Easy money

[JetLeg]

Does anyone know of real ways - how to make money easily?

[Bob Klase]

Buy low, sell high.

[Rob Lister]

Does anyone know of real ways - how to make money easily?

Yes. And I'll tell you how, step by step in easy to follow instructions that anyone can follow.

Just by my book, Get Behind Me and Stay There, available at local book stores everywhere. It will be money well spent. Testimonials available upon request.

[tsg]

For $100, I'll tell you.

[SphereGuy]

Get one of those red kettles. I see people just throwing money into them everywhere I go.

[NewtonTrino]

Education!

- Learn how to work hard then do it
- Learn how to network with people and build a network of friends and associates you can leverage
- Learn how to manage people and projects in an effective and practical manner

???? profit!!

[BPSCG]

Get a job. Lots of companies will pay you cash (which is just as good as money) if you do work for them.

Of course, if you need to ask, you're probably hopeless anyway.

[Spindrift]

The easiest way to make money is to inherit it.

Winning the lottery if very easy, even though it's just basically a tax on those who are bad at math.

Stealing is pretty easy, but there tends to be a downside to that.

Buying and selling property in a hot market is easy, but you'll have to wait for the next hot market.

Finally there is a very easy way to make over $100,000 a year. Simply take about $2.5M and put it in a money market making about 4.5% and just sit back and watch the money roll in.

[rjh01]

There was a thread about begging on this forum not long ago. It said they earned a good rate of pay.

10 people put a dollar in your cap every hour and that is better than an unskilled job. How much you declare to the tax man is another thing.

[Wolfman]

Does anyone know of real ways - how to make money easily?
If I did...why exactly would I tell you? That'd just create competition for me, and therefore making money would not be as easy for me.

[Normal Dude]

Here's what you do: take out a life insurance policy with your wife, then go canoeing and disappear for five yea - oh wait already been done.

[Southwind17]

Here's what you do: take out a life insurance policy with your wife, then go canoeing and disappear for five yea - oh wait already been done.

The easy money comes from the book deal later!

Modern colour photocopiers make convincing fake money close to a reality. Just need to find the right copy paper and a few unsuspecting, brain-dead checkout staff (not difficult!)!

[rjh01]

Whoever started this site could make a fortune one day selling his story http://www.stopsylviabrowne.com/

[KarlG]

Invent a new religion?? Seems to have worked a few times in the past!

[BPSCG]

Question: How can you make a small fortune?
Answer: Start with a large fortune, then buy a winery.

[Just thinking]

Ever hear of Uri Geller or Sylvia Browne?

So yes ... it can be done, but first you must give up any and all of your ethics.

[tsg]

The easy money comes from the book deal later!

Modern colour photocopiers make convincing fake money close to a reality. Just need to find the right copy paper and a few unsuspecting, brain-dead checkout staff (not difficult!)!

Just use paper without starch. It will pass those dumb iodine pens and no one will question it (even if your $100 bills have a picture of Aretha Franklin).

[BPSCG]

Just use paper without starch. It will pass those dumb iodine pens and no one will question it (even if your $100 bills have a picture of Aretha Franklin).So why didn't it work for me?

Another easy way to make money. Get a job at the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing (http://www.moneyfactory.gov/) ...check out the name of the link - who says Uncle Sam has no sense of humor? and start pilfering.

[Mister Agenda]

Do something valuable better than other people.

If you can't do something valuable better than other people, become a consultant.

[Redtail]

Vegas!

[BPSCG]

Vegas!See post 15 above on making a small fortune.

[tsg]

Vegas!

The best way to double your money in Vegas is to fold it over, put it back in your pocket and go home.

I went to Vegas in a $15,000 Honda and came home in a $100,000 bus.

[Redtail]

See post 15 above on making a small fortune.

Buy a winery in Vegas?

[Tony]

porn

[Redtail]

porn

True.

[tsg]

True.

But only for some.

[roger]

BJs in the DQ's parking lot.

[Redtail]

But only for some.

Tish tosh! Have you seen the state of porn these days?

