There is one particular mall in my city that I love. But I've only been there twice.

What are the chances, then, that I would be flagged down by a pushy skin-cream salesman from the same company both times? It's a company with one of those gimmick-y, freestanding booths that are hard to avoid.

I finally managed to get the name of this skin cream stuff they're selling, and its called Truffoire White Truffle. They have a full line of products for around $300, and the demo is always the same:

The salesman puts this stuff on your hand, and as he starts rubbing it in, all these bits of something start forming in these sort of rolled up pieces. He claims it's dead skin cells. Hmm. So from there, he applies a second product on both hands. On my left hand, he didn't apply anything beforehand, and you could feel the second product sitting on top of my skin. On my right hand, the second product supposedly absorbed instantly, because the first product removed all the dead skin cells. I touched my skin, and I couldn't feel any of the second product, even though I watched him apply it. It was weird. I was so skeptical, but I could not figure out how they did it.

Oh, and his selling point with me was him saying that I need better cleansing because "you wear lot of makeup." I wear one thin layer of foundation, and I wasn't wearing any other makeup that day. And I use Asian skin care products, and I don't have any breakouts so . . . there's that. But thanks for the compliment?

Either way, I will never spend $300 on skin care unless it's an established treatment and I actually have that kind of money to spend. I made it clear that I wasn't going to buy it, but he haggled me for twenty minutes. i should have just walked away but I guess I'm not that kind of person.

I have looked for ripoff reports and complains, but didn't find much. The Amazon reviews are good, and Truffoire has an official website, too. Everything I am seeing seems legit, but my common sense is screaming to avoid it like the plague.

How did they do it? What's the trick? Or is this actually a good product? If not, how is this company still around after like ten years?

This is just something that seems like it would be good to talk about. This company has obviously figured out a way to thrive for at least a decade, despite their abhorrent selling methods. I feel like I should give people a heads up at the very least.

Tagging this as "Miscellaneous," because there's a little of everything here.