I have a friend of a friend who actually makes millions off of this exact thing, selling fraudulent products to get customer information and sell it. It is scummy as fuck, and the guy is a huge douchebag.
Date: May 11th, 2012 3:12 PM Author: Deep alcoholic locale sex offender
Once you get further into it you find out that the author bought some of these products himself. It's just some dude who got burned throwing a hissy fit and crying "scam" (although the industry he's talking about is indeed somewhat scammy).
Date: May 11th, 2012 3:32 PM Author: mauve national
how do people get burned on this shit? scams and get rich quick schemes have been around for ages. someone please tell me what's newsworthy about this piece of shit article.
Date: May 11th, 2012 3:40 PM Author: mauve national
ugh, this thread is more evidence that xoxo is full of proles. i usually can trust xoxoers' judgment on what is a good read. i want 10 minutes of my life back.
Date: May 11th, 2012 3:42 PM Author: Deep alcoholic locale sex offender
Not only is it a long winded and uninteresting article, it's also poorly researched. Look up the dude's "impartial" source "Salty Droid," in two seconds you'll see that it is itself an internet marketing outfit using an anti-internet-marketing angle to sell products.
I mostly saw "hey this is long, the verge is usually good, and I know a douche who does this shit so it'll probably be interesting" but it's so convoluted (I posted this before finishing it)
Date: May 21st, 2012 11:25 AM Author: Fragrant Organic Girlfriend Parlour
Van C. Khang
Van Khang is the founder of Khang Advisory LLC and affiliated with Marathon Advisory LLC. Ms. Khang is an expert on US GAAP and specializes in complex forensic accounting investigations. Her work has taken her all over the world where she was responsible for uncovering accounting fraud such as asset misappropriation and corporate earnings mismanagement. Her experience includes investigations related to earnings manipulation, fraudulent conveyance and accounting recertification. She has also provided consulting to companies during SEC inquiries.
Prior to founding Khang Advisory LLC, Van served as the internal accounting expert for the law firm of Berman DeValerio, with a focus on securities litigation. She was also a member of the Global Investigations and Dispute Advisory Services Group at Ernst & Young and an auditor in Ernst & Young’s Assurance and Advisory Group. Van is fluent in Vietnamese.