The Dr. Clark Research Association's Super Deluxe 2004 and Deluxe 2006 "zappers" are not zappers at all. They are frequency generators dependent on the use of expensive add-ons, program drivers and smart keys for which customers are charged individually. The are marketing-driven devices and are they were created with a focus on marketing, not effectiveness. I detail the costs below.
Here is a quote from Arthur Doerksen's Auto-Zap site:
"As you probably know, various multiple-frequency zappers exist; some, like the DCRA's SuperZapper Deluxe, offer pluggable modules to alter the frequency with "program driver" chips. The truth is, these are simply not necessary and can even reduce the effectiveness of your zapping time."
On their site the Association states "The zapper is fully programmable." Sound good? What this actually means is that the purchaser must buy expensive add-ons in order to program it. The lowest possible frequency that the 2004 and 2006 can be programmed to is 23,000 Hertz. But zappers are not programmable to a variety of frequencies. Devices that are programmable require the purchase of expensive add-ons and other devices. They are frequency generators, not zappers. Zappers are pre-programmed to a single frequency and do not require the purchase of any other product. The New Improved Ultimate Zapper is not programmable. It's electronic circuitry is fully pre-programmed. There are no add-ons and there is no added cost.
The Association has just re-christened their Deluxe 2006 a Biowave Generator but they still use the word "zapper" in the small print. If you want to use their devices without program drivers or smart keys you can. But you are then paying the premium price of $189.00 for the equivalent of a simple 1995 high frequency Hulda Clark zapper that can be purchased for $60.00. The Association's devices were designed to be used with the expensive add-ons. Their marketing is subtle and deceptive. Read on for more details.
On their order page they state: "Zapper DeLuxe 2006 with with all necessary accessories". Sound good? What this actually means is that is it necessary to buy the accessories. The accessories, program drivers and smart keys are necessary for people to buy to run the programs the Deluxe was designed for. Then, they state, the "Standard Clark Program runs". The fact is that there is no "Standard Clark Program" at all. Dr. Clark never invented any programs. There is a "Standard Dr. Clark Research Association Program". Dr. Hulda Clark is a researcher and inventor. She mapped out the frequencies that various pathogens vibrate at and she invented a 1-frequency device called the zapper to kill those pathogens. She never envisaged using a frequency generator to kill pathogens, which is why she created the zapper. Dr. Clark never created any programs and she does not endorse the Association's devices or any other devices for that matter. The New Improved Ultimate Zapper is not programmable. It comes completely pre-programmed. All you have to do it turn the switch on.
The Association's smart keys are not such a smart an idea for the purchaser. Why? They first require the purchase of a $600.00 smart key programmer. This is the basis of the Association's marketing strategy. Then the purchaser has to know the frequencies of the pathogens they want to kill before ordering their Super Deluxe and the smart keys. To know those frequencies they have to order the Association's Zincrometer test kit for $672.00, and a set of very expensive test slides. And they have to purchase the Association's smart keys individually, plus the 2004 or 2006 Super Deluxe, of course. So, the cost is $600.00 (smart key programmer) plus $672.00 (Zincrometer test kit) plus $189.00 for the Super Deluxe and then the extra cost for each smart key. Plus the cost of the test slides which is in the hundreds of dollars. That comes to $1462.00, plus the cost of the individual smart keys.
This is a very expensive and complicated process with an uncertain outcome, according to people who have used it. In the end it's like playing an expensive game of zapper Roulette. The bottom line is that program drivers and smart keys are very smart marketing for the Dr. Clark Research Association. But not so smart for the vast majority of people who want to kill pathogens quickly, effectively and inexpensively.
Let's say that one has the money for all this. You just hook everything up and away you go, right? Wrong. We're not done yet. There is one last hurdle that the Association never mentions on their website but which Arthur Doerksen talks about on his Auto-Zap site at:
http://bestzapper.com/ClarkMethodMinitrainingOnSite.pdf
"Although simple in concept, the syncrometer is difficult to master. Dr. Clark says it requires six months of diligent practice before one is ready to test others. It also requires the creation or purchase of a great many test substances for use as test standards, to enable one to thoroughly test and research the human body with its many systems and organs. We are always looking for more people to become Syncrometer testers but it is definitely not for everyone."
The following paragraph is from
http://www.syncrometer.com/
"Syncrometer units are now available. If you are interested in experimenting with a Syncrometer, we suggest getting the video, Syncrometer Basics and The Syncrometer Laboratory Manual. Many people have found difficulty hearing a positive from a negative, so the video of Dr. Hulda Clark demonstrating the device in a class room setting is valuable in learning how to operate your device. We suggest you first learn how to build and use a Hulda Clark Syncrometer with the Syncrometer Basics Video, and then from there use the Lab Manual for guiding you through the many advanced Syncrometer experiments." The video is $29.95 and the manual is $19.95.
In my opinion, I don't think that the average person would even consider buying the Super Deluxe 2006 if they knew that using it means buying a syncrometer or building their own syncrometer and a whole host of other expensive accessories, and going through extensive training in the use of the Zincrometer. Oddly, none of this is explained on the Dr. Clark Research Association sites. They advertise the 2004 and 2006 boldly but it is only on the order page where they mention the obligatory purchase of their version of the syncrometer, called the Zincrometer, when using the smart keys. This is just one example in a long list of deceptions perpetrated by the Dr. Clark Research Association. Once they grab your toe and you're in the water there is no going back without losing a substantial investment. It is no wonder why they are not up front about their marketing agenda.
The Association has another marketing scheme up its sleeve. If you purchased a Super 2006 Deluxe last year and you want to benefit from this year's added functions you have to buy a new zapper for $189.00. My opinion is that their marketing strategy is not very people-friendly, which is further substantiated by the fact that users are reporting back to me that complicated and expensive do not assure the effectiveness of the Association's devices.
Please read issues number five and six, below, for more information about program drivers and smart keys. The Association treads on dangerous ground with their program drivers. The drivers imply medical claims for complex diseases. They choose two or more target frequencies which supposedly will render results for these diseases. But this is impossible for them to assure any results whatsoever and they have no testimonial proof that any results have been yet obtained. Yet results are clearly implied in the listing of complex diseases on their order page. After all, what are MS and other serious diseases listed with specific program drivers if the user is not to expect results? These are the same kinds of misleading medical claims that they agreed to refrain from making in the U.S. court order of 2003. They now go about making medical claims in a more muted and passive way, nevertheless the claims are clearly there on their site.
Regarding the use of the syncrometer, Dr. Clark herself states
"Excellent results are possible without synchrometer testing...[which is the basis of the Association's entire marketing-driven smart key approach].
In other words, according to Dr. Clark herself, the Dr. Clark Research Association's expensive marketing-driven smart key "solution" is not inevitable. Dr. Clark never even considered such an approach. She only considered a simple approach when she invented the original zapper in 1993. And she has not changed her stance since 1993. From the reports coming back to me about the Super Zapper Deluxe, their device is not providing improved results for many people, at great expense.
Dr. Hulda Clark is not affiliated with and does not endorse the Dr. Clark Research Asscociation, which also has a "ghost" site called the Dr. Clark Information Center which redirects you to their main Dr. Clark Research Association site. Dr. Clark has not given David Amrein, the owner of the Dr. Clark websites, permission to use her name and she has no affiliation with him. She does not endorse the Dr. Clark Research Association's products which uses her name prominently on their site to market them. There is not a single word on the Dr. Clark Research Association's site letting people know that Dr. Clark is not connected in any way with their company.
When you do a Google search for the Super Deluxe 2004 and 2006 their site often shows up in the #2 spot. Here is what the introduction on Google says:
"dr clark's website"
This is not Dr. Clark's website. Her website is at
http://www.huldaclark.net
In my opinion all this is highly misleading and deceptive, a deception that I fell for myself until I was corrected by a number of visitors to my site.
The Dr. Clark Research Association was taken to court by the U.S. FDA in 2003. They voluntarity complied with a court order related to false advertising after making medical "cure" claims for their devices and other products. The court order restrained it from advertising those false medical claims. The Association was claiming that it can cure serious diseases. Since the government has made many unjust accusations against those in the "alternative medicine" field over the past decades this must be examined very closely. Personally, I am not a great fan of the FDA, the FCC or Health Canada which marches to the tune of the American authorities. They have unjustly persecuted zapper makers and others in the alternative health field in the past in the guise of protecting the public, but really in the service of the big pharmaceutical companies.
