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electrosex — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:25:19 -0000

Great post, sound pieces of advice. In this hard times, we can't just invest our time, efforts and money blindly. Pyramid schemes such as these one should be clearly avoided, and the people behind them should pay for their deceptive, vile acts.

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bloodhound breeders — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:35:43 -0000

I'm usually suspect of anything that is MLM related.

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cutepuppy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:29:21 -0000

It flashes part of the rep's website for maybe a second or two and I didn't see YTB on that website the first go around. I just re-watched it and paused it at the time mark that you have mentioned, (because the website is only shown so quickly and quality of the video is rather poor) and I had to do that twice to see the fuzzy YTB letters up at the very top left corner of the page and it's just letters and no real logo (unless THAT is their logo). I am not by the way, familiar with their website, have never had a reason to view it and have never seen it til now actually.

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prelaunchinsider — Sun, 31 May 2009 03:12:17 -0000

Timely advice for this chaotic times. But this should not be assumed as speaking for all MLM's as there are legit ones too.

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dustinjruybal — Sat, 30 May 2009 05:08:03 -0000

The best feature of YTB is that you can claim the money you spend on the initiation and monthly fees as a business expense. So, if you buy in at worse you’ll lose $500+monthly fees - your tax savings. In that regard, buying into YTB is less risky, especially if you find 6 others who can also lose $500 without blinking so that you thrift savings plan both eliminate the monthly fees and increase your odds of realizing profits. The YTB sales reps will also tell you that you can write off your travel expenses too, but I highly doubt that. I don’t think the IRS will consider your “travel business” very highly if all you did was buy a website.

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jazs25 — Mon, 25 May 2009 10:36:05 -0000

there are lots of alternative way to advertise online without spending money you should just know the tactics and strategies in order for you to do it

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jazs18 — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:37:00 -0000

there are many ways to gain money online without spending even a single dime,, many people thiks that you should spend a big amount of money in order to have multiple source of income

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maltese puppies — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:31:20 -0000

Seems to me like MLM doesn't even work and it's not worth the risk involved.

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product testing company — Wed, 13 May 2009 02:16:09 -0000

thanks a lot for your suggestion, it does really helped me a lot.

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randysocial007 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:09:46 -0000

I don't like MLM.

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travelguru — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:14:03 -0000

It's interesting to see how quickly the furor over YTB has grown. The travel industry is solid, but you have to wonder about it.

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Email Marketing — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:53:36 -0000

Thanks for bringing this up, articles like these increase our awareness, but in my belief if its too good to be true... then it's far from coming true.

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Traffic Geyser — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:46:35 -0000

I really don't agree with spending money ONLINE in order to gain money, and specially when it is one pyramid schemes, its really a waste of time and money, if your one of the starters of the pyramid then maybe you will earn money but now I bet with a lot of people informed about this schemes it will be soo hard to convince someone to join you on the pyramid, there's tons of ways to gain money online without spending our precious $500 bucks.. I'd rather play the lottery like what you said..

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Bhutan tour package — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:57:59 -0000

Bhutan tour package - Yeoong is a established tourism company registered with the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Royal Government of Bhutan. Find deals of trekking, tours, birdwatching and many more with bhutantourpackage.com.

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cheap_textbooks — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:45:52 -0000

a very nice explanation on what MLM is and why it should be avoided. People in many ways are starting these MLM schemes. Hope by reading this type of articles make them aware.

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Tom Castro — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:30:03 -0000

Very interestingly you have written this article. My friend will love to read this.
He always search for these kind of topics.

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john — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:44:22 -0000

Very interesting however I did notice one error, you state that when someone buys a ticket on Travelocity that the airline pays Travelocity (or the travel agency) a commission. That used to be the case however about 1995 the airlines started cutting commission and by 2004 no domestic carrier pays a point of sale commission to travel agencies. That would mean that the potential earnings are even lower!