As outlined in my previous Kevin Trudeau post, I ordered the “Debt Cures” book on January 2nd. Remember, I could skip the 3-5 week shipping time by having the book ‘Rush Delivered’ directly to my door. The “RUSH” was $9.95. LOL, received the book on January 17th. Yep, without the rush shipping, the Debt Cures book arrived in 15 days.
The package I received was the same size as an Amazon.com book box. You know the ones, spend $25 and receive free shipping. That simply did not happen in this case. Oh well, I knew going in that this book was most likely of no value and it did not disappoint me there.
Since I was not expecting much I felt no let down. The box easily fit in my mailbox with the rest of my mail. Inside the box were:
- 315 page book (larger than expected, but the font really pushes the book’s length out)
- 25 Secrets to Wealth Creation CD (Secret #1: Create an infomercial)
- 10 Minute Guide to Instant Credit Improvement (8 pages; notice he dodged using the “repair” word)
- A certificate for a “free” one-on-one consultation with Enlightened Wealth Institute (Robert Allen, Tom Painter)
- A packing slip
Of all of the included items, the most important item was the packing slip. The packing slip has the 1-888 number to call to exercise your 30 Day Money Back Guarantee. In order to return the book, you must call the number to receive a Return Authorization Number. The purpose of making the consumer obtain an RA number is simple: to make it difficult to return the book (they will try to out wait you) and to give them a chance to re-sell you the book. Of course, even if you succeed in winning the waiting game, you are still out $14.50 for the Shipping and Handling fees. The funny thing is 1/3 of the book is spent griping about the fees that the Credit Card Industry charges. There will be a future article to track the amount of time it takes to receive your refund.
The 10 Minute Guide to Instant Credit Improvement is incorrect. Maybe, if you are eating lunch and talking on your cell phone it is a 10 minutes guide; otherwise, it is more like a 2 minute guide of useless info. This guide is a hook freebie: given to you as a bonus to make you feel as if you received a free gift. Much like in the way a car salesman throws in the floor mats for free. The entire synopsis of this free little gem is to: pay your bills on time, get rid of incorrect info on your credit report (not ‘how to’, but rather, just do it), and keep your balances low. That is all.
The book itself looks and feels like a PowerPoint Presentation. There are right at three paragraphs per page with a clip art graphic every other page or so. There are 24 chapters listed within the 315 pages; however, an honest overview of this book can be summed up in four words: Old, Irrelevant, Fear and Scam.
Old: Most of the citations in the book are from 2004. Either it took Trudeau 3 years to release the book, or without Googling it, 2004 is when he was in trouble with the Feds. The information in the book also feels at least 5-10 years old.
Irrelevant: There is simply NO real or new information in the book. Trudeau never even attempts any type of debt elimination strategies other than: expired debt and debt negotiation. If you buy this book and are expecting ‘real’ debt help, let me know when you find it.
Fear: 2-3’s of the book is nothing short of Trudeau ranting about the evil credit card companies and the government. He uses the emotion of fear to distract the book’s readers from realizing there is actually zero info in the book.
Scam: Honestly, I don believe this requires an explanation. The infomercial touts ways to HELP you with your debt. The book delivers no real methods to help anyone that is not already out of debt or very close to it.
If you honestly and truly do not need $45, heck send it to me. You will glean NO useable information from Kevin Trudeau’s Debt Cures book. The only debt this book cures is Kevin Trudeaus.
Let’s see how long it takes to get a refund…..LOL, until next time.
Then what is the magical ‘TWO WORDS”
Basically, eventhough he loses track in Chapter 12 (Two Magic Words), Trudeau never gives you the two magic words, lol. More or less, “It is not mine” is somehow condensed down to two magic words.
try the magic words Identity theft which is rampant in our current digital age.
NO kidding….I am currently researching for a future article on identity theft….believe it or not, but people are starting to have their identities stolen at their doctor’s office/hospitals at almost as high of a rate as the typical online identity theft…..scary stuff…
are the two words Trudeau expects us to use, “identity theft?”
The infomercial ITSELF is a scam. I just saw the new one tonite. It is called HOT SEAT. There are four bimbos “drilling” him with questions that are a SCAM in itself. Oh …and BTW .. the book now is $19.95. … I am sure that he will be “giving it away” in no time. BUTTT ..it will be 25$ then ….S&H !!
$19.95, LMAO, that is funny. The first infomercial sales must have plateaued…..I have seen the book on the shelf at a local book store (chain)…..wonder what plan 3 is? Bad thing is, the people that can afford it the least are the ones falling for the scam hook line and sinker.
His NEXT plan ? .. is to so-called GIVE the book away - like he did with Medical Cures 1 & 2 book ! I have seen the basic info-mercial several times … IF you really LISTEN to what he says .. there are many FLAT OUT LIES he wants us to believe.
ALSO …watch OUT for those “subscriptions” to his so-called “newsletters”(they are sent to your automatically when you buy these books at a discounted rate) … I believe that they are nearly 10$ per month.
Thank you for sharing the information about this book. I almost make the mistake of ordering taking into consideration all the “information available according to his infomercial about getting out of debt” Grants? from whom?
Thank you so much.
Rosy
I think that his appearance on “The Hot Seat” and his program is very misleading. I called after seeing the show and all the sales person (and yes it was a SALES PERSON, in the worst way)tried to push over $200 dollars of other “CRAP” on me and charge it to my credit card. SO MUCH FOR DEBT FREE. Here i was led to believe that there was hope only to be hounded and promised more debt. I finally told him to cancel my order I didnt want anything to do with it!
@ Rosy: Congratulations for turning it down! You just saved yourself more than just money, but a ton of time as well.
@ Pollyanne: I agree wholeheartedly. Like I said previously, the only person Trudeau is interested in keeping debt free is himself. His entire sales schtick is straight from the book to sell you on fear.
I remember his infomercial on memory techniques. I guess he forgot about it and moved on to bigger and better scams.
What are the two government grant websites he mentions in the infomercial and do they truly work? Thanks, Mindy