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I just got an email from the “Vertical Skip Marketing Team”

From: Vertical Skip Marketing Team
To: [Author of this Website]
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 2:30 PM
Subject: Give Me a (Tax) Break - [Author of this Website's FIRSTNAME..sweet]

Hello [FIRSTNAME AGAIN....wow, they remembered me! I'm flattered],
As if we havent given you enough reasons to become a part of the Vertical Skip Marketing System, heres another one — TAXES!

Here are some of the tax advantages for actively building your business with the Vertical Skip Marketing System.

Personal expenses can become wholly or partially deductible: even your home or apartment, car, computer, meals, education, and entertainment.

Amounts you pay for your Vertical Skip Marketing System Membership and the cost to purchase qualified leads or other advertising are 100% deductible. In fact, purchasing leads proves you are actively trying to build your business - a key factor the IRS looks at in determining deductibility.

You can put family members on the payroll and pay them wages. This lets you shift income to relatives in lower tax brackets. The result: you reduce your family’s overall tax bill.

Travel and vacations can qualify in whole or in part as deductible business expenses. For example, attending a business meeting in Los Angeles can be written off, even if you make a nondeductible side trip to Palm Springs.

By taking advantage of these deductions, you can actually earn less than you did working for someone else and still come out ahead after taxes.

Take it from me, when you see your first tax return as a business owner, you’ll know becoming a Member of the Vertical Skip Marketing System was the best tax-saving move you ever made.

Click on the link below now to review the information, set up an appointment with me and then upgrade to Team Member, and start saving taxes today!

P.S. I am sure you dont want to be the last person to hear about Vertical Skip Marketing a few years from now!

I replied back and said, “No thanks, I’ll put my money into my own Vertical Skip Marketing scheme and deduct the expenses, before I ever sign up with yours.” (Of course I won’t ever start one of these schemes! )

See how they try to WORK people? They want your money… They’re telling you by joining them, you’re essentially running a home business where your expenses are tax deductible - the more you spend to BUY leads (notice the word above…. BUY), the more you can deduct.

The lady that sent me that email probably did not get my email address for free. The poor gal had to pay for it. I guess I should have said, “Oh, don’t forget to deduct your loss on this bad lead.” naw… that’s mean!

Anyways, save your money - these schemes are just too expensive and you end up having to spend a lot of money and work hard scamming people into the same system you get yourself stuck in. I would bet a majority of people pay the money for a few leads and give up… Who’s ahead? The top people of the Vertical Skip Marketing group - those who paid the most money to get to the top (or even the middle) so they wouldn’t have to work so hard and pay as much money over the years, as someone with not as much money to blow on their position.

If you’re in one of these schemes, and haven’t spent more than a thousand dollars or so, get out now while you still can! Don’t let them keep playing on your fears of “If you don’t keep buying leads/position, you’ll miss out on a great opportunity!” I would rather say that if you don’t stop now, you’ll miss out on an opportunity to save your family fortune.

Okay, I just ran into something called “Vertical Skip Marketing”. As I listened to their speal about it and how a former International executive of a major company joined them, along with some others, (I’m giving no names here), I did some searching in Google about it. I found one guy out there saying that its about a scheme in which you initially pay $39 or $99, and as they pitch it to you, they play on your fears… the fear of loss, or the fear of “what if I don’t do this, and this could be the ship that came in?!”. The whole idea of Vertical Skip Marketing revolves around this. They say its a new concept, but its not. I’ve seen this exact sort of marketing going on, to recruit people into these MLM’s, by asking for more and more money from their initial recruits in order for them to get higher placement and ranking in the pyramid.

Save yourself some money, and avoid these types of schemes - unless you’re the type who likes to scare people into thinking, “oh no, I better spend this $99 today or else I’ll lose my chance to make $1 million”….. The people who left their jobs to join this scheme already had millions of dollars and probably have no quams about taking advantage of the little guy. Don’t be a NetIdiot - beware of these types of programs.
Study up on the stock market instead - your chances to make money in stocks are alot better.