[tsg]

Tish tosh! Have you seen the state of porn these days?

Why, yes. Yes I have. In fact, I've made it an area of intense study.

And as bad as it is, nobody is going to pay me to do it.

[a_unique_person]

Does anyone know of real ways - how to make money easily?

You've come to the right place.

http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=95621



Borrow money from a bank in Japan, invest it in a bank in Australia.

[Zax63]

A variation on The Producers premise - Find a $5,000 buy-in poker tournament, sell 100 people 10% of your winnings for $500 each and make damn sure to bust out of the tournament before you make any money. Pocket the spare $45,000.*

*The above highly illegal suggestion is for entertainment purposes only. I am in no way advocating that anyone actually break the law. Plus, as I said, The Producers movie suggested it first so if you want to arrest anybody go see them. Especially after that 2005 remake. Now THAT was criminal.

[bruto]

Does anyone know of real ways - how to make money easily?

Yes I do. It is, of course, a secret. Sorry.

[BPSCG]

Plus, as I said, The Producers movie suggested it first so if you want to arrest anybody go see them. Especially after that 2005 remake. Now THAT was criminal.Jeeze, so it wasn't only me who thought that? There was not one! single! thing! that that remake added to the original, except a bunch of songs, and if anyone can sing a single one of them (other than Springtime for Hitler), I'll buy you lunch. It's quite obvious the people who decided remake The Producers were thinking on this wise:

"Hey, people pay money to see Nathan Lane!"
"Yeah, and they pay money to see Matthew Broderick!"
"And they pay money to see The Producers!"
"Well, no, they don't, 'cuz it's on TV all the time."
"But they would!"
"You're right! Let's do a remake with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick!"
"Brilliant!"
"Brilliant!"

Just a matter of time before they do a remake with chimpanzees and robots. Brilliant.

[timhau]

Learn how to be a mediocre quarterback with awesome athletic ability, make a professional deal and then invest in canine martial arts.

[JonnyFive]

Film a remake of The Producers with Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane in it.

[Sefarst]

Become a Televangelist.

[UserGoogol]

Jeeze, so it wasn't only me who thought that? There was not one! single! thing! that that remake added to the original, except a bunch of songs, and if anyone can sing a single one of them (other than Springtime for Hitler), I'll buy you lunch. It's quite obvious the people who decided remake The Producers were thinking on this wise

It wasn't a remake, it was a reverse adaption, which is completely different and therefore better. Otherwise yeah though, kind of a waste of a movie.

[rjh01]

Vegas!

I do not think people understood this post. The idea is to buy an establishment. Then people come to you and pay you heaps of money to entertain them for a short time. Do something slightly different and you can make even more money.

[BPSCG]

I do not think people understood this post. The idea is to buy an establishment. Then people come to you and pay you heaps of money to entertain them for a short time. Do something slightly different and you can make even more money.:confused: That hasn't worked out at all for Mrs. BPSCG and me. We have a nice house here, we invite friends and neighbors over, and try to charge them for drinks and dinner. They always go away angry and never come back again. What do you think we're doing wrong?

[Esperdome]

:confused: That hasn't worked out at all for Mrs. BPSCG and me. We have a nice house here, we invite friends and neighbors over, and try to charge them for drinks and dinner. They always go away angry and never come back again. What do you think we're doing wrong?

Go topless. If that still doesn't do the trick, have the Mrs. give it a try. :D

[rjh01]

:confused: That hasn't worked out at all for Mrs. BPSCG and me. We have a nice house here, we invite friends and neighbors over, and try to charge them for drinks and dinner. They always go away angry and never come back again. What do you think we're doing wrong?

The people you invite. You should only invite strangers. Tell them in advance you will give them a great home-cooked meal and great conversation and the charge is only $999. Then deliver on what you promise.

And yes tell them you and your mum are both nude.

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Does anyone know of real ways - how to make money easily?

Mow lawns. Or get a paper route.

[BPSCG]

The people you invite. You should only invite strangers. Tell them in advance you will give them a great home-cooked meal and great conversation and the charge is only $999. Then deliver on what you promise.Okay.

