OH! MY! GAWD! Tom! You lucky guy! Only $40K? You’re far wiser than I. Why?

After declaring C7 eons ago based on the fact I SO over-extended my capital to build — back in the 80’s — what would be a blend of what we now know as Linked-In, FB and Twitter — let’s just say I SO KNOW your lightening-bolt feeling.

One cost of being ahead of your time is a blinding sense of optimism.

Today? Lesson learned? When folks pre-pay for services -as in — non-refundable funds — banked — services follow.

True. The internet enables potential of vast financial fortunes.

Also true. The internet enables freeloaders.

Solution: end internet free ride(s). Notice more sites placing paywalls via grocery-store tactics. Grocery-store tactics = offer a FREE teeny-tiny sample of something. (Back-end f FREE sample costs into marked-up products / services with perceived high-end value.)

As more souls wake-up to the reality that absolutely NOTHING is FREE — (YUP — NOTHING) — we’ll begin to value each other — more.