Beware of Web Sites Bearing 'Free Gifts'
"Beware of Web Sites Bearing 'Free Gifts'"If they're offered after the sale, they're NOT free!One of my best friends, someone that I've known since I was a teenager (which seems like a long time ago!), had a great collection of T-Shirts with some of the funniest slogans on them that I've ever seen. One of my favorites was his T-Shirt that read: "If You Can't Dazzle ?em with Brilliance, Baffle ?em with Bull****" (You can probably fill in the blanks quite easily!) There are a tremendous number of web sites selling Information on the Internet who are doing just that. Completely lacking in anything even remotely resembling brilliance, they are spending a great deal of effort, and seriously taxing their few active brain cells, in order to Baffle you into buying sub-standard Information Products. We are in the business of providing information on genuine Drop Shippers. We publish a Directory of brand name product distributors who are willing to Drop Ship those products directly to your customer from the warehouse, one at a time, at wholesale.
It's an excellent way to do business without spending a ton of money on stocking an inventory. We've worked very hard for years to provide absolutely honest and complete information. However, there are other information providers in this business who are either too lazy to do the time-consuming research this business requires, or are just outright scam artists looking to cheat you out of your money. They have a wide range of methods they use to Baffle you into buying from them, but one of the most obvious is Free Gifts.Now, we have to be careful here, because there are two kinds of Free Gifts. 1.) Free Gifts given to you before the sale are usually a good thing.
We do that ourselves; we offer a very comprehensive Free EBook that gives you a tremendous amount of FREE information on starting your Internet Business. We give you that for free, no questions asked, no personal information required, and you never have to buy anything from us. THAT kind of Free Gift is OK, because it really is Free! 2.) Free Gifts that are promised after the sale are the thing to watch out for. They are designed to make the offer look so attractive to you that you simply cannot turn it down. They are, in fact, given to you because the main informational product itself is so lousy that it's creators feel that they have to suck you in with after-the-sale freebies, or they'll never sell anything to you at all.
However, in order to get all these Free Gifts, you have to buy something first. Here's how these scam artists work: They pitch their junk Informational Product to you with all kinds of wonderful promises, telling you that you're going to make incredible amounts of money very quickly. That in itself is not true! NOBODY makes incredible amounts of money quickly on the Internet. In the real world, it takes time, patience, and work! THEN they tell you that if you order their information, they will include "$750 Worth of Bonus Free Gifts!" with your order, or some such ridiculous statement. They tell you that you will get Marketing Information, Email Generation Software, Important Articles and Reports, Expensive EBooks, Bonus Wholesale Guides, etc., etc., for FREE, after you buy their product.
Freebies that you only get AFTER the sale are there for two reasons: ?They make you think you're getting much more that you are paying for, when in truth you are not; you can pick up that stuff for free without buying anything. All that Free Stuff is just that; it's FREE, it's garbage, and you can find it all over the Internet for nothing, without having to pay a cent for anybody's products. The scam artists certainly do not pay for it; why should you? ?They are a distraction. The scam artists are counting on the very good probability that you will spend so much time with, and get so caught up in all that extra free stuff that you will forget that the original product you paid for is junk, and you'll never bother to ask for a refund! So Beware of Informational Web Sites offering Free Gifts after the sale, folks. There is a reason for it, and it's not a good one! Maybe they should also offer a T-Shirt with those "gifts"?I know a guy who can suggest a good one? WorldWide Brands, Inc.For mor info visit, www.YouCanDropship.com.
When Gifts Say More
What's a gift mean? If you're like me, you probably focus on the giving and the getting.But, have you thought of gifts as a medium, a channel, for communication? In a book called The Gift, French anthropologist Marcel Mauss argues that gifts are universally used to create and manage relationships.For those of us interested in business communication, the idea of managing work relationships with gifts brings several interesting issues to our attention.The most obvious notion is that in sending gifts, we communicate our appreciation for what someone did. It signals awareness that the recipient did something exemplary. Usually, the communication is implicit, perhaps even subtle, even though the gift may be tangible.In a workplace context, bonuses are often seen as gifts, a discretionary act on the part of a manager to show appreciation. It is in the manager's power to reward or not reward, and hence the gifting effect.Stock options, on the other hand, represent something different; there...
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Butterfly Glassware and Gifts Launches Website Offering Visitors a Wide Selection of Specialty Glassware and Gifts
Rochester, NY (ContentDesk) August 30, 2005 --
Butterfly Glassware and Gifts announces the launch of its new website, www.ButterflyGlassware.com, offering a wide selection of specialty glassware and gifts including Romanian crystal wine glasses, Italian crystal glassware, hand blown glass candles and vases. Along with its glassware, Butterfly Glassware and Gifts also offers a number of gift items that can be engraved as well as gold dipped gifts and Murano Italian art glass. In addition, the site features a large number of entertaining items such as a selection of wine racks, picnic baskets, cutting boards, water pitchers, cheese sets and ice buckets."We are very pleased to be launching our website, www.ButterflyGlassware.com and feel that our customers will enjoy our wide selection of glassware and glass gifts," said Harriet...
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Future Product Gifts, Inc. Offers Web Shoppers The Widest Selection of Gifts In Cyperspace.
CONCORD, MA ? February 12, 2003 ? We are pleased to announce the redesign and re-launch of Future Product Gifts.
Future Product Gifts is a family business in the truest sense of the word.
The company started modestly in 1996 as and has grown into a full time business.
Looking for an easier way to purchase gifts online?
Nearing someone's birthday?
Need that special gift?
How many of us drive ourselves into a frenzy scouring the Internet in the hope of finding that special gift?
Shopping online for gifts is supposed to be easy, convenient, cheaper and fun, but every year it turns out to be quite the opposite.
Until now that is.
www.futureproductgifts.com has created the perfect online gift store, which promises to be everything online shopping is meant to be.
Easy?
Of course it's easy when everything...
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Wellhaven Helpful Gifts for Seniors Offers Practical Advice on Selecting Gifts for Senior Citizens
Paoli, PA (ContentDesk) November 25, 2003 -- Choosing a gift that Senior Citizens will truly appreciate can be challenging.
Seniors are a large and diverse group almost 35 million strong, spanning from the newly retired "Prime Timers" to the elderly.
For those who buy gifts for older relatives and friends, the founder of Wellhaven Helpful Gifts for Seniors (www.wellhaven.com), Patricia Curry, offers this practical advice.
1.???For active Seniors, select a gift related to what they do now, not what they did in their working years.
Some retirees learn a new skill or craft such as computers, woodworking, etc.
Others join garden, book or bridge clubs to revive a favorite hobby.
Garden gadgets, magnifiers for hobbies or reading and large face playing cards are thoughtful gift ideas.2.???Some Seniors are preparing to move to a smaller home and are downsizing...
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