Webline,
Here is a snapshot of the business conference you got an invite for. I went on a fact finding mission (Ugh........I hate these kind of work related assignments), and I thought that a free dinner and an MP3 player wasn`t too shabby a gift for sitting through an hour and a half of blow-hard tactics.
"Dinner" turned out to be a stale turkey sandwich, a small scoop of potato salad and one cookie. This was at 7:30 P.M. How can they say dinner when it wasn`t even a respectable lunch!! And only water was served to drink. (Oops, forgot the side pickle!) The MP3 player was as cheap as cheap could be. The earphones were full of static and cut in and out, then stopped working altogether within the first few minutes. (I threw them out.) But the player itself works fine...........for now. No telling for how long.
At this first seminar they tell ppl that they can buy their own business for only $199 as a lifetime payment for their website. Then they spring that of course it will cost $24.95 monthly for server fees. Then right before "dinner" is served, they spring that a pro package is available for $3600 and that you have to spend money to make money. They mention that this pro package includes a lot of tools that will be useful, but by no means is it mandatory to buy.........BUT........it will really ensure one to be as successful as they can be!
The salesman states they will go into the pro package more at the next "conference" where they will teach you how to actually start up and run your own business. The "pusher" tells them that they should be working for themselves. It sounds oh-so-good when he is smooth-talking the audience.
Then he says that tonight only, storesonline will give everyone a special price, that instead of $199, it will only be $28........but the offer is only good right now. They give out a 3-ring binder with some information in it. (It`s all stuff that could be found on the internet for free!) They are told (warned is more like it) that they must bring the binder back to the next meeting as it is not theirs to keep. (How cheap!!! The binder cost all of $2. The info........nothing.)
So all the ppl that think they are going to start a business, rush up to give away $28 to buy a lifetime website. Hey, it is a special price for tonight only!!!
..........older couples (in their 60`s and 70`s) rush up, figuring they can supplement their retirement income, and those that are unemployed ran up too. "Maybe this is just what I need", is what they may be thinking........"this will pay my bills". Single women with kids were overheard talking that this will enable them to work and make money but still stay at home with their children.
Most of the ppl at that seminar have no idea what a server is, what web hosting is all about, and most of those older folks can barely get around on the internet. But they are told it is so easy that anybody can do it. Not to worry........They will be taught how.
The complaints are rampant on the internet. Do a search and oodles of sites come up where most are disillusioned after the big hype they were presented with. They weren`t told at that first seminar that if they don`t buy the $3600 package, they will have no way of getting payments for their widgets (whatever they are selling) and many other website-building tools are not there for them if they don`t spring for the pro package. It is a nightmare to know that most of those ppl were being groomed as a lamb to slaughter. So many sink thousands of dollars into this with no customers after a year of being in business! Google it........it is all there.
Sorry so long but that`s the skinny on storesonline. BEWARE!
Webline, don`t go, unless you want the free, cheap MP3 player and stale sandwich and if you do go, by no means should you buy into their scam. You can get everything they are hawking for free on the internet! You can build your own website free and all the tools in their pro package are on the internet for the taking........free! and your only cost will be the monthly server fee, which will most likely be a far site more reliable than storesonline`s flakey server!!!
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