Would you like to come over sometime this week for a great home-cooked meal and great conversation? The charge is only $999.

[bruto]

Okay.

Would you like to come over sometime this week for a great home-cooked meal and great conversation? The charge is only $999.Isn't there a law against that in Virginia? There is against just about everything else that's fun.

[rjh01]

Okay.

Would you like to come over sometime this week for a great home-cooked meal and great conversation? The charge is only $9.99.


Sorry I am washing my hair sometime this week.

I forgot to add last time you will get 90% rejection but the other 10% will make it worthwhile. Just make sure you ask heaps of people.:D

[El Greco]

Best way remains a well-planned marriage. Faster and potentially more profitable than anything else.

[JonnyFive]

Best way remains a well-planned marriage. Faster and potentially more profitable than anything else.

Well, that or a well-planned Nigerian scam.

Dear El Greco,

Would you liking to help with me to get $50 million out of my country of the Rhodesia? I am having been interior minister of science and stole stole much money from minister of money. Please you help me with check for $2000 and I will be making you have monies of $5 million as this is fair I think.

Please be sending responds to poppinfreshboi23191@fakemail.com, using subject line "I AM A SUCKER" for code word of clarity.


Be having good days,

Mr. James Smith
Rhodesian Minister of Science

[bruto]

There's another way to make easy money, to which this thread (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=101284) provides a hint.

Though the market is undoubtedly limited, it seems the folly of its participants is not.

[JonnyFive]

There's another way to make easy money, to which this thread (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=101284)provides a hint.

Though the market is undoubtedly limited, it seems the folly of its participants is not.

There certainly is a lot of money to be made in selling ExtremeSkeptic useless garbage at ridiculously inflated prices.

ETA: I just read through that thread... magic ore?! Did he actually say those things have magic ore in them?

[Michael Redman]

Rent a house and sell it.

[bruto]

There certainly is a lot of money to be made in selling ExtremeSkeptic useless garbage at ridiculously inflated prices.

ETA: I just read through that thread... magic ore?! Did he actually say those things have magic ore in them?Yes. Magic ore. $7000 worth of it. He thinks the reason a ground line works is that there is magic in the forest.

[BPSCG]

Yes. Magic ore. $7000 worth of it. He thinks the reason a ground line works is that there is magic in the forest.I read that thread. I kept thinking of great that line from Field of Dreams where James Earl Jones says to Kevin Costner, "You're seeing a whole team of psychiatrists, aren't you?"

[JonnyFive]

Yes. Magic ore. $7000 worth of it. He thinks the reason a ground line works is that there is magic in the forest.

He could've bought the same magic ore product in the US for $450. He's not even doing well by rip-off audiophile BS standards.

[Loss Leader]

Does anyone know of real ways - how to make money easily?


Find a job no one else wants to do and do it better.

[JonnyFive]

Find a job no one else wants to do and do it better.

What the hell kind of fun is that, though? ;)

[TjW]

According to my uncle, the key to success is only working half-days.
Curiously, he also says it doesn't matter which 12 hours you do it in.

[BPSCG]

He could've bought the same magic ore product in the US for $450. He's not even doing well by rip-off audiophile BS standards.Well, that may not be true. I suspect part of what makes a person well-respected in the rich-idiots world of extreme audiophilia is how much you spend. The more you spend, the bigger your manhood.

"Hey, I got those phase-shifting tectonic third-stage hydroplates you recommended for my equalizer. It makes an incredible difference!"

"Yeah, don't they? So what'd you pay for them?"

"Just a little over eleven hundred dollars, man."

"That's all? I paid almost two grand for mine, you pathetic little :talk034:."

"Dammit, you always have to go one-up on me, don't you?"

[BPSCG]

Jetleg hasn't been back since his OP. You'd have figured he'd have some questions about some of our guaranteed foolproof moneymaking schemes. :confused:

[Just thinking]

The following is a reply to a message sent by JetLeg ... (unfortunately your private message option is turned off, so I'm sending this publicly.)

