Feeble Money Attempts

[Scorne]

As I browse Google randomly, I sometimes see the advertisements on the right side of the site. This one particularly took my eye (As I generally enjoy increasing my IQ with different methods), but this one took the cake.

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But I guess I had the last laugh. I am now a distinguished academic at a world class university. I write books, I have conducted pioneering research on brain functions and have received several international awards. In 2004, my IQ was officially and professionally measured by psychiatric and medical professionals (using a variety of MRI, PET and SPECT scans) to be approximately 230.

230.. I actually laughed out loud. Why do they bother? It's because of the stupidity in modern society that thinks they can become smarter by spending $60+. This man/woman is just using marketing ploys to achieve a relatively easy cash flow, if they did have the quoted 230 IQ they would of put down their own name and test results to prove their elaborate claim. I can atleast give them points for trying, but 230 is so elaborate. If they said something along the lines of 140 I might have believed them.

What are your views on marketing ploys such as this (And along these lines)? I generally think it's a waste of time, but may get the few cheques in the post every decade or so, but that's all.

I just realised I posted this in the wrong place, please excuse this :( Got caught up reading other IQ posts in this area.

[Trivani]

It's the perfect business model actually. The people interested in this product are the very ones that are stupid enough to buy it!

[coffeeloverfreak]

I see that sort of thing all the time. Commercials telling you to "call now" to have a home-based business where you can make 100 grand a year part time. Yeah, right. There truly is a sucker born every minute.

My favourite one of these schemes was the time when a swindler got hold of a list of people who had been swindled in a pyramid scheme before, called up and pretended to be a lawyer and convinced them to pay money to join a class-action lawsuit against the original swindler. Of course, it was all a scam, with the added beauty that every name on that list had proven his or herself to be a guillable fool before. Priceless.

[notoppings]

Back in 1984 I experimented in these types of ploys to actually see what kind of response I would get. The replies were astounding I averaged around $600 a week. Heres what I sold and where I advertised, remember this was still in the early times of the web so I stayed with the printed media.

First I advertised in The National Enquirer "10 100% cotton towels for only $5.00, Thats right folks for a limited time only 10 100% cotton towels for $5.00 and I'll pay for shipping" Then I gave them the standard just send to stuff and waited to see what would happen.

Now for those of you who are observant you will have noticed that I didn't specify size or thickness or any other qualities of these towels.

My product: Cotton baby wipes. If you read the label it says 100% cotton towels. When the orders came in I pulled out 10 towels folded them up and mailed then to the customer. I filled literally hundreds of envelopes.

I also sold Solar clothes dryers (Twine and two nails) Never fail can openers (A device that came inside G.I. Meals Ready to Eat) bought from the army surplus about the size of two postage stamps, and Old world hat racks (6nails) with instructions.

After a few months the Post Master in my town had received enough complaints that I was called in. I showed him my advertisements and my products and was told that I could voluntarily quite my actions without penalties or they would get a court order and close me down and file charges,

I choose the former of these two options and have never done these types of scams again, this does go to show you how people will interpret what ever you write in an ad to meet there expectations.

Please don't try this at home folks. Times have changed but fools remain, if it sounds to good read it again your mind probably added things that weren't there. Did I mention that I have some X-Ray glasses that I can let go real cheap just send your credit card # to FLEECEME.com