Who here thinks pre-checked cross sales are shady?

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  • GITZINGER
    Confirmed User
    • Oct 2006
    • 929

    #1

    Who here thinks pre-checked cross sales are shady?

    I've noticed a few big sponsors doing it. What do ya'll think?
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  • Mutt
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Sep 2002
    • 34431

    #2
    shady - not illegal but shady. especially when the text is size=1 and the cross-sale site doesn't even have a URL to go with it and is priced at 39.99 or above.
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    • xxxice
      Confirmed User
      • Feb 2002
      • 5042

      #3
      /signed

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      • count of monte cristo
        Confirmed User
        • Sep 2004
        • 473

        #4
        would you consider a sponsor who credit card description is ATM CASCADE or a similar ATM-type descriptor and charges in $40.00 increments for their price points shady?

        hypothetically speaking, of course
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        • Voodoo
          ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠
          • Sep 2002
          • 10600

          #5
          Originally posted by count of monte cristo
          would you consider a sponsor who credit card description is ATM CASCADE or a similar ATM-type descriptor and charges in $40.00 increments for their price points shady?

          hypothetically speaking, of course
          "ATM Withdrawl"

          Hmm... Good idea!

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          • chupacabra
            Confirmed User
            • Sep 2002
            • 3626

            #6
            yes, shady as hell. surprised it is even still allowed by any processors at this point... talk about fucking the customer..
            ...promise her a defamation, tell her where the rain will fall..

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            • J. Falcon
              www.AdultCopywriters.com
              • May 2006
              • 31587

              #7
              Interesting subject.
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              • NTSS
                Confirmed User
                • Mar 2005
                • 5688

                #8
                Shady as fuck!

                This happened to me 3 months ago. Bought a program online and 3 months later I look at my cc statement to find I was being charged $14.95 per month for some retail discount membership. I ended up getting a refund on 2 months but took a loss for $14.95 on the 3rd. I was just happy to get most of my money back.
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                • jscott
                  jscizzle
                  • Feb 2001
                  • 25434

                  #9
                  VERY shady, do you know any sponsors off the top of your head that do this that you can mention?
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                  • GITZINGER
                    Confirmed User
                    • Oct 2006
                    • 929

                    #10
                    I'm not gonna name names. Just go to the 10 biggest programs you know and click the join button. Enter a user and pass and go to the credit card page, takes 2 secs to see who is doing it.
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                    • FreeHugeMovies
                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                      • Dec 2001
                      • 14141

                      #11
                      Fucking shady as hell. Post the sponsors who do this

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                      • GITZINGER
                        Confirmed User
                        • Oct 2006
                        • 929

                        #12
                        Originally posted by NTSS
                        Shady as fuck!

                        This happened to me 3 months ago. Bought a program online and 3 months later I look at my cc statement to find I was being charged $14.95 per month for some retail discount membership. I ended up getting a refund on 2 months but took a loss for $14.95 on the 3rd. I was just happy to get most of my money back.
                        Yeah, I can't understand how their chargeback ratios are not HUGE!! That's probably why only the biggest sponsors can do it, They have to have huge sales to keep the percentage of chargbacks down.
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                        • JamesK2
                          Confirmed User
                          • Aug 2004
                          • 6589

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Mutt
                          shady - not illegal but shady. especially when the text is size=1 and the cross-sale site doesn't even have a URL to go with it and is priced at 39.99 or above.
                          It does come with a url.

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                          • Phoenix
                            BACON BACON BACON
                            • Nov 2002
                            • 35475

                            #14
                            i love pre checked cross sales.

                            Liondollars doesnt do it though

                            but it makes money
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                            • Wizzo
                              2011 GFY Hall of Fame!
                              • Nov 2000
                              • 15224

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Phoenix
                              i love pre checked cross sales.

                              Liondollars doesnt do it though

                              but it makes money
                              Right there with you, and its just a standard in online commerce that isn't limited to adult by any stretch...
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                              • zibril
                                Confirmed User
                                • Feb 2007
                                • 731

                                #16
                                Shady as fuckin hell...

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                                • RawAlex
                                  So Fucking Banned
                                  • Oct 2003
                                  • 9465

                                  #17
                                  shady, yeah...

                                  The worst cases are sites that allow people to signup for $1 (or even free), but then pre-check cross sale them at $39.95 or something like that. For me that gets to be just about over the line.

                                  I also have an issue with programs that pay say $25 per signup to an affiliate, and then have a pre-checked cross sale for an amount higher than what the affiliate gets paid. Essentially, the program sets itself up to profit twice and pay once.

                                  All of this goes back to the ongoing, long running, almost endless of programs that promise to pay huge amounts of money per signup. They have to make the money somewhere to pay for it, don't they?

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                                  • Tom_PM
                                    Porn Meister
                                    • Feb 2005
                                    • 16443

                                    #18
                                    I have no troubles with them personally as a consumer. I take care when I'm about to spend money, and frequently ignore or uncheck extra offers for other items or warranties or extended home support when I buy.

                                    More annoying to me are forms when joining a messageboard/site where you have to carefully check to opt out of additional offers, AND UNcheck to opt out of other additional offers, lol.

                                    Imagine if paysites had 1 cross sale that said "Uncheck here now to not join this site" and a 2nd cross sale that said "Check here now to join this site". Chaos. The rules in place are sufficient.

                                    Also annoying is shopping for batteries and placing them on the counter with cash in hand and getting offered a cellular phone, long distance phone service, store credit card application, and being asked for my name and address.
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                                    • RawAlex
                                      So Fucking Banned
                                      • Oct 2003
                                      • 9465

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by PR_Tom
                                      Also annoying is shopping for batteries and placing them on the counter with cash in hand and getting offered a cellular phone, long distance phone service, store credit card application, and being asked for my name and address.
                                      imagine what it would be like if you went to buy a pack of $3 batteries, and when they gave you the bill, they said "That will be 297.50". It isn't a question of being asked and saying no, it is the assumption that you have said yes and you have to back away from it.

                                      I often wonder how programs can manage to do that stuff and still stay within chargeback limits.

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