Spectral DNC - real or fake?

[vellusfarmer]

I've bought my Spectral DNC from biovea.net. How can I be sure that it really is the real legitimite stuff with minoxidil 5% and not just some fake crap? I've heard that there are a lot of phony medications for sale in some online stores.

 

[beaner]

Do you really think anyone is going to make fake Spectral DNC?

99.9999% of the population has never even heard of it so it would be pretty pointless.

 

[vellusfarmer]

Do you really think anyone is going to make fake Spectral DNC?

Well, let' see. Spectral DNC has been in the market for a while already, so it's safe to assume that there is at least enough demand in the market for the manufacturer and retailers to make a profit out of it. Now, let's say that the consumer price of one product is 100 moneys and the production/marketing costs in total are 50 moneys. This leaves 50 moneys for the retailer per one sold item. For legitimate Spectral DNC, that is. Fake stuff would easily have only half of the production costs (probably even less!) when compared to the real stuff. If the retailer buys fake stuff instead of real stuff, for every product sold he will get 75 moneys instead of 50 moneys for one product sold. That's a dramatic +50% increase in the margin.

Ask any retailer, about any product, would they like to have a +50% increase in their margins? It's not about the absolute size of potential customer group - it's about profitability and margin. If there would be absolutely no point in making fake Spectral DNC, then there would be no point in keeping the actual real product in the market either. But as the real product has enough demand to satisfy the costs and make a profit (otherwise it would've been killed already), then there definitely is a reason for someone to try to manufacture fake product with lower costs and benefit from that. Unfortunately.

Now that the off topic has been covered, let's go back to the original question.

Here it is:

I've bought my Spectral DNC from biovea.net. How can I be sure that it really is the real legitimite stuff with minoxidil 5% and not just some fake crap? I've heard that there are a lot of phony medications for sale in some online stores.

 

[TEDDYRUXPIN]

I've bought my Spectral DNC from biovea.net. How can I be sure that it really is the real legitimite stuff with minoxidil 5% and not just some fake crap? I've heard that there are a lot of phony medications for sale in some online stores.

Ok. First thing to know is go on the spectral DNC website. They actual have a small number of distributors and biovea.net are one of them.

 

[beaner]

You are being paranoid, but thanks a lot for the little economics lesson.

 

[vellusfarmer]

Ok. First thing to know is go on the spectral DNC website. They actual have a small number of distributors and biovea.net are one of them.

That's good to know, thanks.

Yes, I am a bit paranoid I guess. It's the combination of no results yet + shedding + recent TV documentary (about fraud like this)..so there you go..

But now that I know Biovea is one of the official retailers, I feel a bit more confident about it.

 

[TEDDYRUXPIN]

Ok. First thing to know is go on the spectral DNC website. They actual have a small number of distributors and biovea.net are one of them.

That's good to know, thanks.

Yes, I am a bit paranoid I guess. It's the combination of no results yet + shedding + recent TV documentary (about fraud like this)..so there you go..

But now that I know Biovea is one of the official retailers, I feel a bit more confident about it.

The only downfall about biovea is that it takes a long time for it to get to you. Took me 3 weeks for delivery. Ridiculous.

 

[bezerra]

Do you really think anyone is going to make fake Spectral DNC?

Well, let' see. Spectral DNC has been in the market for a while already, so it's safe to assume that there is at least enough demand in the market for the manufacturer and retailers to make a profit out of it. Now, let's say that the consumer price of one product is 100 moneys and the production/marketing costs in total are 50 moneys. This leaves 50 moneys for the retailer per one sold item. For legitimate Spectral DNC, that is. Fake stuff would easily have only half of the production costs (probably even less!) when compared to the real stuff. If the retailer buys fake stuff instead of real stuff, for every product sold he will get 75 moneys instead of 50 moneys for one product sold. That's a dramatic +50% increase in the margin.

Ask any retailer, about any product, would they like to have a +50% increase in their margins? It's not about the absolute size of potential customer group - it's about profitability and margin. If there would be absolutely no point in making fake Spectral DNC, then there would be no point in keeping the actual real product in the market either. But as the real product has enough demand to satisfy the costs and make a profit (otherwise it would've been killed already), then there definitely is a reason for someone to try to manufacture fake product with lower costs and benefit from that. Unfortunately.

Now that the off topic has been covered, let's go back to the original question.

Here it is:

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I've bought my Spectral DNC from biovea.net. How can I be sure that it really is the real legitimite stuff with minoxidil 5% and not just some fake crap? I've heard that there are a lot of phony medications for sale in some online stores.

[/quote:74clfv9p]

That may work for any other products, but not for hair loss products. If the seller is selling a product that is fake and does not work, people will stop to buy it. That's not what he wants, right?
But for clothes, etc that are all the same your math can work.

 

[baroudeur]

i am always impressed with the quality of their packaging,just by this you cna know if it's the real or not,they dont use cheap boxes ....

 

[vellusfarmer]

That may work for any other products, but not for hair loss products. If the seller is selling a product that is fake and does not work, people will stop to buy it. That's not what he wants, right?
But for clothes, etc that are all the same your math can work.

A bit of an off topic, but actually, this works especially with hair loss products, because it is so difficult for the average user to know whether the product is real or not. In can easily take 6-12 months before any results are showing and even after that you won't necessarily get any results (even when using real stuff).

So basically, from retailer's perspective, you are able to get long lasting repurchasing customers even when selling fake products. This is not true with most other products, like clothes or electronics. If you think you are buying a real Levi's and you will get some cheap Asian version instead - you will notice this immediately and are not likely to continue using them (nor buying new ones).

 

[Jocko59]

LOL, dude you are paranoid. Perhaps you should have purchased your Spectural DNC directly from the DS Labs. That way you hopefully wouldn't have any doubts.