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Originally Posted by JohnB23 
For example, Don Lapre use to sell 1-900 numbers back in the 90's. Remember those? Get your own 900 line, and make $50,000 a week from your tiny one bedroom apartment.
It might even work for awhile, but you don't know anything about the telecom business. What if text messaging comes along? What if cell phones come along?
There's no perspective, there's no depth. There's no meat.
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I know a number of people who've been involved with the 900# industry. Even back in the 1990's, if you were using the sort of "turnkey" type system that Don was shilling you might as well throw your money into the street. I had dinner a year or so ago with a guy that *did* make a fortune in the 900# business--by selling them and servicing them. We talked at some length about Lapre's program--mainly because he was one of the more entertaining late night hucksters. This guy said that he'd be surprised if more than 100 people made *any* money with Lapre's 900# system, let alone $50k a week. This guy got out of the game not long after Lapre's infomercials became ubiquitous on late night TV because he saw the writing on the wall that his "golden goose" was on life support. He said he hasn't regretted his decision for a second...
Lapre does belong in the "Huckster Hall of Fame" but that's really the only credibility I'll ascribe to him....