The $100 Million Sex Pill Scandal

Holy crap! You guys hear about this?

NEW YORK — At 9 a.m. on March 16, 2005, about 50 armed agents from the FBI, IRS, the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, all wearing helmets and bullet-proof jackets, descended on the headquarters of Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals in Cincinnati.

Most people have never heard of Berkeley or its controversial CEO, Steve Warshak. But many people are familiar with Berkeley’s largest brand, Enzyte, which bills itself as “the once-a-day tablet for natural male enhancement.” Enzyte is promoted heavily on late-night cable TV with commercials that feature “Smiling Bob.” In the spots, Bob grins his way through golf games and pool parties while a double-entendre-laced voiceover talks about “working with wood,” and “a big new swing of confidence.” The product itself promises “fuller, firmer erections.”

I always thought those commercials were pretty funny, but I never gave the product they sold a lot of thought. I figured it was like Viagra. Turns out it’s an herbal supplement. But check out what they claimed it could do:

Over the course of the eight-month program, your erectile chambers as well as your penis, will enlarge up to 41%”

Apparently people bought that line of crap.  Suckers are born every minute they say.

Anyway, buyer beware, right?

At least that stuff was herbal and not chemical.  I think  you’re always safer to go with  herbal supplements all around.  And as a rule of  thumb, don’t trust any company that makes wild claims, no matter how funny their commercials are.  You’re a lot better of sticking with products like ProSolution –no wild claims just good info, testimonials and straight talk about what you can expect.