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Posted By: Max <sg_mrbishop@yahoo.com> In Response To: Re: My opinion is different from Paul's... speaking from experience in the biz. (The Roadie)
Thursday, 2 December 2004, at 9:22 a.m.
Some people believe that the Liberty League Beyond Freedom package is overpriced, therefore the company is suspect. Some people believe that the Beyond Freedom package is priced just right, therefore the company is fine. Some people believe that the Beyond Freedom package is underpriced, therefore the company is offering a true bargain.
In a free market system, competitive pressures do a pretty good job of determining price point. Not all will be happy about it, but on the whole our system works better than any other economic system. In my opinion, the Beyond Freedom package is priced just right - its price point validated by the quality of the information inside.
I read Kim's posting and felt happy that she found what she was looking for. I felt sad for the lady who is having significant problems with, I gather, a cluster of issues. And I found Roadie's cynicism to be pathetic. It is easy to find cynical people. They are the ones who contribute no real value to the world at large, and spend their days stunned that more people don't listen to them. How many cynics have become social leaders? How many cynics have become captains of industry? How many cynics have won the Nobel prize? Zero!
I think that Kim was on the right track by promoting "due diligence". But there is a HUGE difference between a healthy skepticism, and what is clearly the wasted breath of cynic.
I am thrilled to say that my home-based business is humming along very nicely, and very lucrative. I myself joined Liberty League after doing three months of very intense research, and am very excited about my results. I can certainly see how the Liberty League model is not for everyone but that doesn't mean that the model itself is a scam. If you want to set up a home-based business, then you immediately face a dilemma. Namely, what product or service or you going to sell? Toothpaste? Watermelons? Sneakers? You need to find a company whose products you feel passionate about. Personally, I would rather sell the Beyond Freedom self-improvement package and make a $1,000 than a truckload of toothpaste and make pennies per tube on every customer I cull from a crowded field.
Is there some hype in Liberty League? Sure there is. Every company in America strives to generate some hype. This is the culture that we live in, and as adults we have to decipher the hype overload. Are "get rich quick" slogans a pain in the butt? Yes, they are. But the bottom line is, some companies are tigers and some are turtles when it comes to creating wealth.
Find out for yourself which are which. And please, ignore the pompous pontifications of the cynics. They have a negative life force, and will not help you move your life forward in any way.
All the best to you who are sincerely trying to create a better life for yourselves. Bravo! And if any of you would like to know more about my personal experiences, both the good and the bad, then email me.
Max
sg_mrbishop@yahoo.com
> Like spam, and use capture pages to deflect the spam trackers, as some LLI
> members do.
> Nonsense and balderdash, again. If the product is overpriced and a
> rip-off, then you're not in a sustainable enterprise. And if selling the
> product is overshadowed by getting more active distributors, then you're
> in a pyramid.
> Sure is, and for good reason. The FTC warns folks away from opportunities
> where the product can't be sold on its own merits, and the hype revolves
> around the cult of personalities and recruiting.
> Sure sign of something to run away from, where the hype is center stage
> and the product can't stand on its own merits.
> Quite a closed universe of self-congratulatory marketers you're
> describing.
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