Why Scottish success stinks, and a Mayfair money pit
Today's Adventure in the Biz Opp Jungle:
'In which one of Charlie's readers has some
good words to say about Pat Adams, but there's
bad news about Mayfair Roulette and Scottish
Success.'
Hi,
I got some interesting responses from my email
about Pat Adams the other week.
As I said at the time, I realise I was only telling one
side of the story. I requested something to
redress the balance a bit.
So here's an email that does just that...
The origin of Adams!
One of my readers tells me a story of how he
began his business....
"You know how he got into info marketing? He was
flogging himself to death, selling kitchen doors in
the South Wales valleys. He had the idea of
franchising the business, got the manufacturing
contacts offering better ranges of doors etc, wrote
about 70 pages of instructions about how to set up
the business, and did a mailing...
It turned out that people bought the information, not
the franchise! He made half a million pounds on
that first book, almost by accident."
That's a brilliant and inspirational tale. One of
those stories where somebody accidentally
stumbled upon the secret of getting rich!
He literally walked right into the information
marketing boom!
This just goes to show you, if you plug away at a
biz opp, sometimes it's the weird accidents that
make you the money. The key is to keep plugging
away.... keep your hand in.... just continually think
of new ways to make money, or boost what you
already make.
Anyway, to return to my reader's email about Mr
Adams:
"I went to several of his seminars, they were
absolutely terrific. He is a superb marketer, of
course, but I found him very down to earth. He
never held anything back on "how to", and was
teaching how to make your own videos and stuff
like that way before video became a mainstream
selling tool.
Nothing was ever hyped up; everything was kept
practical, such as using a sheet of green plastic for
a chromakey (no need to buy special equipment).
I think the problem is that now he has virtually
retired, and spends a lot of time at his lovely house
in Mount Dora, Florida. Every now and again he
reappears, and I think most of what he offers now
are rehashes of his old stuff.
Indeed, the Key of Wealth was a rehash itself. I
subscribed, to get the affiliate deal, and about
broke even. The point with this stuff is not
"whether it's worth buying" to use, but to learn what
to do to make money."
And fair enough too.
Like I always say, the Biz Opp Jungle emails are a
point of view. And I realise that for everything I
recommend, there are naysayers. And for anything
I happen to knock, there are supporters and fans.
What I'm interested in is a genuine dialogue
between me and you... and between you and your
fellow seekers.
Someway, somehow, in the middle somewhere, is
something that looks like the truth.
And remember, two people doing the same
system, with the same manual can have two wildly
different experiences. This is the very stuff of life,
I suppose!
Onto something less pleasant...
More bad news on Mayfair Racing Roulette
While I've always had time for Pat Adams, I've
never liked Mayfair Racing Roulette. Go to this
link on my site and you'll see why:
Last week I got another email that backs up my
review.
One of my readers got a promise from 'Peter' at
Mayfair to get a memory stick with the actual
numbers that would come up on Betfair Casino's
Common Draw Roulette.
"I sent him £500 by bank transfer on 12 August but
haven't had anything from him in return apart from
excuses. I've sent him several emails and have left
phone messages. I managed to speak to him twice.
The first time he said he'd been told not to send the
goods out and claimed he'd left a message for me
to that effect. The second time he promised to
investigate why I hadn't received the goods and
ring me back. He never did."
"I've now emailed to tell him to send me £600 cash
(the extra £100 being compensation for all the grief
he's caused me) by tomorrow (Tuesday 26th)
or he'll only have himself to blame for the
consequences."
Will there be consequences? Well, it's a tough
one. These shysters are hard to stop. For my bit,
I've got the warning online, and this review, which
a few people will read.
For your bit, keep vigilant!
Finally, another warning...
Och aye? Dinnae bother...
There's a website that's catching attention now
called Scottish Success. It claims that two
Scottish entrepreneurs will offer you the method
that crams £97,000 a month into your bank
account.
For that you only have to pay £17.
Hmmm.... £17 for guarantee riches of almost
£100,000....
Do you smell a sniffy wee moose loose aboot the
hoose?
It gets smellier, too....
There's a clone of this site called xtreme millions,
based in Australia. In this case, the Scottish guys
are conspicuous by their absence. Instead, "two
internet business partners" are "breaking their
silence".
The sales page contains the same pictures of
people recommending this bizopp. And in each
case it says there are 7 places left.
"Coincidence?" asked one of my readers this
week.
Unfortunately not. It's a version of the same
dodgy opp. Definitely one to avoid. The claims
are nonsense, yes, it's not even a Scottish
website and the 7 people left thing is a downright
lie!
They'll still be saying that next week.
Oh, and in neither case is there a money back
guarantee or risk-free trial period. So I'd forget all
about it. There's plenty of genuine stuff on my
site:
Later alligator
Charlie Wright