopping experience regarding both their products and the partner manufacturers.
@AgeLessShop.com:
Thanks for your feedback, but some points are not correct:
– Jan 10, 2012: Full refund was not offered to the customer. There was no request to return product. AgeLessShop only offered a new product
– Jan 10, 2012: The customer asked for refund
– After Jan 10 the customer sent couple reminders to AgeLessShop.com, but they were not answered until Jan 31
– Jan 31, 2012: PayPal reversed the charge by retrieving funds from AgeLessShop’s account, because the customer filed a dispute in resolution center since the company did not respond to refund request
– Jan 31, 2012: AgeLessShop sent an e-mail to the customer offering a refund and asking to return the product
– It was not only an expired product, it was also opened and only 1/3 full with something
– In case of return, shipping is not “on you”. According to the policy: “Shipping cost are not refundable”
– Two free lipsticks were not received by the customer
– Customer support did not reply to the customer for 21 days… until PayPal reversed the charge
Thanks,
Trueler
In reference to the above complaint, we would like to inform you of the facts.
Jan 3 2012, the customer purchased the product.
Jan 6 2012, the customer told us about the problem with the item
Jan 10 2012, we apologized to the customer and offered a replacement with any other product (as the item was discontinued and out of stock) or the full refund and to return all received products.
Jan 31 2012, full refund was issued, we never received the returned parcel from the customer.
We understand the frustrations of our customers and we completely take responsibility for shipping by mistake, an expired product.
Our policy allows for a full refund or exchange of any products for any reason, including if the product does not meet the customer expectations; the only thing we ask is for customers to return the unused portion with shipping paid by us.
This particular customer decided not to return the received items, which was the wrongly shipped expired item along with two free lipsticks that were offered in conjunction with this item. This of course prolonged the timing for the refund.
In regards to our customer support, we operate Monday to Friday for 9:00AM to 4:00PM ET and we promptly reply to our customers.
We do not operate to sell expired or liquidation products; our brands are currently for sale in pharmacies across Canada.
We work truly hard making sure our customers are completely satisfied with their shopping experience regarding both our products and our partner manufacturers.
However we are not infallible and we do make the odd mistakes. Overall we always promptly work with our customers making sure that they are satisfied.
In reference to the above complain, we would like to inform you of the facts.
Jan 3 2012, the customer purchase the product.
Jan 6 2012, the customer told us of the problem with the item
Jan 10 2012, we apologized to the customer and offer the replacement with any other product (the item was discontinued and out of stock) or the full refund and to return all received products.
Jan 31 2012, full refund was issued, we never received the parcel from the customer.
We understand the frustration of our customer and we completely take responsible for shipping by mistake an expired product.
Our policy allow full refund or exchange of any products for any reason, including if the product does not meet the customer expectation; the only thing is asked is to return the unused portion.
This particular customer decided not to return the received items, the wrongly shipped expired and two free lipsticks that were offered in a conjunction with this item. This of course increase the timing for the refund.
In regards to our customer support, we operate Monday to Friday for 9:00AM to 4:00PM ET and we promptly reply to our customers.
We do not operate to sell expired or liquidation products; our brands are currently for sales in pharmacies across Canada.
We work truly hard making sure our customers are completely satisfy with our and our partner manufacturer and with their shipping experience.
However we are not infallible and we do make the odd mistakes and we promptly work with our customers making sure that they are satisfied.
Best Regards,
AgeLessShop.com
I’ve bought several products on the AgeLessShop.com – all of which were past its expiry date.
NVEY Eco Organic Compact Powder was also open and it’s surface was scratched.
Envisk/Bio Organics Anti Wrinkle Face Cream had a disgustingly rotten odour.
I guess AgeLessShop.com was created to sell expired or/and damaged cosmetics from their partner-companies: EnviSk Organics/Bio, Modele Age Less, etc.
Thank you Trueler for doing a great job!