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Posted By: John Damm <admin@albieathomebiz.com> In Response To: Y'know, I want to be a good hostess and say "Welcome!" but I have to smack you one..... (MaaMaw)
Tuesday, 12 July 2005, at 8:45 a.m.
> You leave me no choice (oh, and welcome... pull up a brownie and have a
> seat).
> If you believe what you're promoting, you're *still* a big sucker.
> That's why I'm smacking you -- because so many people on this forum have
> lost thousands, and I don't want to see them lose any more by buying into
> the kind of crap you're promoting.
> And DON'T pay $47 a month for mentoring that leaves the menteeee prowling
> the forums trying to figure out what to do next -- you forgot to say that.
> My first inclination is to be gentle --
> but I'm am bothered by the fact that in this thread , you said: "I
> have spent so much money on ads that didn't work." Then you said,
> "I have recently met some people on the net that actually want to
> help me and not just want my money."
> I assume that would be the two fine-looking gents on the site you're
> promoting (incrediblesystem.com). I'm wondering -- if you're paying them
> $47 a month to mentor you so you can provide them with a testimonial, why
> do you have to ask where to advertise??
> Okay, I admit it -- I have NO experience with incrediblesystem.com, and
> everything you are about to read is strictly my personal opinion, which
> sprouts from attitudes curdled in the School of Hard Knocks -- but here's
> what I noticed. (I tried to cut and paste but the right-click function is
> disabled; gee I hate that.)
> I'm gagging, but I'll try to talk.
> Just looking at the hightlights I plucked out, do you see a problem here?
> You pay $47 per month for these guys to mentor you. They're going to teach
> you to become "a streamlined moneymaking superaffiliate," so
> they say. Selling their program, I assume?? (I have to assume that, since
> it seems to be the only affiliate program on your site.)
> No hype?
> Not only does their site contain enough hype to kill an ox -- it contains
> so many contradictions it's hysterical.
> They INSIST you get your money back if you don't make $27,495 in the NEXT
> SIX WEEKS ... (where does that number come from, pray tell?) ... but their
> guarantee says you'll be making $1,057.50 PER WEEK in the next 90 DAYS or
> you'll get your money back. (Lemme see, $1,057.50 x 13 weeks =
> $13,747.50... coincidentally, that's exactly half of the $27,495 you
> already finished earning 7 weeks earlier.)
> The way I read it, you "create" $1,057.50 in "the next 30
> days" -- and somehow you "make" another $26,437.50 in the
> next TWO WEEKS? Yes, that's what it says when they "boldly" go
> where no (honest) man has gone before and say you will make $27,495 in the
> next SIX WEEKS. (Maybe by "create" and "make" they
> mean "print" -- at least that would make sense.)
> (Am I the only one who's dizzy?)
> While you're figuring out if their program works (obviously you haven't
> achieved the promised income yet or you wouldn't be saying your ads don't
> work and asking for help) -- you are suckering other people (who don't
> understand about scams as well as you do) into paying $47 a month so they
> can go on forums and say, "Help! I don't know how to advertise."
> What's wrong with this picture?
> Luv,
> MaaMaw
> P.S. It's one thing to put the date on your page and make it *appear* to
> have been updated that very day -- but to say "Written" on that
> very day is a boldfaced lie, as far as I can tell. (No, Mr. Lawyer, I
> can't prove it wasn't just written today, that's only my opinion -- but it
> does seem unlikely John was linking to it yesterday on Tony's forum if it
> only got writ today, now don't it?) (Damn turnip truck! I landed on my
> head again.)
> P.S. Again: I fear my post is a bit disjointed, but it's very hard to
> make sense out of such rot. (Of course I saved the page so they can't
> some back and claim I made it up; strangely, they didn't disable that.)
MaaMaw,
You have got some great points. The main reason I am promoting this is
because at the time I came across this program, the only advertising I knew
was yahoo groups. I was very naive and learned more from that program in a
month than I did on my own for 6 months. There is so much to learn and I
wished I would've found forums earlier. There are prople out there that are
willing to help me for free. I just spent six months looking for one and
never found one. So in my mind the $47.00 a month to me wasn't a scam. I am
still in the process of putting together my site as you probably can tell
and am sincere about helping anyone with what I have learned. You are very
experienced in the WWW and I am not. I really had a good laugh at the
"Assemble Products From Home" I tried that as well. Anyways , thanks for the
constructive criticism and look forward to reading more of your SCAMS 101.
Thanks, John "Albie" Damm
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