I still don't understand how she is taking advantage of anyone. Sure, maybe she is sleazy. But not rapacious.bacillusanthracis wrote:Considering the many thousands people who fail the California bar exam every year, all she has to do is find 20 people who attach value to a price tag, and she's making pretty damn good money. That is, some people will think a thing is more valuable if it's expensive.rcharter1978 wrote:I think you're both right. People become very desperate when it comes to the CBX, so is she taking advantage charging 9k for her program? Probably.AspiringAspirant wrote:It's definitely taking advantage of students. Her rate is her rate precisely because she knows there are desperate law students willing to spend way more than they should.estefanchanning wrote:Idk if the 9k tutor is taking advantage of anyone. Her rate is her rate. The market has other options--if someone doesn't want to pay 9k they can go to a hundred other tutors.bacillusanthracis wrote:One should never spend that much money on a tutor. It''s highway robbery. I even ran into someone who wanted NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS for her course. Sure, I guess the market will bear whatever someone is willing to pay, but taking advantage of desperate students is just wrong.barjamie8 wrote:I had the same issue. The essays were my downfall. But taking a LOT of time to look through real examples that scored 55, 65, 75 and comparing them to my own was instrumental in figuring out what I was doing right and wrong and what the graders were looking for. Eventually I just got it. A 6k tutor wouldn't have done that for me.
Anyway, some people will not "just get it." I didn't, and I'm a published writer and have edited unpublishable material into material that got published. I also write damn good trial briefs/P&A's for attorneys that are instrumental in winning at trial. However, my writing background may have worked against me because the bar exam is it's own little universe, applicable to little else. IOW, I think I thought more or less that since I've been successful writing in A, B, and C ways, I should be successful here too. But nope.
So I did need someone who could look at my essays and effectively communicate to me what it was I needed to do. Fortunately, I got that for considerably less than 6K.
For 6K, someone better be offering the entire course as many times as one needs to take it in order to pass. Hell, with Barbri you get a free re-do and they're what, about $3500-$4000?
By that logic, that's like saying a burger with gold flakes on it selling for 2k is "taking advantage of desperately hungry people"
It's like predatory law schools charging absurd rates for attendance when they know the service provided isn't nearly worth the cost. Did the students who attend these law schools have other options? Sure. Does the market demand allow for those law schools to charge those prices? Sure. Does any of that make those law schools blameless for preying on desperate folks who don't know any better? Hell no
But at the same time, everyone is an adult, and I assume people have done some reasonable level of research before hiring her for 9k. If they haven't, they really should. She should have a sterling success rate. Though I wouldn't even pay 9k for someone to clone a smarter version of me to take the exam.
Honestly though, I still find it hard to believe that anyone is getting someone to nearly pay them 10k. That's bananas.
It's the story of Tag Heuer watches. When the watch was first put on the market, the company was trying to compete in the lower end range of watches, but they weren't selling. So they hired a marketing firm that told them to leave the product as is, but charge three or four times as much. That's when Tag Heuer really took off. People weren't willing to buy it for $200, but at $600-$800, they were.
So that's what this lady does. I don't know what her success rate is, but if it's higher than average, some of that may come from confidence alone. "If I'm paying this much for this service, it must be good!" But there's also the factor of perception. If you think you got a good deal, then you got a good deal.
To each their own I guess, but I felt like I got sleaze on me just talking to her over the phone.
Let's assume she will guarantee that you pass. If I had a disposable 9k, I would happily fork it over. If I didn't, I'm not going to mortgage my house so I can get a loan and pay her. I will just pay less for a different tutor.
I don't think you are giving law students enough credit. They're smart enough to make reasonable choices. They not gullible. This situation is unlike an HIV/AIDS pharma company that gouges it's customers fully knowing there are no other alternatives.