Response to South Park's QVC/Cash4gold Episode

This is kind of a rant more than a response. Seriously Matt Stone and Trey Parker were on point with both QVC and cash4gold. If you are wondering what I am talking about, then you should go here.

To give a brief summery of the episode, Stan gets a gift from his father with Alzheimer's Disease. The gift costs $6,000 Stan's parents are shocked at the amount he paid, but reluctantly forces Stan to accept the gift. Then Eric Cartman convinces Stan to try to hack his gift at a pawn shop. The owner of the pawnshop was only willing to give him $15 dollars for the gift. Needless to say, Stan got gypped and wanted retribution. The main culprit in the episode was unidentified because it was a giant social labyrinth of people. Stan thought it was Cash4gold's fault. (Note: cash4gold can be found on this website.) Cash4gold then revealed that they just pay people low rates for their gold and that it was really the hired helps' problem (the sign wavers). Then one of the hired helped, said it was sweatshops in India. Then they pointed it back to QVC or Southpark's mockery thereof.

Do you think it is QVC fault or old people's fault? When it comes to Alzheimer's disease, the freedom of choice becomes questionable. If you're not sure what am I talking about, then please visit their online shopping page for more information.

One thing that is for certain is that cash4gold and QVC was not made for the faint at heart. These predatory companies prey on the uneducated and I feel a social obligation to break down and expose them for what they truly are:

QVC can be defined as a company that peddles its products at exorbitant prices. They prey upon old people and collection addicts along with people that have bipolar tendencies. Two of the three categories are senile in their own right. Some old people also get age related diseases that will affect their memory like Amnesia and Alzheimer's disease. So the best thing to do is to try help these people rather than prey upon their weakness. QVC takes advantage of these people to the point where you have to put into question the "freedom of choice." And these people get their jewelry from Africa (home of blood diamonds) and India (home of a plethora of other problems including: caste systems, sweat shops, high rates of deformity, and a high percentage of under educated people). Nothing wrong with these countries as a whole, but the "product" themselves are the problem. They come at the cost of being either a slave to a diamond mine or a victim of a sweatshop. Call it a 3 way exploitation scheme if you will. I call them evil.

Cash4gold are taking advantage of people in a different way. They are a company that prey off the ignorant. Does anyone ever stop to think why they will accept any gold item? It is because they can easily melt them and make them pure gold again. Gold is worth more than what they are offering. They are taking  advantage of the fact that not many people know the overall price of gold. Gold is a product that is in limited quantities and the more it is consumed the higher the price will go up. Here, see the current price for yourself. Gold is highly valued in the scientific community along with it being a necessity for computers. Gold is highly conductive and there is a variety of uses for it that extend beyond being mere bling for bubble gum rappers. It doesn't cost too much to smelt gold in large quantities, but if you smelt gold in small quantities, it is somewhat costly.

In closing don't take anything from these wolves in sheep's clothing. You will not be any richer nor better off if you get exploited by companies like this. Who would you rather believe?

This?


-OR-

This:

 

Obviously both of the CEO and the "irate customer" are both faux. (Remember that faux sounds cooler when you drop the "x" when you say it.) But real recognizes real and fake recognizes fake. With that being said, the only ones receiving the "Hammertime beat down" is the consumer. We should not condone parasitic marketing that targets both the ignorant and vulnerable. We, as human beings, have the right to boycott whatever they market. When we shun their products, we bring these companies to their knees.

If you want to actually enjoy a life worth living, you cannot allow yourself to be ripped off by this apparent garbage. If you want real money for your gold, you should try to contact actual gold investors who will give you money that is a percentage off the mark up price. They need to make a profit, but they will not scam you if you encounter a legit one like a certified appraiser.

In closing, good job Matt and Trey. Keep up the political satire and dark humor. Also Mr. Haberny, thank you for the daily chuckle. You should seriously make a website with more of these letters. Check out some of his artwork here.

Beware of Aim Trust

This is one of the messages I received from another blogger. I was skeptical as usual and never take anything based on just face value. Although theoretically you could make that kind of money quickly, more than likely it's not likely unless it is something illicit, meaning illegal. Luckily no one ever has to worry about this poster ever again because I am about to debunk Aim Trust because obviously this/these blogger(s)  is/are affiliated with them. I have been approached by multiple "get rich quick schemes" which there will be more of these in this ailing economy. Now if they wanted to legitimately do something besides scam me they would have not left themselves be totally anonymous to me. It is just bad business to not introduce oneself. In case if you're wondering how I know this person is a scammer, feel free to go to the site and read the content. Looks like a bunch of testimonials directed at Aim Trust. Here is the post:




Hi!

