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Default This kind of $h*t really p*sses me off! - 02-03-2006, 06:23 PM

I was deleting e-mail today and came across this one...


Subject: "EbookProfitMaker" Is Now Available For Free


Being the marketing whore that I am, and seeing the word FREE, I opened the e-mail and began to to read it...


Hello,

Yes, it’s true; “EbookProfitMaker” is now available for free!


Wow! Cool! A FREE e-book. I'm lickin' my chops and of course I read on...


The reason I am emailing you personally is because you subscribed to "articletrafficmaker.com info".

...yadda yadda yadda...

Purchase “ArticleTrafficMaker” now for $29.99 and receive it on Sun day morning and while you’re waiting I’ll give you “EbookProfitMaker” For Free instantly after you order.


AFTER I ORDER? HUH?! What a SCAM! This is the kind of $h*t from internet marketers that really p*sses me off! You read 1/2 the letter and then run into...what else...the BIG FRICKIN' "BUT"! (Note that "Sun day" was mispelled in the short e-mail...no excuse for that is there?)

It's a misleading HEADLINE...it's a misleading opening paragraph...it's a misleading SALES LETTER.

When I read an e-mail like this, it makes me want to order the butt-kickin' course from Lt. "X" so that if I ever meet this punk in person, I could open up a 55 gallon drum of whopazz on him! Seriously! (hahaha)

Whew...I feel better now. Thanks for reading my whine.

J-
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Default 02-03-2006, 06:39 PM

BIG Bloody Ditto's!

Me no like scammer's - I hunt 'em down like dog, then watch them "whine"
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Default 02-03-2006, 07:06 PM

Yes, unfortunately there's a lot of that online. Makes us legitimate marketers look bad. And makes our job as copywriters that much harder.

Nothing much to do except move on...and make sure everyone else knows what a sham it is

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Default 02-03-2006, 08:54 PM

What it also does is make genuineness stand out...
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