I ordered a couple of products from them on 11/10/03 and never received them. They didn't charge my card and only replied to ONE email I sent them and I thought this was totally unprofessional. I called them the day after I ordered to find out how long it would take to get my products and whoever I spoke to said that it would go out in a couple of days, but THEN I received an email from them saying this:
"All orders are being processed.
We ran out of Shea butter over a week ago. We import it from Africa and the original container had gotten damage. We did not want to accept it and I send it back and waited for another container of shea butter to arrive. in the meantime, we ran out of a lot of products in which we use the shea butter and so we are a little behind this week. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Sincerely,
Fayola"
When I emailed back asking how long it would take to get the stuff I ordered, I received no response. After a week of still NOT hearing ANYTHING or getting anyone on the phone, I left both a phone and email message telling them to cancel my order and not charge my card. I still have NOT heard from anyone and I'm hoping they don't charge me AFTER I told them not to.
For one, I couldn't get over the fact that you only had ONE supplier for Shea Butter!
Good business practice dictates that if you're going to be selling to the public and you're a home-based business you NEED to have more than one distributor for your products. Needless to say, she turned me off and if I won't be buying her stuff. This is why I don't like dealing with small-time businesses. Carols Daughter was like this for a minute, but they quickly got their act together. It's just that with CD if you know you're running low, you better order a couple of weeks in advance to get your stuff.
For what it's worth, someone on another board said Ebene's ACV rinse was very good.