Remember the underwear scheme in 6th grade? I think it was more cunningly titled “Pretty Panty Exchange,” and the idea was the exact same as every other chain letter pyramid scheme: send two pairs of underwear, two dollars, two books, whatever, one to each of the addresses above you, and in six weeks you’ll have a million pairs of underwear(!), a million dollars(!), an entire library of fabulous paperbacks(!). I probably opted out simply because I can’t–and never could–handle the word panties. Cringe.
Nevertheless, it always sounded too good to be true.
Ask anyone involved in Zeek Rewards and they’ll tell you that is exactly what it is. (By the way, did that story make national news, or are we just privy to it because it happened a few miles down the road from us?)
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