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Posted By: Patricia Griffin In Response To: Globalnetvantage or BMT Club? (Paul)
Friday, 21 October 2005, at 2:07 p.m.
> Does anyone have any info about the following 2 biz opps? Supposedly they
> are both automated, requiring not too much time, and no selling or
> recruiting. The websites are www.globalnetvantage.com &
> www.bmtclub.com. Thanks in advance.
A little research in the archives (www.archive.org) shows that first the site (2003) was host to something called "GlobalNetVantage" (hence the name) which pretty much sounds like a rewritten version of what is up there now. GlobalNetVantage.
It ran for a year and a half or so (check it out in www.archive.org) and then came back in "Pre-Launch." Same program, new tune, same stuff. Apparently they weren't making any money with it. It stays in pre-launch for at least 3 months.
Now it emerges again under a new name.
Take a look at the sequence there -- it's the signs of an internet "biz-op" that failed right from the start. I'm sure the founder made some money, but they didn't make enough. It's doubtful any of the others saw any money.
BMTclub is suspicious. You have a site on the Internet. You don't advertise and you don't sell (so, pray tell, HOW are people going to find your site out of 4 billion sites (I'm not kidding about the number) on the Internet and rush to ... send you money (and what will they be sending you money for?)?? You start by sending them $49 (they're richer already) and they let you have access to a list of 13 programs (guess who the upline is for each of those programs. Go ahead... guess.) If you want to join any of those programs, you have to pay the fee to join (guess who gets THAT money.)
Ah yes... their club is incorporated in Belize (for "legal reasons") and you'll be sending your money to the Bahamas.
And their friendly and efficient staff was going to update their FAQ page "soon"... back in 2003.
I hope that by now you're pulling out your holy water, crosses, garlic, and wooden stakes by now and waving it at those two "companies" while shrieking "EVIL MONEY-EATING VAMPIRES!!!! DIE!!!!!!!!! DIE!!!!!"
A good opportunity:
* is in a field you ALREADY know about (hobby, sport, etc, etc)
* doesn't pretend people will throw money at you for simply being alive
* is up front about what is being sold and who buys this
* isn't being marketed by 80,000 other people on internet
* can also be done offline
* is honest about how much work it will be
* never promises a set level of income
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