Hi, where is your tagline from?


And what do you consider as the meaningless questions?

Hello,

Thanks for asking ... my tag line is one I made up myself ... it is a reflection (or reaction) to people's questions that have no real-world basis; or to put it simply, that try to put everything into anthropomorphic or everyday terms.

Examples might be ... "Why are we here?" --- "What is the meaning of life?" --- "What occurred before the big bang?" --- "What lies beyond the universe?" --- "Why does God allow for such evil to exist?" --- "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"

Anyway, I hope this helps --- and I look forward to you on the forums. ;)

[Just thinking]

Jetleg hasn't been back since his OP. You'd have figured he'd have some questions about some of our guaranteed foolproof moneymaking schemes. :confused:

Maybe he took a few to heart and is now laughing all the way to the bank.

"Those guys ... if only they knew that some of their loony stuff works!"

[tsg]

Maybe he took a few to heart and is now laughing all the way to the bank.

"Those guys ... if only they knew that some of their loony stuff works!"

I have a lot of great ideas for making easy money. Unfortunately they all require getting a consciencectomy first.

[Z]

I have a lot of great ideas for making easy money. Unfortunately they all require getting a consciencectomy first.

Agreed.

And on a somewhat related topic - I'm not looking to get rich right now, but I wouldn't turn down a handout or two to my Paypal account.

Hey, it's the holiday season, and some of you have more money than sense--- I mean, are generous to a fault, so why not ask?

And just so you know, all money received would go straight into buying Christmas presents for my six kids. So if you want to donate, send me a pm.

(What would be even better is if someone would offer me employment... :D )

[BPSCG]

I have a lot of great ideas for making easy money. Unfortunately they all require getting a consciencectomy first.Agreed. I thought of one years ago that I'm dead certain would work, and so simple even the dullest criminal mastermind could execute it flawlessly. Unfortunately, it requires that you have absolutely no objection to taking money from stupid desperate people in exchange for an utterly useless service. And I'm not there yet.

[BPSCG]

(What would be even better is if someone would offer me employment... :D )Assuming your sig line is in fact the kind of work you're looking for, you might find this an interesting possibility (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/magazine/making-it/120207.html). Work at home administrative assistant - not a scam.

[SphereGuy]

Agreed. I thought of one years ago that I'm dead certain would work, and so simple even the dullest criminal mastermind could execute it flawlessly. Unfortunately, it requires that you have absolutely no objection to taking money from stupid desperate people in exchange for an utterly useless service. And I'm not there yet.

I had a partial consciousectomy, what's the idea and I'll split the proceeds...

[Just thinking]

I had a partial consciousectomy, what's the idea and I'll split the proceeds...

You'll see my hints in Post 16 .... note, I was one of the first in this thread to mention something along the lines of a consciousectomy.

[Just thinking]

Agreed. I thought of one years ago that I'm dead certain would work, and so simple even the dullest criminal mastermind could execute it flawlessly. Unfortunately, it requires that you have absolutely no objection to taking money from stupid desperate people in exchange for an utterly useless service. And I'm not there yet.

Sure ... but in most states you need to get your broker's license first.

[BPSCG]

Sure ... but in most states you need to get your broker's license first.Not for my idea. Hell, for all I know, it's already being done - I'm sure I'm not the only person in the world who's had a brilliant idea for legal fraud. Maybe I'll check it out...

[Deus Ex Machina]

Does anyone know of real ways - how to make money easily?


white collar crime. Embezzlement, fraud, theft. It pays the best, the downside is not nearly so bad as "ordinary" crime. You'll probably get away with it and if you don't, its 24 months at Club Fed.

[Just thinking]

Not for my idea. Hell, for all I know, it's already being done - I'm sure I'm not the only person in the world who's had a brilliant idea for legal fraud. Maybe I'll check it out...

We'll know how you made out if we start to see prison bars in front of Ludwig.

[BPSCG]

We'll know how you made out if we start to see prison bars in front of Ludwig.No, I meant I would check it out to see if someone else has done it. I'm certain it's legal, but I'm even more certain that it's unethical.

