GNC employees are crazy as hell

[IronMan1234]

I don't care about buying the lesser product, even if you break it up 32 for 21 servings is on the short side and I need my protein to last.

well aslong as you knew the difference and what it is you want and not listen to these idiots here

Taste is terrible,

subjective, right? unless everyone on earth has the same taste buds as your self.

mixes terrible, 60g protein from a scoop that is 3 times larger than any other quality protein.

I guess it would mix diffrently if your dumping 3 times the protien in the same size cup you always do, Einstein says use more water

60/3 = 20g from a similar scoop size....so add waaaay overpriced to that list.

I wouldnt consider over priced being that they use superior ingridients

Sounds like that crafty GNC ninja got u too buddy.

I use myofusion, however I am capable of comparing lables and 1 look at myofusions main ingredient vs whey 60 main ingredient shows why their is a price differential my myofusion main ingredient probably comes from china. However I am friends with the head ninja at GNC, check my posts I broke down how much they get paid for what they sell in the store.

Has nothing to do with bb.com ego especially since im sure a majority of people on here shop elsewhere too.

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as do I shop else where however like I said 1 strong look at the two myofusion and whey 60 shows superior ingredients its not hard to tell what would you suggest for him whey on? myofusion? ok he knew what he wanted anyway and you obviously have no idea what your talking about ill post labels of the two if you like what are you taking again?

[xikar]

Just like some Denny's waitresses are gorgeous, but 9.5 times out of 10 you get one missing teeth with a growth on their neck.

LMFAO!!! Just spit coffee everywhere bro...

[sinlesss]

I will in the local GNC I go to from time to time, they are really good about not harassing. They'll try to do a add-on sale when I'm at the register but that is about it. There is just one lady there who is older that made me chuckle once... I told her I wanted some Animal Stak and Animal Rage, she walked over to another employee and I could just make it out that she asked the guy.."This guy is asking for animal rage, is he trying to be funny? We don't have anything like that do we?" the guy she asked laughed and came over and helped me and showed her the Animal line of products by Universal. So they might not always been the most knowledgeable but they usually aren't so pushy in the stores around me.

[sinlesss]

Go on their website right now, they are having a buy one get one half off on a lot of their products.

Yes but the thing is you get half off the cheaper item... So if you have a really $$$ item and a $ item you get the half off the $ item. That is how all buy one get one half off works. The fact the OP said he is buying a cheap 1lb bag of whey to get a expensive one half off doesn't make sense unless that one pound bag was more expensive then the expensive whey.

[sinlesss]

Usually the half off comes off the lower priced item.

This. I hadn't seen anyone post this yet. Reps.

[Shaunofthedead]

Now why are you buying casein before calling us retards.....

because i get hungry alot in the middle of the night so i thought id try something new

[bclutch23]

Just got back from GNC to take advantage of the buy 1 protein get another half off plus gold card week discounts. When I usually go into GNC they hound me but when I tell them I'm alright they will leave me alone. As I got skinnier and skinnier I found that I got bothered less and less. So I go in today expecting to deny some employee's, and I was right. But one guy in particular unleashed hell on me. I got all my stuff and I'm walking to the counter when this GNC employee stops me Elder Scrolls guard style and the conversation pretty much goes like this:

Employee: Can I ask something(doesn't even wait for me to say no), why do you have two different proteins?

I look at this ninja like he's retarded.

Me: Oh if I buy this 1lb bag for really cheap, I can get this expensive protein half off so I save money.

Employee: Yeah but this protein is a worse brand then this protein, why would you do that to yourself. You could get this protein over here blah blah blah more amino acids, blah blah blah other cheaper(but not really) options.

Me: Protein is protein, I get most of my protein from foods anyway, this is just a supplement, I'm looking for the most bang for my buck.

Employee: You could get your protein for cheaper over here, and you get the most bang for your buck with this (points out to me this bull**** extreme 60 protein that is 32 dollars for 7 servings wtf man)

I look at this ninja like hes retarded.

Me: That's okay, I'm okay

Employee: Alright but it's your body man

Me: Yeah..okay

These guys gotta be working on some steep commission or some **** cause this is nuts, I can't even browse protein powders anymore. I think I need to find a new Nutrition shop but I don't know which one..

I guess it really just has to do with which employee you come across. There's definitely those guys that has commission on their mind the whole time they speak to you, but some genuinely try to help customers make the best decisions.

Actually, just last week I had respect for a pretty big employee I was dealing with until he recommended a BCAA product he used and "put on 50lbs on his bench lift in a week"

'I look at this ninja like hes retarded.'

[Valhallabound86]

[Mrshami92]

Whenever I go into gnc the employee's always try to get me to buy a gnc brand product. I also notice that if I ask about a supplement they all say "oh ya that's really good I just finished a tub" or "oh ya I'm using that at the moment".

