Am I unreasonable?
Last Update: May 11, 2012
I've gotten over the buying shiny new things affliction, for the most part, however I still check things out. Can't be an ostrich. Still have to limit the time spent reading this stuff.

Rant of the day:

One marketing ploy that makes me lose my cool more than anything else is bait and switch. I respect directness.

If somebody offers to sell me something for a dollar and a testimonial, then that's the deal. I don't want to listen to them in a recording for 20 minutes of my valuable time to then learn that the one dollar deal is for 7 days, and then it becomes $97 a month.

They think that ploy will reel in gullible fish with flimsy bait, and they withhold the real deal often times until you click the buy now button. I often hit the buy now button first to save myself some time and aggravation.

I try not to be unreasonable. I know they are selling a product. Just feels condescending to be treated like an idiot. It must work for them. I don't know.

Would trust them more if they were straight.

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Deezdz Premium
I agree and it's not unreasonable at all. I also find it distasteful when they offer you the product for the original price they pitched. When you go to purchase, they then have 3 different up sells. By the time I go through this funnel, I feel the products not going to work at it's best potential unless I BUY all the up sells. Frustrating.
jatdebeaune Premium
Yes Dee, those up sells are misleading and add to the over all price. I also find that they often leave out important steps that you need for the program to work. It is frustrating.
HelRay Premium
Couldn't agree more Dee, and it leaves you with a nasty taste in your mouth because you've been reeled in like a sucker for believing that the original $47 offer was all you needed. Ugh, and if I see one more sales page with ludicrous clickbank sales examples I am going to SCREAM!
Sorry, rant over, lol!
Arc2011 Premium
I think purpose of their marketing is to create the need, even if it is not required, so most of them start with a story which just wastes time. I don't think you are being unreasonable but more knowledgeable to detect any hidden agenda :)
jatdebeaune Premium
Many of them are artful creating the need. I fall for it. They lose me when they say this is what it's going to cost, (a bargain), then hit me with this is the real deal (not a bargain). It doesn't work psychologically because you feel let down and duped. I think that part has to be re-thought.
jchilders Premium
Yeah, that's what I like about the Wabinars Jay does...no salesy crap to deal with. I will occasionally sign up for a webinar from somewhere else just to see what people are doing/teaching/selling...but about the halfway point they ALL turn into sales pitches. That's the point I logout of the webinar and go on my merry way.

Like you said, I know they have to sell stuff and that's fine. But I hate the formula...

Pitch to get you to attend: 'This is so easy, anyone can do it, etc etc'
Start of Webinar: 'Here is the easy to follow 500 step process'
Midway through: 'Buy my stuff that will automate 499 of those steps for $47/67/97 per month'

..and no you are not being unreasonable.
jatdebeaune Premium
Hi Jon, I think it's so alienating that I eliminate any kind of selling in my newsletters. If I have a product or a deal to bring to people's
attention, I send it under separate cover and say exactly what it is,
a product they should buy.
CCGAL
I don't think you are unreasonable. I hate wasting my time, too.
jatdebeaune Premium
Seems counter productive to me. I know it's the way most of them promote a product. Just like jchilders said above, even the "free"
webinars are just promotions.
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