Introduction
If you comb the internet in search of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs), anabolic steroids and/or sports supplements, you are more than likely to come across a number of claims, articles, and sources. As a matter of fact, because of your search for PEDs, you may find your browser flooded with advertisements from a host of sources for anabolic steroids. One of the sources out there that you would probably be exposed to through their famous advertisements is Crazy Bulk.
The Crazy Bulk brand can virtually be found all over the internet with an array of “PED” products that you can choose from. Crazy Bulk is able to rank high on search engines mainly because of their seemingly clever advertising that aims to target potential customers by promising two things: “legal steroids” and “quick results.”
Those are like magic phrases to the ears of anyone new to the world of bodybuilding and the use of androgenic anabolic steroids (AAS). To be honest, its all most people want to hear, but as promising as these two phrases sound, they are actually misleading, especially to the uninitiated because the average Joe would think that Crazy Bulk offers what other sources cannot guarantee – that is legality and authenticity.
However, this cannot be farther from the truth, as what is advertised is often different from what you get. Most of the products offered by this brand often DO NOT consist of genuine anabolic components, but rather they are synthetically designed compounds that mimic the anabolic benefits of real steroids. For example, boosting muscle mass or muscle hypertrophy and/or promoting strength gains.
If you are a self-respecting bodybuilder looking for authentic anabolic steroids and you think this is bad enough, Crazy Bulk takes deceitful marketing up a notch by naming their products to sound like and appear to be the names of real steroids causing confusion to even the most experienced bodybuilders.
One example of their deceitful product naming is in reference to a popular steroid called Anadrol. They name their product “Anadrole” in a clear attempt to create confusion and mislead people into thinking that both products are one and the same thing when in fact they are not.
Another couple of products that they enthusiastically promote are “D-bal” and “Tren-Max” which are their versions of popular anabolic steroids named Dianabol and Trenbolone respectively.
To the average person coming across these products, you could be forgiven for even thinking that what Crazy Bulk is offering is the real deal while the real steroids are fakes. The lure by Crazy Bulk is further enhanced by their aggressive marketing campaigns as their ads seem to be all over in fitness and bodybuilding blogs, forums, and supplementation sites.
What’s more, these sites, blogs and forums tend to use shilling techniques that influence traffic and buying patterns with people jumping onboard the Crazy Bulk train without a clue of what’s going on.
While the shills get paid for a job well done, the customers of Crazy Bulk end up buying what they assumed to be authentic anabolic steroids only to be left disappointed when they fail to realize expected bulking, strength or cutting goals.
The outreach of Crazy Bulk makes matters worse as they are able to attract customers from different continents without language barrier concerns as their official stores with a number of domain names offer language in-built translation tools to put buyers at ease by making the stores appear both credible and local.
Just to further add to the deceitful marketing ingenuity of Crazy Bulk, they are present on a number of online review sites like Sitejabber and Trustpilot. If you ever visit any of these online review sites, you will notice that there are a large amount of positive comments on Crazy Bulk and their products from customers that are supposedly content with their brand and products.
However, it has since been exposed that most of the online reviews are either purchased or are outright fabrications aimed at promoting their brand. Crazy Bulk uses the online reviews as a marketing tool for pushing the idea that they are a verifiable, reliable and trusted source for anabolic steroids which is nothing more than a blatant lie.
Did You Know Crazy Bulk is no Longer a Customer of Feefo?
When you get onboard the official Crazy Bulk website, you will notice a large number of online reviews that are marked as validated by Feefo. You will also notice that a majority of the online reviews are rated 5/5, a deliberate act to further convince visitors to the site that Crazy Bulk is a highly reputable “legal” anabolic steroid brand.
However, if you ever take time to read through some of the online reviews, you will soon realize that a majority of the comments were dropped by supposed customers with many commenting on products that they are yet to use.
Most of the comments you get see are those relating to Crazy Bulk’s product prices, customer service and/or speed of delivery rather than the effectiveness of their supplements. It is worth noting that as at the time of writing this article, Crazy Bulk is no longer a customer of Feefo. Nevertheless, the Feefo verified reviews are still present on the Crazy Bulk website further giving visitors the impression that the brand has a perfect reputation.
