Slime Balls

Last Update: December 31, 2009

Sucker punched by two fellow affiliate marketers, Adeel Chowdhry and Bobby Walker, I crawled into bed last night with the hollowness of buyers remorse and dashed hopes of taking my article marketing to a higher level.  

Has it come to this?  Has the internet become a market place for slick sales and quick bucks?  Is this some kind of reverse evolution--a regression to sleazy used car salesman?  

I purchased Chowdhry and Walker's product to give me an edge with my article marketing.  It was a "must have."  Everything I needed to mass produce articles and back links at the speed of light (though light speed is actually a measure of distance and not of time, but you get the metaphor).  I was intrigued, but then... immediately upon my purchase I was presented with yet, another advertisement for an additional product. Wait...what?

I couldn't possibly buy the first product without buying this additional "turbo booster"  enhancement! 

Wait...so you sell me one product that I really can't afford, then you make me feel like I just wasted my money unless i purchase an additional product that you immediately throw in my face?  When does it stop?  Which one of you knuckleheads came up with the idea of losing your customers' trust? 

It's slime ball carnival vendors like you that will gradually turn Internet Marketing into the next Subprime Loan Industry--an unregulated institution that will gradually erode the trust of the public until everything comes crashing to an end.

Have a little integrity.  Respect your customers.  Never lose site of the big picture, not just for the survival of the institution, but for your own business as well.



 

Join the Discussion
Write something…
Recent messages
Supafly Premium
Good comments for sure. I agree…caveat emptor. Though I will be asking for a refund of the product because it just isn't very good, in my opinion that is beside the point. Nor do I have a problem with up-selling in general. Indeed, it is a good sales tactic and most good businesses, on and off the internet engage in it. There is a line that is crossed, however, when an up-sell is initiated before providing value to your customer. It smacks of greed and delegitimizes the product.

I don’t expect many in this forum to agree with me as the gravity of Chowdrhy and Walker’s product likely indicates that most are unphased and probably engage in the same approach. So it is. I do too, as a matter of fact, but my up-selling occurs after I’ve provided the customer with value. Whenever I see a product for sale that boasts of great benefits, then once I purchase I am led to believe I am missing out on the “real” value unless I buy additional product, I become suspect of the initial sale.

Purchase this life saving drug for only $9.95! Great! Now that you have bought it, if you really want to live you have to purchase this super dooper drug enhancer for the special discounted price of $49.95. This amazing offer is only good right now, however. After today, our price goes back up to $99.95. Great! To save the lives of your family, friends and dog, you need to buy this family booster for $499.95 or they are all going to die, too. Act quickly. Supplies are limited and after today, the family booster goes up to $1499.95!

Sure, I’m a bit derisive, but someday soon the public is going to get really wary of such sales schemes, if they haven’t started to already. We as marketers need to have more respect for our customers than that. These knuckleheads not only lost me as a customer, they’ve gotten me blogging about them and have been placed on the metaphorical “do not trust” list. Not a great way to build a customer list.
magistudio Premium Plus
OK, a couple things... I personally feel they have done nothing wrong except be successful at marketing.

This is a classic up-sell which I'm sure YOU would do if you ever have your own product. If you buy a new TV remote are you going to complain that the salesperson tried to upsell you batteries?

It's sounds like you are a victim of good sales copy and have nobody to blame except yourself.

That being said - does the product work? If not and you are not satisfied with it - get yourself a refund.

I'm not trying to sound harsh - but felt compelled to express my thoughts on this.
Jay Couture Premium
Caveat Emptor! "Buyer Beware" also doing my Due Diligence is key when assessing the efficacy of a new product, I need to realize too that the "hucksters" are business people too and trying to make a buck, unless I am lied to, I take full responsibility for my actions. Besides, when I succeed triumphantly, do I shout from the rooftops..it was program X that made me who I am?! NO..I say it was me. And if I cannot afford the program, and I but it, it is no one's fault but my own.
BradB Premium
Good Call.
Good, good Call.

I think these type of people are getting coached by the same people,...Rich Shefren perhaps?

Happy New Year.
ellyngeorge Premium
Amen and amen! Those of us who have been on the net for any length of time have gone to bed feeling like that! Sorry you went through it, but glad to see you here at WAU - where you get all you need in one place for one cost. Try to use your experience to help others now, you went through it for a reason.
Top