357 is at it again!!!

[ApeDosMil]

wooo

[shreddermon]

I just got this e-mail...

Attention Black Label Fans! Be in the new 357 Customs television commercial with Zakk Wylde, and a special BLACK LABEL SOCIETY VIP concert at 357 H.Q.!

We're proud to announce this special offer in conjunction with the launch of our new 357 Electronics tablet/laptop!

With the purchase of a 357 Electronics laptop computer, you will be IN the new 357 Customs television commercial with Zakk Wylde!

We are going to limit the number of people in the commercial. This number has not been decided yet, but the number will be decided soon.

These people will recieve a laminated pass to come down to 357 headquarters in Tennessee and appear in a full day shoot with Zakk Wylde for the new 357 commercial!

If you happened to be one of the people who participated in, and got a free Epiphone guitar from our last offer, you're encouraged to bring it for the commercial, as you willl need your guitars strapped on! If you have not recieved your guitar yet, they are now shipping again and you will recieve yours in the next few weeks, wheather you take part in this promotion or not.

This commercial will start to air in September. Commercial shoot date is the 3rd week in August. The exact day will be determined in the next couple weeks pending Zakk's schedule.

IN ADDITION, everyone who is in the commercial will be invited BACK to Nashville in October for a PRIVATE BLACK LABEL SOCIETY CONCERT to be held at the 357 Customs Headquarters! We will send you new lamintates for this event, but it will be ONLY for the people who are in the commercial. This concert will be held the 3rd week in October. The exact day will be determined in the next couple weeks pending Zakk's schedule.

All computers sold before April 26 are PRE-ORDERS. this is a PRE-ORDER offer, and the computers will be available for shipping by May 1. Customers who want to pick up their computers at 357 can do it the day of the video shoot. All other computers will be shipped via UPS.[font=10]

For more info, check out www.357customs.com/zakkvip.htm

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

I'm sorry, but

Pyramid scheme! He's hoping the money from this will help pay for the "free" guitars from prior deals.

Man, I truly hope you guys didn't get ripped. But - more and more every day- this smells like a scam.

[jgcable]

You have got to be kidding me. Now this custom motorcycle shop is selling overpriced import laptop computers?
This is most definately a pyramid scheme of some sort. I wonder if 357 Customs is run by Amway.

[fett]

How fukking deep is the hole they are digging? There will be Congressional hearings when this blows up.

[MikeStrat]

Can you say Class Action Suit boys and girls?

[fett]

You can't get money in a suit if it's not there. Just ask OJ.

[Shotgun]

"If you happened to be one of the people who participated in, and got a free Epiphone guitar from our last offer, you're encouraged to bring it for the commercial..."

I can't resist:

"For the other 3,950 of you who participated in, and did NOT get a free Epiphone guitar from our last offer, you're encouraged to pre-order one of these laptops anyway!"

[IrfaanSE801]

Exactly!

I think they shipped a few guitars, just to make it look good when they actually back out of supplying the rest. They will come up with an excuse, and offer refunds of the original purchase. They will probably also offer the people who got fucked over a "deal" on some piece of shit diecast bike or MP3 player in good faith. That is my prediction. Let's wait and see if I'm psychic, or just psycho. :ROTF: :ROTF:

If they glady refund lets say 3-4000 guitars/orders that won't get shipped out, and they had everyone's money since December, how much money do ya think generated in interest for them? Hate to even think it cause I got my guitar and I had faith in em for everyone else's orders, but this just sounds like a company partnered with Zakk Wylde to sell cheap BS to people in exchange for Zakk related stuff (free sig guitars, concerts, promos for the company with Zakk, a BLS concert)

[charvelguy]

OK...I may be wrong, (as in my suspicion may be) but I seem to recall something about a "Chad" guy in St Cloud Mn (or it may have been Brainerd that time) being involved in some type of a webscam from some other info I read awhile back.

How do I know this? I honestly do not recall the exact circumstances of how I stumbled across all this but I do recall something I seen and I remember it because the guy was/is local. The postings were by someone who got burned and wanted to expose the guy and his companies as crooked.

I hope I am wrong about this..it just is striking something with me and want to post that my gut feeling is something isn't right.
I wish I could remember the exact cirsumstances of how I came across this when I did..because I seem to think it was last Winter... it may have been something affiliated with eBay or something else....I hate being vague, and I wish I had more solid ground to stand on with my accusation, like links etc.... but I would be really leary of trusting this guy.

If anyone has any info to point me in a direction of researching the validity of this.. I am not to far from StCloud, MN.. I'd be willing to put some hours into this.

Also.. has anyone done any checking into 357's background with the BBB or the chamber of commerce in thier area?
Is there anything on the Black Label site or Zakks site about his concert?

[veemagic]

Look everyone. We have gone this far. This WILL work out. Just as some of you have these "gut" feelings on this being a scam, for some reason I have a "gut" feeling this is legit. I dont know why. Maybe because there is still far to much interaction with 357 when if its a scam they should be hiding. Now of course I'll readily admit this isn't the most well organized promotion but they are getting things done. 357 has returned every call I made and been on top of everything I asked. Lets just stay positive shall we!!

[StukaJU87]

Agreed. I am not calling it a scam quite yet. I do think that 357 is stalling for time with the excuses though. In the end, I am hoping it all works out for all you guys that got involved.

[jgcable]

Agreed. I am not calling it a scam quite yet. I do think that 357 is stalling for time with the excuses though. In the end, I am hoping it all works out for all you guys that got involved.

+1 sort of.
I think it is a scam but I hope it works out for all you guys too.

[IrfaanSE801]

Like I said, I got mine, so it's not a scam. Just a wierd fukkin company...

[Shotgun]

Like I said, I got mine, so it's not a scam. Just a wierd fukkin company...

http://www.sec.gov/answers/ponzi.htm

I have no idea if this is a ponzi scheme or not. But if it isn't, what is happened so far is exactly what one would expect from a Ponzi scheme.

[veemagic]

I think Discovery is missing this one! Screw American Chopper. This one would have been a blast watching from behind the scenes! What do you think the actual bike builders are saying about the comercials and MP4 players?? They do have builders right??