Originally Posted by deltav

Only in this industry do you get quotes like this:





I don't get it. Is it some ego thing innate to online adult, where the line between a True Playa and just some pasty guy in his mom's basement slinging porn is thin enough that people have to show off how well they're doing, that $70 owed shouldn't even register on their radar? And if it does for anyone else, they're a "chump"? You see this all the time and it comes across as insecurity.

Again, in other industries this doesn't fly. I do alright monetarily, but if the phone company owes me $70 credit from a closed account I sure as hell expect them to pay. If I do a couple hours consulting work for a client, again I expect that $70 or whatever.

And yeah, if I'm closing my account with a program I'd expect a payout upon request. It is sales made, work done. Never had this denied. I probably have at least several hundred dollars still kicking around programs that I don't promote anymore - most likely wouldn't take the trouble to pursue that $$$ after reading threads like these, but it would be nice to have the option to withdraw. With the amount of money programs pocket via hundreds of affiliates who don't make that minimum (and again the OP *did* make it and received checks, the site just stopped converting before a final check could be issued), you'd think they wouldn't mind.

That being said, calling it a "scam" in the OP is stupid too. People need to take a deep breath before tossing a thread up on here, think carefully about using words like "scam" "cheat" or outright accusing someone of content theft without knowing the details (as happened the last couple days).