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More on Why ShopToEarn Sucks (And So Do MyPowerMall and TeamNational)

15 August 201112 July 2008 by Tracy Coenen

Online shopping multi-level marketing companies (MLMs) aren’t new. My Power Mall (MPM) has been around for a while, Team National has been in the mix too, and now Shop to Earn has popped up and is being aggressively marketed by its members.

My bottom line on all of these companies: Don’t waste your time or money. You can find better deals on your purchases outside their systems. And the systems are really nothing more than typical MLM recruiting schemes. Shopping is not the objective, recruiting is. Let me explain these programs to you…

Is Shop to Earn a Scam or a Legitimate Business?

15 August 201127 June 2008 by Tracy Coenen

It you’re considering getting involved in ShopToEarn, don’t miss this post with lots of important information!

A fellow financial blogger recently went down the road of examining a new multi-level marketing company called Shop to Earn. He was considering signing up, and did a review based on the information he had up to that point. He asked readers to chime in with their views. Here’s some of what he had to say in that first post:

Tracy Coenen on Huffington Post Writes about Tim Sykes and His New WebsiteI disagree with your characterization of Tim's courses. Yes, trading penny stocks is a specialty, and Tim admits that. He...
Rotherhilde on Getting Started in the Tim Sykes Millionaire Trading ChallengePerhaps too modest to mention it herself, Tracy has authored a publication called Taxes for Traders describing tax advantages available...
Rotherhilde on Huffington Post Writes about Tim Sykes and His New WebsiteJesse Livermore said that there's nothing new in speculation, but I think that there is and Tim has found it....
CJ on Dooce Will Sleep With Your HusbandDooce reminds me of a friend of mine from college; my friend had horrible self-esteem and would sleep with anyone...
Tracy Coenen on Timothy Sykes: Millionaire Trading ChallengeNo, I did not do a bad review of Tim. I "met" him when I read his book An American...
Tracy Coenen on Mary Kay Cosmetics: Destroying Half a Million Women a YearNo Melinda, you're lying. Nearly everyone under you is NOT making money. The SCAM of MLMs is that they say...
Rotherhilde on Timothy Sykes: Millionaire Trading ChallengeI have just had a dialogue with Emmett Moore, who wrote a scathing review of Tim. Tim's people contacted...
Melinda on Mary Kay Cosmetics: Destroying Half a Million Women a YearAirel, I am happy to answer your question. You do not "need to recruit people under you...