[roger]

Take your neighbor's stuff.

When they complain about being robbed, tell 'em you have something just like what was stolen and were looking to get rid of it, and sell it to them.

But be careful, after the fourth time I sold my neighbor his wedding photo album, he got suspicious. :re:

[Redtail]

Oh wait! Reality TV concepts! With the writer's strike it's the way to go. I'm shopping my Back to the Orphanage concept as we speak.

[bruto]

Oh wait! Reality TV concepts! With the writer's strike it's the way to go. I'm shopping my Back to the Orphanage concept as we speak. I hear Newt Gingrich is between jobs. He'd make a dandy host.

[skepticalbeliever]

I think a good way to make money with out having to do work is by watching Fast Money. I watch this show everyday to get a sense of where the market is going. I find the panel to give great advice on stocks.

I like this show more than Jim Cramer's because they give advice on unconventional trading methods like short selling and options trading.

[BPSCG]

I think a good way to make money with out having to do work is by watching Fast Money. I watch this show everyday to get a sense of where the market is going. I find the panel to give great advice on stocks.

I like this show more than Jim Cramer's because they give advice on unconventional trading methods like short selling and options trading.Maybe everyone should watch Fast Money and buy the stocks (or the options) they're touting. Then everyone could get rich quick and nobody would have to work any more.

[Piggy]

Does anyone know of real ways - how to make money easily?

Depends. Are you cute?

[ImproperUsername]

Creating informative websites and hosting Google adsense ads.

I myself am contemplating taking up becoming an "Animal Communicator." It is becoming quite the rage and my attempts to convince people that it is bogus have proven futile. Therefore, I have decided not to resist. I'm a pretty fair actress and I'm knowledgeable about animals, so all I need is to learn how to effectively perform cold reading over the telephone.

[69dodge]

Maybe everyone should watch Fast Money and buy the stocks (or the options) they're touting. Then everyone could get rich quick and nobody would have to work any more.


I'm not sure what you're trying to say.

Is it something like "any money-making scheme that won't work if everyone does it, also won't work if only a few people do it"?

That doesn't seem right.

[Piggy]

No, I meant I would check it out to see if someone else has done it. I'm certain it's legal, but I'm even more certain that it's unethical.

Oh, then definitely PM me. What I do for a living now is already legal and unethical, so I'm primed.

[H3LL]

Where's the obligatory MP skits?

"Jackie: Well, first of all become a doctor and discover a marvellous cure for something, and then, when the medical profession really starts to take notice of you, you can jolly well tell them what to do and make sure they get everything right so there'll never be any diseases ever again."

and of course the song for the thread.......

I've got ninety thousand pounds in my pyjamas,
I've got forty thousand french francs in my fridge.
I've got lots of lovely lire,
Now the Deutschemark's getting dearer,
And my dollar bills would buy the Brooklyn Bridge.

Chorus: There is nothing quite as wonderful as money,
There is nothing quite as beautiful as cash.
Some people say it's folly,
But I'd rather have the lolly,
With money you can ma-ake a splash.

Finale: There is nothing quite wonderful as money, (money,money,money,money)
There is nothing like a newly minted pound, (money,money,money,money)

All: Everyone must hanker for the butchness of a banker,
It's accountancy that makes the world go round. (round,round,round)

You can keep your Marxist ways
For it's only just a phase.
For it's money money money makes the world go round.
(money,money,money,money money,money,money,money moneeeeeeeeeeeyyyy)

:D

[Darth Rotor]

Does anyone know of real ways - how to make money easily?
COntact this guy, he just e-mailed me and I am swamped. I need you to get rich off of oil contracts for me.
ENGR BRIAN MOFFAT
British Petroleum Co plc, (BP).
Britannic House, 1 Finsbury Circus, London, London, EC2M 7BA, UK.

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WRITE THIS E-MAIL TO YOU BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL FIND IT INTERESTING TO READ AND REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
MY NAME IS ENGR (SIR) BRIAN MOFFAT WITH THE BRITISH PETROLEUM (BP).

