Originally Posted by MIS

Fact #6: Boycott all business relationships with websites and sponsors that employ bad practices which damage the consumer base for our industry. I am not going to name any sponsors, but you know some of the top sponsors, who for example, cross sale a $2.95 trial membership into a $200/month worth of subscriptions. Do you think when "Joe the plumber" opens his credit card statement, he is going to be thrilled with his choice to surf and buy a membership to a porn site? Statistics show, that such consumers almost never purchase such a product again, and will always view it as scam. You have just lost a consumer who could potentially bring 1000s of dollars in sales across the industry in exchange for a quick $200 dollar. Everyone is destroying each others consumer base this way. Think about this over 1000s of consumers a day. You are losing out billions of dollars a year in revenue pursuing such practices. People talk about bad experiences more than positive ones, so you are reducing the growth of such consumer base as well.