Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960813142518.29166A-100000@post> Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 14:25:26 -0400 From: Joydeep Mitra <mailto:mitra@AECOM.YU.EDU> Subject: Re: Make Your Computer Work For you To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
On Tue, 13 Aug 1996 mailto:ReadMe@README.NET wrote:> Hello Friends!
>
> Welcome to the world of Multi-Level Marketing (MLM). THIS IS NOT A
> SCAM, it is an actual business opportunity. After spending hundreds of
> dollars on get rich quick schemes and classified advertisements
> selling my product, I realized that the ads were not paying off. That
> was before I came across this amazing opportunity. I chose this MLM
> plan because of the large diversity of products that can be offered,
> plus the fact that it is inexpensive when compared to other plans.
> What makes this plan legal, unlike many of the pyramid schemes that
> are online, is that you are buying and selling an actual product, and
> so is everybody else that decides to make money with this opportunity.
> It is simple, you sell an original recipe, craft, poem, plan, or idea
> through the mail for $2.00 (US Currency). It is easy with Multi-Level
> Marketing. MULTI-LEVEL MARKETING (MLM) IS BEING TAUGHT IN
> HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL, AND BOTH STANFORD RESEARCH
> AND THE WALL STREET JOURNAL HAVE STATED THAT BETWEEN
> 50% AND 55% OF ALL GOODS AND SERVICES WILL BE SOLD BY
> MULTI-LEVEL METHODS IN THE MID 1990 S! This is truly a MULTI-BILLION
> DOLLAR INDUSTRY! Of the 500,000 millionaires in the United States, 20%
> have made their fortune in the last seven years using MLM. Even if you
> just try this out of curiosity, be prepared for a flood of orders.
>
> **IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION: To ensure that you keep this legal and
> honest, be certain to file a Schedule "C" Profit or Loss from business
> or profession with your income tax return. Report all income you
> receive and deduct all of your expenses that are related to this
> business. Check with Your tax preparer to ensure that you are taking
> all the legal deductions you can. Because you are buying and selling a
> product or service, this type of direct marketing order is not in the
> chain letter category. If no product or service is sold, then it does
> become a chain letter, which would be in violation of the law.
>
> Here is what to do:
>
> 1) Send $2.00 (US) and a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope (SASE) to
> each of the nine people on the list below (this is the important part,
> if no one sends the money for the products, then this plan will not
> work... KEEP IT HONEST.) Note: Be sure to either put the two dollars
> in the SASE or wrap it separately in another sheet of paper, because
> if it can be seen when the envelope is sealed, a postal worker may
> steal it.
>
> 2) Revise the list by placing your name in slot #9 and moving all the
> others on the list up one number (move #2 to #1, and so on) drop the
> current #1 from the list.
>
> 3)Send the revised list and message out to as many people as
> possible, newsgroups, e-mail, even send it snail mail to friends. Try
> to send at least 100.
>
> 4)Soon you will start receiving orders. Simply stuff the SASEs with
> you recipe(or whatever) and drop them in the mail box.
>
> 5)Spend your the money that you received from each envelope on
> whatever you want. Pay off bills (wouldn t it be nice to get out of
> debt?), buy new toys (a car maybe?), just have fun!
>
> REMEMBER, THE PRIME FACTORS THAT MAKE THIS WORK FOR YOU ARE:
>
> 1) HONESTY - Sending the $2.00 (US) to the members listed below for
> their products or recipes is what makes this work, they have worked
> hard for this opportunity.
>
> 2) INTEGRITY - Fill all of your orders promptly, because this is a
> legitimate business, and if you don t, you can get nailed for false
> advertising. You must deliver what your customers have paid for.
>
> 3) ACTION - Begin right away so that you can start receiving the money
> you deserve immediately!
>
> START TODAY!!!!!
>
> If you only send out 100 of the new messages, and only get a tiny 4%
> response rate, then here is what will happen:
>
> 1) You send out 100 letters with your name in position 9
>
>
>
> 2) Those 4 send out 100 letters with your name in
> position 8 16 Replies
> 3) Those 16 send out 100 letters with your name in
> position 7 64 Replies
> 4) Those 64 send out 100 letters with your name in
> position 6 256 Replies
> 5) Those 256 send out 100 letters with your name in
> position 5 1,024 Replies
> 6) Those 1,024 send out 100 letters with your name in position
> 4 4,096 Replies
> 7) Those 4,096 send out 100 letters with your name in position
> 3 16,384 Replies
> 8) Those 16,384 send out 100 letters with your name in position
> 2 65,536 Replies
> 9) Those 65,536 send out 100 letters with your name in position
> 1 262,144 Replies
> TOTAL REPLIES 349,524
> TOTAL SALES mailto:@ $2.00 EACH $699,048
>
>
> OK HERE IS THE LIST:
>
> 1) HCG
> P.O. Box 163
> Oakdale, NY 11769
> Lox Cream Cheese
>
> 2) Amazon Discovery
> 3171 East 33rd SO
> Bldg. 188
> Salt Lake City, UT 84109
>
> 3) Armondo s
> 2821 East 3100 South
> Salt Lake City, UT 84109
> Anchovy-Garlic Lovers Dip
>
> 4) ML Ulrich
> 64 Rainier Ave. S. #D BOX 31
> Renton, WA 98055
> Bush Baby Salad
>
> 5) Schroeder
> 2112 E. Breckenridge PL.
> Springfield, MO 65804
> Tangy Buffalo Wings
>
> 6) C.L.S Publications
> 3020 S. National #151
> Springfield, MO 65804
> Fat Free French Fries
>
> 7) J. McCormick
> P.O. Box 274
> Gradyville, PA 19039
> Awesome Sangria
>
> 8) Michaels Publications
> 10512 Rustic Rd. So.
> Seattle, WA. 98178
> Smoked Salmon Quiche
>
> 9) J. Daniels
> 10108 Fairview Blvd. SW
> Port Orchard,. WA 98367
> Baba Gannoj Dip
>
> **IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION: To ensure that you keep this legal and
> honest, be certain to file a Schedule "C" Profit or Loss from business
> or profession with your income tax return. Report all income you
> receive and deduct all of your expenses that are related to this
> business. Check with Your tax preparer to ensure that you are taking
> all the legal deductions you can. Because you are buying and selling a
> product or service, this type of direct marketing order is not in the
> chain letter category. If no product or service is sold, then it does
> become a chain letter, which would be in violation of the law.
>