Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Irony At It's Finest

Just over a week ago on the Coach's Conference Call, cheers erupted when the masses were informed that the Travel Weekly story on the YTB franchising concept was the #1 read story at Travel Weekly and the #1 emailed story at Travel Weekly. After that announcement there was some rhetoric about being the #1 agency in the world and how there were already "one thousand more than twice what they had registered for the convention about this time last year"--and more cheers.

No doubt the opening line this morning will be that they are indeed #1 and #2. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (at least at the time of posting) YTB held the spot for the most popular article emailed, and the #2 spot for the most read article!  The article title?

Calif. AG sues local firm YTB, calls it 'pyramid scheme'

If you are interested, the Post-Dispatch will be covering this story from the convention so there likely will be updates including this one from this morning where the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (YTB's hometown paper) wonders "Is it the future of travel? Or "a gigantic pyramid scheme?""


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17 comments:

  1. And the anti-YTB media whore John Frenaye is quoted and on the scene as usual.

    He is the TTA equivilent of the lawyer handing his card out at the car accident.

    Funny how the article did not mention that Frenaye is a Rep with YTB.

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  2. Your just pissed because nobody would even talk to you mixed. No clue who you are, and nobody cares.

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  3. Mixed - Why aren't you at the convention?

    You people have to read Doug's bog. Hilarious! He does seem a bit somber though.
    The mood at the convention must be somber too.

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  4. Funny Doogie mentions flashing checks....thats exactly what my Aunt did to my folks a few weeks ago after she recruited the other suckers into her scam. Waving a 1k check after roughly 1 year in YTB. Wow what a profit...lovely for her to rip off the rest of the not so smart family to get her 1k check.

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  5. I just had this youtube video sent to me today from a YTB rep. He obviously did not get the memo on not using fancy cars, fancy boats, fancy houses, etc... from YTB. Maybe he will get a memo from the Attorney General.

    Here is the link:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VZCiP4OGPM

    :)

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  6. Send that video to the CA AG ASAP!!!

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  7. Found this little tidbit on craigslist for CA. Recently posted too.

    **Travel for pennies on the dollar-**NEVER pay full price for travel again!

    **Earn money when you and others travel-*Make your vacations tax-deductible-

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  8. Check out the latest news article to come out of St. Louis:

    YTB members dismiss pyramid scheme allegation

    http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/08/04/daily66.html

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  9. But those are the "Rogue" YTBers...they don't exist!!!

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  10. Cathy,

    Of course the zombies won't admit defeat. They all claim that they are making thousands of travel sales but the numbers will continue to show they are wrong. If we all took what they said, they would sell billions upon billions of travel sales.

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  11. Just like the Jonestown gang going down with Coach....

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  12. Don't drink the KOOL AID!!!

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  13. Mix---did I say anything incorrect in the article? Do you need the reporter's email...maybe you can be quoted.

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  14. Mix...where yah at buddy? Your stock is right close to a buck. You can't even buy something from the dollar menu again with that stock. You must have some vested interest in McDs. You talk about it a aweful lot. So hows that stock treating you good buddy? LOL

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  15. Mix I have you way to much credit. Stock closed below a buck! So tell me many millions you lost on it? I know you want to! But then again I know you never spent much other than the start up fee and the monthly fee. Your not important to YTB, your just another RAT with a big mouth.

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  16. YTBSCAM said...Your not important to YTB, your just another RAT with a big mouth.

    That wasn't very nice! We should date sometime soon. Don't forget that we're the Puke & Vomit team according to Mixed, the soon to be part time French fry boy at Burger King.

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  17. Mr. and Mrs. Puke and Vomit. That's catchy if you ask me.

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