In this particular instance, however, I believe that the FDA made a strong case against David Amrein who is the sole owner of the Dr. Clark Research Association because he made many categorical medical claims on his sites, using the word "cure" very liberally, thereby setting himself up for the charges that were laid against him. I feel that he left himself wide open to legal action. The word "cure" is a very big word. I never use it on my site or when I email people. Using the word cure implies that 100% of the people using your devices or products will be cured. A cure is a guarantee. How can anyone make this kind of guarantee? It is pure folly to do so, in my opinion. This is a legal trap waiting to spring on anyone who falls for it. Here is the link to the FDA's court judgment that the Association complied with:
http://www.drclark.net/info/TROstipulation.pdf
Using the word cure is not only foolish in the legal sense it also carries a moral obligation which can never be met.
Their site states that the "LCD Super Zapper DeLuxe 2006 is the most advanced zapper on the market. We kept the analogue heart to avoid any alteration to the wave required by Dr. Hulda..."
On her website at http://www.huldaclark.net/
Dr. Clark states "...I do not endorse any manufacturer..." of zappers.
When they say that their wave was "required by Dr. Clark" it is as though Dr. Clark were on the phone collaborating with David Amrein and telling him what she required of them. There were never any requirements made by Dr. Clark of the Dr. Clark Research Association. She is not affiliated with them in any way. If they were honest the Dr. Clark Research Association would say something like "the wave developed by Dr. Clark". But a neutral connotation would not serve their purpose which is to create the illusion of a link between Dr. Clark and themselves. It is clear that by calling themselves the Dr. Clark Research Association they would like to leave that strong impression which is blatantly false.
For me the big tip-off regarding the issue of integrity that is at the core of my objections to the Dr. Clark Research Association appears on the page where their program drivers are for sale:
Program Driver Multiple Sclerosis Z717What are these program drivers supposed to do for people with Multiple Sclerosis or other neurological diseases? There are no testimonials on the site regarding any of the illnesses that the program drivers and smart keys are supposedly targeting. There could be nothing more misleading than to imply that people will get significant or lasting results for complex neurological illnesses by zapping unless they have already got to the source of the primary toxicity, or they have a very mild case where opportunistic pathogens such as bacteria and/or parasites are the main cause of symptoms, or they are in the final stage of recovery.
There is such a thing as false hope. I believe in hope and people who know my story must surely realize that. But I do not believe in raising hope unrealistically by making false claims for the performance one's product. The Dr. Clark Research Association creates a big problem when they label their add-one with disease names without giving any explanation as to what the purchase may expect from using them. Overcoming serious neurological diseases, Crohn's disease or diabetes does not consist of simply zapping, in the vast majority of cases. Toxicity and other issues must also be addressed for recovery to happen. To imply otherwise is to traffic in deception.
Neither The Ultimate Zapper nor any other zapper will be able to overcome the primary chemical or metal toxins such as dental mercury which are at the root of most of neurological illnesses. I recommend zapping as part of My Recovery Protocol. At the final stage of recovery zapping can have a powerful effect. I know whereof I speak because I had Crohn's disease and Multiple Sclerosis. David Amrein, the maker of the Super Zapper Deluxe 2004 and 2006 did not. Claiming that his add-on devices can have a lasting or significant effect on these diseases is misleading. Implying that they can have a postitive effect on diabetes is also highly misleading. I know whereof I speak because I lived with diabetes all my life. I do not have diabetes but my brother died from the complications of Type I diabetes and my father died from the complications of Type II diabetes. The New Improved Ultimate Zapper's electroporation effect can make insulin work more efficiently but it cannot change the underlying factors that cause Type I and Type II diabetes.
My opinion is that David Amrein is exploiting people with the above-mentioned illnesses for profit. He may be able to fool some people who may be desperate for relief, but he cannot fool people who know better. I believe in being straight with people and I try to give them as much information as possible on my site so that they may be able to make more informed choices. No zapper on the market can provide dramatic results for the user for the serious illnesses I mention above unless they are in the final stage of recovery or unless they have a mild case of the disease. Anyone who states otherwise, or who implies otherwise, is not telling the truth.
They state on their site that the Deluxe 2006 Zapper is "the most advanced zapper on the market". This device is not a zapper nor is the Deluxe 2004. It is a frequency generator. Their advertising should read "the most complicated frequency generator (masquerading as a zapper) on the market". Their device relies on a syncrometer, program drivers and smart keys to produce results. The smart keys and program drivers are all set to specific high frequencies. Only low frequency devices act as broad-spectrum pathogen killers. High frequency devices are not capable of efficiently killing pathogens that vibrate at all frequencies. They are capable of killing individual pathogens at the specific target frequency they are set to.
Program drivers oscillate between various high frequencies thereby eliminating any broad-spectrum effect. Smart keys are not so smart. They state on their site at
http://www.braintuner.com/superzap.htm
"Smart Keys plug into a jack on the Zapper and are programmed with your choice of any SINGLE frequency from 23 kHz. up to 1 million Hz." This means that you have to know the name of the specific pathogen that you want to zap and its specific frequency. The only way to know this is by synchrometer testing which is a very complicated and expensive process. And it requires training to be able to use it effectively. Their Zincrometer costs $309.00. If you buy a smart key without testing then you are simply wasting your time and money. The Association has turned the zapper into a frequency generator, delivering one specific frequency at a time in an attempt to target specific pathogens individually.
The Ultimate Zapper kills all pathogens at all frequencies. There are no add-ons. There is no need for testing. Dr. Clark states in her books that even if oyu do testing you have to zap anyway. She makes no mention of targeting specific pathogens because she knows that zapping according to her 1-frequency principle kills all pathogens. So she says, never mind the testing process. The zapper will get the work done of killing all pathogens. But the 2006 Deluxe won't because it is not a zapper. It's program drivers are programmed to oscillate between various high frequencies and its smart keys are all programmed to a single very high frequency of between 300,000 Hertz to 500,000 Hertz. These high frequencies are incapable of killing any pathogens except the ones at the specific frequency they are set to because high frequencies are ineffective "broad spectrum" pathogen killers.
Needless to say, all of this is not explained on the Dr. Clark Research Association's website. They continue to call their frequency generator a zapper. This is just one in a long list of deceptions on their site.
The Association features a "Dr. Clark's Shop". The fact is that Dr. Hulda Clark has no shop. This is the Association's shop. On their site they also feature "Dr. Clark's food zappicator". Dr. Clark has no zappicator. This is the Dr. Clark's Research Association's zappicator. Dr. Clark has no shop and no zappicator and does not endorse anyone's shop or zappicator. She states this clearly on her own website.
They also offer, for $1895.00, "Dr. Clark's 21-day program" which consists of various vitamins, minerals, other nutritional supplements and a couple of magnets. That will set you back a mere $90 a day. Of course, this is not Dr. Clark's 21-day program because Dr. Clark has no such program. This is the Dr. Clark's Research Association's 21-day program.
These are clear examples of the marketing strategy based on deception, manipulation and outright lies that the Dr. Clark Research Association uses to influence people into buying their zappers and other products. They are up to their old tricks even after their conviction on charges of making false claims for their zapper.
The Dr. Clark Research Association site has just removed an error from their site
which I have been pointing out to them for years. The Ultimate Zapper has had a
Super Stabilized wave for years. Their site used to state:
"Super stabilized wave remains stable under load. No other zapper on the market
has such a stable wave!"
It now states:
"Super stabilized wave remains stable under load."
But none of their affiliate marketers have changed their sites.
The Dr. Clark Research Association has a big photo of Dr. Hulda Clark smiling down on the front page of their main website. But if you click on the photo it leads you to Dr. Hulda Clark's one and only website that states that she does not endorse any zapper maker. The Association makes no mention of this fact on their site. This is a nice piece of subtle marketing on David Amrein's part because most people don't click on the photo. So all they see is Dr. Clark smiling down on the Dr. Clark Research Association's website. I make no statements, explicit or implicit, of any link between Dr. Clark and me, my products or my website. There are none.
The Super Zapper Deluxe 2004 and 2006 zapper now feature an oscillator that can go back and forth between 2 frequencies. I have read a lot about oscillating and sweeping and harmonics and smart keys and program drivers on the Dr. Clark Research Association's site. But the one thing nowhere to be found on their site is a testimonial from one single satisfied customer. You would think that if people were emailing the Association with positive results that David Amrein would have those testimonials right up there on his site for all to see, like I do. But there are no testimonials to be found on his site. This begs the question, where are all the satisfied customers who have benefitted from his complicated and expensive device?
The Dr. Clark Research Association Super Deluxe 2004 and 2006 are based on the outdated high frequency formula that Dr. Clark originated 12 years ago and which she has since recognized as being far less effective than low frequencies. But their devices are not even designed to be used as Dr. Clark zappers.
