Originally Posted by sharphead (Post 16424282)

All I know is... if I had 250 grand in the bank, I wouldn't be sitting on a forum posting about how much I made... I'd be fucking out enjoying myself...

Originally Posted by Pleasurepays (Post 16306645)

I wonder how many counts of fraud or what other crimes this would include?

Advertising has some pretty intense laws to protect consumers in the US.

I wonder how it would be viewed by the FTC and any states Attorney Generals Office if... say a mainstream, brick and mortar company created a fake persona, that went on tv and broadcast misleading and outrageous claims as to how much money he was making with a new product and it was all not real?

Jail time? Fines? Both? What about those representatives who actually planned it out, set it up and participated to make it happen? Also guilty? Co conspirators?

I've noticed over the same industry (and some of the same people in this thread) that bitch non stop about fraud and theft and dishonest practices can't stop itself from embracing those who perpetrate these same crimes... yet wonder why they continue.

Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks (Post 16424784)

If the guy made roughly $300,000 and his profit is "50-100%" then it means he spent AT LEAST $150,000 in advertising. That is a serious ad budget. Few webmasters have that much cash for a monthly ad buy.

Originally Posted by sacX (Post 16424861)

No, that's not what it means.

If his profit was 50% then he spent 200k.
If his profit was 100% he spent 0.

He's basically not given any clue to how much he spent, it's somewhere between 0 and 200k.