A range of activities. Claims to have shipped when he hasnt, blames covid for delays. Promises people tracking, gives them other peoples tracking numbers, if he responds at all. Claims to have stock on hand, doesnt. Marks product as genuine when they aint, just refunds the people who complain and keeps on keeping on. Charges for one tier of postage, uses another same deal.
His entire business operates off the premise that if he can make good on the 5% of people that complain, that it makes the fortune he makes from the rest that dont viable. Because most people it seems are just too lazy to care about a lot of these activities, even if they do get burned.
Because the business runs purely off google adds (and he has an exceptional return rate) it doesnt matter if any of the above customers come back, its already built into his margins.
A site goes down or gets impacted by a consumer affairs complaint or whatever, he just reboots with another domain in under half a day, starts all over again. He aint tied to his brands, customers, any of it. It's all in the magic of his maniuplation of the ad market.
"In a country with this many people and the modern ads market there is literally always another sucker around the corner."
He can be literally as shitty as he wants, and as long as he manages the fallout (which he has) he prints money. I found out through working with him that there are large numbers of these individuals all following the same model, and all respectively making more than they deserve.
It's literally one of the most depressing things i've ever encountered.
You might say "He couldnt do this forever but" yeah well, twelve years and counting and he lives in the multi million dollar house and I assure you, I do not.
Thanks for the details. I'm very far away from this world but it's always been my suspicion that that is what it takes.
As for your last point, I think if you amass a certain amount of money then you can eventually just get out of that and into something more "legit", it's like buying your way out of morality. I do wonder deep deep down what these people are like in their minds when they're not riding the highs.
> As for your last point, I think if you amass a certain amount of money then you can eventually just get out of that and into something more "legit"
I queried this and I got the answer that "the business probably literally wouldnt be profitable, much more profitable this way."
> I do wonder deep deep down what these people are like in their minds when they're not riding the highs.
"Fuck em, if they are dumb enough to fall for it, they deserve it. Ill take a pensioners every last dollar if they give it to me."
I "can't fuck" like that indeed. I simple do not have even one tenth within me of what it would require to be able to live and operate like that.
I saw government organisations, Google, payment processors, paypal, all have dealt with him, and somehow the scheme just keeps on working. Probably because everybody involved is making boatloads of money and none of them actually truely give a shit.
His entire business operates off the premise that if he can make good on the 5% of people that complain, that it makes the fortune he makes from the rest that dont viable. Because most people it seems are just too lazy to care about a lot of these activities, even if they do get burned.
Because the business runs purely off google adds (and he has an exceptional return rate) it doesnt matter if any of the above customers come back, its already built into his margins.
A site goes down or gets impacted by a consumer affairs complaint or whatever, he just reboots with another domain in under half a day, starts all over again. He aint tied to his brands, customers, any of it. It's all in the magic of his maniuplation of the ad market.
"In a country with this many people and the modern ads market there is literally always another sucker around the corner."
He can be literally as shitty as he wants, and as long as he manages the fallout (which he has) he prints money. I found out through working with him that there are large numbers of these individuals all following the same model, and all respectively making more than they deserve.
It's literally one of the most depressing things i've ever encountered.
You might say "He couldnt do this forever but" yeah well, twelve years and counting and he lives in the multi million dollar house and I assure you, I do not.