To use their devices with the necessary attachments you have to do one of two things:
1. You need to do synchrometer testing, an expensive and complicated prodecure, if you want to use their device as a frequency generator, which is what it was designed for. They sell their Zincrometer kit for for $672.00. And you have to know the individual frequencies you want to zap at, so you need to buy smart keys which are sold as add-ons in order to access these single frequencies. But, that is only the beginning. Because the syncrometer is such a complicated device that you need to take a training course before you can use it effectively and it takes about 6 months of practice after taking the course to perfect your use of the device. Please see Issue number one, above for more details.
2. Otherwise you have to purchase their add-on program drivers. The program drivers sweep through a pre-programmed selection of frequencies and which do not ensure results. They are grossing misleading because they are labeled with the names of serious diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis and diabetes, implying that you will get results for those diseases, which constitutes false advertising, in my opinion. I have received many emails from people who were disappointed with the Super Zapper Deluxe 2006 Zapper, in spite of its apparent sophistication. Sophistication means more profits. Results are very elusive.
In addition, the Dr. Clark Research Association offers only a 30-day money back trial period and a 1-year warranty. And they charge a $30 restocking fee. The New Improved Ultimate Zapper has a 3-month money back trial period, a lifetime warranty and I charge $12.95 for cleaning, retesting, repackaging and restocking.
To use The New Improved Ultimate Zapper you only have to do 1 thing:
Turn the switch on.
The New Improved Ultimate Zapper eliminates the need for "smart keys" and "program drivers". I program everything you need into my zapper, including all the improvements. It kills all pathogens at all frequencies using a single low frequency, 2,500 Hertz. There is no need for expensive synchometer testing, purchasing hit-or-miss "smart keys", or purchasing "program drivers" that claim to target serious, complex diseases, which is very misleading. I talk about this in issue number 5, above.
The program driver mode is simply a different version of the smart key mode. The Dr. Clark Research Association turned the zapper into a frequency generator. The outcome is that they have produced a very complicated and expensive battery-powered device that is, in the end, far less effective than The New Improved Ultimate Zapper. In addition, if you want to upgrade to receive the benefit of more functions with their zapper you have to buy a new unit every year. These functions do not add to the effectiveness of their device. They are "bells and whistles". I have received testimonials from people who have used the Super Zapper 204 and 2006 Deluxe and who were very dissatisfied with the results, and the expense. It is clear that complicated and expensive devices do not guarantee effectiveness. Turning a zapper into a frequency generator and marketing it well creates an obvious commercial advantage. But the advantage is clearly not in favor of the customer.
What's more, the results people are obtaining with this device are often unsatisfactory, according to the emails I am receiving from people who have used it. Read more about the expensive and complicated Super Zapper 2006 Deluxe from the Dr. Clark Research Association under the heading "The Ultimate Zapper is More Effective Than the Programmable Zapper" on the zapper Comparison Charts page. The heading is under the charts, near the bottom of the page.
I recently received an email from a customer who received misleading information about my zapper from a affiliate marketer and promoter of the Super Deluxe 2006 Zapper. They Dr. Clark Research Association has not retracted any statements made by this affiliate and has not dissociated themselves from them. One must therefore conclude that they approve of these statements at least tacitly. Here is an extract of part of that email, and my expanded responses to it.
The email comes from The Natural Health Choice organization in the UK. It "strongly points out that The Ultimate Zapper would not be effective in treating specific cancers":
Ken Presner:
The Ultimate Zapper "Would not be effective...? This is obviously a marketing ploy because the Natural Health Choise have absolutely no way of knowing whether their statement is true or not because that have not tested The Ultimate Zapper. Their statements are opinions that are commercially driven and they provide no proof of any kind or any testimonials to support their statement. There is a cancer study on my site that proves that the zapper is effective against cancer:
http://zap.intergate.ca/cancer.htm
I have received testimonials from customers who have had excellent results with The Ultimate Zapper for specific cancers including lymphatic cancer and melanoma. I state this clearly on the front page of my site.
The Natural Health Choice:
I have had a look at his comparison table between his "ultimate zapper" and the "Super Zapper deluxe 2006" that we sell.
Interestingly, his information is simply inaccurate - a good exercise in marketing for his device but factually untrue.
Ken Presner:
Beside being a tad patronizing this statement is totally untrue.
First of all, they put the name of my zapper in lower case and quotation marks in a suble attempt to diminish it. I do not so the same thing when I talk about their zapper.
Now, let's get down to the details of these allegations. Is he referring to my statements in the comparison charts that his zapper has a stable wave and a higher voltage and no AC adapter? These statements come from the Dr. Clark Research Association site. I accept them as fact. Please see below for a continuation of this discussion.
The Natural Health Choice:
Perhaps I should correct a copuple of points for you:
1. The Super Zapper Deluxe is 100% positive offset.
I do not deny this fact anywhere on my site. In fact I state this clearly on the front page of my site, that all zappers produce a positive offset square wave. That is not the point. The point is that The Ultimate Zapper produces 100% positive pulses and all other zappers produce 50% positive pulses. I discuss this very clearly on the front page of my site. This is an undeniable fact.
The Natural Health Choice:
This (the reference to the positive offset square wave, above) has been independently confirmed by 5 different electronis laboratories and has been the subject of much "discussion" between the Dr Clark Research Association and a couple of my suppliers that have suggested this in their marketing. I am surprised that he is still getting away wtih claiming this on his website.
Patronizing me by saying I am "getting away with" telling people that the positive side of my square wave is twice as long as other zappers does not address the truth of my statement. It avoids it completely. They are trying to get away with using a verbal tactic hoping that people won't notice.
I am surprised that the maker of The Super Deluxe 2006 tried to get away with lying to the public on their website before they were taken to court and convicted on all charges related to naking unsubstantiated medical claims for thier zapper. They were specifically prohibited from making 10 types of unsubstantiated claims and were required to refind customers. Here is the link to the court documents:
http://www.drclark.net/info/TROstipulation.pdf
I have never made any health claims for my zapper and I have never misrepresented it on my website and I have never been taken to court. They never mention the fact of their trial and conviction on their website. I wonder why not?
The Natural Health Choice:
The fault is in his technique for measuring whereby the equipment he uses is adding capacitance to the circuit and thereby artificially reduces the positive offset.
Ken Presner:
What a load of malarkey. First of all he has no idea about the equipment or the testing process for my zapper. My experts use an oscilloscope and do nothing artificial when they test each unit before shipping. There is nothing artificial about my square wave or the testing process. The photos of live oscilloscope pictures on the front page of my site tell the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. The ocsilloscope was hooked up to my zapper during the test and no other equipment was used during the testing process.
These folks have no compunction about lying about my zapper. After all they lied about their own zapper on their own website and were convicted for it. They also state that their zapper is the only one with a Super Stabilized wave. The Ultimate Zapper has produced a Super Stabilized wave for years. They refuse to remove this lie about my zapper from their site.
The Natural Health Choice:
He accepts that the Super Zapper Deluxe wave is stabilized [a fact they don't accept about The Ultimate Zapper] but then claims that it is not constant? Untrue.
Ken Presner:
They have misunderstood completely, possibly intentionally. Their wave is stabilized, but that does not mean that it is not producing distortion. The stability of the wave is not in question, that it is square under load. But battery powered zappers, whether stabilized or not, produce distortion. That's the nature of the wave produced by a 9-volt battery. That's what I mean when I say it is not constant.
The Natural Health Choice:
He accepts that the voltage is variable (up to 16V) but claims that the frequencies do not go below 23KHz.
Ken Presner:
They state on their site at
http://www.braintuner.com/superzap.htm
"Smart Keys plug into a jack on the Zapper and are programmed with your choice of any SINGLE frequency from 23 kHz. up to 1 million Hz."
They have just hanged themselves with their own words. They clearly state here, on their own site, that the frequency choices start ar 23 kHz.
The Natural Health Choice:
"...noting that his zapper goes down to 2KHz. Again this is simply untrue.
Ken Presner:
This proves they will say anything to make a sale. The Ultimate Zapper has been programmed to 2,500 Hertz for 11 years. Each unit is tested before shipping and the frequency is guaranteed. Customers who have oscilloscopes can verify this independently for themselves, and then often do so.
The Natural Health Choice:
The Super Zapper Deluxe has a 1KHz program driver available for doing food zappicating and tooth sappicating and as a result actually comes in below his lowest frequency, at exactly the 1KHz Dr. Clark recommends for these jobs.
