This review is for Netirion.com as well as the low carb board they operate, moderate and run (Low Carb Friends).
In 2- words...Stay Away!
Some of the prices at Netrition.com are OK and competitive with other low carb stores (such as Viva low Carb - who rocks!) but the shipping is slow-slow-SLOW on Netirion.com! I no longer shop here and I'll tell you why. I would place my order. Two days later, I would then receive an e-mail that my order was "fulfilled". That day or the day after (3 days now) it would finally ship. After that, it would be 7 to 9 days before we actually received the box of low carb food - with many items broken and tossed about during the shipping process!
Low Carb Friends is an Internet Board what you don't know at first, is that they are supported and controlled by Netrition.com. LCF claims to be a "community" for those who prefer a low carb lifestyle. It is a user-board where one can post and review recipes, comments, etc.
What one quickly learns is that "community" members are discouraged from discussing products which Netrition.com does not sell! I actually learned this the hard way by asking about a low carb bread which their store didn't sell (and let's face it, most LC users WANT information on low carb bread, right?). Well, it would have been just fine if Netirition.com SOLD the bread, but because they didn't, my hands were spanked and my posts were deleted without explanation. This has happened to many, many others as well.
When Netrition.com and Low Carb Friends was confronted with this by me, (How come you will not allow me to discuss or post information about other Low Carb products...I thought this was a "community"?) I was again spanked and told, "Well of course you cannot discuss products which we don't sell...that would be the case with any store or board." Huh?
Again, Low Carb Friends is connected to the Internet shopping store, Netrition.com.
Low Carb Friends has several board moderators. The concern of the board moderators is more like parental control than it is, "community".
I know if many, many former and some current LCF members who honestly cannot tolerate the nit-picking, controlling and policing manner of the moderators. For example, hands are slapped and posts are commonly deleted if a low carb member posts a product review and a link or picture of a low carb product which their Internet store, Netrition.com, does not sell.
Moderators randomly lie, delete posts and cover it up.
I wrote a letter to the CEO expressing my dissatisfaction along with copies of unprofessional e-mails one of the moderators sent, and the CEO needed to "investigate" . After close to 2-months, it wasn't worth my time any longer.
The forum of users is wonderful. Many of the LCF posters have a wealth of information in eating and preparing low carb meals. The over-zealous moderators really bring havoc though and discourage many posters - and many have left because of them.
Of course when complaints are made, the old excuse is always given, "We HAVE to have rules that are ENFORCED."
Yes, but such a big difference between leading by example, being gracious and caring, and treating long-standing board members as though they are in Communist China.
My advice: Find another support board and definitely, a better, more cost-efficient and friendlier Internet store than Netrition.com. They're out there!
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