Hi again,
well Ant, just like RB, I don’t have a solid leg to stand on; I guess the only difference is that you called me on it and I admit it; instead of trying to spin it off.
I made this statement in a different thread (i think) which I give in explanation now. I see redemptive qualities in RB that have been proven to me. there was a long stretch where I stopped sending them traffic (for the most part; some links are always missed it seems like… ) but anyway in that time I saw my income at RB skyrocket to levels that i’d either never seen from them, or seldom seen. And this went on for an extended period of months all of which during that time I did not ever increase their exposure (cause the thought crossed my mind that they were trying to buy their way back into good graces and I was determined not to fall for that)… but still month after month I made good money.
that really means something to me since I’ve been around long enough to have seen programs that should have kept making me money for a long period of time …. fall off almost as quickly as when I pulled their links for poor performance.
so after experiencing some of that; I am very impressed when it doesn’t happen and the longer that I see income under those circumstances; the more I am impressed of course.
Now I can’t say how anybody else is going to get treated. But for me; RB has proven that they will be an honorable company that although I am first to admit I think they at times are at the least making some very bad decisions; because of the afore mentioned fact I think that they aren’t evil; but rather just a little bit inexperienced with dealing with people; I suspect that I’m probably dealing with people even younger than I: and if that’s the case I can easily see how they get to thinking up ways to increase their bottom line and then they start justifying …. and you get this kind of thing happening.
And I think they just need to be reminded, perhaps even pushed on occasion, to do the right thing and stop thinking so hard with their wallets.
Now this is just for me, and I’m not making any claims of anything towards anybody else – but for me … with the situation as it was … they proved to me that they weren’t going to have my income suddenly disappear just because I stopped sending traffic. during those months I found it more … much more lucrative to give one of my surfers a $100 bucks to go join at an RB property in order to preserve the 25% and avoid the 5% penalty, but other than that they saw almost no traffic and of course, there weren’t too many months where I landed anything more than the one player I gave money to go join. It was pretty obvious, yet they still kept paying. I just can’t say enough about that and I’m sure the old vets here can appreciate what I’m saying.
Windows casino is the only other program that i ever had keep making me very good money long after I’d stopped sending traffic.
you can check my history and you’ll see that i’ve not ever been a huge fan of RB. i’ve taken their links down or all but down off my sites at least twice; once due to poor performance and then about the time they started pulling out of that … and I’d increased their exposure once again;.. .. they came out with the 5% penalty thing and that was when I cut their exposure way way back once again.
so for myself; I see a company that although I fully admit does some really bad business decisions once in while … still is a company that I now know I can count on to be making me good income for a year or better after I’ve stopped sending traffic.
I’ve always said that if I could get a true, honest 20% then I’d be happy; so when they came out with that clause I looked at things as that I was getting what I’d asked for – a company that was at least going to be honest with me about what I had coming …. even though it meant I was cut back to 20%.
you guys all know how it works. 50% of nothing is nothing. so to what good is it to be affiliated with some company that may promise the moon, but then when it comes time the bottom line always is a disappointment. I don’t want to find that out when I’ve quit because then its too late.
With RB, I figure that at worst they might chisel down my % of earnings, but at least I know they’ll still be paying me something a year from now where as opposed to other programs which I DON”T KNOW how they’re going to do me when/if the time comes that i stop sending traffic.
so I hope that explains why I’m trying so hard to get RB to come around on this stuff; its because I have faith that they are just a little young and therefore perhaps being a little greedy but in the end I also know they are not going to just shut down what I have earned because I stopped sending traffic.
I hope that explains my POV.
…. and thanks for the kind words Ant. you know I have nothing but the utmost respect for you as I do for all the members here.