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Old 10-13-2007, 10:31 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by Papillon View Post
you are one of these guys that likes to 'preach' because you think everyone is ill informed or not as educated as you but straight up you dont know what you're talking about
So would you say we as an industry deliver a good quality product that is value for money and reflects the true cost.

Or would you say we could do better.

Or would you say we are on balance not giving the surfer what he should be getting?

I had my "Irony meter" turned up on full this morning and it suddenly struck me that if we cared as much about not scamming the surfer as we care about us not getting scammed we would all be a lot better off.

The main reason we struggle today to make money is a wary - educated - surfer. Maybe we should not of taught him so well.

D think about what I'm writing, selling a fantasy is not the problem, it's when we sell a lie that it's wrong.

Let's face it and be real. The only reason we got our CBs under one percent was because we were forced to and even today I see sites upselling the surfer on a "free join" for a $110 after a few days. And webmasters saying they will pull their links because the guy is scamming them!!!!!

So scamming the surfer is fine?

Yes it's better today, but we still have a long way to go and it would be nice to hear more about sites and affiliates scamming surfers.
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