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SBMUSCLE TEAM said:
Why not give us a try. We have a great selection and great prices. Also we are always available for questions by phone. Please just click phone orders button on our site for phone numbers,

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I just ordered from SB, and I was very satisfied. The pricees on your 6lb tubs of muscle milk were good, and fast shipping. 2lb tubs of muscle milk at GNC are the same price as your 6lb tubs.

I wish everyone would start ordering from reputable online dealers so these GNC stores would just die off.
 
I support SB Muscle as well.

Great site, good prices, quick shipping, non-jew like.
 
denisonbaseball said:
I am a former employee of the General Nutrition Center. I was recently let go for selling to many third-party product (NaNo Vapor, Nano Halo, Aplodan, ProNos...products that actually work). I was one of those employee's that was trained to sell the most expensive (so-called premium products...these products are graded on average percentage towards daily sales); if these numbers are not met you are liable to be terminated! I am writing this only to give my personal opinion on GNC.
1.) Their product are OVER-PRICED
2.) Their products DO NOT WORK, have tried them all...Wheybolic 60 is the only exception
3.) Sales representatives for the company do not know white from black. ex: customer came in and wanted a pre-work out energy boost (non creatine)...most knowledgeable person in the store MANAGER showed the bodybuilder Creatine 189. If you know anything about the product you would understand that it is a time release, and not meant for people in competition due to excessive bloating!
4.) My last complaint is on a more personal level...my manager took almost a month off for personal reasons. I was called into work 4 hours early with food-poisoning when I had attempted to call off.

My overall opinion on the GNC Brand is that it is all over-rated junk. Anyone that spends money at their local GNC (other than multi's) has been squandered into purchasing items that will only help company numbers and not the happiness of the customer.

GNC's Overall Goals....Posted In Back Room
1.) Customer Happiness (aka manipulate customers as much as possible)
2.) SHAREHOLDER HAPPINESS (aka this is all we care about and will do WHATEVER it takes to make them money!)

If you do decide to go into GNC and purchase your product...do it at a military base and know exactly what you want prior to entering the store.
If by chance you live around the Beavercreek area in Ohio and visit the Fairfield Mall GNC...buy NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING from the over-weight manager that smells up something horrible and doesn't have the slightest clue as to what the products do and their effects. This woman will read you off every ingredient labeled on the product but when it comes to first hand knowledge of GNC...90% of employee's are overweight, have not used half the product they try to squander into your home.
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Well what was your premium percent. I believe there is only 4 products in sports supplements that are premiums. I currently work at GNC I'm an Senior Store Manager but I do a whole lot of cross selling between 3rd party products and GNC products. I want my employees to sell 3rd party because I want them to make money. But when it comes to me I am looking out for what is best for the customer. If they want a Nano Vapor, I'll ask them if they take a protein and most of the time you have a jackass who wants to gain mass but doesnt take a protein. Well, I'm really hesitant to sell them the Nano Vapor because they arent getting what they really need. But most of the Premium Products are multivitamins or other things, not just sports supplements. So if you have had a bad experience because your manager is a douche then I am sorry. And GNC is getting better with their prices, just compare it to the online source. You always just have to look at the sales at the time.
 
Unfortunately...

Unfortunately, I tried tracking sales, but overall - 3rd party product is best bought from else where. GNC always manages up to screw up savings, and right now the Gold Card feels like a scam card. I paid $15 for a "years" worth of saving. But when I really buy is just a few fat burners, I really don't get my $15 worth of savings. I suppose it benefits GNC sales, but I hardly touch GNC stuff since a lot of the times, I find I get better results from 3rd party brand. GNC is a old dinosaur that needs to be sold and cleaned out. Everytime I stepped into my local GNC, it feels like I'm being hounded to renew my card when it doesn't need to be renewed, and I'm forced to listen to sales pitch about GNC products I don't care for. Seriously... with the economy in the gutter, I don't see how GNC can survive if they continue to screw customers over with their membership card, fees, and red tag sales that are not sales (flip the tags guys! you'll understand why my Gold Card doesn't save me much when purchasing Hydroxycut Hardcore!)
 
GNCsucks said:
Unfortunately, I tried tracking sales, but overall - 3rd party product is best bought from else where. GNC always manages up to screw up savings, and right now the Gold Card feels like a scam card. I paid $15 for a "years" worth of saving. But when I really buy is just a few fat burners, I really don't get my $15 worth of savings. I suppose it benefits GNC sales, but I hardly touch GNC stuff since a lot of the times, I find I get better results from 3rd party brand. GNC is a old dinosaur that needs to be sold and cleaned out. Everytime I stepped into my local GNC, it feels like I'm being hounded to renew my card when it doesn't need to be renewed, and I'm forced to listen to sales pitch about GNC products I don't care for. Seriously... with the economy in the gutter, I don't see how GNC can survive if they continue to screw customers over with their membership card, fees, and red tag sales that are not sales (flip the tags guys! you'll understand why my Gold Card doesn't save me much when purchasing Hydroxycut Hardcore!)
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Well no, the gold card is for people who think the supplements they read about in the store owned mags and see on t.v. will actually help them lose fat! Or for people who either know no better or don't have anywhere else to go to get big cans of pretty excitingly packaged whey. So they get the card and buy up shit. I used to have the card but I'm like you. The only thing I get from gnc is caffeine. The occasional adrenalyn stack or something like that when I don't feel like driving up through the traffic to the vitamin shoppe. Screw em. Tell em like I do, No I don't come here often enough for that card.
 
