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Rick Latona · 03-14-2005, 08:14 AM

My traffic manager CJ_Ryan is one of my best friends and he is incredibly honest. Someone (I don?t want to disclose who) hit him up. Here is the conversation:

[10:03] Ryan Hogrefe: Session Start (ICQ - 137903833:117009101): Mon Mar 14 09:54:15 2005
117009101: Hey Ryan, this xxxxx from xxxxxxx hit me up when you get a chance, got something to ask you about your account? [Offline Message (3/8/2005 [17:12])]
Ryan: yo
Ryan: been on a trip
Ryan: hit me up when you're online
117009101: I'm here... did you go to the Cancun show?
Ryan: nope, I was on a cruise
*** 117009101 signed on at Mon Mar 14 09:56:25 2005.
117009101: cool...cool... Well, I just was going over some accts last week and noticed the CJ xxxxxx acct had no refferal and if your interested, I could set you personally up as the refferal and make you a few extra bucks?
Ryan: sure, sounds good
117009101: cool... figured it would... haha Just grab a personal acct, unless you already have one and I'll switch the refferal on CJ to you...
Ryan: oh, I can't do that
117009101: why?
Ryan: because that is unethical

So, I got pissed as hell and started talking to him. Our conversation is below:

[10:04] Rick Latona: you there?
[10:04] Xxxx: yea, whats up?
[10:04] Rick Latona: you trying to bribe my traffic manager?
[10:05] Xxxx: No, I thought he was part owner... I got miss info...
[10:05] Rick Latona: he is supposed to be sending traffic based on what makes me the most money. if you give him a referral fee he won't be making sound decisions. that's fucked up man.
[10:05] Rick Latona: so if he was part owner the other owners would get screwed
[10:05] Rick Latona: your logic isn't sound
[10:06] Xxxx: I was looking to send you guys more money... not trying to do anything shady...
[10:07] Rick Latona: your actions could cost me money if my traffic manager wasn't my best friend and incredibly honest.
[10:08] Rick Latona: if you wanted to "send" me more money you'd just raise our payout. you clearly knew exactly what you were doing.
[10:09] Xxxx: No problem, who would be best to send the the refferal to? Just add it on the sales? You guys have been a decent affiliate and just thought no reason the refferal should go to waste?
[10:10] Rick Latona: just increase our payout

So what do you guys think of this?

03-14-2005, 08:14 AM
Rick Latona The Best Ideas Start Here Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Atlanta Posts: 6,037	I consider this very unethical. How would you handle this? My traffic manager CJ_Ryan is one of my best friends and he is incredibly honest. Someone (I don?t want to disclose who) hit him up. Here is the conversation: [10:03] Ryan Hogrefe: Session Start (ICQ - 137903833:117009101): Mon Mar 14 09:54:15 2005 117009101: Hey Ryan, this xxxxx from xxxxxxx hit me up when you get a chance, got something to ask you about your account? [Offline Message (3/8/2005 [17:12])] Ryan: yo Ryan: been on a trip Ryan: hit me up when you're online 117009101: I'm here... did you go to the Cancun show? Ryan: nope, I was on a cruise *** 117009101 signed on at Mon Mar 14 09:56:25 2005. 117009101: cool...cool... Well, I just was going over some accts last week and noticed the CJ xxxxxx acct had no refferal and if your interested, I could set you personally up as the refferal and make you a few extra bucks? Ryan: sure, sounds good 117009101: cool... figured it would... haha Just grab a personal acct, unless you already have one and I'll switch the refferal on CJ to you... Ryan: oh, I can't do that 117009101: why? Ryan: because that is unethical So, I got pissed as hell and started talking to him. Our conversation is below: [10:04] Rick Latona: you there? [10:04] Xxxx: yea, whats up? [10:04] Rick Latona: you trying to bribe my traffic manager? [10:05] Xxxx: No, I thought he was part owner... I got miss info... [10:05] Rick Latona: he is supposed to be sending traffic based on what makes me the most money. if you give him a referral fee he won't be making sound decisions. that's fucked up man. [10:05] Rick Latona: so if he was part owner the other owners would get screwed [10:05] Rick Latona: your logic isn't sound [10:06] Xxxx: I was looking to send you guys more money... not trying to do anything shady... [10:07] Rick Latona: your actions could cost me money if my traffic manager wasn't my best friend and incredibly honest. [10:08] Rick Latona: if you wanted to "send" me more money you'd just raise our payout. you clearly knew exactly what you were doing. [10:09] Xxxx: No problem, who would be best to send the the refferal to? Just add it on the sales? You guys have been a decent affiliate and just thought no reason the refferal should go to waste? [10:10] Rick Latona: just increase our payout So what do you guys think of this? __________________ Regards, Rick Latona http://latonas.com Latona's - We Sell Money Making Web Properties Note to buyers of websites and traffic: please check our inventory at http://latonas.com/websites-for-sale. If you would like to make an offer on something, just let me know.