| ♦ REFRESH to rotate MAAMAW'S CLICKY NOTES thru this space..... Timely Tips, Best of the Boards & More ♦ |
| PROTECT YOURSELF FROM SCAMS! Research all business opportunities thoroughly, and never blow off other people's bad experiences. Ask around (and listen!). The Scams101 Message Board is a good place to start. What's that? You've found a Biz Op and you're wondering if it's endorsed by FIB?... Not unless it's listed in MaaMaw's Magnificent Toolbox. |
| |
FIB - Scams 101
Re: SiteSell - Problem Paying Commissions?
Posted By: Bob E. In Response To: SiteSell - Problem Paying Commissions? (Markus Allen)
Date: Saturday, March 29, 2008, at 2:24 p.m.(pst)
Markus,
I read some of that thread you posted but couldn't read it all. Threads like that get really old really quickly. Those threads are a dime a dozen on internet marketing and related forums.
I. too, have been owed commissions by certain vendors and never got paid. They just ignore my emails anymore and I just stopped emailing them altogether because it's just not worth my time. There comes a point where you have to just chalk it up as a loss and move on. If SBI owes you around $0K or more, then you need to get a lawyer involved in order to get paid. I hear anything under $10K and it's not worth hiring a lawyer. But it's really up to you. Maybe it would be worth it to you to hire a lawyer in this case even if it's under $10K they owe you so that it will alleviate a lot of your own time in trying to collect the payment.
Now, I have to admit, something in your first post on that thread you posted makes me wonder about your own integrity. You said,
"I've promoted over 200 affiliate programs since December of 1997... and less than 10 ever paid."
Well, if that's true then you're promoting the wrong stuff from the wrong people. You're claiming that only 5% of the 200 affiliate programs you have promoted since 1997 have ever paid you your commissions? I find that IM and make money products not only have a higher return rate but they also have a higher rate of dead beat vendors who don't pay affiliate commissions. But 5%? What are you smoking, man!? Maybe you need to stay away from PayDotCom.com, who is a haven for deadbeat affiliate vendors. But even Paydotcom has a rate of legit vendors of more than 5%, way more (but the rate of deadbeats is too high ot even bother with PDC, given it's other problem, like slow servers). If you find that only 5% of affiliate program vendors are legit and pay commissions owed, then I'd suggest to you that perhaps the affiliate marketing business isn't for you. Run as fast as you can out of that business.
Anyways, if you are in fact owed money by SBI, I do hope you get it back, but please stop making outrageous claims like the one I just pointed out. Everyone knows that if a person has such a bad experience with finding legit affiliate vendors as you claim to have, said person would not've stayed in the affiliate marketing business for as long as you have (10+ years).
Bob E.
>> This may come as a shock for many of those who hear a lot of great
>> things about Ken Evoy and SiteSell...>> ... After promoting over 200 different affiliate programs over the
>> last 8 years, I've never met a company so determined NOT to pay affiliate
>> commissions... 3 years of not paying our commission!>> Rather than detailing everything here, the circus can be seen at Allan
>> Gardyne's message board here:
>> http://www.associateprograms.com/discus/ftopic27296.html>> Am I the only one who has a problem getting paid from SiteSell?
>> Cheers,
>> Markus Allen
| |
FIB - Scams 101 is maintained by Lesley Fountain with WebBBS 5.12.
| PLEASE READ THIS LEGAL NOTICE CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU FILE A LAWSUIT OR EVEN WASTE TIME THINKING ABOUT IT. It has been done before, but never successfully. In fact, the last dodobird who tried it ended up being ordered to pay more than $77,000 in attorney fees ($65,000+ to my attorneys and $12,000+ to my co-defendant's legal advisor).
If your attorney is worth his salt, he's going to tell you that the expense of filing a lawsuit you can't win is a whole lot worse than any "damages" resulting from messages posted on this insignificant little chunk of cyberspace. NEWS FLASH: I didn't just climb down off that ol' turnip truck yesterday. I'm well aware that expressing a negative opinion, relating one's personal experience, and restating provable facts are all legal in this country and do not constitute libel, slander, or defamation -- so you don't want to play games with me, and you sure don't want to start something you aren't prepared to finish. I don't take threats lightly, and I don't accept bribes (or did you call it a "mutually-beneficial arrangement"?). I'll turn you in faster than you can yell, "ARREST ME, I'M SCUM!!" Do yourself a favor and turn your legal team loose in greener pastures. Although we may, from time to time, monitor or review discussions, postings and the like on the Friends In Business (Scams 101) Message Board, we are under no obligation to do so. We are not responsible or liable for any claim arising from the content of any such discussions or postings or for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, or inaccuracy contained in any information contained within such locations on the Site. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane materials or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. You are likewise prohibited from posting any false claims against any company or individual. We will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials. By posting messages and/or content on the Friends In Business (Scams 101) Message Board, you give permission for Lesley Fountain/Friends In Business/Shoestring Success Publications to display, distribute and use the posting and content for publication, advertising, promotion, excerption or example. You grant Lesley Fountain/Friends In Business/Shoestring Success Publications complete, perpetual, but non-exclusive rights to use, archive, reproduce, adapt, modify, distribute, sub-license, repurpose, rework, compile, or offer for sale or resale the messages, postings or content appearing on this site in whole or in part, throughout the world and universe, on a royalty-free basis without remuneration. If you cannot accept or agree with the terms of service for this website and discussion board, you are advised not to post on this board. In closing, I would like to remind you once again that it is still legal, in this great country of ours, to express a PERSONAL OPINION, as long as it is presented as opinion and not as fact. And finally, all you scammers out there will do well to remember that TRUTH IS AN ABSOLUTE DEFENSE against charges of libel, defamation, and slander... so if you're operating just a hop, skip, and jump ahead of the law, you might want to think twice before doing anything stupid... (AND SHAME ON YOU!!). |