Get this letter??

If so, use it. I've read all the other posts from skeptical people who HAVEN'T EVEN TRIED this system. They're so ready to pick the letter apart and discredit it without proof! Let me ask you this...If someone else believed enough to mail the letter to you, then isn't that a little credibility?

The letter reads...

Dear Friend,

My name is Dick Hollman. In September 2003 (1999 for old letters), my car was repossessed. Bill collectors were hounding me like you wouldn't believe. I was laid off and my unemployment ran out. In October 2003, I was skeptical, but I was desperate. I had nothing to lose, so I gave it a try. In January2004, my family and I went on a 10 day cruise! In February I bought a new Cadillac with cash! Today, I am currently building a second home in Virginia and I will never have to work again!

This isn't the entire letter, but if you're reading this it's probably because you've already received it. I received that letter too. I'm not Dick Hollman, but I have tried this program. The first time I tried it, I admit, I cut corners. I was hoping to maximize my profit by putting my name in the middle of the list (I know...stupid move), and I only sent half the people on my list $1. I guess God really don't like ugly because even after mailing out 250 letters I received less than $100. That was in 1993.

So imagine my surprise and the irony of receiving this same letter almost 13 years later! I fell out laughing while reading it. Shaking my head back and forth and all! I put it away for a few days....weeks actually. I ran across the letter while looking for some other papers and put it to the side. I was curious about it and wanted to investigate it.

Later on, I grabbed the letter and headed to the computer. The first thing I did was look up Dick Hollman. That's when I came across the Nay-Sayers. I was about ready to toss the letter in the trash until I decided to look up the people listed on the letter. I was able to find 4 of the 7 names listed. I picked up my cell and called them. Why not?

The first person to answer was a lady by the last name of Orwitz. I apologized for calling and told her I'd received her letter. She was understanding as I explained how I was a divorced, and didn't have extra money to spend on things like this. She told me she was a senior on SSI who couldn't afford it herself, but her and her roommate split the costs. As of that date they'd received about $11,000. That's all I needed to hear!! But I didn't get too happy. I had 2 other people to call.

The 2nd person I called was an ass. Plain and simple. He was an ass. I apologized for calling, told him the same thing I'd told Mrs. Orwitz and asked how his mailing went. He thought I was someone from the IRS and cursed me out. Needless to say I didn't call him back

The third and last person I called was a retired postal worker. He proceeded to tell he about how he'd delivered these letters year after year and how he could tell the chain letters from the regular letters and blah, blah, blah. Since I'm not a rude person and I respect my elders,I listened, nodded and listened. He finally told me he wasn't comfortable telling me how much he'd gotten but he did tell me it was in the 5 figures. Hmmmm...one more person to call.

The last person I called was this guy named Dale. He was a younger guy. He liked my voice. Anyway, I went over the introduction and apologies only to hear a "click". He'd hung up on me. Or so I thought. He called me back saying he lost his signal then told me he'd received only about $2000. He was the last person on the list though, so he still had a ways to go. I was curious again.

As a way of keeping my kids busy, I decided this would be their project. If it didn't work out at least I kept them busy and out of trouble for a while! They retyped the letter. I copied it at work for free (LOL-STILL CUTTING CORNERS!!), and bought some envelopes from Dollar General. They spent a week folding, stuffing and sealing envelopes. Instead of using the company in the letter, I bought a mailing list from eBay. They were cheaper and I got more names (CUTTING CORNERS AGAIN!!).

Since I was already living paycheck to paycheck, we were only able to mail out 50 letters a week. True enough, we didn't mail them all at once like the letter says, but after the 2nd week, we started getting a couple dollars in our mailbox! It wasn't $90 like the letter says.

We mailed out the $1 to the people on our list BEFORE we mailed our letters. We wanted to be sure we blessed someone else so we could receive blessings. I didn't want what happened the last time to happen this time!

After 4 months and 4 days we'd received almost $82,000. Of course it's not what the letter stated, but it was a blessing and it was enough for us. You should've seen the kids. They came home from school everyday excited and ready to open envelopes! It was a fun project that paid a lot of bills and cleaned up my credit!

The bottom line is this: It's really easy to dismiss something before trying it. Did you know you were going to love Chinese before you even tried it? I didn't. I think in this day and time people are so guarded, as they should be, that they look for ways to save themselves from being scammed. That's understandable. Really it is. But if someone else believed enough to send you that letter, isn't it worth another look? I gain nothing by posting this blog...hell, you aren't gonna send me $1 are you?

Couldn't this actually work?

It did for us.