Hi all,
By coincidence I was browsing the net and came across this forum. I felt so strong about this topic, I registered with this site so that I could tell you my story.
In 1986, I was young and living in Sydney and received a similar letter to those you have been discussing. I paid the money and again kept receiving letters and deals, which I kept buying into.
I received quite a large book-an encyclopedia, a book on poker (and neocheating concepts), a thin booklet on the discovery (with interesting articles on the bicameral mind and dupont) and a booklet on achieving biological immortality (the book with least day to day relevance in my opinion). My manuscript has a handwritten number on it.
There is some truth to the scam approach, in they way the NeoTech/Think guys lever up your spend, but in my case the outcome far outweighs the original cost.
At first I felt cheated because I was looking for a simple solution to life, however I kept those books and over the years read and reread them and started to practice, broadly, objectivism in my day to day life.
Back then I was a junior administrator, on meagre pay and usually dateless (due to lack of confidence mainly). Taking on the concepts within those pages, I reinvented myself over a number of years. I went back to school, completed my tertiary entrance exams, studied 2 professional degrees and went on to what I am today-an owner of my own practice with a presence across Australia and sometimes overseas. I am married to a wonderful loving woman (with whom we have passionate romantic love) and 2 fantastic children. We have a fulfilling life with regular travel and a focus on family and our culture (European based-food, wine, music, family etc). I improved my health by taking up a sport that I enjoy and still enjoy.
I still have the books and reference them now and again. I have kept this to myself over the years because one thing I have learned is that what counts is how you believe in yourself and found in the early days there were a lot of disbelievers. This is the first time I have opened up for over 20 years on this topic.
These days I don't listen to negativity and mysticism, almost never to politicians, I avoid the 'authority' espoused by people in position of influence (especially banks and large corporations) and focus mainly on creating and delivering honest value in return for value.
If you are scared to spend the money then at least look up topics on objectivism, concepts around rejection of mysticism, creation of value and exchanging value for value, keeping your health and fitness, romantic love with a single monogamous focus, and generally being a better person without pretense, coercion or negativity of your fellow men and women.
Note: I don't know if the topics I have set out are the same as those contained within the books you have/or might purchase. I have never had an affiliation with the publishers in any manner and have no idea if they still publish the same works-it just looked the same when I read your posts.
Anyway, if any of you take the punt and attempt to live this lifestyle, let me know. I'd be interested to see if others received a benefit.
FM