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Originally Posted by edgeprod
Yep. I had a nice chat with them. Asked them if I, too, could make money by stealing. They said we should talk after the show. 
No, they didn't slander you. They were mostly laughing about you more than anything, talking about how you brought them a shitload of affiliates. They were slimy cocks and I felt like I needed a shower after talking to them, but there was some guy there at the booth who said he promoted them because he found a GFY thread bitching about them. *shrug*
And no, they didn't buy ME a drink, at least .. I just went to their booth to be a dick. I went to the show to meet up with the awesome guys from Webair, and to talk to Google about Autoblogger Pro and how it related to Blogger.
Weird, because they called you "Will van de Cock!" |
Seriously, that is the oldest line in the book and the reason people still use tactics like that is because most people believe it when they hear it.
If I was making them so much money Stan wouldn't have called me to try to work it out. If i was making them so much money he would be provoking me to do it more. The #1 way to try to get someone to stop doing something is to make them think they are doing more harm then good. If i had a dime for everytime I saw someone try to pull that one, hell if I had a penny for everytime someone actually bought that shit. Ask around to people who are familar with them over the last couple years, they are good at spin control and PR. I wouldn't be surprised if they paid someone to walk around and say yes I signed up because i heard about it from people bitching, etc... Afterall they are such an honest company, if they said their sales are going "up, up, up!" then surely it is true.