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Unscrupulous Marketers - is it just me?

Posted By: Bluto
Monday, 13 February 2006, at 4:51 a.m.

Now, let me preface this with this disclaimer:

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I don't mean to offend anyone or their nationality. My post is merely my experience from many years of being involved in one way or another with business on the internet and internet marketers. If you are an ethical marketer and you are from one of the countries that I am going to mention, then this is not directed at you in any way, shape or form.
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Now, let's just forget the Nigerians and other like folks from other like countries. They are beyond unscrupulous and as such do not really fit in here. Everyone knows that not all Nigerians are criminals and scam artists but the fact is that if you do not know a particular Nigerian, just forget about "doing business with Nigerians on the internet, by and large.

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I won't name any names here, although I never see any of them hanging out here. But from years of surfing on internet marketing forums and having been exposed to thousands if not MILLIONS of sales letters for products that are either cut-rate or that you really don't need, to me it seems that the most unscrupulous marketers come from either Canada or Australia. Unscrupulous meaning that they have the least morals and ethics when it comes to selling, marketing, and all that. Many time, they even have the worst product but they market them as if they are so much more than they really are.

Is it just me or have any of you ever noticed this?

Just wondering. Not really anything important, just something I have noticed and was just wondering how many, if any, others have noticed this.

Would love to hear form any of you on this.

Now that I think of it, I cannot really say that I ever thought of who might seem like the most ethical. They never stood out as much as the ones mentioned above. But if I had to answer I would say that the far eastern ones (though there are not many of them that I have seen) are the most ethical internet marketers. And I would say that the American and the Indian (Easters, of course) internet marketers are somewhere in the middle.

Bluto

Again, let me end with my disclaimer, just to cover my (|)...

Given this, now, if any one of you in any of the above mentioned countries are offended even after reading my disclaimer, I have to say that it's a personal problem at this point and something you need to deal with on a deep, inner, personal level. Nothing I or anyone can do to help you.

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Unscrupulous Marketers - is it just me? (views: 1254)
Bluto -- Monday, 13 February 2006, at 4:51 a.m.
- Re: Unscrupulous Marketers - is it just me? (views: 1204)
  Steve MacLellan -- Monday, 13 February 2006, at 5:40 a.m.
  - Re: Unscrupulous Marketers - is it just me? (views: 1203)
    Bluto -- Monday, 13 February 2006, at 6:10 a.m.
    - You're too much (views: 1202)
      Steve MacLellan -- Monday, 13 February 2006, at 6:26 a.m.
      - Re: You're too much (views: 1201)
        Bluto -- Monday, 13 February 2006, at 8:04 a.m.
        
        Re: You're too much (views: 1215)
        WaltP -- Sunday, 19 February 2006, at 5:55 p.m.
- "Politically Correct" is not in my vocabulary, but honestly... (views: 1202)
  MaaMaw -- Monday, 13 February 2006, at 5:55 a.m.
  - Re: "Politically Correct" is not in my vocabulary, but honestly... (views: 1381)
    Bluto -- Monday, 13 February 2006, at 6:07 a.m.
    - "Perhaps it's just me," but... (views: 1231)
      Cathy Bryant -- Monday, 13 February 2006, at 9:14 a.m.
      - You misunderstood (views: 1176)
        Bluto -- Monday, 13 February 2006, at 2:21 p.m.
        
        I did??? Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa... (views: 1181)
        Cathy Bryant -- Monday, 13 February 2006, at 4:36 p.m.
        
        Re: I did??? Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa... (views: 1237)
        Bluto -- Monday, 13 February 2006, at 5:21 p.m.
- Re: Unscrupulous Marketers - is it just me? (views: 1209)
  DaveB -- Monday, 13 February 2006, at 9:14 a.m.
- It's just you (views: 1219)
  Mel. White -- Monday, 13 February 2006, at 7:53 p.m.
  - Re: It's just you (views: 1190)
    Michael Webster -- Monday, 13 February 2006, at 8:09 p.m.
    - BINGO!! (DNO) (views: 1167)
      MaaMaw -- Tuesday, 14 February 2006, at 6:37 a.m.
  - I was talking abour unscrupulous marketers, not scammers, BIG difference... (views: 1220)
    Bluto -- Monday, 13 February 2006, at 8:38 p.m.
    - Another clarification of what I mean by unscrupulous internet marketing (views: 1248)
      Bluto -- Tuesday, 14 February 2006, at 5:31 a.m.
      - I OBJECT!!... (views: 1196)
        MaaMaw -- Tuesday, 14 February 2006, at 6:56 a.m.
        
        Definition of Unscrupulous (views: 1248)
        Bluto -- Tuesday, 14 February 2006, at 7:35 a.m.
    - Perhaps you're just buying too many ebooks? (views: 1203)
      Bill Carton - the Roadie -- Tuesday, 14 February 2006, at 7:55 a.m.
      - You might be right about that (views: 1194)
        Bluto -- Tuesday, 14 February 2006, at 8:42 a.m.
        
        Re: You might be right about that (views: 1206)
        Steve MacLellan -- Tuesday, 14 February 2006, at 1:15 p.m.
        
        Re: You might be right about that (views: 1191)
        Bluto -- Tuesday, 14 February 2006, at 2:10 p.m.

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