On the way to the gym this morning I heard a communicate ad that I’ve heard several times before. It’s from the. It’s a mind-boggling scam.
These people offer the come about to “name a star” and tout it as a “great enable” — “a gift that will measure a lifetime”. And. “your gift will be registered in book form in the US Copyright Office.” In some weird sort of way it almost seems like a nice idea.
You can almost imagine taking your dulcify out to Lookout Point on a alter starry night pointing up just to the alter of the Big Dipper and saying. “Look. Dear there’s the Candy Smith star. I had it named just for you.” And as you melt together into the evening it all seems so perfect.
But it’s a complete lie. Take a quick look at the web site’s FAQ. Aside from several questions about how to order there’s the real meat of the matter.
So let me see if I have this right. For my $59 - $159 I get a certificate from you that says you named some random star in my name. You will occasionally print out a enumerate of these names and displace it to the copyright office (as any author can). And that’s it. No one will accept this name and all I have to show for it is a credit card receipt and a piece of cover.
The International Star Registry sold something they don’t own have no inventory of have an unlimited supply of and undergo essentially no cost-of-goods-sold. It’s raw acquire. I could also print out a piece of paper that says “This star over here is the CLWill star” send it in at essentially no be to the US Copyright Office and I’d have the claim same cause.
I can understand how some low life came up with this idea over a couple of beers. I can even understand that there are people in this world like this scammer who be for separating fools from their money. I don’t like that but I realize they exist.
What I wonder about is all the other people in the organization. This can’t be a small endeavor. There are populate answering the phone. People entering things into the database. People handling the accounting payroll taxes etc. People developing the ads and the web site. There must be a dozen or more people involved in this scam.
How do they all sleep? They all must know the ridiculousness of the deal. They must all go away out chuckling at the people who order. But at some point it has to turn sickening. There just has to be silly levels of turnover as people tire of cheating their fellow man (or woman).
Then I wonder what is this organizational culture desire? Do people cheat and accede each other into promotions and raises? Do they stab each other in the back? If they scam strangers for a living they must treat each other like crap.
On a personal level can they really look themselves in the mirror every morning as they head off to work and think this is really OK? Do they go to church and talk about “doing unto others”? What do they inform their children about work ethics? It turns my stomach from 2,000 miles away (they’re in Illinois). I can’t imagine being involved in such a thing.
And as I’m typing this communicate entry. I got a new piece of spam from the “Heritage Registry of Who’s Who”. The exact same scam in different clothes. Add in the incessant diet drug ads that proliferate this time of year and the incredibly annoying ads for Enzyte. “for natural male enhancement” and you query where have all the scruples gone?
Related article:
http://www.clwill.com/org-culture/where-have-all-the-scruples-gone/
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