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|  07-11-2003, 06:29 PM | #1 | 
| HAL 9000 Industry Role:  Join Date: May 2001 
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				thanks topbucks and visa
			 Hello: During a recent routine scan of TopBucks accounts, we noticed that your account has an unusually high rate of credits/refunds. Regrettably, although we have not been able to identify anything specific in the way that you advertise or promote our sites that would contribute to a higher than normal refund/credit rate, we cannot continue to accept your traffic, in light of the high rate of refunds. You will be paid for all sales made through Sunday July 13th, but the account will be deactivated as of that day, and will not receive further credit for sales made. Please remove all links to TopBucks sites as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience, and regret that closing your account has been deemed necessary. With the major credit card companies getting more and more strict about refund, credit and chargeback thresholds, however, we have no choice but to take preventative measures in reducing our overall ratios. Please contact [email protected] with any questions or concerns that you have. Thank you and best regards, TopBucks Support That's the result when you decide to advertise milfseeker  | 
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|  07-11-2003, 06:36 PM | #2 | 
| Confirmed User Industry Role:  Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Colorado 
					Posts: 3,973
				 | That sucks! 
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|  07-11-2003, 06:38 PM | #3 | 
| So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hanging by the neck until dead. 
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				 | Of course their cookie cutter sites have nothing to do with the chargebacks, it is all your fault. | 
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|  07-11-2003, 06:40 PM | #4 | 
| Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2001 
					Posts: 8,245
				 | Rejected.... again?   | 
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|  07-11-2003, 06:40 PM | #5 | 
| Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Bay Area, California 
					Posts: 103
				 | How were you promoting them?   Are your chargeback rates higher than normal for other sites you promote? Can you figure out which traffic is your "bad" traffic then filter it out? 
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|  07-11-2003, 06:41 PM | #6 | 
| Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: www.Swoit.com 
					Posts: 256
				 | *ouch*... it begins 
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|  07-11-2003, 06:42 PM | #7 | 
| Join Date: May 2002 Location: Montreal 
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				 | fuck me that sucks 
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|  07-11-2003, 06:48 PM | #8 | 
| Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Chi-town 
					Posts: 3,112
				 | Their SU ratio went to complete shit & now they're pullin' this crap!? 
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|  07-11-2003, 06:48 PM | #9 | |
| HAL 9000 Industry Role:  Join Date: May 2001 
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|  07-11-2003, 06:50 PM | #10 | |
| Join Date: May 2002 Location: Montreal 
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|  07-11-2003, 06:51 PM | #11 | 
| Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 
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				 | if google traffic charges back a lot what hope is their for tgp traffic | 
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|  07-11-2003, 06:52 PM | #12 | |
| hi Industry Role:  Join Date: Jun 2002 
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|  07-11-2003, 06:53 PM | #13 | 
| hi Industry Role:  Join Date: Jun 2002 
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				 | I mean, can u be not active under my referal links? would be cool 
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|  07-11-2003, 06:53 PM | #14 | 
| Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2001 
					Posts: 1,901
				 | It's the Nasty Dollars dump all over again. This is probably a trend, and we'll see more of it. | 
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|  07-11-2003, 06:54 PM | #15 | 
| HAL 9000 Industry Role:  Join Date: May 2001 
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				 | no no that was overall sales. | 
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|  07-11-2003, 06:56 PM | #16 | 
| hi Industry Role:  Join Date: Jun 2002 
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				 | mmkay 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:00 PM | #17 | 
| Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: www.Swoit.com 
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				 | Mate if you need somewhere to park your traffic till you get it sorted, hit me up and i'll get you up and running over the weekend.   We can do some pretty custom stuff with keyword tracking and reporting for you. Steve 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:03 PM | #18 | |
| Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Chi-town 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:04 PM | #19 | 
| So Fucking Banned Industry Role:  Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: N.Y. -Long Island -- 
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				 | Googleguy is an tranny | 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:05 PM | #20 | 
| Confirmed User Industry Role:  Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The 510 
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				 | Topbucks lost an honest affiliate   | 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:06 PM | #21 | 
