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Originally posted by Rory
I think most of you seem to be missing a major point here. When a hotel charges you for a room that you booked and no showed, how is that the same as consumer buying from a site he sees and likes and then being 'auto signed up' to a site he has never seen or shown any interest in. I think fair charging of folks cc's is charging them for things they sign up for, not signing them up for a 5 day time bomb waiting to be billed for something they have never even shown any intrest in. What about giving the surfer content that he was looking for and charge him a monthly fee for it. If you deliver what the surfer was/is looking for and collect a fee as long as he/she is using the service what is wrong with that? I still think it is just flat out scamming by signing someone up to a site they have never seen or shown intrest in even if you give them a free few days. I agree that it is probably a great way to make a quick buck, but how many surfers do people such as yourself need to piss off (even if in your mind you are legit by giving them a few days before you charge them for a service they got fine prnted into joining) until nobody is able to get anyone to signup because they are sick of being screwed? I really do believe that people are willing to pay a fee for a site that offers unique and entertaining content, but if people keep getting screwed by fine print they are going to stop buying, we are selling a luxury service, not a neccessity. Like I said earlier there is nothing that I or anyone in this thread can say to make you change your business model, however at least step up to the plate and admit that you are using some fairly shady methods to charge a consumers card.
Rory
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with the hotel, you're getting charged for something you never even used....THAT is shady....I agree some of the sites crossbilling could use better disclaimers, but I'm not about to tell anyone how to run their business...
actually, we don't use shady methods at all...but because we are a partnership proggie, we don't get the same number of webmasters as other programs, but that suits us fine...we'd rather work with affiliates who want to make money with us long term, but there don't seem to be many. Hmmm, I wonder who the quick buck artists are? those who use "shady" practices...or those who want that $35-40-45-50 signup regardless? How shady is giving away from free porn to minors (like TGP's do)?