Everyone who uses IHERB gets a reward code.
Sharing your reward code with others means not only do they get a $5 discount but also there is a small discount applied to your future orders.
My aim in posting information about vitamin D is to ensure people are aware of the latest scientific evidence.
It seems to me immoral to suggest to people in the UK that they need to use around 5000iu/daily D3 but not explain where the cheapest/easiest/most reliable place to purchase is, particularly as 5000iu are not available in the UK.
Not only is the service IHERB provides excellent but generally speaking their postal charges are cheaper than the competition. However over the long term they work out cheaper because of the extra discounts that come from bulk buying or those that accrue as you share your rewards code with friends and workmates or online.
The amount of discount the IHERB rewards scheme provides is trivial.
As far as I am concerned it is totally irrelevant and plays absolutely no part in my decision making.
You have got to get your priorities right.
What is the aim of this forum, or indeed forums for Diabetes, Pakinson's, Alzheimer's or Celiac?
Is it to provide accurate up to date scientific information that enables people to better understand their condition and be better placed to make evidence based decisions about diet/supplement use that MAY help control that condition?
I am perfectly happy to provide the scientific sources for all the information I supply.
If anyone wants to debate that information further then that's fine providing they go to the trouble of providing equivalent sources of information so I can then explain why I think the information I provide is to be preferred.
In these recessionary times we have to take into account the best interests of all readers and that includes our readers best financial interests.
Does RB's link to vitacost provide a cheaper source of 5000iu D3 than the link I provided to IHERB?
Check it out
What do you find?
Why should I be ashamed of providing people with a link to the cheapest source of D3?
Everyone who uses IHERB and who spreads their rewards code around as much as I do will know just how insignificant the discounts are.
I ONLY provide the link to IHERB where they offer the cheapest source I am aware of.
As you know I link to Biotech for 50,000iu and provide links to the cheapest UK source for those who dislike importing. Neither of these sources provide rewards codes or any rebate in kind to me But that doesn't stop me suggesting them.
I hope people choose IHERB because it pleases me to think other people are also getting a bargain. I hate to think people are being ripped off.
I hope other people are smart enough to share their IHERB rewards code so they also can benefit from ongoing discounts to further orders.
I take the view that the lower the cost of using Vitamin D3 the more likely it is that people will use it and this extends also to the future discounts they will get if they follow my suggestion to share their rewards code with others.
I'm sure everyone who does so will soon become aware of the trivial nature of these rewards. However a trivial discount off your next order is better than no discount. Who better to explain where the cheapest place to get your supplements from than the person who sometimes, if he's very lucky, only has to pay the postage charge.
I cannot understand the mentality of people who choose to cut their nose to spite their face. Similarly I find it hard to comprehend why anyone takes exception to being shown the cheapest source of a particular supplement.
R.B. when posting on other forums regularly links to his book. No one makes snide remarks about the profit this may bring to him. I wouldn't dream of doing so because it is absolutely clear his motive is not his own personal profit but the fact that people need to be made aware of the importance of the information he provides and whatever the income R.B.derives from the sale of his book is truly insignificant when taken into account the time and effort RB spends in explaining carefully and thoroughly the evidence he has considered. It would be insulting to suggest RB is only posting to obtain free publicity to obtain further profit from his book sales. Personal profit isn't his motive, any more it is mine. In the same way that RB provides accurate science based information to help others improve their health, so do I.
In exactly the same way the income (if one calls discount on supplement purchases an income) I derive from suggesting people use the cheapest reputable source of vitamin D3 I am aware of is utterly trivial, in comparison with the time I spend explaining, researching and sharing the valuable information I provide.
Make no mistake about it I get absolutely no reward for providing links to
D Action
I do get a small discount off my next IHERB order if you use my code.
My motives for providing that link are to help you get the cheapest deal possible. If you are smart enough you will spread your code around and you will also get future discounts off your next order.
I believe it is morally wrong not to explain where the cheapest source is if I know it.
I think it is morally wrong to prevent people having access to the cheapest source.
I think when people are under stress with a chronic condition the last thing they need is to be ripped off by people taking advantage of their ignorance and therefore by providing a link to the cheapest source I'm aware of this saves them time, money and stress.
I think trying to smear the accuracy of the information I provide with the implication that I am promoting it for my own financial profit is not only insulting but so far from the truth it is laughable.
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