Crazy Bulk Encourage Sales with Fake Testimonials
What you need to understand is that people’s buying decision is often influenced by the testimonials of others. With that in mind it then becomes concerning that many people could be naively purchasing anabolic steroid products they perceived as genuine when in fact they are purchasing products that cannot technically qualify as being anabolic steroids.
Crazy Bulk are sponsors to a wide range of blogs and websites where they deceitfully provide before-and-after pictures of supposed customers of their products. The truth is, it has been discovered that many of those before-and-after pictures are not those of real customers of Crazy Bulk’s products, but instead they belong to people that had posted those photos on forums, blogs and other sites. What is even more disturbing is that Crazy Bulk uses these photos without the express approval of the people whose photos are being used.
Crazy Bulk use those photos under the guise that they belong to real customers of their products who have witnessed genuine results often with further false claims that the results were established within a short period of time or cycle.
As a potential customer wishing to look as good as the people in the photos, it would be understandable if you are rasily convinced to make a buying decision (one that you would undoubtedly regret).
To add to the deceitful marketing strategy on forums, blogs, and sites, it has been discovered that Crazy Bulk allegedly permits the creation of photo montages featuring popular bodybuilders and celebrities as a way of enticing unknowing customers into first time patronage and/or repeat sales.
In a number of online reviews you get to see these photo montages strategically placed beside Crazy Bulk products as a way of suggesting to potential customers that the products are capable of helping them achieve the bodybuilding results seen in the photo montages.
The photo montages placed next to Crazy Bulk products in online reviews also suggest to potential customers that the popular bodybuilders or celebrities in the photo montage have endorsed the products shown in the reviews.
Fortunately, despite the purchased or fabricated reviews on review platforms, you can still get to read the comments of real customers of Crazy Bulk’s products on review platforms like Trustpilot.
With a bit of patience sifting through all the fake reviews, you will eventually stumble on what appears to be testimonials from authentic customers revealing their discontent at the quality of the products, failure of the products to yield the results advertised, and even the quality of Crazy Bulk’s customer service.
Crazy Bulk often try to counter the negative reviews, but reading through the correspondence usually provides an even greater understanding of how the reality of real user experience is a far departure from what is presented by the “legal” steroid source.
3 FAQs About Crazy Bulk
How genuine are Crazy Bulk’s products?
Crazy Bulk’s products are often advertised as “legal” steroids. But they have been proven overtime to NOT BE genuine anabolic steroids even thougb they are often presented as such.
Can Crazy Bulk’s products serve as a viable alternative to using real anabolic steroids?
No. Crazy Bulk’s claim that there products are “legal” steroids is simply a marketing strategy designed to deceive potential customers into purchasing their products. Most of Crazy Bulk’s products are dietary supplements at best and CAN NOT in anyway be regarded as substitutes of genuine anabolic steroids.
Is Crazy Bulk a scam anabolic steroid source?
Yes. Crazy Bulk can be qualified as a scam anabolic steroid source because they present themselves as offering “legal” steroids that will provide users with similar results as that attributed to genuine anabolic steroids. They also use product names aimed at deceiving unsuspecting customers like “Anadrole”, “D-bal”, and “Tren-Max” which may mislead potential customers into thinking that they offer Anadrol, Dbol, and Trenbolone anabolic steroids respectively.
Conclusion
If Crazy Bulk simply market their products as some form of dietary supplements and target potential customers from that niche with product names that are not misleading in any way, then no one (including us) would bother reviewing their business strategies.
However, this is not the case as they persistently use aggressive marketing campaigns to deceive people into thinking that they are a reputable source for anabolic steroids which is far from the truth.
People should be allowed to make up their own minds about any source they intend patronizing and should never be persuaded to do so through deceitful advertising campaigns.
If you are new to the world of fitness and bodybuilding with a genuine desire to explore PEDs for bulking, cutting, and/or strength gains, you should always apply due diligence to avoid being scammed.
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