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Strategies & Market Trends : Bob Brinker: Market Savant & Radio Host -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kirk © who wrote (23507)	8/11/2006 9:13:51 PM
From: Honey_Bee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Mr. Pigstuff, if you were the queen, how would you answer Kirk's questions about these ads and bulletins about Bob Brinker?

To: Kirk © who wrote (23507)	8/11/2006 9:33:07 PM
From: queenleah	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Is this (first page below) honest advertising? Yes. It appears honest to me. What is the DATE of this "advertising"? I can't really say about #1 because I don't go back that far with Brinker and don't know the market history that well. I'm sure others can answer that, with differing opinions perhaps. No. 2 I believe is accurate. I know he made that call. I was away for months at the time and only wish I had heard it. It was a couple of months early, but right on. Is Bob Brinker being truthful here? Yes. Isn't that the same question as above? Note that he ADVERTISES a special bulletin in #3, but not the special bulletins below. I don't know why he would, do you? Is that what you refer to as not honest? Call it what you want, what newsletter writer or adviser of any kind trumpets his mistakes as loudly as his successes? Do YOU? Yes, All in all, what I see, as far as it goes, is honest. You can call not mentioning failed calls or failed advice when one is advertising one's product dishonest if you wish. But to be honest with yourself and everyone else, you'd have to trumpet your own failures as loudly as your not-so-successful calls if you want to claim others are dishonest for not doing so. This is my last post until midnight (ET) so I will not be able to respond until then.

To: Kirk © who wrote (23507)	8/11/2006 10:18:45 PM
From: dijaexyahoo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42834

kirk said: <<Queen If you can take a break from the cheap shots you take at me and personal insults you send my way, I have a VERY simple question for you about Bob Brinker's advertising he sent via US Mail. Yes or no. Is this (first page below) honest advertising? Is Bob Brinker being truthful here?>> --Well, I am not queen, and I have already seen her response. However, I will answer your question, and my answer is "no." As much as I respect and admire queen, I do not ALWAYS agree with her (only about 98% of the time). However, my answer would not be complete without adding that almost all newsletter writers use deception in their advertising. That does not make it right, but I think it is important to point it out. For example, I recall that YOU (kirk) advertised your newsletter a while back by giving your one and five-year results, while leaving out the 3-year results. Or something like that. I'm not sure of the exact results, but shres probably knows. Anyway, you left out something that made you look bad, while using the results that made you look good. Very similar to what brinker did.