RE: ⚠️ Rip-Off Alert ⚠️ @jerrybanfield Is At It Again To Rip People Off by drakos

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witness-category · @drakos · Oct 9 '17

Not many users are aware of the alternatives ways to create accounts, he's capitalizing on that to swindle them.

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@the-ego-is-you · Oct 9 '17

$0.16

You could also say he's simply a  better marketer. He's filling market demand, either created by himself or by a network that's doing a lousy job at closing deals.

Sure, 50 bucks is... pricey... But if that means one more satisfied customer, maybe it's not as bad as it could be.

Let's hope Steemit Inc and others here learn the lesson instead so we can get the products to customer better.

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@eternalsunshine · Oct 9 '17 (edited)

$0.16

I agree with this, as long as he mentions the fact that there are other cheaper alternatives. Then people can choose what they want. If some, fully informed are willing to pay that much for this service, then ... why not ?

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@boontjie · Oct 10 '17

$0.04

Many people are not technically inclined.  The people he is suckering is your grandfather for example.  Do you think this is morally correct, even if your argument is sound logically

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@rip-youtube · Oct 12 '17

How "satisfied" would they have been when they found out they had been ripped-off?

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@the-ego-is-you · Oct 12 '17

You mean once they realized they paid above the average market price for the product? It would depend on how highly they valued access to the network.

If someone does really well at marketing it, I don't think a higher price is necessarily a bad thing. In the long run of course, that's probably not gonna work to bring in ordinary users. In other words, it would be a short term strategy in the case of Steem.

In this particular case, Jerry is obviously doing a lot for the network already and without selling accounts on  the side. Apparently he thinks this is still worth it and once he realized how high above others he had priced his product he even decided that it would be best to withdraw it entirely. 

What I wish he would do now is to consider partnering up with those already existing services, or if he has better ideas, pursuit those.

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@lexiconical · Oct 11 '17 (edited)

$0.85

*"he's capitalizing on that to swindle them."*

You are assuming intent. He could've just done something rather ignorant.

Does the prosecution have evidence to offer?

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@drakos · Oct 11 '17

$0.04

He 'capitalized' on the fact that top 20 witnesses 'make money', so he could sell his $180 courses, and he pushed on that a lot in  the past, in posts and youtube videos. I see he was trying the exact same thing here, but he got caught very early this time, and I felt it must be stopped.

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@lexiconical · Oct 11 '17 (edited)

$0.63

I can't argue that this was also a dumb plan. Maybe it was malicious. I can't really speak to that one.

I think it's a different situation however.

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