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Friday, May 09, 2003
Get Rich Quick Schemes... About a week ago, Mom called to say. 'Hey, I have an idea! I was watching one of those late-night informercials. You know, the ones where people make thousands a week just by setting up a Web site and selling stuff?' 'Mmmm. I don't watch much late night television, Mom' was all I could say. 'Well since you're unemployed now and you know about computers, I ordered the kit and figured it couldn't hurt for us to make a few extra thousand dollars a month, right? Now that you've got the time to do it.' As if it were just that easy. I held back the fits of laughter I felt bubbling up inside me... only because she sounded SO excited about it. She had paid to have it rush delivered so that it would be at her house by the time I came to visit. And she added, 'You know me... I splurged on the extra long list of products you can sell so that we'd make even more money.' So, I'm in Rochester for the weekend. Mom's birthday is tomorrow, and of course Mother's Day is Sunday, so this weekend is a 'must-visit.' But her birthday and the mom's day holiday don't seem to be the most exciting things going on. She is all about this damned Web site business she thinks that we're going to start and make a million dollars doing. One of the first things we did was to watch the video that came with the package. There are a like a million catches... trial memberships you have to join, they strongly encourage you to try out their Web access provider 'even if you already have a provider' (as if any other web access wouldn't be good enough)... and the whole package leaves more questions unanswered than answered. So much time is spent on the superficial stuff (the package came with an entire book titled, 'Introduction to the Internet' including definitions of 'URL' and 'ISP' and 'Web Hosting'... that's quite a learning curve for folks who are about to set up asuccessful e-commerce site in less than 15 minutes!) while glossing over the 'minor' details. The devil is in the 'minor' details. I can't say I'm totally surprised... but how do I break it to my mother that it's not as easy as they made it appear on TV? She's gonna be crushed.  | private feedback | |
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