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My father who is nearly 90 had the same experience.  He was kept on the phone for 45 minutes and eventually said he would buy rosehip tablets.  He said he would buy 30 days worth, but the 'charming lady with the Indian accent' persuaded him to buy 6 month's worth, costing him £149.  They have arrived today and I plan to send them back and cancel his payment. Not sure if this will resolve the situation.  I am worried about comments from others about cold calls.  The elderly suffer from so many unsolicited phone calls and junk mail.  It is so distressing and confusing for them.

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It says here that you're PA to Health & Prosperity Ltd?

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I was also called this morning by someone called Geery from Sanda Wellness telling me he was conducting a health and welfare survey.   He asked if I had any medical conditions such as blood pressure, arthritis, cholesterol, etc.   I said that I received tablets for high blood pressure and that I had slight arthritis in my thumbs, whereupon he went into a long spiel about how bad my arthritis would get (all over my body) but that if I treated it now it could be cured and I wouldn't have problems in the future.   He told me about rosex and went on and on about what it did and how effective it was and then eventually said his company sold it and he could let me have it today at a special price of £14.95.   I said that he was trying to sell me something and that I was not prepared to buy today but would think about it.   He maintained that he was not trying to sell anything but then told me that if I phoned back later the price would be much more!!   I said again you're trying to pressure me into buying - I'm not interested and hung up.   I've yet to see whether they pester me.

I have tried emailing Sanda Wellness to cancel.  Needless to say the email is bouncing back undelivered.  As a matter of interest, has anybody been successful cancelling their order and have they managed to get their money back?

There is some help here https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/02086190070/26

I have just had a call from an asian sounding male trying to sell me the product who was going on for ages about how young I was.... Yea right!  He asked me who I worked for and I told him I worked for the police.... So when I firmly told him I was not up for buying anything over the phone he did very politely wish me a good day!!!! No sale from me my friend...and yes I do believe this was possibly a scam!

Hi I just made the same mistake as others and have ordered £149 worth of the gel.I am goping to send the stuff back as soon as it arrives and hopefully they will give me a refund !!!

Yes I got a refund back for my father I would suggest you ring the company & explain

Ajit Patel gave it to me in cash when I went to his house in Sussex with a local reporter.

My wife has had 8 calls from a woman called Maria Fernandez . Some of the calls lasted 45 minutes. My wife has had a Stroke in the past and is registered Disabled. This makes her very vulnerable to this excessive teleselling. My wife rang me in floods of tears today as the woman had rung again. I immediately rang the Police ( who contacted the company for me) and also Trading Standards. I was also advised to register with the Telephone Preference Service to stop these calls (We are even Ex Directory but it makes no difference).

Incidentally I cant help feeling that Sanda Wellbeing are getting their own people to put comments on this site to make it more favourable for themselves. Very suspicious.

A "lady" named Elizabeth (she says) rang on Monday evening (27/6/2011) to sell me a "natural product" made from Pomegranates, called POMY believe it or not ! She first took about 10 mins to explain the goodness of them, and also asked many questions about my health, age etc, and explained why I needed them as I get older.

She said she was from Sanda Wellness, and gave me the Company address and Postcode - 32, Vallnor, Celtic Court, Cuckingham, LK18 1RQ. (I can't find anything on any Search engine, so I think it's completely false). I don't know what Country it's supposed to be in either, but she had an Asian/Indian accent.

She was very persuasive, so I let her talk, and talk, and talk - boy did she talk. She wanted me to buy a £30 dose of these "natural" tablets for only £14.95p, and she couldn't understand it when I wouldn't give her my Bank details and when I wouldn't buy "over the phone"! That's when the conversation ended. She hasn't rung back since (yet)

Dear all,

Just another quick note to any customers on here who require issues rectified.  We have a UK based customer service team which I lead and I am happy to rectify any problem you may have.  

Our customer service details are:

Tel: 0208 619 0075
email: csuk@sandawellbeing.com

Alternatively if they cannot assist you please feel free to contact me directly on complaints@sandawellbeing.com

Kind regards

Bali Bailey
PA to Chairman.

