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Originally Posted by Tevekar

I don't see the problem here.

I do,Let me show you where....

Originally Posted by Tevekar

You're either interested in investing, and you do - or you are not interested in investing, and you do not.

Or you do a little bit of home work and find out who you are giving your money to.Seems the intelligent thing to do.

Originally Posted by Tevekar

Nobody is forcing you to do anything. I didn't scam you, I didn't hurt you in any way.

If my business sounds suspicious to you - then stay out of it. End of story. =]

But he could be missing out on a great opportunity and you could be missing a great business.There should be no harm in enquiring as to what sort of people he is associating his business and hard earned reputation with.

Is it that the business sounds suspicious or is it that you gave so little information you cant form an opinion either way?

Originally Posted by Tevekar

Regarding the part about scamming in our conversation - why would I waste my time for a total of 25 PED? I don't see much sense in that.

Now to be absolutely clear i am not accusing you of scamming but this kind of response is exactly what raises red flags in Entropia.
When asked why you need it i would prefer to hear what its being used for and how it will help me rather than "Hey if i was ripping you off I would have asked for more"

And lets face it 25ped is easier to get someone to hand over than 1000ped.Move on to the next person...rinse and repeat.

Originally Posted by Tevekar

Anyway - moving on. Not everyone likes their money business spread around the universe - and so the investors I have encountered so far requested to remain anonymous. If you have an issue with that - track them down and address it.

I can understand that totally and thats exactly what this thread is doing.

Originally Posted by Tevekar

Several people have invested and received a large ROI through my corporation.

This to me the raises biggest red flag.Big claims like this with nothing to back it up other than your words.
This to me is a classic scammers trick.....paint the big pretty picture then if the target questions you play on their compassion and act like you are hurt by being called a scammer then you play on their own self doubts by suggesting they are merely paranoid and over cautious.

I`m not suggesting this was your tactic here but showing you where the red flag is.

Originally Posted by Tevekar

We have also acquired other small businesses - we help the company grow, and in return exercise the available resources of the corporation.

The advertisers get paid by the corporation. And to work for us originally, they made some sort of agreement that is between them and us.

You get employees, advertisement, and discounts.

Sounds like you're winning - and we are too, because we have acquired another business, and again - the resources of the corporation are being put to use.

This all sounds fair enough and is basic networking.No problems,why all the secrecy and evasiveness?

Originally Posted by Tevekar

It's basic business - nothing too complicated, but I apologize that your high degree of paranoia and distrust resulted in you losing out.

Yes and its also basic common business sense to know who you are dealing with.
Leaving people with a final insult when they try to follow these practices will probably not get you any further business.

Certainly not mine.