This can't help but work.

[Art Sandusky 0]

Oh, I know you people who are doing this by just adding your name are putting mine at #4, right.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

Why are people so crazy about iPods again?

They're frickin' great. In addition to being better than any CD player, they're great for the car. I bought a $20 tape adapter, and now I've got my whole music collection whenever I drive anywhere.

 

Plus, you get to name them.

[Art Sandusky 0]

Eh, I'm content to listen to the radio, believe it or not. I've discovered that when I'm isolated from new releases and news radio and all that I feel really out of it.

[Guest evenflowDDT]

Eh, I'm content to listen to the radio, believe it or not. I've discovered that when I'm isolated from new releases and news radio and all that I feel really out of it.

True...but are you really missing out that much? I've found that good music will eventually find its way to me, and if that happens to be 6 months after it's played out, at least that means I'll never hear it to the point that it gets played out.

 

Plus, I won't have to carry a CD wallet to work anymore. Although this means I won't get to share with my coworkers either...I could bring some speakers along too

[Art Sandusky 0]

Eh, my need for music when I'm not at home or at someone's house/dorm/whatever isn't really that great.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

I made 4 rural women, ages 23-48, top 40 and country fans mostly, listen to Throbbing Gristle last night. The results were hilarious.

[Art Sandusky 0]

PayPal sure does have a lot of technical difficulties. Third time in the couple of days I've been a member that it's been fucked up somehow.

[Downhome 0]

That's odd. I've been a member of PayPal for years, and I've never had a problem with them.

[Art Sandusky 0]

But you didn't answer: You did put my name in when you sent yours out, right?

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

This is stupid.

[EricMM 0]

Kotz, I think this is against the rules here.

 

The only reason this isn't "spam" is because you're "established."

 

This is a pyramid scheme, one of the original forms of spam...

[Art Sandusky 0]

Explain how it's a pyramid scheme for real instead of just using that as a catch-all term for minimal effort moneymaking plans.

 

And the reason this isn't "spam" is because I "asked" an "admin" if I could "post it" and he said "yes."

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

It's the exact definition of a Pyramind scheme...

[Art Sandusky 0]

"A pyramid scheme is a business model that involves the exchange of money primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme, without any product or service being delivered. Pyramid schemes have been in existence for at least a century. The method of conducting business known as multi-level marketing (MLM), as well as matrix schemes, often closely resembles pyramid schemes."

 

-- WordIQ Dictionary and Encyclopedia.

 

This is an MLM plan, even the initial E-mail I got said so. Not a pyramid scheme, just a similar-looking plan.

[Guest Vitamin X]

"A pyramid scheme is a business model that involves the exchange of money primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme, without any product or service being delivered. Pyramid schemes have been in existence for at least a century. The method of conducting business known as multi-level marketing (MLM), as well as matrix schemes, often closely resembles pyramid schemes."

 

I think MLM schemes would be ones that involve actual marketing of a product or service.

 

EDIT: Excellent example would be that freeiPods.com site seen in this thread and in another topic, as it gives customers an incentive to sign up or buy a product or service, while the incentive remains that you must continue to refer people to receive it, but they only tell you this AFTER you complete the offer.

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

Either way, only an idiot would get involved with it.

[CanadianChris 0]

Explain how it's a pyramid scheme for real instead of just using that as a catch-all term for minimal effort moneymaking plans.

A pyramid scheme is a money-making venture where there is one (or a very select few) people at the top making tons of money, and a ton of people at the bottom making nothing. Hence, the name.

 

That's exactly what this is. What's more, you will never see your name make your way to the top of this list. That's why pyramid schemes work so well -- for the guy at the top of the pyramid.

[Art Sandusky 0]

PayPal is really pissing me off. Maybe it really doesn't like Netscape or something.

[Guest Vitamin X]

...Or maybe it doesn't like pyramid schemes~!

[Nevermortal 0]

Who the fuck uses Netscape anymore? I mean, really. C'mon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry.

[Art Sandusky 0]

PayPal is so cockblocking me. I must have to verify my bank account first.

[Dr. Tom 0]

Now that I've looked into this a little more, it's definitely a pyramid scheme. I wonder how much longer Paypal's involvement will last, which may be part of the scheme itself.

 

Closed. And let's keep this place spam-free. Send emails if you want to be a spammer, like every other asshole in the world who does it.