| Join Date: May 2002 Location: Montreal 
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				 | How many webmaster you ASSume TB will lose due to this tread?  Closing honest webmaster accounts sucks!! That is so fucked up, Instead of shutting you down , why dont did just switch your account to partnership? Whould be less of a dramatic blow. 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:10 PM | #22 | |
| aspiring banker Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: toronto 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:12 PM | #23 | 
| Confirmed User Industry Role:  Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Colorado 
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				 | Everyone is losing their minds.  Now honest webmasters are being terminated.  We would never terminated a webmaster that has been with us for awhile for something so ridiculous.  Why didn't they give you a warning or something like that these visa limits are not even in effect yet. Mark 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:13 PM | #24 | 
| Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: el lay, ca usa 
					Posts: 2,540
				 | switching people with high chargeback rates to partner won't really solve the problem... either way the program will have a higher percentage of chargebacks, and there will be fines and finally the program will be shut down entirely. btw, google guys are a lot smarter and more cautious than other surfers... they always unclick our clicked cross sale boxes and cancel the second they join. we do better with other search engine traffic or regular adult traffic than with google as far as those things go. | 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:20 PM | #25 | 
| Hello world! Industry Role:  Join Date: Mar 2003 
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				 | I wonder if this is the beginnings of a larger trend to come. | 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:25 PM | #26 | |
| Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Denmark 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:27 PM | #27 | 
| Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: FTL 
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				 | They closed my account a few days ago too. I see their emails are generic as hell. I've been an active webmaster w/ them over the past year and they were becoming my best sponsor in terms of sales. Hell if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have gotten my new car. But oh well, if they wanna start cancelling accounts because of the new regulations and not coming up with better solutions for the issue then so be it. I just find it pretty shady not to give anyone a warning or at least recommending other alternatives.  Sooner or later all webmasters in their program will be on that list of high chargebacks. | 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:30 PM | #28 | 
| Join Date: May 2002 Location: Montreal 
					Posts: 6,797
				 | Sumtin smells fishy 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:33 PM | #29 | 
| Confirmed User Industry Role:  Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: California 
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				 | Just got my email  | 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:34 PM | #30 | 
| Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sunny Florida 
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				 | They're already running scared, and willing to kill anything in their path... | 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:35 PM | #31 | |
| Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: A Free America 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:36 PM | #32 | 
| Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: California 
					Posts: 2,021
				 | I thought I was the only one whose TB sign up ratios went to shit all of a sudden ... 1:4107.. what the fuck? | 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:36 PM | #33 | |
| Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ottawa 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:42 PM | #34 | |
| Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ottawa 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:44 PM | #35 | |
| Join Date: May 2002 Location: Montreal 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:48 PM | #36 | 
| Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Malakiaville 
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				 | Wow, big loss for Topbucks cancelling Soul_Rebel. I've known Soul for a long time and done a lot of business with him and he is one of the most honest webmasters around. He also has a ton of kickass SE traffic. If that traffic isn't good enough for Topbucks then I don't know what is. Talk about a knee jerk reaction! | 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:51 PM | #37 | |
| Confirmed User Industry Role:  Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Colorado 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:58 PM | #38 | 
| Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: CO, US 
					Posts: 3,056
				 | If any of you guys are looking for a place to send your traffic where your account won't be cancelled for some bullshit reason just check sig! | 
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|  07-11-2003, 07:59 PM | #39 | 
| Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Free Speech Land 
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				 | Damn. | 
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|  07-11-2003, 08:02 PM | #40 | 
| Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: KB's trailer 
					Posts: 7,840
				 | You are going to see alot more of this. Also, you are going to see processors stop taking new transactions from certain affiliates. 