[Yamar1]

Just for all the retards that like to think GNC employee's make alot of commission off of GNC products, they dont.. they barely make any at all off of the house brand, they make their money off of muscletech mostly and a few other 3rd party brands..
And i actually find that they have some good deal when its buy one get one 50 off, i got 2 ON casien 4lb tubs for 90$ the other day, which is alot cheaper than online if you include shipping in the cost!

I walk into the GNC (to see tits of course). Here is how it went down:

Me- checking out a tub of ON
GNC chick- Ohh if you like that you should ceck out our Pro Performance blah, blah, blah
Me- How come every time Im in here you try to sell me that stuff?
GNC chick- honestly?
Me- Yes honestly, you know I aint buyin it.
GNC chick- we have to. We make commission on it.

Who da retard?

[Valhallabound86]

I walk into the GNC (to see tits of course). Here is how it went down:

Me- checking out a tub of ON
GNC chick- Ohh if you like that you should ceck out our Pro Performance blah, blah, blah
Me- How come every time Im in here you try to sell me that stuff?
GNC chick- honestly?
Me- Yes honestly, you know I aint buyin it.
GNC chick- we have to. We make commission on it.

Who da retard?

You can't really blame them if they're getting kickbacks. Most folks would sell anything if they could make a buck or two on the side. But at the end of the day, they're salespeople.

Just ask them what arginine does. If they mention anything about blood flow or 'pumps', it's a telltale sign. Ninja disarming question.

[Hansolo261]

when going to GNC the best thing to do is know what you want, grab it and leave a quickly as possible. If you are looking for close dates then just tell the associate that. If you run into a a person who is excessively pushy then i would just find the cheapest thing in the store and buy on of them, that will piss him off.

[Bright2131]

I once got protein there and i told the girl i was just getting by until my bb.com order came in. The girl proceeded to say that bb.com is a dangerous website and that they put bad tainted things in there stuff and bad thing come out of there every day.

Im like. no..............



You have to understand that even if you can get 100 servings for 10 dollars. Or you could get the 10 servings for 100 dolalrs

They will bait at you to get the 100 dollar one. they don't care. They want the most money sales. They will say "theres more amino acids in this and less/more carbs.. and then they will ask you for your goals... if you say its fat loss.. they will be like YEA ITS GREAT FOR THAT.


I remember i grabbed creatine mono, and the guy said, , , dude thats only going to last you like 10 days. And it said 50 servings of 5g on the bottle. I was like ok maybe i shouldn't.. (because i didn't know much back then).. He directed me towards cell tech and said its the best creatine to ever come to the market and that im missing out if i dont get it. (i never got it. as i went online and found out it was bunk)


its a joke. If you go in there, KNOW what you getting before you buy it. they are actually pretty good at convincing you.

[Bright2131]

I walk into the GNC (to see tits of course). Here is how it went down:

Me- checking out a tub of ON
GNC chick- Ohh if you like that you should ceck out our Pro Performance blah, blah, blah
Me- How come every time Im in here you try to sell me that stuff?
GNC chick- honestly?
Me- Yes honestly, you know I aint buyin it.
GNC chick- we have to. We make commission on it.

Who da retard?

haha.. tell her you buy it IF ............

[ComposerGuyNC]

Yeah, if you don't go in there knowing what you're looking for then I'm sure they will walk all over you. When I was in high school and naive about most supplement stuff, they just gave me whatever popular brand they were pushing at the time.

But don't get me wrong, they're prices aren't all bad. Do YOUR OWN research (because there are a ton of dudes taking crap they don't really know about), and then head to GNC. Here in Baton Rouge, LA the guys I've met there are super nice, and after I've found what I need they'll chat for a sec.

BB.com is an amazing site, but there's still something nice about person-to-person interaction when buying something. Just be smart and read up on what you're taking, and you'll be fine wherever you buy your stuff.

[BDanglr14]

they do work on commission and quotas,ever notice how they ask u what multivitamins your taking? there expected to sell vitamins to 1 out of every 5-6 customers,they get commission on 3rd party products and the gnc gold card. They actually make little to no commission on gnc prodcts but are required to sell it,i believe the only thing they get commish on gnc pro performance amp and beyond raw,ironically everytime ive walked in there they push that. Personally im a muscletech guy but i get my stuff online. I do buy ultimate nutrition protein isolate from gnc, its a wheat protein so it does lack alot of aminos but i use that mixed w my muscletech and i take post workout aminos,glutamine,arganine. $15 bux for a 3lb jug isnt bad in my eyes. Sadly some employees have no clue what there talking about but some do to....sounds like he was kind of a hardass

[Yamar1]

You can't really blame them if they're getting kickbacks. Most folks would sell anything if they could make a buck or two on the side. But at the end of the day, they're salespeople.

Just ask them what arginine does. If they mention anything about blood flow or 'pumps', it's a telltale sign. Ninja disarming question.

I'm not blaming them at all. I was simply pointing out to the di*k head above who called me a retard that they do get kick backs for pushing the GNC line. That's all.