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If you have internet then GNC is bordering ignorant to use. So many good places online to buy stuff that works. Do a comparison,

GNC sells Gakic and promises awesome size and strength gains gakic sells for regular price 74.99 sell price 59.99 and even with gold card 47.99. You ask for something for strength and this will be one of the products recomended.Gakic is shit.

Online at www.sbmuscle.com a muscle and strength building product i recomend is MDrol 24.95 plus a few bucks to ship. Now you have a product that works and you saved money. You saved 20 dollars on one purchase and got a GOOD product! Why the hell would you go to gnc. I know those were off beat comparisons but also very true to life .
 
I love GNC, I go in and buy ALL the NEW MUSCLE-TECH products, Like the guy that works there, I am 345lbs of shredded muscle. Just so you know I am kidding.... I do NOT like GNC or muscle-tech... They suck......
 
Yeah haha, I have a gold card but just in case of emergencies. I buy from Sb muscle almost all the time!

I just made a purchase at SB muscle that totaled 157$

For fun I check out the price it would be at GNC, it would have cost me about 220$ for the same stuff. That is insane!
 
GNCsucks said:
Seriously... with the economy in the gutter, I don't see how GNC can survive if they continue to screw customers over with their membership card
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It's retail. There is overhead, and it's costly. It's a publicly traded profit making venture. GNC is doing very well compared to the rest of the economy.

If you don't like it, don't shop there. Why start an account here just to bitch about this?

The membership card doesn't screw anyone over. You have the option not to get a Gold Card and not to shop there.

Although it hasn't been anounced, Everyday Gold Card discount will soon be launched.

This has alway baffled me. I don't go the Gap and bitch about paying $80 for a plain polo. Do you get pissed when your McDonalds cashier trys to sell you a combo meal when you know the margain on fries and soda is killer?
 
Vitamin Shoppe is great. THey have discounted items and carry a variety of brands. I am able to get the manager to price match products for me off the internet. GNC will not do that around here. Plus GNC is way overpriced on items.
 
Fn gap always trying to rip me off on my clothing.What a bunch of bs.:pissed: I can't even go to McDonalds without someone trying to sell me a combo meal.Damnit.....:mad:

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Gnc is overpriced. but i dnt have to pay anything for my gold card because they are hurting like everyone else. the one i occasionally go to has a real knowledgeable and nice employe. i kinda feel bad for them because rite-aid will probable get bought out pretty soon.
 
I bought some creatine from GNC.

It was the same price as the creatine from the vitamin shoppe
 
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Regardless whatever reason GNC uses to justify their overpriced goods, if it's retail, well there's always going to be someone a lot better than them. I have to see it to believe it that the everyday Gold Card is going to be a program thbt is going to work. They're going to have to raise the cost of the card and the cost of the products just to make more profit. GNC will always find a way to screw up something good. It's just good to spread word to other concerned consumers, or give a buyer beware of what to expect. If one takes away all the gimmicks of GNC, then their so called profits are really nothing. Once customers like me realize what kind of monster the company is, and turn their back on it, it'll be way too late for GNC to recapture customers.
 
I spoke to a GNC franchisee about 3 months ago who was closing his store and he said the whole company is in BIG trouble, they're getting run out of business by online supplement wholesalers, and they won't be around for too much longer at this rate. I can only imagine things are getting much worse with the economy and people cutting back on what they may consider luxury items like protein and supplements.
 
buyer beware- no customer service

On 11/22/10 I was talked into purchasing Silver Biotics by a pushy sales person. After reviewing the information about it online I felt uncomfortable taking this product. On 11/24/10 I returned the unopened product to GNC wanting only an exchange. Since I could not find the receipt they would do nothing.

I could prove it was purchased with my debit card since I have access to those records. They should be able to pull up a recent receipt since the "world" is computerized (except for GNC of course) and I had used my Gold Card.

I called customer service and they too would do nothing to help.

Online the return policy states that if it is a GNC brand they will exchange without a receipt under very strict conditions but if it is a third party brand nothing can be done without a receipt. So now I am out $25 and my only recourse is to throw the product in the garbage and never shop at GNC again.

They state that satisfaction is guaranteed but it is not.
 
i used to manage a vitamin shoppe and found that our prices where so much cheaper did some research and found out it was due to that we got paid hourly and they got paid commision so they hada up the price to compensate for that your best place for prices is online even with shipping and most places ship free if u spend 100$
 
They are more expensive than online, but you at least get close to online deal first week of every month 20% off. Still cheaper online
 
Some GNC's have a good Clearance shelf, where 'occassionally' you may see some decent deals. So rare and scarce though, it's not worth wasting the gas to go from location to location to see if they even have anything worthy to get at a proper price.

Shop online, best solution. No taxes most times, quick shipping, more discounts/sales, much better prices. All around just a better way to go!
 
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