How to Get ProActiv Without Giving The Scammers Any Money

"Why don't you try ProActive?" asked my grandmother, ever on the search for the solution to my acne. "Because I've heard it doesn't work." "But it works for a lot of people. You can't say that if you don't try it!" "Fine, whatever, but if it's got benzoyl peroxide in it, I won't use it."

So the box arrives in the mail and I take one look at the "system" and laugh. "Grandma... I have all of this at home already! Most of it stronger!" "Well maybe the system--" "I said no benzoyl peroxide. But... fine." I went home and googled, and learned that ProActiv is essentially a scam where they'll keep sending you/billing you and you can't cancel. I went to tell my grandmother this, and she already had another box, and three pending charges on her card. ProActiv told her that the box was "free" and they hadn't charged her, teehee! There was nothing they could do, haha! Round-and-round she went until she blew up and informed them that they'd been feeding her the same lie over and over, and they could deal with her credit card company if they tried to charge her after she's attempted to cancel.

Don't believe me? Just Google Proactiv scam. Looking at those results tells me that AmEx has heard this all before, too. The Consumer Affairs reviews are an object lesson in always using a credit card and never debit, too. I know a lot of people use debit cards, but this is a great reason why you should never, ever give a company a toehold into your bank account. I've heard too many stories where people get unexpectedly overdrafted and left with fees spiraling out of control because of shady third parties. I digress.

"But Sam," you're saying, "I've heard good things about Proactiv and my acne sucks! What can I do?"

Well, I'll tell you. I've been around the block and have been willing to try damn near anything, so I recognized immediately what was in Proactiv's "program." What I saw: salicylic acid, benzoyl peroxide, and a sulfur mask.

"I don't know what those are," you say.

I'll tell you: they're in just about every OTC treatment you can get your hands on, ( and I'm going to tell you how to get your hands on them )