Interesting reading all of this.  I'll I could see was a company called 'Six Figure Income' attempting to piggy-back on SFI's long running success.  SFI doesn't ask for any fees ever, makes it clear to everyone that if they spam, they are out for good and there is nothing in their marketing material about 'long sales spiels'.  They don't even attempt to encourage their affiliates to buy anything at all and I have yet to receive any such 'spam' from them in my email.  All of this is a breath of fresh air after all of the online, work at home opportunities out there that I have checked out over the past 5 years.  They are definitely way different than all of these other scummy sites.  Additionally, Gery himself answers posts every day in the forums; he makes himself very available to others, not hiding away cowering in fear...in other words, he doesn't appear to have a guilty conscience.  Seems like jealousy attacking them...they are so clean.