SMC or Specialty Merchandise Corporation, is a infrastructure that has been in business for over 60 years. They own many internet sites and broadcast infomercials throughout the television network. SMC claims to be the best way to start your very own home based business, by becoming a member. SMC provides its members with high demand products, at rock bottom prices, which you can easily turn around for a large profit margin. They also claim that beginning your business with them is easy and hassle free, and you don’t need any previous sale or market experience, because “The product practically sells itself” -as stated by testimonials, broadcasted on one of their infomercials. Seems practical, and obviously it isn’t free, so how much does this SMC membership cost? Well, the Silver Plan allows you to start for only $24.95. In addition, there are eleven consecutive charges of $39.95, which then results in a sum of $479.40. They offer another option, The Gold Plan, which costs a one time charge of $299.95, which will save you roughly $164.00 off The Silver Plan. Also, with The Gold Plan, not only do you receive a membership with SMC, you also receive and extra $100.00 worth of SMC products. So what does this steeply priced membership include? The website http://www.smcorps.com states that the membership includes: The Complete SMC Business Kit, Powerful Catalogs that bring you orders, Access to Thousands of Fast Selling, High Profit Products, A FREE Business Coach, and Drop Shipping at No Additional Cost. With these tools, SMC allows you to quickly get your money back, and begin making a reasonable profit with your new home based business. As you might imagine, this processes isn’t as perfect as it may sound. As long as SMC has been on the internet, there have been reports of the corporation being a scam and a rip off, yet SMC continually comes up with positive testimonials which show that the SMC membership actually does what it claims: makes you a profit. Well I am here today to invite you on an Investigation of the Specialty Merchandise Corporation. I have just recently ordered the free information packet available by visiting their website, or calling their toll-free number as displayed on their infomercials. So please, come with me on me attempt to profit with the Specialty Merchandise Corporation, and help you decide either to invest with SMC or not.