First off, V Star TV doesn't have a Yelp Page because their customers are ages 55+, Vietnamese, and…read moremost cannot navigate a Yelp page.
This is for the children of those parents who watch channel 57.11/V STAR TV/888 Home Shopping. This is their storefront where they film their shows and those infamous auction shows.
They advertise Japanese and Korean products (ginseng, candy, skin care treatment), boasting that they will give you clear skin. In addition, if you buy their ginseng sets (valued at $120), you get two boxes free. Already, that sounds too good to be true. One of the hosts kept stating that you had to CALL in to RESERVE your purchase so you could pick up. What? Maybe it's for them to keep track of who's buying? But that just sounds strange. They were also saying that if you buy their ginseng (which they say will promote collagen growth and give you energy), they would gift you a Korean gift box set. I started becoming very suspicious while watching the show and decided to come along with my dad to their storefront on Bolsa.
The front of the store is filled, from ceiling to floor with skincare sets, ginseng candy and drinks, microphones for karaoke -it's a pretty seedy looking place. The door to where they film was open so I, with no shame stared in. Bunch of green paper and a cheap looking table. Outdated computers and fake flowers for decoration. Wow. Slimy front desk lady sees me looking and gets up to close the door. Hmph. As my dad is confirming he called in to purchase the ginseng, an old lady waddles in slowly and asks the slimy front desk what they're selling. Slimy lady says, "We're selling the ginseng set, $120 for one but it's buy 1 get 2 free PLUS a Korean gift set box VALUED at $175." To my dad, she says, "This is the biggest promotion we are doing on the show. It's worth it." To the old lady who just waddled in, "You want you buy? It $120." So much for having to call in to reserve your purchase. A bunch of pooey.
I'm looking at the Korean skincare display and you guys know how when lotion has been sitting out for awhile, not used, forgotten for years, perhaps? It develops this chunky looking texture, almost a coagulation. Well, that $175 Korean skincare looked exactly like that. My dad make his absurdly expensive purchase and I lug those boxes into my car. I go home and do my research on these products. Should've done my research prior but you live and learn.
Those darn products are imported from Korea through a Chinese website! Wholesaling website which many of us might be familiar with! They're $5.50 a box (the Korean skincare set) and the slimy was boasting that it was valued at $175. Like in whose eyes? Your greedy, money-grubbing eyes?
This channel/store is a SCAM. None of their products are valued in the HUNDREDS margins. They're cheap products imported overseas with no regulations. They're practically scamming their own race. It's disgusting and simply sad.