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FIB - Scams 101
Re: Ask, and ye shall receive....
Posted By: Michael J McMillan In Response To: Re: Pay attention.... (Margaret MacGillivray)
Date: Sunday, October 21, 2007, at 6:38 p.m.(pst)
The Chicago IMC seminar concluded today. It was, as advertised, full of information. Most of the information is from the "Insider Secrets" books, so for some folk it might be a waste of money and time to go to the bootcamp if you're good at reading and comprehending what you read. For some of the rest of us, a show like this helps make sense of what's in the books, so for us it's worth the tree-fity (OK, it's actually $97.00) it costs us.
Now, as MaaMaw points out elsewhere, there's a good bit of selling of their books, CDs and DVDs going on, especially at the end of the first day, then at a couple of points in the second day. Do what you think best on that. Full disclosure: I did opt for the mentoring program when it was offered, but only after I had put a good deal of thought into the decision because it does come with a substantial financial bite. I have some back history with this company and MaaMaw's advice to help with this, though, so it's a trifle less fearsome a decision than it would be with another outfit. (I wouldn't have done it with another company--- it is a stiff piece of change for the mentoring program.)
Apart from that--- if you can go, you should. Listen and take notes, there's lots of good information being given out here without necessarily buying anything else. Some of the material on selling on EBay alone is worth the trip.
The only other serious financial bite came from the City of Chicago and Cook County. I had to drive downtown, and that meant finding parking. $28.00 dollars a day at the parking lot I chose, and a huge part of that is county and city taxes. OUCH!!!
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