How did you learn about testing out of your degree?

[sanantone]

While I certainly agree with you that the "free" advice provided on this forum is worth real $$, Jay's advertising does cost him real money. Like andrewtn, I could figure out that Jay's main "big idea" was nothing more than making his reader's aware of the Big 3. However, until I found Jay's ad, I was completely unaware of their existence. In my case Jay's ad saved me many hours of searching for an answer to help my ADD son finish his degree (about 100 hr. of credit at that time) in a format and time span that would keep him in the game. While Jay's success story, other reference material, and forum did not prove to be particularly germane to my son's music degree, I feel that Jay does provide value comensurate with the price he asks.

I guess it's just a different way of looking at things. I see it as akin to paying Cheerios for a box of cereal you aren't going to eat just because their commercials informed you that whole grains can lower your risk for heart disease. For-profit companies spend money on advertising because they expect a return on that investment, not because they're simply trying to educate people about something. If they fail to get a person to purchase their product, then they don't deserve anything. They knew the risk going in. It's all a part of doing business. If Jay wants a return on his advertisement investment, then he needs to offer a product people want to buy. I wouldn't feel the least bit sorry for him if he lost money on marketing, but it sounds like he's doing well and is in no need of charity. If what you say he is doing is true (nothing more than making readers aware of the Big 3), then his whole operation is a scam making him less deserving of any charity.