I got a telephone call from a lady who was Indian and told me her name was "Cyble Jones" and wanted to sell me a course of Pomegranite Juice to mix with warm water.
The telephone number she told me was  02086190075 the number registered on my telephone as we were talking is  02086190746. It seems they have numerous numbers and state they are from the "Sanda Wellness Centre".
The lady was very polite but kept on going on about this man of 86 years old who benefited from this juice for his "Erection Problems".
I am staying well away from this company.

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Sanda wellbeing

In this day and age health issues become a daily talked about event. There is always something in the newspapers about some foods being good for the heart and vitamins available for all ailments .

However recently my mum whos 71 and has still got all her faculties and is still babysitting grandkids and great grandkids and can run rings round most women half her age had a phone call from a company based in india.

Sanda wellbeing.

This company began to tell mum of a great new product on the market called rosex.

This product as well as helping with her arthritic pain would rejuvinate her bones and make her feel at least 10 years younger .

They then went on to tell mum that this product is on specail offer at only £140 for a months supply and asked mum for her bank details.

Mum, is a pensioner and like most is on a limited budget so she declined there kind offer.

The company sanda wellbeing then offered mum a trial supply of these magical pills of £14 pound for a weeks supply .

Mum thinking "oh well £14 pound to have a bit more energy yes ok i will try that" .

The company then went through (supposidly) mums medical notes jotting down shes a diabetic arthritic and generally falling to bits 71 year old .

Three days into taking these pills mum began to feel ill,

She was lethargic and had been running to the loo several times a day her food was just running through her.

At this point mum rang me and said she wasnt feeling too well and that she had checked her blood sugar levals

1.9

Which most diabetics will know this is dangerously low to the point of diabetic coma.

She then went on to tell me she was throwing away these suppliments because she believed these were the root problem of her recent illness.

the end of the story /???

Sanda wellbeing sent another 2 weeks supply of these pills without asking her and took out money from her bank account.

Mum went to the bank and had to change all the account cards and details to stop more money being taken from her dispite her ringing the company and saying i dont want these pills they made me ill .

Today my daughter rang and told me all these details because mum felt too stupid to tell me about what had happened .

So for now im keeping the fact i know from mum to save her further embaresment , however trading standards and consumer trading standards have been informed and so has my daughters brother in law whos a very good laywer.

I googled sanda wellbeing scam and mums not the only one they got they seem to be targeting the elderly so please icers look out for this company.

I was called out of the blue by a lady calling herself Clara Stafford (sounded like she was Asian which fits with the comments above about a call center in India) from this company. This was under the guise of a national health survey/campaign. Very chatty indeed; almost like being chatted up! She then started to big up the benefits of pomegranate tablets I realised I was in a sales call and not a survey; once she gave me the company name (Sanda Wellbeing) I googled it. Told her I was not happy with what I was seeing and ended the call. I don't like companies calling on the basis of one thing - in this case a survey- and then trying to sell me something i don't want.

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had a call from these, and it should not be allowed, as they also know that you are bound to listen if the person on the other end of the phone says he is from the health centre

my mum who has short term memory loss was also conned into buying some 'cream' for arthritis which cost £279! She has also bought rosehip tablets from them which she never took. Luckily I rang them and demanded her money back and they did reimburse her (we sent product back)

OMG.. very interesting reading - my father - in his 80's recovering from a stroke had a parcel sent to him from these people and a bill for £888.00. They had contacted him and 'talked him' into buying 3 different drugs.

HOW  CAN THEY EXPECT A PENSIONER AND OBVIOUSLY AN OLD CONFUSED MAN TO USE SO MANY OF THESE TABLETS NEVER MIND PAY FOR THEM IN THE FIRST INSTANCE IS BEYOND ME. £888 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THERE WAS ENOUGH TO STOCK AN AVERAGE CARE HOME FOR MONTHS.

I have contacted them and explained he is a pensioner and gets confused easily and i have requested a refund to be put onto his credit card account, which i have been promised will happen.  watch this space .