I also received the long-winded letter blathering about how this secret society had chosen me — little ole me! — because I'm oh so special. It stated that I just HAD to reply by a certain date or this free offer would be gone forever; smelling a possibly entertaining rip-off, I sent mine in AFTER the due date with a note reading that I was very interested but had just gotten the mailing, and could they PLEEEEEEASE make an exception in my case.
Sure enough, the free package arrived today. So much for the delicate timing issue they touted.
I must admit, I didn't check the consumer complaints before reading. I thought perhaps there just might be a germ of truth to this. [And no, I'm NOT a gullible simpleton.]
Well, my eye-rolling started almost immediately. What a heavy-handed sales pitch this 56-page free booklet is. I knew from the start they were going to ask for money — in their foolishness, they packed the materials so that the order form was the first thing I saw! But I spent an hour reading every word of the booklet.
Besides the appalling typographical errors — why ARE swindlers so sloppy? — the repetition of themes got old after awhile; still, I wanted to read every single word as instructed, so that three really good things will happen to me within the next two weeks, as promised. [Oh, I can't wait! ] The themes of "money, money, money" and "love, love, love" and "power, power, power" made me want to fall "asleep, asleep, asleep" numerous times. Claims of making millions of dollars overnight, walking into Las Vegas casinos and always winning [oy, so many inane Las Vegas stories], owning dozens of cars, having voluptuous women foaming at the mouth with unbridled passion [sorry, I don't play on that team], etc etc etc ad nauseum.
Interesting that no one wanted to use their newfound amazing powers to do something boring and unentertaining like, say, feed the hungry or effect world peace.
So, after closing the booklet, I immediately fired up my computer, came here to the consumer complaints, and typed in the organization. I was bowled over to see so many listings pop up with Kevin Trudeau's rancid name associated! I also bought his "Natural Cures" book a few months ago, and almost immediately returned that waste-of-paper tome full of nothing but teasers, referrals to his website, and lists of newsletters and other publications I would be welcome to purchase. I'm annoyed that this information selling might have occurred, since whenever I order something via telephone or the internet, I always specifically instruct them to NOT sell or share my information, and always receive a promise from the vendor to respect my wishes.
AHA! I just noticed the similarity between Trudeau and Nouveau. Oh, those French...
So, I guess Kevin is the famous person who recognized my special worthiness [I was hoping it was Miss Pia Zadora]. Gee, I didn't know Kevin cared!
I'll report back when those three good things happen to me. [heh heh heh]
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