I HAVE THIS DEAL OF AN OVER INVOICED SUM OF GB£12,700,000.00 (TWELVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS STERLING)PURPOSELY CARVED OUT FROM AN ALREADY EXECUTED CONTRACT IN MY CORPORATION.

IT WILL BE MY UTMOST INTEREST TO HAVE YOU AS ONE OF THE PARTNER TO PROCESS THE DOCUMENTS AND HAVE THE FUND RELEASED TO YOU AS THE FOREIGN CONTRACTOR THAT OWN THE FUND.THE TRANSACTION WILL BE GIVEN EQUAL LEGAL BACKING; THAT IS GIVEN TO AN ALREADY EXECUTED CONTRACT.

MY REASONS OF CONTACTING YOU, I NEED YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN RECEIVING THE FUND IN YOUR ACCOUNT AND ALSO ASSIT IN FINANCING THE PROCESSING OF THE DOCUMENTS BACKING UP THE RELEASE OF THE FUND.

TO COMMENCE THE PROCESSING, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO FURNISH ME WITH THIS DETAILS,(A) YOUR FULL NAMES,COMPANY NAME TO BE INCORPORATED AND ADDRESS, (B) OCCUPATION AND AGE (C) YOUR TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS.

HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU FOR FURTHER CORRESPONDENT, THIS PROPOSAL SHOULD BE KEPT HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL & TOP SECRET.

REGARDS
ENGR (SIR) BRIAN MOFFAT


Disclaimer: it is rather obvious that this is a scam, as are many "get rich quick" schemes.

When one gets a "too good to be true" offer from anyone, ask yourself this:

Why is he so eager to get rich, or try to get me rich, using my money? Why isn't he using his own money?

DR

[JonnyFive]

Why is he so eager to get rich, or try to get me rich, using my money? Why isn't he using his own money?

Because they need your involvement in receiving the fund in your account. I thought that was patently obvious from the bit of text you posted.

Oh well, I'll be the one who's laughing on his private island with millions of dollars in sto... hey, where'd all my money go?! Damn you, Engr (Sir) Brian Moffat!

[Bob Blaylock]

Just read my book, How to get Lots of Gullible Suckers to Each Send You Fifty Dollars.

For a copy, just send me $45 plus $5 for shipping and handling, to…

[JonnyFive]

Just read my book, How to get Lots of Gullible Suckers to Each Send You Fifty Dollars.

For a copy, just send me $45 plus $5 for shipping and handling, to…

Ignore this man. Instead, buy my book, How to Get Rich Really Fast in a Totally Legal and 100% Ethical Way.

It's only $20*. Much cheaper.


*Plus $35 shipping and handling.

[SphereGuy]

Ignore this man. Instead, buy my book, How to Get Rich Really Fast in a Totally Legal and 100% Ethical Way.

It's only $20*. Much cheaper.


*Plus $35 shipping and handling.

Hey, my book is called "How to Get Rich Fast and Stay Rich" and is only $20, too, but I'll send you free updates at your request! (You just pay the $35 shipping and handling fee for each update.)

[JonnyFive]

Hey, my book is called "How to Get Rich Fast and Stay Rich" and is only $20, too, but I'll send you free updates at your request! (You just pay the $35 shipping and handling fee for each update.)

You're a marketing genius!

Do you accept payment in the form of fictional mining concessions in Nigeria?

[rjh01]

Great, send me a book on a 10 day free trial. If I like I will send you a rubber cheque for $100.

[Piggy]

Great, send me a book on a 10 day free trial. If I like I will send you a rubber cheque for $100.
Done. Seriously, it's not a losing prospect if you know where to sell the resulting names and addresses. There's a good market selling worthless "sucker lists" to other suckers, so even if you stiff me on a product as cheap as a book, I can still make money.

[Complexity]

You have got to be kidding.

Why would anyone tell you if they knew?

[Piggy]

Why would anyone tell you if they knew?

You're probably thinking to yourself, "Piggy, now that you've gotten rich, why are you sharing your secrets?"

