it is the year 2003, the last time I heard upsells being ridicuelled was in 1999 .... those that ridicuelled are now happily upsell to their hearts are content. Margins are tighter, it's a simple fact. How do you think webmaster programs can afford to pay out $40+ per signup.
if you wanna see something worst then this - go to
www.privategold.com and enter some details in the pre-join page, press submit for a 3 day trial and then check out the terms on the 2nd page.... it was pretty bad yesterday. I might even cut & paste it here