Ken Presner:
Please read his statement carefully. Their program drivers do not take the zapper's frequency below 23,000 Hertz. They only take the zappicator's frequency below that level. The zappicator is not for body zapping. It is for food and tooth zapping. This deception is very easy to see, it is very clear.
The Natural Health Choice:
No AC adapter (with the Super Zapper Deluxe 2006)? this is true. It would not be wise to use any device that runs on mains electricity in case of electrical faults and the obvious risk of electrocution.
Ken Presner:
This is absolute nonsense. There is no risk of shock at all. For more information about this please read the section in Competition Part 2 entitled
DEATH BY AC SHOCK?
YAH, SURE
AND MY NAME IS ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
There is also a full discussion of the AC adapter in #8 on the FAQ Page.
You will find a complete discussion of my fail-safe AC adapter and the voltage-controlled computer chip at the heart of The Ultimate Zapper. There has not been a single problem in 12 years with The Ultimate Zapper's AC adapter. Its double insulation guarantees that it is 100% fail safe. It has been put through a series of rigorous government safety testing in the U.S.A. and Canada and it has UL and CSA approval. It has also been tested rigorously by my production experts.
The Natural Health Choice:
The Super Zapper Deluxe runs on rechargeable AA batteries and using clever electronics, steps up the voltage internally to a maximum of 16V of and when it is desired
Ken Presner:
This is true. The only problem is that 16 volts is way too high. I made prototypes of this same kind in 1996 and with a voltage of 14 to 16 volts you can barely hold onto the handholds without being stung, and burned if you hold on for too long. Offering a zapper with 16 volts is a marketing ploy. The New Improved Ultimate Zapper produces 10.5 volts, the optimum voltage for maximum therapeutic effects.
The Natural Health Choice:
3 month trial policy (of The Ultimate Zapper)? true the super zapper deluxe does not come with this trial guarantee. However, if for any reason someone decides they do not want the zapper within the first 28 days after purchasing I would of course consider this under my own campanies returns policy (In two years of trading I have not yet has a refund request).
Ken Presner:
He does not advertise a returns policy, so it is not a big surprise that people have not returned any zappers. It seems obvious to me that if he were to advertise hos company's returns policy openly that he would receive return requests. He is obviously afraid of returns. I state my returns policy clearly on my site. I receive returns at a rate of 2%. Before this I had never heard of a company that refused to advertise their returns policy.
The Natural Health Choice:
1 Year warranty (on the Super Deluxe 2006 Zapper)? true, the Super Zapper Deluxe only has a one year warranty. However, this is because the device is updated each year with additional functions.
Ken Presner:
This is very clever marketing. It automatically increases sales because they force customers to purchase a new model every year if they want to benefit from the new functions. They therefore claim they cannot offer a long-term warranty because they bring out a new model every year and people would want to exchange their old model for the new one. What he is describing is not a warranty problem but an exchange problem. These are 2 entirely different matters. But he talks about them as though they were one and the same thing. Because the maker needed to find an excuse not to offer a decent warranty. The non-existent demand by customers to exchange their zappers is a deception.
I program all improvements into my zapper. There are no expensive program drivers and smart keys to purchase. I offer a lifetime warranty on parts and labor. Their marketing scheme eliminates the need to offer a long-term warranty and it forces people to purchase expensive add-ons and new models every year.
The Natural Health Choice:
If the Warranty was extended beyond one year, people would simply try to exchange their zappers every year to get the new functionality at no further cost (and impossible costs to the Dr Clark Research Association who spend a lot each year on this research, development and manufacturing).
Ken Presner:
I bet they do. That is the heart of their marketing scheme that I discussed above. They make sure that customers cannot upgrade. They force them to buy a new model. This is the same marketing strategy as the large computer companies. It's great for the bottom line, but not so great for the customers. And they almost make it sound like we should take up a collection for David Amrein, the director of the Dr. Clark Research Association.
The Natural Health Choice:
The limited warranty is a reflection of their (the Dr. Clark Research Association's) continual research and development with this model and not a reflection of the lifespan of the device - my own zapper still works fine 4 years after purchasing it!
Ken Presner:
In my opinion there is no excuse for not offering a long-term warranty, for not stating your returns policy and for not having an advertised trial offer period. The Ultimate Zapper clearly offers these 3 things. The Super Deluxe 2006 Zapper does not. They only offer their customers excuses.
The Natural Health Choice:
I hope this make sense.
With best wishes,
Liam
Ken Presner:
It certainly does make sense. It is perfectly clear that commercialism, not the customer, comes first for the Super Deluxe 2006 Zapper.
The Dr. Clark Research Association is not the only zapper maker that uses Dr. Clark's name and cachet to promote their products. Many zapper makers have done the same thing. The Auto-Zap is a case in point. They have sought the approval of Dr. Clark's son Geoff Clark. And Arthur Doerksen, the maker of the Auto-Zap also uses photo ops with Dr. Clark on his site to promote his business. There is no link between the Auto-Zap and Dr. Clark at all, although it appears that Arthur Doerksen would like people to have a different impression. Dr. Clark has never endorsed or "approved" Arthur Doerksen's Auto-Zap, nor anyone elses zapper, including The Ultimate Zapper. Please see the discussion, below, of the Auto-Zap for more about this matter. I have never sought Dr. Clark's approval. The merits of The Ultimate Zapper have stood on their own for 12 years.
The Dr. Clark Research Association sells Dr. Clark's New 21 Day Program for Advanced
Cancers. It costs $1895.00. They state:
"We have seen amazing results in hopeless cases with this program that are nothing
short of miraculous. But bear in mind that:
* the dental clean-up and other clean-ups are still the core of the therapy;
* no therapy in medicine works in 100% of the cases, and be it just for lack of
correct application;
* the best results are only possible if Syncrometer testing is available.
Excellent results are possible without if a radical approach is chosen, but Syncrometer testing definitely makes improved care possible. "
My first question is were the " ... amazing results ... nothing short of miraculous ..." due to the supplements or the core dental work and chelation?
The last point implies that you have to invest thousands of dollars more in the syncrometer approach, which I discuss in Issue number one, above.
$1895.00 for this program is the price for the supplements alone. In my experience supplements can be useful, especially in the case of deficiency. But why first spend nearly $2000 for vitamins and minerals when this does not address the core dental and chelation issues? My Recovery Protocol describes the importance of safe "silver amalgam" removal, chelation and other therapies. My advice is to start with the core issue of dental work and then add the supplements that are needed afterwards. The cost, according to my recommendations, will be a fraction of what The Dr. Clark Research Association is asking.
I wonder why anyone would bother considering laying out such a large amount of money for a program that depends on the more important element of dental work for its success. The Dr. Clark Research Association makes gives no details about safe, mercury-free dental work, which I cover extensively on my site and in My Recovery Protocol. And they have left themselves a big trap door through which to escape after you commit all that money to their supplements. This is not the kind of serious approach that I prefer. I do not sell supplements or programs on my site.
To top is all off, the Dr. Clark Research Association states:
" ... no therapy in medicine works 100% of the cases, and be it just for lack of correct application ... "
If you can figure out what the heck that last part means, please email me. I have
no idea. It appears to be a perfect escape hatch for The Dr. Clark Research Association.
After spending all that money on the all the products you need to make the Super Zapper Deluxe work, program drivers, smart keys, etc., you would think the results would justify all the money spent. Think again. Below are 2 of the many unsolicited testimonials I have received about the "Super".
... In the mean time [while waiting for her Ultimate Zapper to arrive] I will continue
zapping with my super deluxe zapper, I am busy with the driver programs but I don't
see [any] progress after 2 months of zapping.
best regards,
Ann V.
Jan. 25, 2008
Hi Ken,
I am very impressed with your website. I have 3 Dr. Clark Research Associations
zappers and I have never noticed any change in my health when using them. Your website
requests that we email you for a weblink to the distributors webpage of the Ultimate
Zapper. Can you do that when you get a chance? Thank you for your time and speedy
reply,
Ward S.
Apr. 30, 2008
Frankly, there are so many questionable statements on Don Croft's Terminator II website site that it would take a whole new web page to cover them all. They include the following issues.
From a site at
http://wolfcreekranch1.tripod.com/terminator_zapper.html
that sells Don Croft's Terminator II zapper: "If your Terminator Zapper starts to sting, itch or zap your skin you MUST move it elsewhere as it can burn through the skin."
From Don Croft's own site: "...everyone who's bought one from us who has said they've got extreme sensitivity to all metals against the skin has told us later that they could wear the Terminator without getting any unpleasant skin reactions at all."