Well, I may be rich now, but boy do I remember those days when I was poor!

All the dead-end jobs, no respect, months on end when I was afraid the lights would be cut off or my car repossessed any minute. And dates? Forget it! Girls wouldn't give me the time of day.

Now I live in a neighborhood full of people who've spent their whole lives driving Cadillacs and sailing yachts. They have NO IDEA what it's like.

But I do. And now that I'm rich enough to do anything I want, it's time to give something back. But not to these folks. They've already got money. No, I'm going to give back to people who NEED money!

And if that's you, well, this just may be the opportunity to turn your life around forever!

After all, it's no skin off my nose if you get rich. It doesn't take a dime out of my pocket.

And to tell you the truth, I just love spreading the word about how to build wealth quickly. I guess you could say it's my passion.

And heck, who am I kidding, it strokes my ego, makes me feel like I'm doing something valuable for someone else, not just for me.

And that's why I'm giving you this opportunity today. Because I used to be exactly where you are, living paycheck to paycheck, praying to God every night that my job doesn't start laying people off.

But I do enjoy my free time now that I've made my millions, so I'm only planning to teach these foolproof wealth-building secrets to a select group of 100 people who REALLY WANT TO MAKE MONEY!

After all, my wife's only 32, and she loves to travel (among other things) so she says 100 is the limit. Once I've satisfied my desire to pass on my hard-won knowledge and pass the torch, it's back to cruising the world, touring the country in our Porsche, and skiing at our chalet in Switzerland.

So if you're the kind of person who's HIGHLY MOTIVATED TO SUCCEED IN WAYS YOU HARDLY DARED TO DREAM OF, I urge you to do yourself a favor and respond TODAY!

And with my iron-clad 100% money-back guarantee, you really can't lose! It's win-win. But only if you're the kind of ambitious, motivated person with the gumption to finally take control of your life and ACT NOW!

Are you that kind of person?

There's only one way to prove it, and that's to take me up on my offer before all the slots are filled.

What are you waiting for? After all, if you turn your back on this opportunity, there's hardly any chance you'll get another one like it, ever.

I think you're the kind of person who wants deeply to succeed. Prove me right!

[suicidesamurai]

Does anyone know of real ways - how to make money easily?

1. Collect underpants

2. ?

3. Profit

[phrenicgermal]

Go to china . . . with a chess board.
Have the emperor put a grain of rice on the first square. Have him put two grains of rice on the second square. Have him put 4 grains on the third square, 8 grains on the 4th square, and so on, doubling the number of grains of rice on each square.
Sell rice.

[pbergeron]

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Forgive me if this has been discussed on the forums already. It is interesting about the $5 shipping and handling fee. I often see programs on TV offering FREE whatever ... all that is required of the audience is $5 to cover the costs of shipping informational materials and the likes. Doesn't it cost about $0.42 here in America to ship paper? Is someone actually pocketing the shipping and handling fee for profit? If they do ever actually end up selling the product originally being advertised, all the better. Just a thought.

[Piggy]

Forgive me if this has been discussed on the forums already. It is interesting about the $5 shipping and handling fee. I often see programs on TV offering FREE whatever ... all that is required of the audience is $5 to cover the costs of shipping informational materials and the likes. Doesn't it cost about $0.42 here in America to ship paper? Is someone actually pocketing the shipping and handling fee for profit? If they do ever actually end up selling the product originally being advertised, all the better. Just a thought.

Shipping fees are interesting.

Now, depending on what you're mailing -- the size and shape -- your cost can be very much higher than a few cents.

But a smart company (and most direct marketers are) sets the shipping fee according to a profitability formula.

For instance, we just ran some tests (we do from time to time) to measure the effect of perceived value among various price points. Results came in about the same as always.

A very low price point -- including the S/H component, even when varied independently -- reduces your response rate and payment rate.

Why?

2 reasons. First, a low price point reduces the perceived value. If it's cheap, it's probably not worth much. Second, the more a person has given up to get something -- time, money, effort, aggravation -- the more likely they are to tell themselves it was worth the effort, that everything they expended wasn't simply wasted.

