I consider myself an optimist. At least in my heart, I believe most people are good and want to help others. That’s a great quality if you want to let yourself get ripped off until you blow your retirement fund, kids’ college fund and any hopes of a nice life.
Fortunately, my brain, as undeveloped as it is, is much, much more skeptical. I assume that, at leat on the Internet, everyone has an angle. They all want to make money and I’m their personal ATM. Regardless how many “Dear Dave” letters or “To your success” salutations they send me, the want one thing: my money.
So, I guess I’m optimistically skeptical or skeptically optimistic. At any rate, I learned something from the people of Missouri. I am the “Show Me” person. Before I get involved in any Internet business, I need proof that it’s not a scam, it will work form me and it has staying power.
Before I go further, let me point out that this approach was developed over a period of time, after I got burned badly by scams, bait and switch schemes, false advertising, etc. Yes, I’m cynical, but I’m keeping my money where it...