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Old 04-22-2006, 08:45 PM  
DamageX
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Originally Posted by AmateurFlix
I think the idea is that there will be a never ending supply of noobs to take advantage of with overpriced ad spots. Watch what most of the people selling these spots do:

1. They announce some spots are for sale
2. Some 'third party' (that is more typically someone working for the same person(s) selling the spots) mentions what a great bargain the spots are and that the days of free listings are coming to an end blah blah blah the sky is falling...
3. Someone mentions the low or negative ROI these spots almost invariably produce
4. The person complaining is told:
a) they don't know that they're doing
b) their galleries suck
c) they need new sponsors and should pay for more spots to test the new sponsors on or
d) they should get out of the business
e) a very small % of customers (usually one or two out of hundereds) claims that they had good results and everyone else sucks
Being that we know only one company who holds the bigger part of the market on brokering paid spots, we don't need to name any names. We can always point fingers to GTS though.
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