I'm Such A Dope

When I was young and green I paid for many so called "business opportunities" that were toted as being the be all of business opportunities. And after many years you would think that I have learned my lesson.

But no, two weeks ago I once again forked over some more of my hard earned money to a person who claimed that I just had to pay them for their program because it does work. That I would be getting more business than I could shake my fist at.

I guess I should tell you what this business opportunity was, shouldn't I? We've all seen those advertisements promising that you can make thousands of dollars answering surveys. I'm here to tell you it just ain't so. But I was at a weak point so I fell for it. Again.

So dutifully paid my money and got instant access to their database. The first 2 or 3 pages had many websites we commonly refer to as GPTs or get paid to websites.

Don't start cursing yet. I go through and signed up with many of the companies up to page seven of the database. After each one I was directed to a "Thank you" page where I was told that if anything came up that I qualified for they would be in touch, or that if I agreed to participate in any of their surveys they would put my name in a drawing for a chance to win such and such amount of money. Basically saying, "you fool, you wasted your time mindlessly answering even more mindless questions, and we're not even going to compensate you for doing so."

In my defense, I signed up with this particular program because I read a review that rated this program number 2 on the writer's list. (Sorry, I can't locate the article right now, but if I do I'll do an update)

I did find an opposing view point that warns that you do not have to pay anyone to find companies that will pay you to take surveys. The link is: Taking Free Paid Surveys Online. This author even gives you a link to his free resources for Paid Surveys Online.

Moral of this story: There are times when you do have to pay to get into a business, however before you do, I very strongly recommend that you do your due diligence. Don't be like me.

Oh, I almost forgot. The name of the website whose database I paid for is, ExpressPaidSurveys.com.

I'll be looking out for you.

'til next time.

Lorna/
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