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95% off

Last Summer I wrote about a weird 96% Off deal. This morning I got an email with even stranger proposition. The want to suck my extra fat off for 5% of the cost of this pleasant procedure. Actually, it’s up to 95% off. For a lousy $99 they promise me this:

lipo

I’m not going to lie to you. I like tis photo. I really do. And the panties look nice and inviting.

“20- to 40-minute noninvasive treatments employ ultrasonic waves to reduce fat in areas such as the abdomen, thighs, and upper arms.”

Nice. But why 95% off? Do they assume that after attending this establishment I’ll fall in love with these ultrasonic waves and will create a new ritual of attending this liposuction place on a monthly basis for $1.5 grand a pop? Does it means that liposuction procedure works for a short time and then you are hooked on waves?

Nay, I’m not buying this deal. I’d rather save these $99 too and will finally start this 200-pushups program, which is 100% free. But let me tell you, I like this photo!


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Yakov Fain is a Managing Director of Farata Systems, consulting, training and product company. He has authored several Java books, dozens of technical articles. SYS-CON Books released his latest co-authored book , Rich Internet Applications with Adobe Flex and Java: Secrets of the Masters in Spring 2007. Sun Microsystems has nominated and awarded Yakov with the title Java Champion. He leads the Princeton Java Users Group. He is an Adobe Certified Flex Instructor. Yakov co-athored the O'Reilly book "Enterprise Application Development with Flex". He twits at twitter.com/yfain.