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philena30
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#21 · Posted: 25 Feb 2006 09:02


Do you have a link? I tried Icash.com put got forward to Yeah.com so I don't know which one your talking about. But be careful with those types of sites.

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#22 · Posted: 25 Feb 2006 11:22


I would say anyone who is evaluating an MLM opportunity has to look at what it is. They are typically products or services. Someone mentioned losing money on water filters. No disrespect, but how many people are going to wake this morning and say, "Boy, this is the day that I'm going to get a water filter." You have to look at an opportunity and ask yourself, "Is this something I can make money on, month-after-month, year-after-year, without continuously trying to get the same people to purchase the product over and over or attempt to requalify with the company. Our business is services that people absolutely have to have and pay for everymonth. YOu simply cannot do without them.
Please visit my website below, click the Opportunities tab, watch the "Your future starts now" video, and ask yourself afterwards, "Does it make sense to get paid for services that people are going to use anyway'?

philena30
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#23 · Posted: 25 Feb 2006 11:27


Hi ACN... I joined it, but my health and wellness biz offer services too that people have to pay for each and every month also. And we all need certain products every month... Like soap So it's up to the individual.

Brian Hayes
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#24 · Posted: 25 Feb 2006 11:34


With health and wellness, people have the option of determining if they want to use it. WIth what we do, they have to, absolutely no way around it. Are you an active rep?

philena30
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#25 · Posted: 25 Feb 2006 11:40 · Edited by: philena30


no.. not too active, I was waiting for gas and electricity for IL. Then the health and wellness took off more and the family business so I didn't focus on it.

Brian Hayes
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#26 · Posted: 25 Feb 2006 11:57


Why don't you shoot be an e-mail at brianhayes.acninc.net and I'll update you on what's going on? We're moving into New Zealand next month and we have some exciting technology that we've just released. What part of Illinois are you in?

philena30
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#27 · Posted: 25 Feb 2006 18:27


I still get their emails.. I haven't read them in quite some time. Sorry.. after the mess with Scampay and redoin a business plan, I maybe able to get back in the swing of things in April. But I guess I should get my affiliate site like yours on my blog and forum. Oh.. If you want to know where I live.. check the siggy plz.

Mike_Online
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#28 · Posted: 25 Feb 2006 18:33


Wow, $5000 lost! I didn't realize that some of the MLM's required such a hefty investment. My wife was in Mary Kay, but that was a fairly good product that she uses to this day. She was able to sell her inventory (at cost) very easily when she decided this was not for her. I dabbled with Amsoil (another good quality product) but decided that "oil" just wasn't that interesting to me. I guess whatever you do, it has to be of interest to you. You have to work hard as well.

And yes, never ever PAY to work for someone! That is the biggest tipoff.

philena30
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#29 · Posted: 25 Feb 2006 18:43


Quoting: Mike_Online
Wow, $5000 lost! I didn't realize that some of the MLM's required such a hefty investment. My wife was in Mary Kay, but that was a fairly good product that she uses to this day. She was able to sell her inventory (at cost) very easily when she decided this was not for her. I dabbled with Amsoil (another good quality product) but decided that "oil" just wasn't that interesting to me. I guess whatever you do, it has to be of interest to you. You have to work hard as well.


Sheeeesh That's really messed up. I couldn't imagine going through that much drama. Everyone has horror story though. I have a few I could name myself, but I'm sure people are tired of hearing scampay.

coreyjroman
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#30 · Posted: 16 Mar 2006 23:47


Most common money scam I can think of is the "money matrix". You see a lot of these claiming that it was featured on OPRAH and this and that where they aired a story about a boy who made a fortune on a chain letter and hid the money in his closet until his mom found it. Then they give you a legitimacy statement saying that because they offer a made in china plastic kazoo which is an actual product that it makes it completely legal and ask you to join saying that you can make 15,500 dollars in one month... LOL. ...a fool born every minute!

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#31 · Posted: 23 Mar 2006 08:56


Some great advice in this thread. I appreciate the links to rip off report and scams.com etc. Its really handy to have that sort of thing in your mind for when you find the next big thing!

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#32 · Posted: 4 Apr 2006 11:35


I believe that there is a great future of internet marketing but restriction should be imposed against scams otherwise best technological gift in 21st century will loose its importance.

With best regards

Julio Saltos

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#33 · Posted: 4 Apr 2006 11:43


It is amazing just how prevalent scams our now too...

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#34 · Posted: 4 Apr 2006 13:35


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Well, this is a perfect example of an Internet scam now isn't it?

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#35 · Posted: 4 Apr 2006 17:46


haha. A perfect example of one...

Now if had $10 that I wanted to throw away today, who shoul i throw that money awat to hhmmm???

nah, not your pyramid scheme today thank you.

philena30
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#36 · Posted: 4 Apr 2006 19:51


LOL.. you can throw it my way.. actually it's $10.50

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#37 · Posted: 18 Apr 2006 01:13


There are indeed many scams for work at home type of business, therefore, I still prefer to create my own product and sell it online. Well, due to time-constrain, we will need to be extra careful and be more selective in choosing the right business opportunities out there. I've joined a paid survey program before, it's rather a bad experience for me...

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#38 · Posted: 28 Apr 2006 11:26 · Edited by: jobvisa


I think that many scams can be removed if high responsive classifieds sites instal scam detection software for identification.The major search engines should take the responsibility for its elimination.

With best regards

Julio Saltos

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#39 · Posted: 17 May 2006 10:32


Hi Guru,

This is a scam - nothing much. All they tell you is to type in ads and watch the 'money' pour in. What does pour in is bills - for your ads :-D

If you are really interested in legit ways of making money online, there are different ways you can do it. I've been earning online for the past 5 years (in India), so I can tell you it is possible.

But like the others in this thread have said, if anyone asks you to pay for a job - it's 100% scam!

Rangoo

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#40 · Posted: 31 May 2006 08:07


Quoting: magix66
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