For that reason, you can actually sell more, say, books by charging $6.99 shipping than you can by charging, oh, $3.49 shipping.

Bottom line, a smart company sets its price point at whatever amount above break-even will generate the most total profit. Which portion they say is for the product, and which portion they say is for the shipping, is psychological -- they choose the mix that gets the best response rate.

[Piggy]

Btw, it's also possible to make a profit by losing money on what you sell.

Renting "hot lists" -- recent paid customers -- to other businesses can generate a lot of cash.

So a company can put an ad in a national paper or magazine, lose as much as five or six bucks a customer after paying for the ad, postage, and products, and still make money off the names they collected when all's said and done.

[pbergeron]

Shipping fees are interesting.

Now, depending on what you're mailing -- the size and shape -- your cost can be very much higher than a few cents.

But a smart company (and most direct marketers are) sets the shipping fee according to a profitability formula.

For instance, we just ran some tests (we do from time to time) to measure the effect of perceived value among various price points. Results came in about the same as always.

A very low price point -- including the S/H component, even when varied independently -- reduces your response rate and payment rate.

Why?

2 reasons. First, a low price point reduces the perceived value. If it's cheap, it's probably not worth much. Second, the more a person has given up to get something -- time, money, effort, aggravation -- the more likely they are to tell themselves it was worth the effort, that everything they expended wasn't simply wasted.

For that reason, you can actually sell more, say, books by charging $6.99 shipping than you can by charging, oh, $3.49 shipping.

Bottom line, a smart company sets its price point at whatever amount above break-even will generate the most total profit. Which portion they say is for the product, and which portion they say is for the shipping, is psychological -- they choose the mix that gets the best response rate.

Check out videoprofessor dot com for a good example of what i am speaking of. Quote: "Pay up to $6.95 (or $8.51 USD in Canada) for shipping and processing" .

Get your FREE CD for $6.95 ... I think I have figured out what this guy's business model was from the start.

[a_unique_person]

Shipping fees are interesting.

Now, depending on what you're mailing -- the size and shape -- your cost can be very much higher than a few cents.

But a smart company (and most direct marketers are) sets the shipping fee according to a profitability formula.

For instance, we just ran some tests (we do from time to time) to measure the effect of perceived value among various price points. Results came in about the same as always.

A very low price point -- including the S/H component, even when varied independently -- reduces your response rate and payment rate.

Why?

2 reasons. First, a low price point reduces the perceived value. If it's cheap, it's probably not worth much. Second, the more a person has given up to get something -- time, money, effort, aggravation -- the more likely they are to tell themselves it was worth the effort, that everything they expended wasn't simply wasted.

For that reason, you can actually sell more, say, books by charging $6.99 shipping than you can by charging, oh, $3.49 shipping.

Bottom line, a smart company sets its price point at whatever amount above break-even will generate the most total profit. Which portion they say is for the product, and which portion they say is for the shipping, is psychological -- they choose the mix that gets the best response rate.

We have a whole heap of 'interest free' loans from companies selling consumer goods. A bed, for example, that's about $500 interest free, also has a $50 processing charge. That's about 10% interest in my books. If you don't pay the loan off in time, the interest that is charged is up to 30%.

[Piggy]

We have a whole heap of 'interest free' loans from companies selling consumer goods. A bed, for example, that's about $500 interest free, also has a $50 processing charge. That's about 10% interest in my books. If you don't pay the loan off in time, the interest that is charged is up to 30%.

Oh, yeah. Fees. Banks and car dealers are really bad about this.

Like charging $60/year to "maintain" an account which is handled automatically, and which they make money off of by leveraging the funds.

Imagine if you went out to eat, and in addition to your meal, tax, and tip, you were charged a "meal origination fee" or a "restaurant destination charge" or a "table maintenance fee". It's insane.

There's some talk these days of making it illegal to not include such bundled fees in advertised prices -- in other words, if the seller knows the total price is going to be $100 + tax, they can't advertise the product as costing $79.95 + tax, as is often done now -- and I, for one, would fully support it.