Monday, October 15, 2007

Check These Clues As Guides When Examining Whether A Skeptic Is Being Honest.

I have observed two types of people in this world I will discuss: Number one kind - Constructive thinkers and doers and the other kind: leeches and destroyers. I have noticed two things about this. First of all it is easier to wreck something then to build something up. Secondly, those that tear down products or ideas inevitably cannot think of a better idea or way of doing it, if asked. So why should they in anyway be considered an expert on why things stink or are scams, etc.

Think about this, what qualifies someone to be considered an expert on any certain topic, product, etc.? If said person/ so called expert cannot come up with a better or superior method of building a similar product, should we really consider them as an expert? So when a non-expert in a certain field or area comments on a product should we value their negative comments any more then any other non-expert? I myself, could not rely on this type of individual but would look at it further.

Am I saying a person can't be critical of a product or service if they're not an expert? Certainly not.

We should alter our perspective on how we view someone speaking highly negative of a product or calling it junk or a scam? Aren't we conditioned to at first believe them, right? Realistically, it would be wise to heed their speech with a skeptical mind until we learn more about it for these reasons.

1. More people are more negative than positive so rather than look on the bright side of things they look for something negative to happen.

2. For this principal alone - nothing no matter how good will ever have 100% acceptance. Plus there will always be at least a small minority of people (competitors) hurt by it and some of these people will scream the loudest that your product is no good or a scam. Even to the point of lying as it very likely takes business away from them. There is nothing they would like better than to see your product fail.

3. Persons with time on their hands, those that haven't accomplished anything, usually fill that time with criticizing something. With time, effort and practice, great things are accomplished. The unaccomplished critic spends his time looking for non-existent defects in a product, for which they can complain about and feel like they accomplished something.

How can a person scrutinize a skeptic and whether you can believe what is being said by them? Firstly, know that there are various kinds of criticism and negativism against a product or service. There are always the usual skeptics of the product that will express dissatisfaction. Here you should examine the number of dissatisfied verses satisfied users. If there are a great number of dissatisfied users, then it is a sign the product just isn't much. If you see a lot of testimonies of people happy with the product, then it is probably a very good product even though some negative skeptics may exist. Think of it like this; as popular as Hawaii is for a vacation, there will always be those who wish they were somewhere else.

Not all skeptics are honest.

1. A certain giveaway to dishonesty from critics would be the balance in their article of negative verses positives. If it is all negative the critic is probably mad about something more than the product. Remember almost everything has something good you could say about it. Examine all of the evidence to begin with. A product with a proven history of years of happy users is probably very good despite what one or two critics say.

2. Awful products seldom survive for a long time and you would have to look long and hard to find anything positive that has been written about them.

3. When you hear about a scam you should know it is only a scam when the consumer has been actually taken advantage of. When a consumer can get his money back, that is not a scam no matter what some nut might say. Good products will have a longer than the norm guarantee, a scam will typically have the very minimum required by law.

Lastly, but not least I want to cover what I call the "assassin on a mission to destroy." Under no circumstances should you believe these types. Most of the time they go out of their way to under-handedly criticize a product, because the product they’re attacking is so good and effective they fear losing business to it. Or they’re doing the bidding of someone, in the role of the duped sap as that other person stands to lose big time if the product really succeeds.

If you see where a lot of resources and time is being spent on webpages, newletters, forums and similar things, that are trashing a product, especially one that is several years old and successful, and has a tremendous amount of positive talk about it. Then it is time to wonder about the integrity of the skeptic. Usually the skeptic won’t mention whether the product works or not, instead will search for something someone says that they can use to attack the product.

An example would be a product that has enjoyed tremendous success and some well intending excited marketing person will spout off about the product and end up saying it will do more it was built to do. The dishonest skeptic will not examine the product against what the company says it will do, but instead against what an overzealous distributor has said. They’ll ignore what the company says and instead call it a scam because it doesn’t do something for which it was never intended.

Consider how ridiculous and dishonest it is that the skeptic is calling it a scam because it doesn't do what it was never advertised to do. Now the skeptic has become the real scammer.

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