tsunamiwang.com sells an e-book and has an affiliate program. Costs RM50.
As expected, the e-book is available on the net as pirated copies…
Initially, it said 30 day money back guaranteed if not 100% satisfied. But in the FAQ section, it says:
Q: Boleh berikan maklumat yang lanjut mengenai jaminan wang di kembalikan?
[pls give more info about the money back guarantee]
A: Ya, saya ada tawarkan jaminan 30 hari duit di kembalikan. Pertamanya, anda perlu buktikan yang anda telah mencuba strategi yang saya ceritakan dan bagaimana dia telah gagal untuk diri anda. Kakitangan saya akan membantu hingga anda dapat mula buat duit. Duit tidak akan dikembalikan untuk apa-apa tujuan lain. Jika anda langsung tidak mahu mencuba, permintaan anda tidak akan dilayan.
[in essence, it says: if you cant prove to me that you at least tried to do what was described in the book, i will not refund your money]
Oo-er…alarm bells are ringing. For goodness sake, a money back guarantee is simply this: money returned to the customer, no questions asked!
Another exchange in the faq sounded very unprofessional to me:
Q: Saya ada jumpa bomoh yang boleh berikan saya nombor yang baik punya. Saya boleh bomohkan sesiapa untuk buat RM1 juta! [I've seen a witchdoctor/shaman who can guarantee that I will become a millionaire.]
A: tak berminat. [not interested]
I mean, it’s too obvious that that shouldn’t even be in the faq. And that is not the only one dodgy question in the faq. There’s more. Go on, read about it yourself.
More damning discussion points at putera.com’
tsunamiwang promotes other unethical methods like hijacking discussion threads at forums, mailing lists, blogs etc and bombarding others with your “message”
[indeed he did, see top of page 79]
According to a discussion thread at bincang.net:
tsunamiwang promotes spamming
[indeed it apparently does, on page 78 where it says "hantar email sebanyak-banyak mungkin" i.e. send as many emails as possible]
tsunamiwang promotes piracy
[indeed it apparently does, on page 57 on the para that saya "software submitters"]
And more daming points in a discussion thread at wangcyber.com.
An alternative view by Hafiz Ismail.
To me, the ideal proposition would be this:
“Here, read my book for free. If you make money, then only you pay me. If you dont make any money, you can throw my book away.”
Impossible to be done? Well, dont u think BSN’s Sijil Simpanan Premium works in a similar way? Put you money on the line, you might win something. If you dont, you take back you money, no questions asked. Of course, they’d have made some profit by investing your money will it’s in their account, but isn’t that what’s called a win-win situation?
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