December 8th, 2009 
Tom Interesting subject came up with a regular commenter and subscriber here called James who was just asking me about the ping code on another post here.
However it wasn’t the ping code that was interesting (well it is but even more interesting is this…).
This ping code is completely free to everyone here and freely made available by me, now i didn’t discover this but i marketed it and since i started i have read several ebooks that include this code and are calling it the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Even worse than that a $49 product was created which simply does the same thing this ping code does that im giving away here but also does one small extra thing that can be done for free and also includes a strategy that i teach and have taught in the past, again for free!
What strikes me most is the fact that all of these products have had comments on them saying how great they are and specifically about the quick pinging code… BUT they PAID for this!
It is exactly the same thing but re-packaged differently and a price tag stuck on it so that it looks like it has ‘more value’.
Yet in actual fact it is the exact same thing but instead of a big price tag stuck on it and some simple addon information i give you all of this for free!
Now… the real point of this post was to get your opinions on the ‘perceived value’ of products!
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By paying for something do you really get more out of it or are you a freebie user and actually use the free stuff and don’t just throw it in the pile of garbage with all the other freebies available?
Let me know in the comments below, your thoughts (and be honest)!
Tom Brite
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Hey Tom,
This James guy sounds pretty cool!
Thanks for taking the time to help here, as usual.
Personally, if I buy a product YES I will definitely get more out of it, and take it more seriously.
Freebies are everywhere on the internet, and I think it has got to the point where people are so use to it they don’t take any notice, or just assume it is rehashed PLR, and has no value, afterall, if something is worth money, you would expect it to be sold, even though that is not always the case.
If I spend money on something, I am determined to get the moneys worth at least, whereas if something is free, there is nothing to lose and no initiative to move forward with it…
That being said, I have come across some fantastic freebies in the past, and depending on where I see them now, I will still take notice and see them through if they appeal to me, but pass on so many these days compared to when I first got started with Internet Marketing.
James
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