The Guinea Pig That I Am

Even though I won't get to these workouts until March, I decided to go ahead and take the plunge and order Cardio Karate. I really like the clips and hope at least 1/2 the DVDs live up to my expectations.

I ordered online. Typical of ordering online (and I am sure on the phone as well) is that you are offered a lot of add ons.
When you click "Order Now" the first page is where you put in all your information (name, address, and credit card). I deselected the check box that mention something to the affect of authorizing text payments for this phone.

Once you "click here to order", I think it is too late to cancel.

Then you get a series of offers to buy the add on equipment. The first offer is offering you the whole package, I believe the price was $79.95 + $24.95 S+H. Might be wrong on the shipping. In this package comes the pull up bar, three pair of sand weights, and weighted gloves. I said no thanks.
And then one by one, pages came up offering the products in different configurations. For the sand weights it was really weird. There are two prices mentioned if you want to buy all three: One states "A $74.85 value for ONLY $59.95 + $19.95 S+H" and right under that it ask "Would you like to add the Cardio Karate Sand Weights Set to your order for only $24.95?".

Individually the prices are 1lb - $19.95, 2lb - $24.95, and 3lb - $29.95 and each pair has a $9.95 S&H charge.
The pull up bar is $24.95 + $13.95 S+H and the 2 lb Weighted Gloves are $19.95 + $9.95 S+H.
I said "No Thanks" to all of these.

And then, the most interesting part was that I was offered the opportunity to buy an additional Cardio Karate set for 1/2 price $44.93 + $13.95 S+H. I said "No Thanks" to that too. After this page you are presented with an Order Confirmation but there is no order number on the page.

The website states 30 day money back guarantee minus S+H plus there is a $7.50 restocking fee for open products. 2 to 3 weeks for delivery.

That is all the info I have. Oh, I did get an email confirmation saying my order was received, but the email did not have an order number.

I do hope this is going to be a good system. I am looking forward to getting them and hopefully I can wait to March to do them. Although, if it is going to be 2 to 3 weeks for delivery, I should be able to do that. Right now January's rotation is set so it would be February's rotation that would be in danger.

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