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Re: PLEASE READ if you think "getting a check" makes a program legitimate!!!

Posted By: Sandi Moses
Thursday, 24 February 2005, at 12:25 p.m.

In Response To: PLEASE READ if you think "getting a check" makes a program legitimate!!! (MaaMaw)

> Again, I know NOTHING about this particular guy and his operation, but IN
> GENERAL:

> This absolutely does NOT mean a company (any company) is legitimate!!!

> MANY assembly scams will buy your first trial batch from you and send the
> check promptly so that you will be encouraged and cough up the bucks for
> tons more supplies.

> Here's how it works:

> You finish your first five or whatever, they are accepted, and you get the
> money (but that isn't enough to get your initial investment refunded yet).

> You're thrilled with your success, so you order a bunch more supplies.

> As soon as you finish those -- or even before, if you're the efficient
> type -- you will order MORE supplies because you know you can do a good
> job and your items will be accepted and paid for and you've *finally*
> found a legitimate way to earn money at home! OH RAPTURE!!

> You will have ordered a lot of supplies before you realize they aren't
> going to accept another one of your items and you're never going to get
> another check, because none of your items will meet their standards (or
> they'll just throw them straight in the trash because there never was a
> market for them anyway, and you'll never hear from them again, but by the
> time you catch on, you will have paid them several times).

> It's done ALL THE TIME!!

> Luv,

> MaaMaw

> P.S. It is also done with some of those chain letter-type programs. I
> joined one many years ago called The Clock (or something). Each time the
> clock went around, you got paid. VERY quickly, I got $25 cash in the mail.
> My sponsor called me, elated, yelling, "LESLEY! THE CLOCK IS TICKING!
> DID YOU GET YOUR MONEY?" Oh yes, I got it -- and I was so encouraged
> (which was the point, obviously) that I sent in the next payment... and
> the next... of course by then they had gone bye-bye with my money....

Actually I got 2 checks (sorry). I am totally convinced he is legitimate but I would not recommend anyone depend on the income from him because of the turn-around time. I still think the whole thing just got away from him and he was unprepared for the response. I found his quality control checks to be reasonable. I just wish the crosses that did not pass the test had come back immediately so I could have adjusted my technique sooner. You can't fix mistakes you don't realize you are making. If it were not for the excessive turn-around time I would whole-heartedly support this endeavor.

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