[Yamar1]

haha.. tell her you buy it IF ............

LOL, thought about it, 10x over.

[Valhallabound86]

I'm not blaming them at all. I was simply pointing out to the di*k head above who called me a retard that they do get kick backs for pushing the GNC line. That's all.

Naw, wasn't supposed to be accusatory, just a statement in general. The ones that discredit other sites to push their own product are pretty awful though.

[Curlingrack]

VitamineShoppe employees are nice where I'm at. They offer decent advice when it came to buying shaker bottles at least. GNC, well, haven't been there and don't plan to.

[unccwrestler]

Some of them are intelligent, and can recommend good supplements. Just like some Denny's waitresses are gorgeous, but 9.5 times out of 10 you get one missing teeth with a growth on their neck.

Waffle House > Dennys

[Valhallabound86]

Waffle House > Dennys

Ooo, touchy subject. Denny's for me, but only because the few we used to go to were clad in stainless steel. Standing like a beacon in the drunken, hazy night of warm feelings, pancakes, and potential drunken hilarity.

[fuzzbecool219]

Me: Oh if I buy this 1lb bag for really cheap, I can get this expensive protein half off so I save money.


isnt is you buy the expensive protein full price and get the cheap **** half price??

you not gonna buy a 30 dollar protein and get a 60 half off its you buy a 60 dollar one and get the 30 half off

[unccwrestler]

Ooo, touchy subject. Denny's for me, but only because the few we used to go to were clad in stainless steel. Standing like a beacon in the drunken, hazy night of warm feelings, pancakes, and potential drunken hilarity.

Very true, being from Mass I know that Dennys is the only place that is actually open past 11 p.m. so every drunk in the city is there late

[PhiDelt234]

When I first shopped at gnc I was going for on's platinum protein but the gnc guy pointed me to the amplified wheybolic extreme 60 protein because he told me that it had more amino acids, never went back since.

[Amoral]

When I first shopped at gnc I was going for on's platinum protein but the gnc guy pointed me to the amplified wheybolic extreme 60 protein because he told me that it had more amino acids, never went back since.

Anything is better than hydro whey.

[most_dedicated]

They get commish on their GNC line of products which is why they are always trying to pimp them. Not that they are bad products they are just way over-priced. I still do into one at the local mall becuse the chick that works there has some crazy huge fake tits I just can't resists....but, I never buy anything, LOL.

most employees dont get commission on gnc brand crap, only managers do and it might be a dollar or two. the biggest payers of commission are 3rd party products like cellucor and bpi. we (been an employee for over a year now and my last day is tomorrow) sell the gnc brand crap because if we dont then we lose our jobs. theres a fairly equal argument on both sides since there are alot of things we have to sell that are absolute garbage, but ive seen alot of egotistical people refuse to buy anything an employee recommends even when the customer doesnt know what theyre talking about.
examples:
fat women buying cheapo fat burners that have nothing more than 50mg of egcg and 25 mg of caffeine believing its better than far more effective burners
guys that weigh 130 buying cheap mass gainers that have maybe 400 cals per serving
people unable to read labels and perform basic math on cost per serving for proteins of simliar quality/taste
other various instances where ive pointed out certain ingredients dont do **** and that they should be looking for ingredients x,y,z instead but their broscience overcomes my advice
30 people a week buying glutamine powder/pills thinking its doing something for them when i tell them its not gonna do **** and to go research it

i agree that some gnc employees are dumbasses, but ive been the type to make company standards for numbers on the customers that act like they know it all, then hook up the rest of the customers with stuff that actually works and is worth it

[most_dedicated]

I walk into the GNC (to see tits of course). Here is how it went down:

Me- checking out a tub of ON
GNC chick- Ohh if you like that you should ceck out our Pro Performance blah, blah, blah
Me- How come every time Im in here you try to sell me that stuff?
GNC chick- honestly?
Me- Yes honestly, you know I aint buyin it.
GNC chick- we have to. We make commission on it.

Who da retard?

only managers make commission on gnc brand bro, and on that would only be like a buck or two. i can easily sell a tub of C4 for 40 bucks and make $3 and not have to try
she was either a manager or she was new and didnt know what she was talking about
truth: we have to sell it to keep the job

source: been working there for over a year

[driven0ne]

Maybe you should have listened to the guy because all protein is not equal. Do you think all carbs and fats are equal? Sure hope not. I do agree that sometime employees who are selling products do say some things that are a bit strange but that's their job. This is not just GNC emplyees. Actually, employees who are employees at nutrition and supplement stores are fairly intelligent.

Not sure you feel why you need to bash the GNC employee for doing his job and trying to help you out.

lol that's funny, everyone knows gnc employees are 99% retards and just hassle you so they can get a commission...

[SwolenONE]

i do find it very odd that nationwide their employees come across as uneducated and disrespectful, its an odd corporate culture that they have developed and their prices are the worst in the industry.