You may probably be very curious to know how one can make real money on investments.
There is no need to invest much at first.
You may begin earning with a money that usually is spent
on daily food, that's 20-100 dollars.
I have been participating in one company's work for several years,
and I'm ready to share my secrets at my blog.
Please visit blog and send me private message to get the info.
P.S. I earn 1000-2000 per daily now.
http://theinvestblog.com/ [url=http://theinvestblog.com]Online Investment Blog[/url]



A good way to avoid scams outright is to type in the affiliates names into a search engine and see which keyword trends show up with their names. For example, if  I type in Wal-Mart the words associated with their departments show up along with the layoffs (which normally it wouldn't but I did a search on the layoff news) would appear. Another thing  is that a company that is looking to scam people focuses on getting "big gains" in a short time. And when its online it is usually under some euphemism like HYIP. What is all the HYPE about HYIP? This stands for High Yeild Investment Program. Sounds familiar? Remember Madoff and the boys on Wall Street? They took many a high profile client to the cleaners using a HYIP similar to this. No stock out there has ever had a continual upward arc on their graphs in profitability. Note: if there is a person that is boasting about earning 1,000-2,000 a day using only one affiliate, either they had some pheomenal luck or they are scammers. This is reeks of a scam if you know the laws of marketing and how to measure the success of online marketing.

Here are a few simple steps to find out if Aim Trust is "legit".

 1. ) Go to www.whois.com and put their official website in their search engine and it is a "proxy".

 2.)  There is this insistent need to include Aim Trust in every other sentence. No true investor would  be earning money from using  just one source of income. That is just dangerous. Depending on just one source of income is like depending on a job. For example: I work, sell used stuff at home, invest in stocks and I have gone through a real estate deal years back with gives me a small amount of income for a "finder's fee". I am about to invest in more stocks this year along with opening up a Roth IRA in a few months. No true investor, and I mean no true investor has all of his money coming from one source which it advocates on the site. This is risky and you should not invest in that way. At the same time you should not diversify too much and buy 30-40 different stocks. Most successful stock analysts usually recommend only a few stocks which have nothing to do with mutual funds although there are some who do like them. I am not one of them, but I will say that they are more legit than anything Aim Trust will try to sell you.


3.) Since the website is so good at SEO optimizing their branding Aim Trust. I  thought I would "help" them out by doing some of my own. Aim Trust is a scam. Aim Trust has random people trying to spam my blog. Aim Trust and all the lackeys under it are probably scammers too. If you invest with Aim Trust you will get taken to the cleaners. If you want a High Yeild program besides Aim Trust, it will take some serious research. Aim Trust can only offer you promises which they cannot keep. I have yet to meet an investor near the level of George Soros, Warren Buffett, and Andrew Yanyi give high praise about Aim Trust. Aim Trust is a power level scheme corporation who leaves their identity a secret. You cannot get accurate numbers on Aim Trust's  research. You can only get scammed by Aim Trust. Aim Trust only wants to see you become broke. Aim Trust is like a magical unicorn out in the forest which people chase after. So elusive yet it must be real...not!

I think I am driving home the point about Aim Trust so I will conclude here. If you have stories about being scammed by companies similar to this, I would  love to hear from you. Real comments are appreciated.   
 

MLM Scams In The Crosshairs

These are definitely bleak times if you rely on just 9-5 jobs. I know there is pressure out there for many of you to become affluent and wealthy. Just remember there is no such thing as a free ride. You pay time to receive the ride. It is basic economics. No one has any incentive to give you or me a million dollars. they earned it with their blood sweat and tears.

Today I want people out there to know that there is a variety of schemes in the wake. Ponzi schemes and MLM schemes are just designed to take your money!

With that said, it should be obvious where I am going with this. There are a variety of scams just cropping up across the United States. There are people out there that are promised the world on an oyster and get fed day old tuna. Ponzi schemes, pyramid schemes, and MLM schemes are just designed to make only the people at the top rich.

Would you like to know who gets there cut of the pie? It is not the online marketers. It is not the "distributors". It is the "motivational" speakers that get the pie. they peddle their books on stage and get their cut. John C. Maxwell has replaced Robert Kiyosaki in doing this because he exposed the scheme. The rust just get crumbs. Do not quit your day job to go through with this. It is not worth it. The best thing you can do for yourself is to look up some other marketing venture.

If you have a frugal mindset, "easy money" does not exist. Period. You still have to work one way or another. You think Wal-Mart is going to give me 20K/year for just working 10-15 hours a week? Sorry, not happening.

the whole concept of an online mall is not new. It can be done. If you are willing to put in the time to learn code and study SEO, you could have the next Ebay, but that takes... effort and it also takes a committment towards saving money.

Ways to avoid a MLM scam.

1. Ask what the start up cost is. (Unless it is an investment, additional labor for working 10-15 hours should be lower than $200, the price of a World Wide Group website. This means that you can get about 3 years worth of website for that chunk of change! Totally not worth it.

2. Whenever someone promises to "take care of everything" is also a bad sign. If you are relying on someone else to build up traffic to your site that is not contracted to do SEO work, it is a major red flag.

3. When someone says they want to be your mentor without knowing you. This is another red flag. I know tons of brokers and millionaires in the United States and a few in Japan. Unless you know them first hand and on a first name basis from childhood, do not expect handouts. Do expect consultation fees.

The reason why I am writing this post is because I was approached by people from Quixtar, HerbaLife, Your Travel Business (ytb), [insert scam here] etc. etc. I am not going to fall for these schemes and I am not going to go broke over buying their products. The best thing they can do for themselves is to choose another mark.