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|  07-11-2003, 08:37 PM | #41 | 
| HAL 9000 Industry Role:  Join Date: May 2001 
					Posts: 34,515
				 | thanks manga, i made this thread to point a wrong business decision according to me. I didn't mind getting termed this way from TB since their program lost value from me long time ago. I see I'm not the only one on this. It's up to them to decide with who they want to do business.  Brad,what's the standard shaving of the industry? 30% ? Who knows, under certain circumstances my account would have a different cb %.   It's my belief that some sponsors got scared a lot with the new visa rules and without research started taking decisions. Some of them were pulling a lot of shits and now they are puzzled. In less than a month things will be clear again and then we'll notice if poor business decisions affect your business in a serious degree or not. | 
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|  07-11-2003, 08:40 PM | #42 | 
| Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: KB's trailer 
					Posts: 7,840
				 | Soul_Rebel, I am sure some sponsors shave, could not tell you who as I am too busy doing biz with people I know. I try to do business with trusted companies that I know such as ARS, Max Cash, Top Bucks, Plat Bucks, etc etc. lets just say for arguments sake that you sent top bucks 100 joins, and 10 of those chargebacked. Can you blame them for canning your account for having a 10% ratio? They have to get under 1%, as we all do. 
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|  07-11-2003, 08:49 PM | #43 | 
| HAL 9000 Industry Role:  Join Date: May 2001 
					Posts: 34,515
				 | Brad, i understand,that's why i said who knows.  I don't know,it's the 2nd time i get terminated for cb issue. Few months ago I received a similar email because it happened my 1st sale on a sponsor to be a potential chargeback. They weren't even sure if it was fraudulent transaction when they sent me the email. My account after some emails was reactivated though. Maybe i'm a high risk webmaster. | 
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|  07-11-2003, 09:16 PM | #44 | |
| Confirmed User Industry Role:  Join Date: Jan 2002 
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 UNLESS, that webmaster is blatently lying to get them that traffic. Webmasters don't control what's inside a members area. We're only responsible for sending them as far as their tour. | |
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|  07-11-2003, 09:30 PM | #45 | 
| GFY HALL OF FAME DAMMIT!!! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: The Mansion 
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				 | Yup its an awful shame when they cut the honest webmasters and then you see someone spamming the same program in your email box   I got a similair letter from FLASHCASH recently but they didnt pay me any of the money they owed me. ( i bet the owner is having a vacation on all of our money ). if you promote www.flashcash.com or www.offshoreclicks.com dont be suprised to wake up one day and find all your money stolen by the owners.      | 
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|  07-11-2003, 09:55 PM | #46 | |
| Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Gooch city 
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 this is the second time a program did that to u.. whats going on with ur signups man! 
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|  07-11-2003, 10:13 PM | #47 | 
| Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Canada 
					Posts: 1,721
				 | i've always like topbucks...their sites do well. i guess we'll all to live with the 'fear' of getting those letters for the next little while. | 
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|  07-11-2003, 10:16 PM | #48 | 
| Join Date: May 2002 Location: Montreal 
					Posts: 6,797
				 | Intersting how most program owners blame the webmaster for high charge backs. Maybe if the sponsor would actually have content worth 30bucks a month they'd get less charge backs.  Maybe   Some sponsors have given me access to their members area(not TobBucks, never seen their members area) and 90% of them I would not join for 10bucks a month. I have some AVS sites with better content than some of the crap ive seen, lol. Everyone has the same crappy feeds, "Join now. get access to 50,000 movies" LOL gimme a fucking break!! You want less charge backs? Try having some origional content, quality content, contant that the horny surfer can actually get off on. Note to all program owners: STOP CRYING AND GO UPDATE YOUR MEMBERS AREA. 
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|  07-11-2003, 10:22 PM | #49 | 
| Confirmed User Industry Role:  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Moon 
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				 | They did this to me about a year ago...  at least you are getting paid... I didn't get paid some of the moneys... 
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|  07-11-2003, 10:26 PM | #50 | 
| Drunk and Unruly Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hollywood 
					Posts: 22,712
				 | Blame it on Tupac.  You are sending too much 'thug traffic' that likes to chargeback. 
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