[extropy-chat] tickle

[Herb Martin]

If you have an above average IQ (estimate)
and wish to take a test then try contacting
Mensa for the SELF-TEST version.

They have one you can take (cheaply) and time/proctor
yourself.  (No point in cheating since they still 
make you take the private version) but it lets you
know if it's worth attending a proctored exam.

(The is really old info, since my daughter was in
her teens the last time I was involved with this.
She and my wife took the exams.)

Mensa has also been taking pretty much ANY exam
that can be normed to show the "top 2% of the
population" -- even SAT, and most any 'real' IQ exam
that is given under controlled/proctored conditions.



--
Herb Martin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org 
> [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of 
> Joel Peter William Pitt
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 3:17 PM
> To: ExI chat list
> Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] tickle
> 
> Uh, sorry for the reccomendation then.
> 
> I purely said tickle because it was one I had done in the past and
> seemed reasonably detailed. I didn't pay for IQ test or score. I have
> no affiliation with them and I don't endorse people signing up to get
> "in depth reports".
> 
> The funny thing is that I got an in depth report for free. Supposedly
> this was purely because in the top 0.n%. But I did have to register my
> *dis*interest in alot of spam sign ups.
> 
> Joel
> 
> On 11/22/05, Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> > oh, and fwiw:
> >
> > http://www.complaints.com/directory/2005/march/2/39.htm
> >
> > =======================
> >
> > www.tickle.com
> >
> > Previously known as emode.com?
> >
> > I made the mistake of taking and paying for an IQ test a 
> while back. I paid
> > $15 or $20 for a detailed report and thought that was that. 
> But from May
> > 2004 through Feb 2005 my credit card has been billed for a 
> subscription
> > service that I never subscribed to, with total fees charged $129.50
> >
> > This is a scam, nothing less. Now known as 'Tickle.com' 
> this is a classic
> > case of hidden charges. I bought and paid for the test 
> results, nothing more.
> >
> > I called customer service and spoke with a person who was 
> 'authorized to
> > refund 3 months of subscription fees' so I have now been 
> refunded $38.50, a
> > reasonable start but certainly not a full correction to the 
> problem. My
> > problem has been 'escalated to the Finance Dept' and 
> supposedly they will
> > call me to follow up.
> >
> > If I am refunded all but the agreed-upon fee for the test 
> results I will be
> > satisfied. Anything less is unacceptable.
> >
> > Craig S
> > ========================
> >
> > Presumably Craig wasn't smart enough to do the cancel jig 
> everyone else is
> > talking about, but this is all a tad... dubious... no?
> >
> > Damien Broderick
> >
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