Remember the J-7 official form to “Transfer Ownership of Goods” (gee, that sounds odd - as if they were used!)? Well, I wading through my shark-filled cess pool of spam e-Mail, and came across another one from our friends in Hicksville, NY. The form they sent was Form L-2 - Request for Confirmation and Transfer. They used some puky yellowish-green and brown colored form. This time, instead of beating around the bush and saying, that the package you receive may be a TV, a car, a boat, or some leather goods, they come right out and tell you:

Contents:
Fernando Dalie® genuine leather palm-sized travel wallet with 8 expandable accordion fold pockets to hold credit cards, other documents, four sections for currency, coins, travel documents. Exterior window for ID. Cost: $0.00

Special Bonus:
Gentleman’s “Museum Design” watch, electronic quartz movement, black face, set with a genuine diamond 12 o’clock marker, genuine leather strap. Cost: $0.00

Ladies’ “Museum Design” watch, electronic quartz movement, black face, set with a genuine diamond 12 o’clock marker, genuine leather strap. Cost: $0.00

Package contents as described are yours at no charge except for the following. Click below to authorize shipment and return with required International Shipping, Insurance, non-requisite processing, advertising and promotional fees shown. International shipping, insurance, processing fees, advertising and promotional fees: $34.99

This is ridiculous - $34.99 in fees for multiple reasons, for some supposedly FREE items. That’s like if I went to a store, and they were selling free TV’s. I get a TV, take it up to the counter and they say, “Yes, the TV is free, but you have to pay a fee of $500 to cover shipping to our store, handling, advertising it, our payroll, the electric and heating bill, snow removal and salt for our parking lot, tree trimming services, plumbing services, and employee health insurance and 401k benefits.”

C’mon, these Hicksville people must think we’re real Hicks to not see through their scheme. Anyway, I just thought it was pretty funny that I just received another email from them that spelled out what the package would contain, and it was just as I had guessed in a previous posting - the least expensive item on their list. For $34.99 you probably get items that only cost them $1-$3 apiece, that have sat in their warehouse (or their basement) for who knows how long.

The International Shipping Depot, of Hicksville, NY (PO BOX 9056), have been sending out emails for ages, with some official looking form that could pass for something sent out by some government. I really like the official looking box stating, “This is your [X]first [ ]second [ ]final notice for the transfer of goods. Please act immediately.”

Then there’s the description of goods:

DESCRIPTION OF GOODS
5 Piece matched custom - crafted Gucci Leather Set US$540.00 Chanel White Leather/Pink Handles Tote US$690.00 Prada tote with chain straps US$790.00 Fernando Dalie leather collection US$79.00 Coach leather ensemble US$490.00 Fendi classic bags US$695.00 Louis Vuitton tote bag US$795.00

Now, you’re not supposed to get all of the above items, but only one of them. In previous emails in history they’ve listed flat screen TV’s, and alot of other stuff, but the items they’re listing now they probably had imported from countries like China, for very little money.

The transfer of goods comes in when you pay them a shipping fee of around $40. They say that they’re giving you the goods as part of a survey, but they spam thousands of people with these emails. Now for $40, what do you think your chances are of getting the more expensive item? I think you’ll probably get that $79 Fernando Dalie leather collection. Who is Fernando Dalie anyway? Upon a Google search, I found a few legit sites setting Fernando Dalie leather goods - imported from India. They looked of good quality, but I’m sure the markup was tremendous at each of these stores. I know of 0a guy who goes directly out to China to get leather bags for $7 apiece and sells them on eBay for $150 - their going price, as the bags have a name brand on them!

Anyway, I would avoid this type of spam, unless you’re looking to be disappointed. The stupid forms sent out are ridiculous. They’re probably within the law since they probably will send you something, for whatever handling fee you pay. Fernando Dalie makes alot of leather goods, so since no picture is provided, the description leaves it wide open. You might get a bag with a few leather eye-glass holders - hope you have glasses… maybe the stuff would make good Christmas gifts for 2005 (order now and you’ll have all that shopping done in January!). I add them to my list of Internet schemers, simply because they distribute items at a cost, while hiding it behind the guise of some form that gets people all excited like they’re going to receive some item of tremendous value for a mere $30-$50 handling fee. Forget it! If you think you’re someone special getting that form, I bet I can find thousands of others who got the same one.

On a side note, I hope everyone’s enjoying their “Spam” this New Year. Sharpen up those fork tines and knives and save room for more.