re: why we sell stuff on the website
When we started card counting, we learned a million mistakes along the way, and probably cost ourselves millions of dollars worth of EV in the process. Fortunately, we had bj21 as well as each other to correct ourselves along the way. I wish I could have paid $1K of my bankroll to a seasoned pro when I was first getting started. It would have made me a lot more money in the long run.
We have people who come to our bootcamps and still believe the simplest gambler's fallacies. Some of them are losing 4, 5, or 6 figures each year at casinos. Since we have a proven track record (having been a part of and run teams that won in the mid 7 figures), we know we can teach them what it takes to truly be an advantage player. I know they can read books or whatever, but that doesn't mean they'll get it.
We've only had 1 person tell us our bootcamp wasn't valuable and there was nothing we had to teach him(he could count cards well enough to get kicked out of casinos, but still made basic strategy mistakes)... a year later he emailed us about how much money he was losing following his own advice, rather than ours. That's why we offer money back guarantees on everything. If it's not valuable, people shouldn't pay for it.
For what it's worth, if someone from Blackjackinfo wants to attend a bootcamp for free I'd gladly give away a spot. If it's a waste of time and money, then you can let us and everyone else know. If it's valuable, great.
Anyway, we really aren't trying to scam people into paying money for stuff. We want to give people great content, and charge what's fair for it (just like we did with bj21, dozens of books, dvds, etc for years and years). But we also give a lot of it away for free so that people who aren't willing to pay can still learn from our experience.
Cheers.