Advertisers It does not work !!! ( mini rant)

Definitely not difficult to $50 yourself to death in this biz. Good reminder to red light/green light on biz spending.

Charlie,

This is one of my pet peeves too. I just say next because I hate being controlled.

Rich

Charlie - the question I always ask myself is - is there anyone who buys into these practices?  Just who would that be?

I'm with you on this one!!  Apparantly, these tactics are working on some people or why would they continue to use them?  I refuse to let it work on me!

Charlie....AMEN!   I HATE deceptive practices.  I do NOT do business with people that feel the need to do business that way!!!

If they shared the price upfront few folks would click through. The more time investment, the more likely people are to purchase.

Charlie

Your post is right on target, that stuff does not only not work it turns the person off and they will never return to the site.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig

Charlie I hope you are able to get out of that darned house today:-).  But I do know what you mean.  I usually won't click more than a few times to get to price.  I figure if it's buried that deep then I don't want to know.

Deceptive in my opinion and Charlie, I couldn't agree more with you.  It just doesn't work and neither do hard sells.  When will those who employ these marketing techniques finally get it.  I was contacted by someone trying to sell me a keyword phrase and guaranteed I would be on the first page of Google - but when I politely listened to what he had to say and then told him to email more information and I would be happy to look at it, he refused; then just for grins, I asked him more questions about what he was offering and he refused to provide any info outside of his script.  So obvious and then he turned a bit nasty when he began his hard sell.  I had so much fun with this guy!  Maybe he'll wise up and find another job and get out of the losing one he's in. 

Hey Donna - I agree with you and sometimes those guys are fun to mess with!  The ones that get me are the ones who say "you don't want my product???  you mean you don't need the extra business??"