Caveat Dumpee
June 7, 2004 8:34 AM Subscribe
ExBack.com is either a heartless scam or a course in Stalking 101...or both. Brian Caniglia, "Dating Coach and Author," promises to help you get back with your ex, "even if they don't want to talk to you." Right.
I'm just wondering how much money the author of this is going to make from you posting it onto MeFi. This is potentially dangerous material, designed specifically to remove money from the misguided, the stupid and the weak. It's probably identical to a host of other "make money from..." websites, and you've just given it a full page advertisement on one of the most popular websites on the internet. Good work.
posted by seanyboy at 9:10 AM on June 7, 2004
posted by seanyboy at 9:10 AM on June 7, 2004
If you don't have the time to do this yourself, you can always hire a firm like Stalk4U [~7.5 MB .mov file] to do your stalking for you.
posted by CrunchyFrog at 9:45 AM on June 7, 2004
posted by CrunchyFrog at 9:45 AM on June 7, 2004
...to help you get back with your ex, "even if they don't want to talk to you."
This man knows his audience and plays to their delusions expertly...
posted by Shane at 10:55 AM on June 7, 2004
This man knows his audience and plays to their delusions expertly...
posted by Shane at 10:55 AM on June 7, 2004
ExBack.com is either a heartless scam or a course in Stalking 101...or both.
I would say generally the former, and in all likelihood not the latter at all - I'd bet that the advice he gives is not about how to stalk, because that is a highly ineffective device - that's for obsessed losers without a plan, so to speak. I bet he works more on the "play hard to get" angle - make the other party regret breaking it off, so to speak. I would also bet that it's pretty ineffective, but that's more or less the nature of self-help books...
posted by mdn at 12:22 PM on June 7, 2004
I would say generally the former, and in all likelihood not the latter at all - I'd bet that the advice he gives is not about how to stalk, because that is a highly ineffective device - that's for obsessed losers without a plan, so to speak. I bet he works more on the "play hard to get" angle - make the other party regret breaking it off, so to speak. I would also bet that it's pretty ineffective, but that's more or less the nature of self-help books...
posted by mdn at 12:22 PM on June 7, 2004
speaking of making money on the internet. Why won't google allow text ads on adult sites.
DAMN YOU GOOGLE!!! DAMN YOU TO HELL!!
posted by delmoi at 1:55 PM on June 7, 2004
DAMN YOU GOOGLE!!! DAMN YOU TO HELL!!
posted by delmoi at 1:55 PM on June 7, 2004
Um, seanyboy, I think the people who would shell out their $24 on this would do it wherever the Google ad popped up -- I found it on Salon myself. I don't think MeFi has quite the reach or the imprimatur to send droves of lonelyhearts to financial exploitation...yet.
posted by serafinapekkala at 7:19 AM on June 8, 2004
posted by serafinapekkala at 7:19 AM on June 8, 2004
Unless we MeFites ARE a drove of lonelyhearts.
Seems to me this is just an advertisement for what is probably a more or less run-of-the-mill self-help book.
posted by orange swan at 9:31 AM on June 8, 2004
Seems to me this is just an advertisement for what is probably a more or less run-of-the-mill self-help book.
posted by orange swan at 9:31 AM on June 8, 2004
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