Sorry, folks, if I am in a state of disbelief at this point. Not only is this not reassuring, it is a bit scary. I have had email from users of the Terminator II who wanted to order The Ultimate Zapper because they were seriously burned by the Terminator II and they said they would never use it again.
Update on May 5, 2007. I just talked with a man who said he received deep skin burns using the Terminator II and they have not healed up after many weeks. This is just one in a long list of such reports that have come my way about the Terminator II. Don Croft has a real credibility problem when he talks about "everyone" wearing his Terminator II "without getting any unpleasant skin reactions." This is clearly untrue. On his order page he states that the Terminator II is a " a harmless research device" This is clearly untrue, as well. The giveaway is that he devotes more space on his FAQ page denying that there is any problem using his device "against bare skin" than to any other question.
With all the problems with burning skin it is no wonder that Don Croft does not have a trial offer and that he does not have any information about a warranty on his site. I have a 3-month trial offer and a lifetime warranty for The Ultimate Zapper.
There are a number of testimonials on Don Croft's site which I find highly questionable. One testimonial concerns someone with MS. Multiple Sclerosis is a disease with which I am intimately familiar. I was paralyzed with MS in 1989. It took me nearly 7 years to recover my health. 3 years after I came down with MS I came down with Crohn's disease. So, I had to deal with 2 "incurable" diseases at the same time.
This testimonial on Don's site is from a caregiver named John who worked with people who have MS. He says he saw Don Croft's Terminator II zapper "...put MS into remission on (sic) two patients."
The definition of remission in Wikipedia is "the state of absence of disease activity in patients with a chronic illness." The description in the testimonials does not constitute remission. I think that will be very clear once you read the story. It constitutes an amelioration of some symptoms, not a remission. I not only went through and came out the other end of Multiple Sclerosis, I have talked to hundreds of people with MS over the past 18 years. One cannot know the cause of the amelioration in this case because it happened over a period of many months and there are so many possible factors involved that may not have been mentioned, including any medication the person receiving care may have been taking. In all cases, one must be very careful when inferring cause and effect with MS, or any chronic "incurable" disease. The evidence has to be very strong, in my opinion, having gone through 7 long years of recovery. The person Don Croft is quoting on his website uses the word remission inaccurately, and Don Croft does not correct him. He thereby gives his readers the impression that his Terminator II zapper has worked some kind of minor miracle. This is grossly misleading. An amelioration of some symptoms is not a remission. And it is certainly far from miraculous. It is actually quite common with people who have MS. Symptoms often come and go spontaneously, without rhyme or reason.
The caregiver in question was working with a patient who had"...no movement in his legs or his left arm. His left hand was always in a ball, and he had limited use of his right hand. He could not raise his right hand to his mouth...he could no longer control his swallow, and would choke, start sneezing uncontrollably, and end up sneezing blood after three spoons of his food. It was not pretty. "
The evidence for this "remission" is that he "put the zapper on him for a few hours whenever I was working. After three times of doing this, I was walking past his room one night, where he usually lay with legs straight out, and he had drawn them up! He never sneezed any more blood- feeding him was less of a problem. One day when I came to work he was waggling his fingers at me. It took me a minute to understand he was showing me that all his fingers were working properly again. After several months his left fist began to have some squeeze - now he can shake your hand with an honest grip (you have to put the hand around yours). He can hurt you when you shake his right hand and scratch the back of his head with it as well. He can pull his left arm in a bit, when it has been moved out, and pronate it. He sometimes says a few words in the morning."
This is remission from Multiple Sclerosis? With all due respect, calling this remission is like calling an apple an orange. MS is a disease of toxicity. Neither Don Croft's zapper, nor The New Improved Ultimate Zapper nor any zapper on the planet can put anyone with the serious symptoms described here into remission, which means that the disease goes away for a while. MS is multi-factorial. The most important thing is the primary toxicity. In most cases with MS it is dental mercury from "silver amalgam" fillings which are 50% mercury. A lot of my site is devoted to the various factors involved with Multiple Sclerosis. Please read my site for more information.
Here is another case of misleading people. There is a reference in another testimonial on Don Croft's site about diabetes. This is another disease I know something about. I lived with diabetic for many years. My father had Type II for 36 years. My brother had Type I for 35 years. They both died from the complications of diabetes.
From a testimonial on Don Croft's site: "My mother is a Type II diabetic and suffers from high blood pressure...my brother-in-law is a Type I diabetic. So you'll have good case studies for both types of diabetes."
The fact is that no zapper, including mine, can bring back the beta cells in the islets of langerhans in the pancreas so that they will start producing insulin again, nor can they reverse the cardio-vascular complications of diabetes. Various forms of chelation therapy may be able to accomplish the latter. You will never see a "good case study" about the Terminator II and diabetes on Don Croft's website, or on any other zapper maker's website, including mine.
On his site Don Croft states "...none of the pronouncements made... about the low-current electrocution of parasitic organisms are founded on any clinical or lab research..."
This statement is completely false. Please see the front page of my site for documentation to the contrary. Clinical and lab research is being done and studies have already been published. Don Croft has not been doing his homework.
Don Croft refers to "electrophoresis" on his website without explaining anything about it. He undoubtedly means electroporosis which is also known as electroporation. His only comment is "If I were to answer each of these caveats and recommendations this FAQ would assume the size of a small booklet ..." And he delines to go any further. It seems to be too much trouble for him to pursue things. Please read about the powerful electroporation effect on the front page of this site.
I have taken the trouble to investigate many health-related subjects on my site. My site is far longer than a small booklet. It is the size of a book. I go to the trouble of explaining in detail, all the whys and wherefores about zapping, and many subjects dealing with toxicity and chronic illness. And I invite people to email me for clarification on any point. This is the duty I have assumed, to be as informative as I possibly can for people, having spent years trying to find a way out of two "incurable" diseases. I spend many hours every day answering my email alone, not to mention the hundreds of hours I put into revising, updating and adding to my site every month. I work a minimum of 10 hours a day, 7 days a week. My site comprises 38 pages and some pages run 1000 to 2000 lines. My site is far more than a "small booklet". I have devoted 12 years to this work and I will continue to do my best to help provide people with the most up-to-date information that I can. I had two "incurable" diseases. I am passionate about helping people in any way I can.
Don Croft states on his site "How do zappers cure arthritis and high blood pressure?... it's not hard to see why they cure these illnesses." I never use the word cure on my site. Not only is it illegal to do so, I feel that it is irresponsible to so do because one may be creating a false impresssion: that 100% of those doing a certain therapy can affect this "cure". No zapper maker should ever make such a bold statement. To do so, in my opinion, is not only misleading but it is also unethical.
Don Croft's Terminator II has copper penny electrodes that touch the skin directly. He says there is no problem with this, that any copper ions entering the body are not dangeroous. I disagree. Dr. Clark was very specific about this, letting people know that they must wrap the copper handholds with paper towelling to prevent harmful copper ions from entering the body. Don Croft even goes to the trouble of saying that the paper towelling will not prevent the copper ions from entering the body, which is also untrue. The proof that they will enter the body is that the paper towelling will eventually turn green. Copper oxide is being trapped in the paper towelling and copper ions are indeed being prevented from entering the body by using the damp paper towelling.
This is from Don Croft's site: "Since we now sell more Zappers than anyone else in the market..."
My question is how many zapper makers have turned over their sales records to Don Croft? Raise your hands, please. I certainly haven't, and I don't imagine too many others have, either. Frankly, I have no idea where Don Croft is coming from. He has what I would call a "shoot from the hip" style. Shoot first and ask questions later. I like to ask questions first before pulling the 6-shooter from the holster.
I am in the process of compiling a list and a discussion of many issues I have with Don Croft's website. It has a kind of "I just got out of the saddle, where's the nearest saloon" folksy tone that lacks the kind of analytical approach that I prefer. A difference in style is one thing. Making serious misstatements and vague pronouncements? That's a whole other thing. We're dealing with serious issues on our site and the issues and our readers deserve a serious attitude, in my opinion. Here is another example of what I meam from Don's site: "15 cycles (15,000 Hertz) per second is a 'feel-good' frequency." Sorry, Don, but what the heck does that mean? Can you be a bit more specific.
There is a lot of talk about the mobius coil and the natural crystal and the neodymium magnet and the orgone material and the 15 Hertz frequency on the Terminator site. My questions is "Where's the beef?" When all is said and done all that matters are results. People who use the Terminator II and then switch to The Ultimate Zapper email me to let me know there is no comparison. The Ultimate Zapper wins hands down.
