| At one point or another, most people involved in the | | | | was until the officials caught wind of the way that |
| internet marketing world have heard of scams going | | | | main men Mark and Harry Tahilani were doing |
| on, but the BigSmart ordeal is yet another to add to | | | | business. |
| the pile. This time, the Federal Trade Commission got | | | | It turns out that this was some big pyramid operation; |
| involved and the two main promoters in this marketing | | | | pyramid operations are illegal business ventures. It |
| scheme were forced to pay consumer redress. This | | | | made them a good deal of money but the partners |
| was a winner for the consumer, right? What is (or | | | | were forced to pay the money back, as they were |
| WAS) the BigSmart income opportunity all about? | | | | guilty of committing the crime before any judgment |
| The BigSmart Opportunity | | | | was ever even made. To some people it sounds like a |
| Everybody has seen those commercials up late at | | | | guilty conscience. To other people it may sound a bit |
| night promising to help people make their own money, | | | | like wanting to get a horrible ordeal over with. |
| get rich overnight, or something else outlandish of that | | | | The Repercussions to the BigSmart Ordeal |
| nature. While it is highly possible that many of these | | | | These days, there is no BigSmart business opportunity |
| schemes will work BigSmart was one of these | | | | running anywhere. The Tahilanis agreed to never |
| programs and they are now forced to pay back | | | | participate in any multi level marketing or MLM group at |
| consumers for money they lost on their opportunity. | | | | any time in the future, and risk severe consequences if |
| The sad thing about the BigSmart opportunity is that it | | | | they even try. People believed in BigSmart and that is |
| sounded so great and simple as well. It was a | | | | why they were eventually forced to cease business |
| web-based opportunity that promised big return for | | | | operations. When customers see a sound business |
| investors who were willing to do certain things. In this | | | | opportunity, they jump on it-sometimes to find that the |
| case, BigSmart specialized in internet shopping mall | | | | ice was thin; this was the case with the BigSmart |
| buying and selling. It sounds like a lucrative plan, and it | | | | income opportunity. |