EOS Man
11th of May 2010 (Tue), 00:27
Just something interesting I thought I'd post here: I've recently received a Facebook-sent message from a friend asking me to join him for a talk about (quote) "achieving financial independence through an e-shopping business and ways to retire young and wealthy". I can be sure that the message itself (not so much for some of the message contents, however) was really sent by my friend - complete with a regular typo in my name he never fails to make :lol: and asking me about the vacation I recently went on. But....
He goes on to say that a consultant from some UK company used this "method" to quickly retire by the age of 30. The general term "a consultant" and lack of a name leads me to believe that he pulled this one out of some promotional leaflet or booklet or is just regurgitating it from his mentor or something
Towards the end of the message, he says something about a "training and coaching system" to "guide" newbies, which really smells/stinks (whichever term you choose) of an MLM here. He also says that he HIMSELF does this e-business or whatever thing on a part-time basis and that it works, allowing him to earn an additional $8,000 of side monthly income.
I've never been a believer in this kind of crap (my sincere apologies to any believers who think otherwise ;) ) and usually toss stuff like this aside (or into my trash folder). And for 2 good reasons:
If this kind of thing actually worked, we'd be seeing a lot of retired 30 year old millionaires roaming the streets. Right now, I see none, at least around my neighborhood!
It's usually MLM or something that works with backdoors and loopholes/doing unethical stuff, which in my book, is a strict NO-NOBut something today just made me want to post this... are these kind of programs/methods/business/whatever they're called believable? Do they actually work or am I right they're just crap that only benefits the top few guys who made the scheme up?
And most importantly, is my friend REALLY making so much extra on a monthly, part time basis?? (the over-simplicity of the process of getting rich usually makes me very skeptical) Or are those numbers he's making up or told to mention to attract more people into whatever scheme/program it is? Also note that he gives almost no details other than it being a talk about getting rich thru some e-retail/shopping business
Just food for thought/discussion I guess. Perhaps one day I can retire from trying to earn some extra pennies from my part-time wedding/photoshoot duties!! (Yeah, but I'm doubtful)
He goes on to say that a consultant from some UK company used this "method" to quickly retire by the age of 30. The general term "a consultant" and lack of a name leads me to believe that he pulled this one out of some promotional leaflet or booklet or is just regurgitating it from his mentor or something
Towards the end of the message, he says something about a "training and coaching system" to "guide" newbies, which really smells/stinks (whichever term you choose) of an MLM here. He also says that he HIMSELF does this e-business or whatever thing on a part-time basis and that it works, allowing him to earn an additional $8,000 of side monthly income.
I've never been a believer in this kind of crap (my sincere apologies to any believers who think otherwise ;) ) and usually toss stuff like this aside (or into my trash folder). And for 2 good reasons:
If this kind of thing actually worked, we'd be seeing a lot of retired 30 year old millionaires roaming the streets. Right now, I see none, at least around my neighborhood!
It's usually MLM or something that works with backdoors and loopholes/doing unethical stuff, which in my book, is a strict NO-NOBut something today just made me want to post this... are these kind of programs/methods/business/whatever they're called believable? Do they actually work or am I right they're just crap that only benefits the top few guys who made the scheme up?
And most importantly, is my friend REALLY making so much extra on a monthly, part time basis?? (the over-simplicity of the process of getting rich usually makes me very skeptical) Or are those numbers he's making up or told to mention to attract more people into whatever scheme/program it is? Also note that he gives almost no details other than it being a talk about getting rich thru some e-retail/shopping business
Just food for thought/discussion I guess. Perhaps one day I can retire from trying to earn some extra pennies from my part-time wedding/photoshoot duties!! (Yeah, but I'm doubtful)