I've been having an increasing level of joint pain in my hands. I remember my grandmother had arthriitis, and I am afraid I am traveling down the same path.

On television a few months ago, I saw an infomercial for Supple.  Supple Beverages, actually, it is called.  After seeing the owner of the company "pitch" his product, I decided to try Supple to see if it would help relieve the pain in my hands.  I should have known better.

My order arrived quickly enough, and so I tried it right away.  OMG, it  tasted awful. On the infomercial it is mentioned how "good tasting" the product is.  Strike one.  

However, I persevered. A little taste problem was not going to stand in the way of having pain free hands again. Every day for a week, I drank a bottle as prescribed. (I also eliminated orange juice and coffee from my diet, as recommended). After a week, no real difference! After all, the infomercial says you should notice a difference within a week!.  Why was it not working? I called and was told to be patient, for some it takes longer.  I forced myself to drink it for another week--same thing, no results.  I was beginning to feel that I had been taken advantage of.  After all, it WAS a "middle of the night infomercial", right?

I decided to give it one more week.  I drank it faithfully every morning till day 24.  I couldn't believe I was giving up my delicious glass of orange juice for this, but I really am tired of having my hands hurt, expecailly on damp days.  No luck, Supple just does not work.

I decided to go on the web, to see what other people were saying about Supple.  I found THIS REVIEW.  It's a real eye opener.  So I decided to call the company and request the proverbial refund.  After all, it has a guarantee, right? Well, the guarantee has some pretty big loopholes.  First of all, they only refund for the unused portion, so I am only getting 1/2 of my money back.  (I ordered a 48 day supply).  Of course, I have to ship it back.  These bottle packs are heavy and my UPS driver informs me that it will cost me nearly $20 to ship it back.  I call the company to tell them that I think their "unconditional guarantee" means I will be left with basically no cash back at all.  Of course, there is NOTHING they can do about it, it's all in the fine print.

So now, I decide to check to see if others have this problem.  I check the Ripoff Report. Nothing there, but of course not, the company is new.  So I try the online Better Business Bureau and type in Supple Beverages in their Search Bar.  Bingo, another real eye opener. Their rating is C-, with over 18 recent complaints.  Lots of people in my boat, it seems, and that's just the ones who followed thru to file a formal complaint..

The moral of the story?  I guess it would be NOT to fall for all those "too good to be true" infomercials.  I'm out over $130.  I wish I had fallen asleep. 

There is a more or less happy ending to the story, however.  After reading  I tried Flexcin. This time I did a lot of research instead of making an impulsive decision, and it paid off. It's got something called CM8 in it. It took awhile (about 6 weeks) but my hand pain is gone!. I am so thrilled to be able to do simple things again without pain, like tie my shoes, and grip a brush to fix my hair. They did not promise miracles, but did promise results, and results I got.

Beware of Supple and make your choice based on research instead of SHAMWOW!