One of the main reasons is that 15 Hertz is far too low a frequency to have the broad-spectrum parasite-killing effect that the Ultimate Zapper's 2,500 Hertz produces. I experimented with very low frequency 9 volt prototype zappers in 1996. I used frequencies as low as 5 Hertz. The results of my research showed that there was no comparison between those very low frequencies and 2,500 Hertz. I was experimenting to clean up parasites that lingered after my operation for Crohn's disease. I had already done DMSA chelation. I found the results with the 2,500 Hertz AC adapter prototype were head and shoulders above those I was able to obtain with 9-volt prototypes set to very low frequencies in the range of 5 to 500 Hertz.
Effectiveness is the bottom line with all zappers. I have received a continuous stream of emails over the years about the ineffectiveness of the Terminator II zapper. Here are 3 typical emails about the Terminator II.
I received this email on May 19, 2007:
Dear Ken, I am interested in your zappers as well as in becoming a distributor...
would like to start with 3 to begin with. I have used the croft terminator zapper
with absolutely no benefits at all, and eventually had to return it. Please let
me know of pricing if i purchase three zappers. Thanks and best wishes, Imran R.
I received this email on August 31, 2007:
Hi Ken, I've been suffing from warts and jock itch for almost two years now. I was wondering will your Ultimate zapper help get rid of this? I bought the Terminator II and have been using it for two months and have seen no results. Will your zapper work better and what kind of results should i notice? thanks, Dave
I received this email on March 4, 2007:
Hi Ken, ... Several years ago I bought 6 Terminators from Croft and gave them to patients and friends to try. Feedback was "no noticeable results, no improvement, nada nada...." so l was very disappointed ... Aloha, Allen and Sharie
The name of the maker of the ParaZapper is nowhere to be found on his website and there is no story on his site about how he was inspired to produce the ParaZapper. There is nothing personal on the site at all, in fact. At the bottom of the site pages is the name of a limited liability company. This is the only identifying reference on the ParaZapper site. The whole site has the appearance and feel of a generic site that is entirely lacklustre and gray, like the background color that was chosen for this site. This color gray goes beyond the mere appearance of the site. I discuss this matter below.
There are 56 links in the margin on the left side of the ParaZapper site. It looks like a very impressive list. But when you start clicking on those links you will find that only 24 of them take you to an information page. The other 32 links on the ParaZapper site take you nowhere when you click on them.
Update on April 10, 2008: ParaZapper has corrected this problem after reading my comments about it on curezone.com.
Every single link on the more than 30 pages of my site is active. And when you click and arrive at an information page on my site you receive solid information based on experience and research. Not so on the ParaZapper site. It reminds me of that old advertising phrase "Where's the beef?" There is no substance at all to the ParaZapper site. It is easy to see that the ParaZapper site is essentially a commercial site made to look like it contains helpful information which it really does not contain.
When you do find a link to an information page you find very little specific information about the particular ailment that the page is supposed to be talking about. At the end of each information page you find the same paragraph on parasties that is repeated on every information page:
"People around the world are infested with parasites..."
Any specific information on the information pages on the ParaZaqpper site are short and sweet, lacking both serious content and detail. The statements he makes on his information pages are completely lacking in research and specific recommendations, except to use his zapper, unlike the informaiton pages on my website. Let's examine one of these pages. The page on Multiple Sclerosis, a disease I am intimately familiar with, contains barely one paragraph of information, which I quote below:
"If you suffer from Multiple Sclerosis or symptoms of MS then you may have parasites which are causing these problems or increase your succeptability."
This is a load of hogwash, having struggled for 7 years to regain my health after being paralyzed with MS in 1989. There is no proof anywhere to support the statement of a link between parasites and MS. There is not one shred of evidence to support this statement on his site. Dr. Hulda Clark has stated that shigella bacteria are found in the brain of everyone with MS, but she makes no mention about people with MS having parasites that can cause MS or increase one's succeptibility to MS.
The real cause of MS, which I go into in great detail on my site and in my e-books, is toxicity. In the vast majority of cases the toxin is dental mercury. Bacteria that are associated with MS do not cause MS. They are attracted to mercury and diseased tissue. Once dental mercury is safely removed and DMSA chelation is done (you can read all about this on my site) then bacteria have nowhere to hide. Their significance diminishes and zapping can finish them off.
The MS page on the ParaZapper site further states:
"Recent medical evidence shows that many people have significant numbers of parasites living inside of themselves and that these parasites may be causing or aggravating your Multiple Sclerosis."
What medical evidence is he refering to? Where is this medical evidence? He provides not a clue. If there where such evidence one would think that he would be eager to provide it to people, not only to help them, but as proof that the ParaZapper has helped people kill those fictitious parasites and improve their condition. It is a little more than suspect that he provides no proof for these statements and no testimonials to back them up.
When I make specific statements about MS, Crohn's disease, cancer, heart disease and other ailments on my site I always back them up with specific information, citations, links and unsolicited testimonials. People know I have done my research, they know they can count on my personal experience if I am taking about MS or Crohn's, they can examine the testimonials in my archive, they often contact me for further information, and they are spurred on to do their own research and to make further progress. That is the intention of my site. The intention of the ParaZapper site is simply to sell ParaZappers while providing no useful or specific information to prospective customers.
The maker of the ParaZapper caps off the MS paragraph on his site with the following sentence:
"Other frequent symptoms of these parasite infections [that supposedly occur in people with MS] are low resistance to illnesses such as colds and flu, asthma, allergies, colitis, chronic fatigue syndrome, and malaise as well as pains."
This is the same generic statement that appears on every information page on his site. It is very clear that these "filler" statements are added to the ParaZapper's site pages to add to their apparent content while providing nothing substantial in the way of useful information to help people. The ParaZapper site pages, containing scant information, would look very short if these fillers were not there. I do not have filler statements anywhere on my site.
Multiple Sclerosis is one of the most prevalent neurological diseases, and this is all the ParaZapper site has to offer people? They might as well have avoided the subject entirely. It is clear that this site is primarily a commercial venture. It is not designed to provide people with helpful information on specific illnesses and diseases that they might use to improve their health, and give them ideas for their own research.
The ParaZapper site has only 8 short testimonials on the testimonial page. Three of them are one-liners. The most impressive, according to David Etheredge (ParaZapper) is the one about zapping his pet fish for fish fungus. The length of the testimonial page on the ParaZapper site is the equivalent of one single book page. The testimonial archive on my website is the equivalent of over 200 book pages. It contains over 170 stories from people who have obtained amazing results with The Ultimate Zapper.
It sounds like the maker of the ParaZapper must be getting a lot of returns because he has a very punitive policy when it comes to returns. All of the information I am providing here comes directly from his site. He gives his customers only 10 days to try out his zapper. That is far to short a period of time for many people. I offer my customers a 3-month trial. Then he charges them $17.50 for each return. I charge $12.95 for cleaning, retesting, restocking and repackaging, as stated on my site. Furthermore, "Used wrist straps can not be resold so there is a $9.00 US restocking charge on units returned with used wrist straps."
But the maker of the ParaZapper goes much further. He penalizes his customers severely for late returns after the 10-day trial period is up. Here is a quote from his site:
"Units...may be subject to a re-stocking charge of 25 % for 11 to 14 days and 60 % for those that exceed 14 days." Wow, that's what I call punitive! He says "Units that are not postmarked by the 11th day..." It sounds like he has a magnifying glass in his office inspecting postmarks every morning. This is not my idea of a very friendly business approach. I would never even consider doing such a thing. I give people 1-month leaway if they would like to return their zapper after the 3-month trial period is over. In addition, the Maker of the ParaZapper charges an additional $3.50 to clean and polish the handholds and an additional $5 to clean and polish the foot pads. As I mention in point #2, above. this is essentially a commercial site and the return policy reflects that strictly commercial approach.
If you buy the ParaZapper with handholds and footpads the total cost is $146.00. If you return the ParaZapper after 3 months you receive $40.90 back in cash. That's 28% of the purchase price. There is a very large penalty waiting in the wings for everyone who purchases the ParaZapper. The penalty amounts to 72% of the purchase price. In effect their return policy forces purchasers to keep their zappers if they are not satisfied with the results. Their policy is designed to eliminate returns. After the purchaser pays for the return postage there is very little money coming back to them.
They call their return policy a "Money Back Guarantee". I think that is a slight exaggeration.
The Ultimate Zapper costs $149.95 with the handholds. The footpads are an additional $29.95. The total cost is $179.90. People who return their Ultimate Zapper after the 3-month trial period receive $166.95 back in cash. That's 93% of the purchase price. There are no extra charges for cleaning and polishing, or anything else.
