Thread: Cosmetics from the Dead Sea

Or perhaps Meat it instead of Meet it...


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

Or perhaps Meat it instead of Meet it...


Mick

We are cut from the same cloth young Mick

Originally Posted by Jimbo

I'm treading a fine line here I know - I am trying not to vendor bash while at the same time trying to warn my fellow Aussies of the sales practices of a certain temporary store that pops up in shopping malls around this time of year here in Australia.

Let's just say that when buying cosmetics products from the Dead Sea be strong and check prices before entering PINs and so forth.

Best wishes and may all your Christmas shopping days be merry!

James.

Pretty sure the same scam was going on in the malls here, when the pressure went on from media etc. they bailed out of the country leaving everything including rental cars, fully furnished flats, laptops, computers and all the stock.

Key events in the Dead Sea Spa saga:

June 25 – Revelations an 82-year-old woman was bullied into buying $5000 worth of cosmetics – mostly wrinkle cream for a range of different skin types;
June 25 – Kiwi Income Property Trust, which owns the Lynnmall shopping centre in Auckland, evicts Dead Sea Spa:
June 26 – Revelations a man with short-term memory loss was charged more than a dozen times for $13,000-worth of Dead Sea Spa products;
June 26 – An autistic man, Maartin van der Neut, says Dead Sea sold him $4400 worth of cosmetics in just half an hour, his EFTPOS cards charged five times, with $1000 unaccounted for – not detailed on the receipts;
June 30 – Campbell Live talks with former Dead Sea workers, who expose the company's illegal recruitment practices;
July 1 – Westfield shopping centres announce they will no longer host Dead Sea Spa kiosks.

Clarification: The kiosks in shopping malls around New Zealand were often branded ‘Gratiae’ and ‘Premier Dead Sea Spa’, however Campbell Live now understands this was branding from a previous business arrangement. We have been advised, that neither the Gratiae and Premier brands, nor the Dead Sea Premier Cosmetics Company based in Israel, have had any knowledge or business dealings with the distributor in New Zealand since 2010. The company also wishes to make clear it has had no connection with any Dead Sea

Campbell Live

Originally Posted by Grazor

Key events in the Dead Sea Spa saga:

June 25 – Revelations an 82-year-old woman was bullied into buying $5000 worth of cosmetics – mostly wrinkle cream for a range of different skin types;
June 25 – Kiwi Income Property Trust, which owns the Lynnmall shopping centre in Auckland, evicts Dead Sea Spa:
June 26 – Revelations a man with short-term memory loss was charged more than a dozen times for $13,000-worth of Dead Sea Spa products;
June 26 – An autistic man, Maartin van der Neut, says Dead Sea sold him $4400 worth of cosmetics in just half an hour, his EFTPOS cards charged five times, with $1000 unaccounted for – not detailed on the receipts;
June 30 – Campbell Live talks with former Dead Sea workers, who expose the company's illegal recruitment practices;
July 1 – Westfield shopping centres announce they will no longer host Dead Sea Spa kiosks.

Dec 11 - Internet a strapping young lad avoided being scammed out of a couple hundred dollars in just five minutes.

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

Dec 11 - Internet a strapping young lad avoided being scammed out of a couple hundred dollars in just five minutes.

Was that you?

Originally Posted by Grazor

Was that you?

Why'd ya wanna know?! Were you the salesman?!


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

Why'd ya wanna know?! Were you the salesman?!


Mick

No, but I am seriously considering re-labelling jars of vegemite and selling them in the local mall as face packs.

Originally Posted by Grazor

No, but I am seriously considering re-labelling jars of vegemite and selling them in the local mall as face packs.

I like the shape of the Marmite jars better.....

Originally Posted by 32t

I like the shape of the Marmite jars better.....

Yeah but it would be a good way to get rid of the vegemite, no-one eats it here except Aussie tourists.

Originally Posted by Grazor

Yeah but it would be a good way to get rid of the vegemite, no-one eats it here except Aussie tourists.

An Aussie tourist spa?