Hey there anonymous Monavie distributor. I see a clear pattern emerging here. You provide bad information and false claims about the product, I correct you, and then try to backpedal and provide more incorrect information.
1. Cost: You said that Monavie costs only $3 a day and is cheaper than a SBUX coffee. That’s wrong. Monavie retails for $39-$45 a bottle (25 ounces). The "recommended" daily amount is 4 ounces (their motto is “2 ounces in the morning and 2 ounces at night”). That works out to $6.25 to $7.20 per day. And that’s only for 4 measly ounces -- a cup of coffee is about 12 ounces. Monavie is in fact far more expensive than SBUX coffee. Also, SBUX, unlike Monavie, doesn’t charge 10 to 25 times more than its competitors (any other coffee outlet); they also provide chairs/couches, fast friendly service, wireless internet, cups and lids, condiments, napkins, music, heating/air-conditioning, outdoor patios, bathrooms, etc.
You also should stop implying that Monavie can substitute for fruit. Eight ounces of Monavie might count for about 1 serving at best, so those 4 ounces equate to about a half serving at most. You can get that from just about any other fruit juice for a fraction of the inflated cost of Monavie.
2. Patent: You said that Monavie was “a patented blend of fruit’. I pointed out that Monavie itself is not patented and no patent was ever applied for Monavie. That was correct. The patent application you referred to at WIPO is for the acai powder that is allegedly used as one of the 19 ingredients in Monavie – and the patent application was denied (and Monavie LLC was not even listed as one of the applicants). You provided the evidence that what you originally claimed about Monavie itself (not one of its ingredients) being patented (not patent pending) is blatantly false.
3. Pharmaceuticals: Have absolutely nothing to do with this discussion, despite your repeated attempts to derail the discussion in that direction. Stop it already – it’s ridiculous!
4. Red Bull: It’s pointless to compare the cost differential of Monavie relative to other fruit juices versus that of Red Bull versus its competitors. Red Bull sells for about 25 cents more per can than energy drinks like Monster and Rockstar. Monavie is 10 to 25 times more expensive than its competitors. That’s so that the revenue can be funneled through the idiotic pyramid system, and most it lands in the hands of a few people at the top. It’s a flagrant example of price gouging for a product that is mediocre at best.
If you like it, keep drinking it and keep wasting your money. But just stop using false information to coerce other people to buy it.
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Hey there anonymous Monavie distributor. I see a clear pattern emerging here. You provide bad information and false claims about the product, I correct you, and then try to backpedal and provide more incorrect information.
1. Cost: You said that Monavie costs only $3 a day and is cheaper than a SBUX coffee. That’s wrong. Monavie retails for $39-$45 a bottle (25 ounces). The "recommended" daily amount is 4 ounces (their motto is “2 ounces in the morning and 2 ounces at night”). That works out to $6.25 to $7.20 per day. And that’s only for 4 measly ounces -- a cup of coffee is about 12 ounces. Monavie is in fact far more expensive than SBUX coffee. Also, SBUX, unlike Monavie, doesn’t charge 10 to 25 times more than its competitors (any other coffee outlet); they also provide chairs/couches, fast friendly service, wireless internet, cups and lids, condiments, napkins, music, heating/air-conditioning, outdoor patios, bathrooms, etc.
You also should stop implying that Monavie can substitute for fruit. Eight ounces of Monavie might count for about 1 serving at best, so those 4 ounces equate to about a half serving at most. You can get that from just about any other fruit juice for a fraction of the inflated cost of Monavie.
2. Patent: You said that Monavie was “a patented blend of fruit’. I pointed out that Monavie itself is not patented and no patent was ever applied for Monavie. That was correct. The patent application you referred to at WIPO is for the acai powder that is allegedly used as one of the 19 ingredients in Monavie – and the patent application was denied (and Monavie LLC was not even listed as one of the applicants). You provided the evidence that what you originally claimed about Monavie itself (not one of its ingredients) being patented (not patent pending) is blatantly false.
3. Pharmaceuticals: Have absolutely nothing to do with this discussion, despite your repeated attempts to derail the discussion in that direction. Stop it already – it’s ridiculous!
4. Red Bull: It’s pointless to compare the cost differential of Monavie relative to other fruit juices versus that of Red Bull versus its competitors. Red Bull sells for about 25 cents more per can than energy drinks like Monster and Rockstar. Monavie is 10 to 25 times more expensive than its competitors. That’s so that the revenue can be funneled through the idiotic pyramid system, and most it lands in the hands of a few people at the top. It’s a flagrant example of price gouging for a product that is mediocre at best.
If you like it, keep drinking it and keep wasting your money. But just stop using false information to coerce other people to buy it.
June 22, 2009 - 7:21amThis Comment
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