And I don't watch post marks when people return their zappers. Returns are processed promptly when I receive them. Every return receives the full purchase price back minus the $12.95 service charge mentioned above. The New Improved Ultimate Zapper has only a 2% return rate. The ParaZapper does not publish his return rate.
By the way, the ParaZapper has a limited 3-year warranty. The Ultimate Zapper has a free lifetime warranty.
In a comment obviously directed at The Ultimate Zapper (because only I and ParaZapper sell footpads) David Etheredge states on his site "These pads are better quality than others sell." Well, sorry David, but I sell my high quality large, solid copper footpads for $39.95. You sell mini footpads for $46.00.
David Etheredge is in the habit of shooting from the hip without verifying his facts. This makes him far less credible than he would like people to believe. Given all the time that he devotes to posting messages on curezone.com you would think that he would bother to verify his facts before putting his feet in the do-do.
David Etheredge of ParaZapper has spent an inordinate amount of time over the past five years posting to the zapper forum at curezone.com in an attempt to improve his sales. He does not bother to verify his facts, belittles others who do not agree with him, makes snide and demeaning comments on a regular basis, practices brow-beating at will, attempts at all times to take the high ground because he is a "professional" and denies that he has any commercial intent. I have posted a long message to the forum recently covering many issues that I have with his comments about health matters, The Ultimate Zapper, and claims and contradictions that he makes concerning the ParaZapper. Here is the link to my curezone posting:
http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1040261#i
Over these past few months, in response to inquiries from a few customers who have encouraged me to post to the forum, I have begun to enter the fray. There are many other issues besides those in the above posting that I have raised on the curezone.com zapper forum about David Etheredge and the his ParaZapper. I have also talked about his punitive returns policy, which it appears is designed to intimidate people into not returning their zappers. Why are his stated terms punitive, if not to intimidate? Why is his stated policy not lenient if he claims to be lenient with people when they contact him about returns? I am up front and very flexible with my returns policy. I am one of only two zapper makers in the world (the other is the Auto-Zap zapper) who offers a 3-month trial period, no questions asked when a customer wishes to return their zapper.
My impression of David Etheredge through his comments on curezone.com is that he is a practiced manipulator. He uses the zapper forum to promote his agenda (which is obviously commercial, and which he always denies). He belittles and demeans others who do not agree with him by patronizing and bullying them. It appears that he thinks of the forum as his own personal bully-pulpit. Others see through him very well and many people have posted scathing criticisms of him on the forum. I refer to these criticisms in my recent posting on the forum. David Etheredge loves bashing others but he hates to be bashed. In my opinion he deserves all the criticism that he receives. He invites it. If he expects others to take his comments lying down he had better think twice. David Etheredge does not own the curzone.com zapper forum.
Here are the links to five postings to the curezone.com zapper support forum that I made in 2007 and 2008 in response to postings made by David Etheredge a.k.a ParaZapper. Such were the lies and deception in his postings that they prompted me to respond and to lay to rest, once and for all, the myth of the curezone helper who signs off with his commercial name, ParaZapper instead of his real name, David Etheredge, in spite of curzone's stated regulations of zero tolerance for promotion or advertising. He is the only poster to the Zapper Support Forum who refuses to abide by this basic rule which has yet to be enforced in his case. He has been only too willing to point out the rules to me while at the same time willfully ignoring them himself. It need not be stated that hypocrisy is a normal part of day-to-day life on the forum.
Oh, by the way, I'm not the only one to have made these observations about life wtih ParaZapper on the Zapper Support Forum. 'Darkgatherer' made some very accurate observations about ParaZapper in a posting on the forum in February 2006. It looks like nothing has changed in the interim, not surprisingly. I have added the 'Darkgatherer' link here.
Curezone Posting #1 -- Dec. 2007
from http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1095357
Curezone Posting #2 -- Jan. 2008
from http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1040261
Curezone Posting #3 -- June, 2008
from http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1199958Curezone Posting #4 -- June, 2008
from http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1204296
Curezone Posting #5 -- July, 2008
from http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1207083Curezone Posting #6 -- July 9, 2008
from http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1210584
Here is a testimonial from a customer about my exchanges with David Etheredge a.k.a.
ParaZapper on the curezone.com Zapper Suppport forum.
"Hi Mr. Presner,
Just wanted to let you know that the Ultimate Zapper I ordered arrived here just
fine. I've been using it daily for a week now (started on Friday, January 25). I'm
impressed with the appearance and quality of the unit ... I read the debate you
had at CureZone with the fellow who makes the ParaZapper. The fact that I purchased
YOUR unit, tells you who I thought won the debate. I appreciated your knowledge,
your logic, and how articulate you are."
Ronn G.
Jan. 31, 2008.
From: http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1040261
Hello David,
This will be a long message that I hope will answer your questions. It will also
expound on the major concerns I have with your postings and your site. To make it
easier for people to follow the various subjects in question I have grouped my comment
into 9 categories which address many of the subjects we have been discussing recently
on this forum: global concerns, your most recent "cut-and-paste", your website,
misleading health information, testimonials, unfair criticism and false statements
about The Ultimate Zapper, claims by David Etheredge, David Etheredge the altruist,
criticism of David Etheredge and the ParaZapper. Throughout this long posting my
comments will be in red and all other comments in black, for easy dialogue identification.
1. GLOBAL CONCERNS
Ken Presner: You should expect some stiff response when you claim not to have any
commercial motivation on this forum. You only want to help people get information,
according to you. If this is true, why do you never sign off as David Etheredge?
You always sign off as ParaZapper. You want people to see the name ParaZapper and
remember it. The name David Etheridge would not leave the same impression. It would
not leave a commercial impression. You want to leave the impression that you are
just providing information on this forum but it is very clear that you are promoting
your zapper here. I think that the following series of postings by you on this forum,
beginning with a commercial announcement by you, should put an end to deception
on your part, once and for all.
David Etheredge: "Since their beginning in May of 2000, the developers of the ParaZapper
line of products have increased their position in the parasite zapper market, achieving
top brand position in December 2004 according to Overture search results. Prior
to that time, Terminator Zapper had been the leader. I suspect that we are also
very close to number 1 in sales if not already there ... The important point is
that as we have only been on the market for 4 years, we have reached the point of
being the most requested name brand... Sounds like self promotion and free advertisement
... I guess maybe it might to some, but it should be considered a newsworthy change
in the industry otherwise ..." Comment by a forum participant: Not to shock you,
but it really is NOT some sort of "nice change" to see self- promotion on here.
This is for exchange of ideas and information. You'll probably say it is informative
in regard to your zapper, but his is really not the place - as has already been
mentioned.
Ken Presner: You often have a patronizing, know-it-all tone which belies your statement
that you are only here to help people get information (information that you want
them to have, of course). You clearly have an ax to grind. We all do, so let's not
pretend that there is no commercial motivation behind your postings. I make no such
pretense. You compare the ParaZapper with the others to show it in its best light,
just as I do regarding The Ultimate Zapper. It is clear that your intent is to manipulate
people. You make the false assumption that readers cannot read the lines, and between
the lines?
Ken Presner: Nearly every time you respond to my postings, and those longer postings
of others, you conveniently cut and paste the parts you choose to respond to, enabling
you to avoid the issues you don't want to respond to. We see this manipulative tactic
of yours time and again in this forum. While you are selective in your responses
I am comprehensive in my replies. I never cut and paste to avoid any issues. You
use this "cut-and-paste" tactic to try to control the agenda on this forum and to
try to dominate the forum with your opinions, delivered with a tone of authority.
There is no authority in the zapper business and there is no one who speaks with
the voice of authority on this forum. There are only individuals expressing their
opinions and voicing their ideas. We should allow everyone to do so freely. This
forum is not yours to control or dominate but you have been trying mighty hard for
a long time to do so because you devote so much time to it. It is clear that you
are not principally motivated by altruism and that there is a strong commercial
motivation behind the high profile you spend so much time maintaining here.
Ken Presner: Your response "sorry, got no time to answer all your concerns" does
not ring true at all. You have devoted a lot of time over a period of many years,
day in and day out, to be all over this forum, so you obviously do have the time
to answer whatever you wish to answer. You respond only to the questions and comments
you choose to respond to, avoiding the issues you wish to avoid, especially those
that may put you in a bad light. This is part of the art of maintaining a high profile
and a good impression that you carefully cultivate here.
