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Posted By: The Roadie <wcarton@flash.net> In Response To: Review my website (Eugene Mills)
Tuesday, 1 March 2005, at 12:31 p.m.
> does it look professional?
Not really. Dozens of misspellings, some of which are the kind that a spell checker would not find.
> Do you think the theme is a good idea?
Perhaps it's a good idea for you, but it depends how you plan to find members to join. Posting to forums like this is not likely to bring in a lot of business.
But I'm curious about the numbers.
You say for $30 a month, a pool of up to 50 people will have lottery tickets bought for them.
1) That's a pool of $1500. Yet your guaranteed set of tickets is only 300 tickets. Why the large discrepancy?
2) You claim:
# No Setup Fee
# No Handling Fee
# No Administration Fee
# No Fee on Lottery Club Winnings
# No Transfer Fee
# No Commissions Fee
but this can't be a pure charity. Isn't the difference between whan you rake in and the cost of the tickets you buy a "fee"?
3) What are the tax implications for the winnings? You won't have the tax ID for all the members of the pool, yet you won't want to be stuck paying taxes on the entire pot yourself! This fact alone makes me think you haven't thought it all through, and it's a simple scam.
4) You say:
"Since this a non-profit site everyone wins in the
end.For every $100 of winning at AIM (Angels-In-Motion) makes
a 10% donation out of OUR account NOT yours you get 100%
share of your pool winning tickets either in cash or roll-over in the
next lotto draw."
What do you mean: "your" account funds the donations? Why do you have an account at all, unless you're skimming part of the profits as a "fee"?
5) Are you registered anywhere as a non-profit? Are you filing the required paperwork with the state and US governments?
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