Dodgy Adverts

[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by Tealeaf

Busman, I think everyone on here can see that this is a scam. My own guess is that the book/cd is merely an idiot's guide, cut and pasted fron elsewhere. It probably arrives with various other scam offers as well, such as "send us a cheque for thirty quid and we'll show you how you can make hundreds of pounds a day from your new-found computer skills."

You may well be right that all of us on here can see that it's a scam ... or at the very least it can't possibly teach you how to master all thosse things from scratch in just two hours. I've seen a computer novice at her first lesson spending most of the time looking for where the keys were on her keyboard. Telling her it's a "querty" board just like a typewriter did nothing to help because it was all the "funny f things" that were throwing her into a panic. These are the sort of people who will see that ad and have no idea how impossible its claims are.

[vorlon24]

And in a lot of cases (not all, admittedly), these are the people who are less able to afford to lose the money

[garinda]

My Mum today got the book she'd sent away for 'The Miracles of Vinegar.' lt's advertised in the press all the time. Don't bother, a cheap flimsy book told less than Aggie does on 'How Clean is Your House.' All gleamed from other sources, no miracle cures, and all for £9.95.