Disclaimer: The following information is NOT legal advice. While you may find the following information useful in making a decision about the Google Profits program I recommend you consult with a legal professional as far as what your appropriate course of action should be in this matter.

ALSO  – This has NOTHING to do with Wade Winger’s product called Google Profits which generally has had a decent enough reputation (and would be easy to refund using the Clickbank product refund procedures here.

The promotion for Erika Miller’s Google Profits on the site SearchProfitHouse.com starts out with what *I* would consider a gigantic piece of deception (your opinion may vary):

On page one of the SearchProfitHouse’s GoogleProfits promo they have a CNBC logo at the top with the following text beneath it:

“In our investigations the Google Profits system was the only successful home business program we tested…”

Balderdash! There is ZERO chance that any official representative from CNBC EVER said anything even close to this. The ONLY possible chance that someone could have seen that statement on CNBC is if it was in a COMMERCIAL or an INFOMERCIAL. Honestly, that is about the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen anyone try to put on a site. I can’t even believe that they think anyone would believe that nonsense.

CNBC has done NUMEROUS stories on all kinds of home businesses so to suggest that “the Google Profits system was the only successful home business program” they tested is not only idiotic, but also an insult to people’s intelligence.

Here’s another little doozie on the SearchProfitHouse site:

They show a log of the New York Times and below it have the quotation:

“… it is addictiong and exciting. Google Inc has done it again, if you give it a shot you will never look back…”

It’s almost as if SearchProfitHouse wan’ts people to think Google is the creator of the Google Profit’s system. They are NOT. Ugh! I would bet my left kidney and three of my thumbnails (well two anyhow) that they are counting on people mistakenly thinking that Google is somehow associated with Erika Miller’s Google Profits. Wow. They really, really think we are stupid.

Stuff like this is why we keep products like Google Profits far, far away from our Top 10 Recommended Home Business list.

Really, though that kind of stuff is just the tip of the iceberg. Let’s keep going…

Let’s see what happens when I try to get my free trial of Erika Miller’s Google Profits (oh, I just can’t wait)…

OK. Page 1: there’s some bizarre, devious-looking image of President George W. Bush next to a statement that says: “Put $500 A Week In Your Hands! Try my Google Profit$ system for FREE!”. Huh? Is Google Profits the President’s new plan for economic recovery?

Anyhow, I filled out the form noticed the “submit button” that says “Rush My Free Trial”. OK. I thought it said that the Google Profits system was free, but I guess it’s actually a free trial – although at this point I have no clue how long the free trial is…oh wait…let me scroll down the page (that’s kind of interesting, because I bet most people wouldn’t even bother scrolling down the page).

OK. It says the Free Trial is for 3 days. What? Someone with ZERO online business experience is supposed to figure out if the system is usable in THREE DAYS? LOL. You have GOT to be kidding me. Also, what happens after three days? I guess I’ll find out after I click the “Rush My Free Trial” button.

Anyhow. I’m going to press that “Rush My Free Trial” button now and here’s where I end up:

Page 2: Yikes. Here’s the full cost of the program. It says:

“Upon ordering you will get immediate access to our members area for 3 full days to review the wealth of content, videos, ebooks and more about making money on Google. After the 3 day period you will be billed a ONE-TIME fee of $135.00. If you decide this program is not for you please write an email to support@searchprofithouse.com with your contact information and a note to cancel. No other charges will appear.”

I guess that could be worse, but after the shenanigans on page 1 I’m not really sure if this is a company I want to do business with. Also, they have one of those strange refund policies I’ve been seeing lately which includes the stipulation that you have to have tried the program for 88 days before you can request a refund.

So one of two things is going on there:

A) They want you to prove that you tried the program
B) They want you to forget that you ordered the program
C) They want to be able to hold your money long enough to generate interest from it.
D) They really, really, really like the number 88
E) 88 days somehow reduces their risk of you being able to file a dispute with your credit card company (I don’t know if that’s true or not as I’ve just started looking into the state-by-state chargeback rules – I’ve posted a link to the ones in California below and highlighted a couple points beneath the link).

A thought as to why Does Erika Miller’s Google Profits might make you wait 88 days before you can file a refund…

This is something I just started thinking about and it’s something I’m going to have to collect more information about over time.

But I was looking at the California Office of the Attorney General’s information about Credit Card Chargeback rights which you can read about here which covers both federal credit card chargeback rights and rules under California state law about your right to challenge credit card charges you dispute.

One thing in the California Attorney General’s information that stood out for me was the following when they were talking about how long you had to dispute a charge that had to do with a billing error (one type of billing error which states:

“If you get your letter challenging the charge to your bank within the 60 day period (some banks extend this to 90 days, but don’t take a chance), you need not meet any other condition. No geographical restrictions apply. You need not make any attempt to resolve the dispute with the merchant, and you can assert a billing error even if you have already paid your credit card balance down to zero.”

I HIGHLY recommend you read find your OWN state’s information about Chargeback rights in your state and get the FULL information about your credit card chargeback rights in your state. I don’t have time to find them all at once, but if people start posting that they want me to find them for their state, just let me know what State you’re in and I’ll start finding them for you and eventually put all of the states on one page.

The California information page has a lot of great information for residents of California including credit card chargeback rights under the category of “billing errors” and the category of “claims and defenses” and much more, including important exceptions and definitions.

OK. I’m not going to actually order Erika Miller’s Google Profits.

First of all, according to the picture of Erika Miller on the SearchProfitHouse site it looks like she only gets paid in one dollar bills and I like to be paid by direct deposit or check. And second of all…well, I’m just NOT going to order this thing.

I’m a bit curious about some of the complaints, though. Because even though there’s NO chance this would end up any where near our top ten recommended home businesses list it does clearly state on the second page that you’ll be charged $135.00.

So I’m guessing the complaints might center about people’s ability to get a refund.