Quality of WSOs...

Hi Ivana,

IMHO IF someone promisses a golden nugget he better delivers. Otherise I call him a cheater... I don't mind spending my hard earned cash for something valuable. But if a product does not deliver I feel like being ripped off. No matter if that happens in the real world or on the internet!

Have a great day
Sven

Originally Posted by Paul Myers kos818,PM me with the link to the offer. Also, if the refusal was in a PM here, report that to the mods, with "Attention Paul" in the report

Hi Paul,

refusing my refund was kind of "within the refund policy". You have to proof that you tried it, but I thought it won't be worth my time, haha. US$40 make a great dinner here in China, but I won't complain at all. Told him to keep it and moved on (send him the review I already wrote only to his attention and didn't get a short thank you back ;-)). That fellow might have printed out my profile picture and do something bad to it! Glad me I did not only lose my pony tale (and that lovely sunglasses) but also about 30lbs (why don't you guys use the metric system ;-)) of weight since the Worldcup back home. So he won't recognize me...

Thanks for the hats up and a great job here (for me dealing with a bunch of comments on my private blog is way too much)
Sven

Thomas, And refund rates, and other stats. Plus Mike's opinion, based on the comments. That is my impression of how it's picked, at any rate.

There's no way anyone could claim to pick the "best" every day, especially when they limit their options to offers that use one specific affiliate platform. Mike only picks offers sold through W+. Brian (or whoever handles it there) only picks offers sold through JV Zoo.

I don't think I've ever seen Mike or the JV Zoo guys claim they always picked the best product for the day. It's just an offer they've chosen to promote, for whatever reasons.


Paul

Yeah. There's a lot of that. One of my favorites was "They delete negative reviews! It's a scam!"

That pretty much stopped, here at least, when I challenged one of the louder voices on the subject to go into the WSO section and read a few threads with 2 or more pages. The whole argument falls apart if you actually look at what's there, rather than listening to people who are just repeating what someone else said.

There are great WSOs and there are garbage WSOs. There are occasional scams, which we delete as soon as we become aware of them. (Nuked one this morning already.) There's a lot of stuff there that will work for some people and not others. And there are tools and graphics that can save you a lot of time and money.

You have to be picky.

First, completely ignore income claims. Even if they're true, they have nothing to do with you, unless you have the same skill set and do the same work as the seller. And some of them are completely made up. There's no way to know what percentage fall into which category, but if you ignore them, it doesn't affect you.

Don't buy anything unless you're very clear on what's being sold, and you intend to use it right now. There are a few exceptions, like building a graphics library, but, in general, "Will I use this now?" is a good test.

Read the thread, and look at reviews from paying customers. Character testimonials ("Joe's a great guy!") don't have anything to do with the utility of the offer. Look for responses from the seller, too. If they dodge relevant and important questions or demand that pre-sales questions be handled through a help desk, stay away. That's fine for tech support and product download issues and the like, but knowing what you're buying is just good sense.

Pay special attention to the rational reviews, good and bad. Ignore the screamers. They're almost always venting about their egos, rather than the actual product. Drama queens are rarely to be taken seriously.

Fine-tune your BS meter.

As a personal recommendation: Don't buy anything from someone with very few posts or who signed up within the past month.

Low post count doesn't mean they're not solid, and a high post count doesn't mean they have even a single clue. The reason I make that recommendation is simple. The vast majority of sketchy offers come from people who sign up for the sole purpose of selling WSOs.

The reverse isn't necessarily true. Not all people who are new are trying to con you. But if they're not, they'll probably still be around in a month or three.


Paul

I understand the logic completely. "Hey, it only costs $7. If I learn ONE THING that makes me money, it's well worth it."

It's human nature to want to discover knowledge, especially when it can help our cause.