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Don Lapre's Making Money Package If you've ever watched TV late in the night, chances are you already know who Don Lapre. As the spokesman for Universal Business Strategies, Don advertised a special Making Money package through countless infomercials.
This money making package runs for about $40, and with it you get a number of materials and information including a list of drop shipping wholesalers and the classified ads department at many major newspapers across the country. The main focus of the infomercials was promoting
making money through classified ads and 1-900 numbers. The idea's are simple but important details are missing.
The Making Money Package The Making Money package contains information booklets about a number of ways that the infomercials claim can make you thousands of dollars a day, but the most hyped is classified advertising. On these infomercials, Don would claim to have made over $50,000 a month from his one bedroom apartment by placing classified ads. No, it's not a joke. He claimed to have a strategy that consistently brought in thousands of dollars a day by selling products in newspapers around the country. His idea was simple. Find a classified ad in your local newspaper that manages to make you a small profit, say $30. To make a fortune, simply take this same ad and place in hundreds of other newspapers. Sounds simple, right? In theory, your small profit of $30 should be multiplied by hundreds, making your tiny classified ads a goldmine. The problem is, Don never revealed what magic product he was selling. While the package does provide a list of wholesalers that will drop ship, that is impractical for classified advertising. Most of us have purchased all kinds of merchandise from the classifieds at one point, so what is the problem? Consider that when you're looking for used goods, you often want a good bargain price to go with it. Buying items at wholesale price may not allow you to offer the kind of price buyers are looking for. The bigger problem still is the fact that buying something out of a local newspaper usually means going to see the merchandise and making a purchase directly from the person placing the ad. Have you ever ordered something from the classifieds with your credit card, or sent a check to wait for your item to arrive in the mail? Probably not. Certainly, if you had some kind of unique must have product, advertising in classifieds might work. But Don never tells us where to find such a product. In the days prior to the Internet, selling information may have been somewhat practical, but the claims of making over $50,000 a month seem exaggerated. 1-900 Numbers and WebsitesFor anyone who purchased the Making Money Package could guess, the $40 is probably just enough to cover the cost of running all those infomercials. The real money the company makes comes from the 1-900 numbers and websites they sell buyers of the package. In no less than a week after your order, you can expect a phone call from a telemarketer trying to sell you on one of countless other products offered by the company. These are costly services and products unlikely to bring you any income, and the telemarketing is frequent. New laws aimed at preventing this kind of unwanted calling may be a death blow to this company. A note about Don Lapre and Universal Business StrategiesDon Lapre is no longer associated with the company responsible for the Making Money package. He hasn't been since 2000, though the ads were still running as of 2003. As you can expect, he is quite embarrassed about the way these infomericals have destroyed his public image. He posted a note on his official website at http://donlapre.com a while back, though the site seems to have been down for quite some time. A screenshot of that note can be found here. In short, Don complains about bad treatment of customers from this company, and that includes the constant telemarketing of useless products. So is the Making Money package worthwhile alone, assuming you could avoid the annoying sales calls? If you're looking to make money with classified ads or 1-900 numbers, the answer is no. That doesn't mean the info contained within the booklets is useless, it just means it isn't worth spending $40 on. This is especially true since much of the same information can be found on the internet free of cost. For example, the wholesale list and list of the major newspapers classified departments are often sold on Ebay for a few dollars, and many of the reports are now included in free ebooks. Save your money, because you're better off purchasing some magic beans.  Business Startups NewsletterRecommended LinksBusiness Opportunity Goldmine at Home Make Money Make Money Online Work at Home Jobs Work at Home Vision Add your link |
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