There are two guys at my church who are planning on getting involved with this shonky telecommunications company. The reason i know it’s shonky is because i work for solicitors who act for them and others like them. I know what is in the contracts and i know the crap they put people through.
These guys are going to sell contracts for them, doing door-to-door, and to my understanding, i think they have to invest money into it first. I don’t know why, maybe they contract for them or something?
The thing is, us Aussies are very skeptical when something is too good to be true, which is why no one has even heard of most of these companies.
But for the ones who have been sucked into the scam, there have been articles on current affair shows exposing alot of what happens.
So anyway, with the recession and the exposure and stuff, i just think they are setting themselves up to fail. They are both really keen on it, i think they have been to some kind of seminar that promised them the world. It sounded a bit Amway-ish to me.
Should i say what i think about it and burst their bubble, or should i remain silent while they walk into a potential trap?
Are you thinking about selling your home yourself? then
Just mention you have heard some negative stories about their product/company and don’t want to see them get burned (financially).
Just let them learn their own lesson. They need to grow up and understand the reality of these door-to-door sales companies, because most reasonable people already know it’s just basically scamming in the forms of lock-in contracts.
if they ask you, tell em, if they dont just mind your own business!
They may be caught up in the moment and won’t listen to you. I would keep the friendship, and not try to convert them out of what they want to do. Be there when everything crashes in on them.
Cheers
Yes, a good friend would say something in this situation. It does not mean they will heed your warning, and you don’t get to say ‘I told you so,’ if they come to ruin, but a good friend would sound a warning. God bless.
You should tell them. At least if they decide to do it anyway, it wouldn’t be without knowledge. Of course, you realize the end result is a double-edged sword for you, but that is what separates a true friend from the rest of the world. A true friend, will put themselves out on a limb to save their friends. I would tell them that you struggled with this, before deciding to go ahead and tell them, because the last thing you wanted to do is burst their bubble, but your conscience wouldn’t allow you to keep silent, when you believe they are about to be scammed. If you tell them that way, they may not be so angry, will probably tell you they appreciate your concern, and if they are still gung ho in moving ahead, they will still do so. If their bottom drops out, just be sure you don’t tell them, " I told you so." Then you will anger them and I wouldn’t doubt it if they tell you to fly a kite.
If the bottom drops out, let them come to you and say something, like "we wish we had listened". If they say anything at all. If by chance they take your advice and decide to back off, and they find out later it was a scam, you’ll be their hero. But like I said it is a double-edged sword. If you don’t do it and your friends get hurt are you willing to live with that? But, on the other hand, if you do give them a heads up, you will be able to face yourself in the mirror at the end of the day, no matter what their response is. You can be confident that at whatever cost, it is always worth it to do the right thing.
God bless.
I’m with reinadelaz. If they’re you’re friends, you’d stand back and let them walk into a trap that could wreck their lives, and not say anything? There’s an old principle you should know if you have a legal training of any sort, often given in the latin, ‘Quis tacet, consentire’, in other words, ‘silence is consent’.
Legally, nobody can touch you, but morally, if your friends are ruined, I would regard you as sharing in the guilt of those who ruined them.
You might bear in mind that corruption is a moral category before it’s a legal category.
You might also bear in mind that what drives corruption, contrary to what most people believe, is not greed. Sure there’s a core of greed at the heart of it, but what drives it is the fear that ordinary people have. If they speak up, what will they lose? Job? House? Reputation? That fear is what makes people keep silent, just as you would like to keep silent.
You need to ask for the courage to speak up, and think how best to do it. But morally, there is no question, you have to speak.
I would sit down with them and try to tell and explain to them, what´s up with this
If they won´t listen, let them be..they will find out on their own and won´t do same mistake twice
You need to tell them the truth. Why,,, because the bible says we should have no part in exploiting others by means of dishonest gain.