How can people be so stupid to pay money to websites that don't say what they are even selling?

Question

You've seen the commercials and maybe even gone to the websites yourselves. Just how can people think for a minute that the 10 or 50 bucks they're sending so quickly for the hopes that the ad will reveal a secret money making opportunity will work for them?
I suppose this question leaves a wide open hole for opinions, but aside from the obvious, I have to say this:

Anybody who is crooked enough to not even tell you what it is you are to believe in ( ie. an ACTUAL PRODUCT!) RIGHT UP FRONT, has never, and will never have even the least bit of respectability that makes them worthy for even one nickel from another person! Yet people pay these "small fees" left and right. Look, it's ALLLL of those little $8.95's that add up to HUGE money for these cons.
I've never actually paid the "processing fee" so I really have no clue what it is they are selling. Some of you might even think I'm out of line to judge these websites.
What I judge is their character- Something money can't buy.

Answer 1

Some people give into temptation or finding out what it is that's so great (given they're interested). One such thing ad I remember is a something where the product promises that one can play guitar like a professional almost instantly with some tricks. As if they're secrets. I was tempted, but I knew better that it couldn't be true. Still, I was tempted and because I wanted to learn how to play the guitar as quickly as possible, I even felt I wanted to spend the money just to see if I learn anything from it. Later on, I did more research about the site and found it was obviously nothing much. I read it was just a flash program that taught some sort of pattern of the scales on the guitar.

The point was, I was tempted to. And I'm sure many others were tempted and gave in to give it a shot.

As we all seem to believe, we all want something without having to put much effort into it. And if a few dollars was all it took to save hours and hours of time and the avoidance of inevitability of never reaching a goal, we'd probably pay it.

Answer 2

The best con, similar to this, was many years ago. A guy asked for £5 for his secret of how to make a £million in a short period of time. Applicants had to send £5 to a PO Box Address and include a post paid self addressed envelope. They would send the £5 and receive a slip of paper which simply read "Do What I am Doing". At the time, it was legal as he had given them the information that they had paid for but it did prompt a change in the law, soon afterwards. This scam you mention is most likely to be a "Pyramid" Scheme.

Answer 3

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