I've done vast research on infomercials in my spare time. What caught my attention were the friendly smiles and the promises of riches that these people wanted you to have so badly. So my curiosity was aroused and I set of to find out what I could. I am supposed to believe someone who is paying big bucks to reach millions of people at once is concerned with little old me? By the time I watched my tenth infomercial red flags were flying all over the place. I saw too many similar patterns between all these infomercials. Like the same guy designed them all. Here is what I noticed.
1) All of their systems require little or no money and have a 10,000% return on your money.
2) These systems are very easy to use and require only 20 or so hours a week of effort on your part.
3) They promise that for some 1 in a million chance you do not like the product or service you will get a 100% full refund no questions asked!
4) They are all super friendly and all say how they will make as much money sharing this with you as they would if they kept it to themselves
5) They all seem to have the super secret list that you can only have once you send in your money. If it isn't a list it is something they have discovered like Indiana Jones. They have come across something so good that it is unbelievable!
Next I set out to find some people that had purchased some product and get the scoop from them. I found a friend who had subscribed to one of those no money down systems. You could buy a house with no money! Isn't it funny we are now spending trillions to bail out these no money down schemes. He said he found a book in the library with the exact same information. The kit was a bunch of empty workbooks and when he called them on the phone for the help they had promised in the infomercial they tried to charge him $500. So he returned the kit for the full refund and he is still waiting for the refund six months later.
Then I researched the oriental guy who stands by the limousines and three half naked babes. I forgot what he was actually selling as I kept staring at the babes. I found out another guy looked into this person and had already found out he wasn't a millionaire like he claimed. As soon as this lie came to light his infomercial disappeared of the television and I haven't seen it since. He probably is a millionaire now.
Next I watched the crazy like a fox infomercial. They promise you a fortune just by working at home and that isn't all! You will just have to work part time! Just listen to the people in their ads. One makes over $100,000 a year. This person wouldn't lie would he? Surely the woman who is making $10,000 a month part time wouldn't lie. Then you hit your tivo and slow-mo the find print and see this text, "There are no guarantees of specific income nor are there any representations of actual income.
Amounts stated are for illustrative purposes only and are not typical. Persons depicted are paid actors." What? Didn't they just spend the whole 30 minutes doing just that? So they are lying but it is ok because they say so in the fine print. I choose not to believe someone who is telling me they did something that they didn't actually do. It is funny that this system is such a sure winner but you have to pay first. You would think they would at least want a commission on your sales since you will be making millions from their advice.
One method they have is you buy the product and it is just a "starter kit". Then they sell you other parts of the kit later and keep gouging you. Then they sell your name and phone number to other companies! The guy that pushes the "how to" cd's on hundreds of Windows software products is suing people that bought his cd's and complained about this on Internet Forums. That is how to get a good name. Sue your clients. The other point I learned from researching companies in the stock market. These companies use most of their money on television advertisements so they have little money left to create a quality product. So I watched a juicer infomercial, which informed me there was no comparable juicer on Earth. A quick trip to Amazon proved that theory wrong. Their juicer scored 3 stars and was beaten by three other juicers according to the user ratings.
In the end I see infomercials ranging from the downright scam and lie to the mediocre. None of the products were revolutionary. The non-products like crazy like the crazy like a fox service, were just plan wrong and did not back up what they said. I could not find one real person who had made a penny with this service other than the paid actors who were "illustrating". So keep your money and if you want to gain knowledge on some field go to the library or take a course at your local community college.
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Steven Fox, a jack-of-all-trades when it comes to life.
Steven loves sports, chess, nature, science, computers, stocks/investing,
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