07-03-10, 01:57 PM | |
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In the case of the Beachbody infomercials (haven't seen the Turbofire, so can't comment on that specifically), I often wonder how many of the people giving their miraculous testimonials are also coaches. I know that the one guy on the current P90X commercial (who went from morbidly obese to 7% body fat doing five rounds of P90X) is a coach. No offense to those out there who might be Beachbody coaches, but I think giving a glowing testimonial about a product you're actually trying to sell makes for a little less credibility, IMO.
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07-03-10, 01:57 PM | ||
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I will say that I believe testamonials from the shopping channels a bit more especially when I can see how something works "live". I bought a few Wolfgang Puck pieces as Xmas gifts this year and the recipients raved! But the "I transformed my body in 3 mths. " spiels not so much..
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07-03-10, 01:58 PM | |
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When my life story is cast for Lifetime TV (and admit it, with the proliferation of channels, at sometime someone is going to have to do the life story of a person who cleans toilets on a Friday night), I want the casting crew from "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant" to find my doppelganger because they have the best looking doubles of any "reality/documentary" I have ever seen.
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07-03-10, 02:07 PM | ||
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07-03-10, 02:11 PM | ||
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Location: San Diego, CA
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I remember reading about a woman who was pushing some weight loss scheme -- her after picture turned out to be a picture of a Russian model that she had stolen off of someone's website. Her after pictures would change over the years - but they wouldn't be the same person. |
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07-03-10, 02:36 PM | |
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The infomercial also quickly flashes a "before" and "after" picture of Chalene's BFF and I"m pretty sure she was already in fabulous shape before TF.
I want TF not b/c I think I'll drop weight and turn into a fat burning machine but b/c I'm all about awesome music and staying motivated and I KNOW I'll love these workouts. The marketing sucks though. I'm sure there are plenty of real before and after photo's stories they could use to make the "success" stories legit...boo.
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