My $400 'meal replacement' shake subscription was a total bust

I saw an ad for this 30 day 'cleanse' program from a company called PureVita, and the before and after pics got me. Spent nearly four hundred dollars on powders that tasted like chalk and left me starving by 11am. I lasted a week before I caved and ate a real lunch, and the whole box is still in my pantry. Anyone else get sucked into one of those super expensive shake plans that just don't work with a normal day?

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victorb7426d agoTop Commenter

Read a whole thing about how those plans rely on you feeling too guilty to quit.

uma68526d ago

Forget guilt, they just bank on you being too lazy to cancel.

mila_perry1317d ago

The real trick is they use your own psychology against you. Like those subscription boxes that make you pick a "skip this month" button buried in your account settings instead of just a normal cancel option. Or gym memberships that make you call during specific hours or come in person. They count on you forgetting or getting annoyed enough to give up. Its all about making the exit path way harder than the signup path.