How to make £1000 a week from goods you never see or touch
Today's Adventure in the Biz Opp Jungle:
'In which Charlie reports how buyers of the Average Joe Income Package are subjected to high pressure sales pitches from the USA, forced to pay £4,000, and trapped when they want to back out.'
Hi,
I'll get right down to business today. Because I have an urgent tale to tell...
If you've recently bought- or are thinking about buying - a business opportunity called 'Average Joe Income', please read on....
The manual's okay, but watch out for the sting in the tail!
The programme itself is nothing special. It's a basic beginner's internet marketing manual or which there are trillions in the biz opp jungle.
I swear, there are so many of these little things, they're like scorpions running along the jungle floor.
I've got loads piled up under my shoe. They get into my shoes. I have to shake them out of my inbox every morning.
This particular one contains nothing new. Here are the chapters.
- Chapter 1- Clickbank: 101
- Chapter 2- Promotion: Websites or Articles
- Chapter 3- Google Adwords: Premier Amateur Guide
- Chapter 4- Ebay Profits
- Chapter 5-Making Money With Blogs
- Chapter 6- Recommendations
- Chapter 7-Promoting The Average Joe Income Package
- Chapter 8- Bonus Material
- Chapter 9- Turbo Blogging for FREE Traffic-Now Playing
Yes, from this it sounds okay but most of it is so elementary, you'll wonder where the secrets are.
I've probably given away more secrets about internet marketing in my free Biz Opp Jungle emails.
But you have to PAY for Average Joe!
Worse, still, most of the links in the product affiliate links. So even though you've paid for the product, you're also being pushed to sites where 'Average Joe' and his friends make more money off you.
That sounds smelly enough, yeah?
Well, here's the sting in the scorpion's tail...
High pressure phone calls that will blow your ears off
Having bought Average Joe, one of my readers found himself trapped in a steaming cauldron of high-pressure sales chat.
It happened like this...
He got a call from Utah from a company called Educational Sales and Marketing. A person called Colby said that because he had bought the Average Joe Marketer, he was a "prime candidate for their money making course".
Colby told my reader he had to answer a few questions first to "see if he qualified."
They told him he was "the type of person they were looking for". But first he would have to discuss the matter with his boss.
Minutes later he gets a call from a guy called Peter Kloepfer, Cory's boss. He explained they were expanding into the UK market and were looking for candidates to use as examples.
They talked for a while, then the cruncher. He would have to invest £4,000 in the course.
According to my reader, the way the price was justified was this:
"I would be making about £5000 per month for the investment. In addition, once up and running I could expand my business.
"He said that I would have to put about 10 hours per week to get me going. I thought 10 hours was easy to do. In addition, if I had not made my investment of £4000 back in 6 months they would continue to help me until I had."
At this point Kleopfer asked for credit card details.
Danger! High voltage!
If you every get into this situation... on the phone with a foreign company you haven't checked out first... please put the phone down and count to 100.
For best results, count to 999, then sleep on it.
Even if the company is kosher, signing away £4,000 to them based on a hard-sell phone call out of the blue is VERY risky.
After doing some quick research online, my reader realised this may not be a dream proposition after - all. He panicked and tried to back out. While the sales process had zipped along, things - SURPRISINGLY - slowed down when he didn't want pay.
When asked about all the negative press, the Peter Kleopfer said that the people who had written negative things about him and the company had been people who "hadn't put any effort into it."
Okay, this may be true. But any company doing proper business will still let you get a refund if you want to back out. Whatever the reason.
In the UK there's a legal requirement to do so within 7 days for any product, money back guarantee or not.
So is Educational Sales and Marketing scam?
I had a look online myself and while this company is above board, their high pressure phone tactics and their lack of no-quibble refund are unfair.
I've found another online comment from someone in the USA who was pressured into paying for this.
"I did not get a chance to look over the contract until later that night. I noticed that the Customized Educational Package Description was quite different than what was pitched to me over the phone. I also noticed other discrepancies throughout the contract.
"Needless to say, I decided to do a little internet research before the $4000 transaction went through on my husband's credit card. I found 3 Ripoff Reports and a slew of other complaints against this company and their high pressure, empty promise sales tactics."
When she tried to cancel the card transaction, the salesman got rude and offensive and claimed that they would be charged as 'verbally agreed'.
This is nonsense of course, but the salesman persisted in harassing her for her money.
All this from buying the Average Joe Income Package!
Blimey!
Watch out for this email
When you buy the Average Joe product, "Joe" will send you an email like this:
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Hi Charlie
This is just a quick e-mail to let you now that I'm currently working through the new applications for my one-to-one personal coaching program right now... and if you're one of the lucky people to be chosen you will be getting a call from me or one of my team soon...
What does this mean?
Well, we obviously cannot work with lots of people and coach them to success... so this is ONLY available to buyers of myAJM Package! As you have bought the program, you have shown yourself to be proactive and suitable for being chosen to work alongside myself and my success team...
We are looking for just 5 people to work with, so if selected look out for a call from us over the next few days. This is the chance to set-up your business, using not only my proven techniques and methods...but also with the help and support of someone that has been there and done it!
We look forward to working with you and coaching you to success.
Best Wishes,
Joe
Automated Income Stream LLC
881 West State Street
Suite 140407
Pleasant Grove, UT
84062
US
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If you get this, ignore it.
They're not looking for just 5 people and they're not 'working through applications'. They will ring absolutely everyone who gives them a number.
My advice is to leave this alone. There are UK based internet marketing programmes that have full no-quibble refunds and decent content.
Take a look on my website under 'online businesses' and 'information marketing'.
Click here:
Later alligator,
Charlie Wright
The Biz Opp Jungle