Ken Presner: Perhaps because you have been around here for so many years you assume
that the role of authority falls to you, by default, and that the role of moderator
has become your natural role in this forum. You gave this very strong impression
when you recently declared, "Time for users to weigh in." Why is it time for users
to weigh in? Because you say so? Calling the troops to the front line fell flat
on its face. There was not a single response to your "call to arms". This clearly
shows that those contributing to this forum, possibly to your chagrin, are not as
susceptible to your influence as you might like them to be. Your "call to arms"
backfired resoundingly.
2. YOUR MOST RECENT CUT-AND-PASTE RESPONSE TO MY POSTING
[This is a cut and paste of my words by you from my previous posting.] Ken Presner:
** By inference you are finally admitting here that many of your pages are empty
of content.
David Etheredge: Again, falsely stated. I have stated before that I was legally
forced to remove some claims from a couple of pages on my website. Only a couple
of pages are lacking in the information that I would prefer to be posted.
Ken Presner: Frankly, I find this a sad comment about the level of your knowledge
in the area of health. All of the health-oriented pages on your site are woefully
lacking in health information and have that "cookie-cutter" look, repeating the
same stock phrases on each page while offering no insightful information at all.
That your readers may be satisfied with this level of "information", according to
you, is irrelevant, in my opinion. My object in providing health information on
my site is to provide the most accurate and complete information that I can, not
to provide information that the customer may find helpful "enough". This falls under
the category of pandering, in my opinion. I will comment more on this matter in
the category "your website", below. There are 3 categories to your health-related
pages: those pages that provide survey results and stock phrases, and sometimes
testimonials, creating what I categorize as harmless pages; those pages that provide
only stock phrases and no survey information, also creating harmless pages; and
those pages that provide misleading information, could be potentially harmful. I
will comment on the misleading pages below. The bulk of the "information" on many
of your health-related pages is created by the reporting of your survey results.
By your own admission your survey results are merely anecdotal and do not constitute
proof of effectiveness. Yet you present them as proof of effectiveness. This is
contradictory. The testimonials presented on other sites are merely anecdotal, according
to you, whereas your testimonials are "scientific data" and are proof of effectiveness.
The upshot of all this is that your approach shows both your lack of knowledge and
your desire to project an image as being knowledgeable. This contradiction can only
be resolved by doing some research, putting some real information on those pages
or by taking them down.
[This is a cut and paste of my words by you from my previous posting.]
Ken Presner: >- are not your unpublished testimonials likewise anecdotal?
David Etheredge: I quote from our testimonials page: we feel that testimonials are
not a reliable source of information as they are one-sided. I have never seen a
site that published a negative testimonial, but I can guarantee that they exist,
even for the best products such as penicillin and aspirin.
Ken Presner: Does that mean that the testimonials on your site (and the unpublished
ones referred to on your site) are likewise unreliable?
Ken Presner: Does that mean that there are negative testimonials about the ParaZapper?
If so, why are you hiding them?
Ken Presner: If testimonials are not a reliable source of information why do you
rely on them so heavily on your health-related pages? They are the core of your
"survey" results, but they are merely anecdotal, the same as the testimonials on
other sites are merely anecdotal. You cannot have it both ways, although you try
very hard to do so.
Ken Presner: You have never seen a negative testimonial on a site? I think you can
make that statement about your site with complete accuracy.
Ken Presner: It looks like you have not searched my site closely. There is a noteworthy
negative testimonial on the FAQ page on my site which I discuss at length. I guess
you didn't look closely enough at my site before making this bold declaration. David
Etheredge: Statistical data presents a more accurate view of results, so we present
some of that here following the testimonials.
Ken Presner: On your site, with a bit of alchemy, testimonials are transmuted into
"statistical data" which magically changes them from being anecdotal and unreliable
into being scientific and reliable. You are constantly citing testimonials on your
site as proof of effectiveness. The so-called "statistical data" is merely a compilation
of testimonials which, by your own admission, "are not a reliable source of information".
You are trying to convince readers that, what you admit as an unreliable source
of information is actually reliable because you now call it "data". The testimonials
on your site are qualified to be presented as data, but the testimonials on my site
are not equally qualified. Because they are yours, that's the only difference, which
belies your claim to being solely an information-provider with no commercial or
ulterior motive. We all have a commercial motive. The only difference is that I
admit it and you do not.
[This is a cut and paste of my words by you from my previous posting.]
Ken Presner: >- found that you were making unfair and inaccurate comments about
The Ultimate Zapper and about my site David Etheredge: Please list these claims
here.
Ken Presner: You make a number of unfair and inaccurate comments about The Ultimate
Zapper in this forum. The comments relate to features of The Ultimate Zapper that
include the footpads, clips and AC adapter as well as comments related to testimonials
and "hype". All of these matters are discussed in this posting.
3. YOUR WEBSITE [The following 2 quotation are taken from the health-related pages
on your site.]
"Recent medical evidence shows that many people have significant numbers of parasites
living inside of themselves and that these parasites may be causing or aggravating
your yeast infections. Other frequent symptoms of these parasite infections are
low resistance to illnesses such as colds and flu, asthma, allergies, colitis, chronic
fatigue syndrome, infections such as candida, and malaise as well as pains." "People
around the world are infested with parasites including many from countries previously
thought to be reasonably free of intestinal parasites including the United States.
Recent medical studies indicate that American men live shorter lives of up to 4
years because of parasites. Other medical studies find that the average male carries
up to 2 lbs of parasites inside of his body."
Ken Presner: You tack these 2 paragraphs to page after page of your health pages,
plugging in the required disease or ailment name in the appropriate slot, as though
providing important health information were just a matter of disease-name substitution.
You refer to candida yeast on some of these pages while making no mention at all
that candida is attracted to mercury which is deposited in the tissues by "silver
amalgam" fillings which are 50% mercury. In the overwhelming majority of candida
cases that have been brought to my attention over these past 11 years dental mercury
has been a significant factor in the pathological picture. Without dealing with
the dental mercury issue it is very difficult for people to deal successfully with
the candida problem by zapping alone. You mention nothing at all about this on your
site. You concentrate on zapping alone, to the exclusion of other toxicity factors,
as though zapping will solve all problems for all people. It will not. I am honest
and up front about this all over my site, starting with the front page.
Ken Presner: This is what I mean when I talk about doing real research and providing
really useful health information for people, not just cutting and pasting the names
of ailments and diseases into the same slot all the way down the line, while stating
"people find this information useful and that seems to be good enough for them so
it's good enough for me". This is a very sloppy approach, indeed, for someone who
claims to be professionally trained. I'll have more to say about your site below.
4. MISLEADING HEALTH INFORMATION
Ken Presner: There are a number of pages on your site containing misleading information.
These pages include the MS page, the fibromyalgia page, the IBS and colitis page
and the intestinal parasites page. Your very narrow approach to pathology is shown
by your exclusive concern with parasites and parasite killing, as though killing
parasites were the beginning and the end of the chain of pathology. This is clearly
not the case. The chain of pathology is far more complex than this and Dr. Hulda
Clark who invented the original zapper is among those who talks about this complexity.
She talks about chemical and metal toxins, as I do on my site. Here is a quote from
the front page of my site that explains my approach:
"MY RECOVERY PROTOCOL FOR OVERCOMING ILLNESS"
I was paralyzed by Multiple Sclerosis in 1989. I nearly died from Crohn's disease
in 1994. Both diseases were caused by mercury poisoning from my silver amalgam fillings.
I guarantee you will never feel the same way about the American Dental Association
and about visiting the dentist after reading The Big Dental Lie and The ADA Lies
thru their teeth. Silver amalgams are 50% mercury. Watch this movie of dental mercury
causing brain neuron damage. Mercury leaches into the organs and attracts parasites
and bacteria. My zapper played a vital role at the end of my recovery by killing
parasites and bacteria attracted to mercury in the brain and intestines and by its
electroporation therapy. Today I am fit as a fiddle. I did not recover my health
by accident. My Recovery Protocol explains how to detoxify and rebuild the immune
system. It includes The Ultimate Liver Cleanse, a powerful detoxifier. See The Ultimate
Liver Cleanse page with testimonials, photos and discussion. Many illnesses are
caused by parasites, bacteria and viruses alone. But many are caused by mercury
or other metals or chemicals that act as a magnet for parasites, bacteria and viruses.
In both cases people often get quick results with The Ultimate Zapper. Many people,
including me, have experienced its deep penetration into organs like the bowel that
Dr. Clark says zappers cannot reach."
Ken Presner: I could spend a lot of time expounding on these matters here but I
will leave it to the readers of this forum to take time to look over the 30+ health
oriented pages on my site to discover more. The four specific pages I refer to above
about your site do not take into account the factors o