Note: Cathey Annette Baker, owner of a hair removal forum called Kitty’s Consumer Beware, died in 2009, and the forum went down soon after. I was a prominent critic of the forum for their promotion of doubtful hair removal products and services. The information below is an archive.
“Kitty’s Consumer Beware” is a thinly-veiled commercial site masquerading as an unbiased consumer site on hair removal.
http://www.consumerbeware.com/consumer_beware.htm
GHR/Kaleidografix connection to this “consumer” site
Censorship at “Kitty’s Consumer Beware”
“Kitty” claims:
You can also warn other consumers about scams, rip-offs and just complain in general! Kitty invites all commercial/personal use hair removal product/equipment consumers, all product/equipment manufacturers, as well as all methodology practitioners, to participate. You are not only welcome, you are encouraged.
Up to a point, that is. Try mentioning data on www.hairfacts.com on their message boards, and you’ll see. Because this site is critical of GHR and of those who promote it like Judith Stephens and “Katherine Cook” Despite their claims that their information is unbiased
I am happy to put a link to any hair removal site and analyze its claims. That’s because I’m not afraid I don’t pick and choose
hairfacts.com
Throughout hairfacts.com, you’ll links to sites containing claims I believe are false.
Guaranty Hair Removal
4300 North Central Expressway # 109, Dallas, TX 75206
(214) 827-4471
Contact “Kitty”
(source: Cyber Xpress) lists “small and home-based businesses”
KaleidoGrafix Web Page Design & Hosting
Address: 2915 Nova Drive Garland, TX 75044 USA
Phone: 972-414-8562 Fax: 972-414-8562
email: kaleidog@worldnet.att.netKaleidoGrafix’ toll-free number is: 800-757-2098.
Address: P.O. Box 452033 Garland, TX 75045-2033
email: sales@wow-me.com
Designing and hosting unique and exciting web pages at a moderate price.
GHR and “Kitty’s Consumer Beware” have used the same toll-free phone line
The “Kitty’s Consumer Beware” site is owed and maintained by KaleidoGrafix, a Dallas-based web design and hosting company.
The “Kitty’s Consumer Beware” site is hosted by webspinner.net, a Dallas-based hosting company.
What’s in a name?
Consumers have written to me suggesting that “Katherine Cook” and the nickname “Kitty” are assumed names being used by GHR salespeople on “Kitty’s Consumer Beware.” Given Judith Stephens’ use of assumed names, this suggestion is worth examining.
Names associated with the Consumer Beware include:
Are they three different people? Are they two different people? Are they all the same person?
Who is “Katherine Cook”?
One web directory has the following listings showing “Katherine Cook” with addresses on GHR sales sites as well as on “Kitty’s Consumer Beware.” This person also used to send mail from a ghrelectrolysis.com email address.