Deceptive Emails And Fake Gurus

Just the other day I received an e-mail that really irritated me. It wasn’t unlike a lot of e-mail messages that I get, but for some reason it really made me mad. It wouldn’t have been so bad if it wasn’t from a marketer who I respected.

The e-mail in question told me about how I could get some sort of auto income system for only seven dollars. He went on to say that he couldn’t believe that this information was being given away for only seven dollars. He went on to explain how the author of this information was someone who had come to respect, and how I had better click on the link and get to that page before he decided to pull the offer for all of this information for only seven dollars.

Since I respect this marketer so much, I naturally clicked on the link to see what this was all about. The link led to a sales page, which is what I expected. I started reading the sales letter, and it was well written and intriguing. Apparently, I was going to learn the secrets of how I could set up systems that would generate thousands of dollars all month. All I had to do was learn his methods, set everything up once, and sit back and wait for the commission checks start coming in.

For seven dollars, I was thinking it would be worth it to find out what this was all about. What I found instead was that the information that was being offered was not available for seven dollars. Seven dollars got me a seven day trial and a membership site. After the seven days, I would have to pay $47 a month for the next six months to get the whole auto income course.

What bothered me about the e-mail was that it said that I could get this information for seven dollars. From a so-called Internet guru. I get these types of misleading e-mail messages all the time, back expected better of this guy. I don’t understand why people think that being deceptive is a good way to keep subscribers.

I don’t have a bad opinion of the guy who site I went to. As I read his sales letter, he never indicated that I can get this whole course for seven dollars. He didn’t do anything deceptive, and the information he presents looks pretty good. I may think about joining his membership site.

But I’m not going to stay on the guru marketers mailing list, because it’s obvious that he’s not really a guru, but a creep. There are too many people out there using any way they can to get people to click on links. For me, do it once, and you’ll never do it again. That’s my rant for today, and I feel a whole lot better.

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