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People forget that history repeats itself -- the ones that got richest during the California Gold Rush were the ones selling tools, unless you were lucky enough

People forget that history repeats itself -- the ones that got richest during the California Gold Rush were the ones selling tools, unless you were lucky enough to hit a motherlode. So if someone is selling you an expensive tool that will help make you rich, ask yourself why they aren't using that same tool themselves. (and if the answer is "I have all the money I need, I just want to help other people... then ask why they are charging $4000 for it...)

snarf21 8y ago
This is the same thing for all the free seminars you hear on the radio. At best, they already have a position and are running the pump train so they can cash out.
mattlondon 8y ago
This is the real "secret" that people seem to totally miss/willfully ignore. 4K is quite a lot for what is essentially pretty obvious stuff that I am sure a weekend of searching around could get you. Caveat emptor
- bdcravens 8y ago
  Finding information is easy, filtering is the hard part.
  - Johnny555 8y ago
    The problem is that even paying $4000 for a seminar doesn't ensure that you're getting the right information. Even if the speaker at the seminar tells you exactly what he did did, that doesn't mean that his method is still the best or that it will work for you. So yeah, filtering for your situation is the hard part, but you can't rely on someone else to do that filtering unless you're paying him to do it specifically for your situation.
beauzero 8y ago
Have helped some >10M year companies sell new, remaindered and used books on Amazon/Ebay 10 out of the last 15 years. ...selling is the easier part. ...shipping quickly and profitably is harder. ...finding profitable inventory is very very difficult.
nixpulvis 8y ago
Just for the sake of argument, should all computer makers really be solving all problems computers can be used for? No, of course not. Companies (and individuals) must specialize at some level. And I personally feel some of our largest companies have overstepped that line.
- hopler 8y ago
  Computer makers are selling tools, not secrets. It's up to you to decide if you need a computer.
achillesheels 8y ago
+1 but to be honest, I wouldn’t consider Levi Strauss jeans to be a luxury good.
- hopler 8y ago
  If I'm going prospecting, it's obvious I need jeans and pickaxes, and obvious that Levi can make more of those than he could use in prospecting himself. Levi isn't telling you you'll get rich from his jeans, he's just selling you what you know you need if you are prospecting. It's not obvious why I need your How to Mine for Gold and Riches book and why you can't use that information to get rich youdser, if it's good information.
- Johnny555 8y ago
  but what if I sold you a $4000 gold panning machine that I said made me a fortune and now it can make you a fortune too? The best thing is that if you come back to me later and say you didn't find any gold at all, I can just tell you that you just need to give it more time... or that you didn't read all of the instructions and use it properly.

snarf21 8y ago

This is the same thing for all the free seminars you hear on the radio. At best, they already have a position and are running the pump train so they can cash out.

mattlondon 8y ago

This is the real "secret" that people seem to totally miss/willfully ignore. 4K is quite a lot for what is essentially pretty obvious stuff that I am sure a weekend of searching around could get you. Caveat emptor

bdcravens 8y ago
Finding information is easy, filtering is the hard part.
- Johnny555 8y ago
  The problem is that even paying $4000 for a seminar doesn't ensure that you're getting the right information. Even if the speaker at the seminar tells you exactly what he did did, that doesn't mean that his method is still the best or that it will work for you. So yeah, filtering for your situation is the hard part, but you can't rely on someone else to do that filtering unless you're paying him to do it specifically for your situation.

beauzero 8y ago

Have helped some >10M year companies sell new, remaindered and used books on Amazon/Ebay 10 out of the last 15 years. ...selling is the easier part. ...shipping quickly and profitably is harder. ...finding profitable inventory is very very difficult.

nixpulvis 8y ago

Just for the sake of argument, should all computer makers really be solving all problems computers can be used for? No, of course not. Companies (and individuals) must specialize at some level. And I personally feel some of our largest companies have overstepped that line.

hopler 8y ago
Computer makers are selling tools, not secrets. It's up to you to decide if you need a computer.

achillesheels 8y ago

+1 but to be honest, I wouldn’t consider Levi Strauss jeans to be a luxury good.

hopler 8y ago
If I'm going prospecting, it's obvious I need jeans and pickaxes, and obvious that Levi can make more of those than he could use in prospecting himself. Levi isn't telling you you'll get rich from his jeans, he's just selling you what you know you need if you are prospecting. It's not obvious why I need your How to Mine for Gold and Riches book and why you can't use that information to get rich youdser, if it's good information.
Johnny555 8y ago
but what if I sold you a $4000 gold panning machine that I said made me a fortune and now it can make you a fortune too? The best thing is that if you come back to me later and say you didn't find any gold at all, I can just tell you that you just need to give it more time... or that you didn't read all of the instructions and use it properly.