I was the one ripped off by 888.com for over $80K.
But the issue was not one of site scraping. It was the issue of what they laughingly call ‘bonus abuse’. I say ‘laughingly’ because the behaviour they describe as ‘abuse’ is still PERMITTED by their software!
I sent hundreds of players to them under their old cpa scheme. I had pointed out to those players that the 888.com t&c and their software allowed players to deposit, get a bonus, withdraw their deposit and then make money with the bonus only – thereby creating a risk-free way of potentially making some good money.
An organisation the size of 888 have the manpower and resources to change their software to stop this happening – but they DON’T – they just pull the plug on affiliates sending them this type of traffic, thereby gaining themselves a whole bunch of future players without costing them a cent – and leaving the affiliate high and dry.
This is just another example of 888.com’s highly questionable business practices. If they really wanted to stop bonus abusers signing up, they would tweak their software. But they don’t. They WANT these players, they just don’t want to PAY for them. So they rip affiliates off. In my case, for around $87K. I notice they have now REOPENED the cpa deal – presumably to catch some more unsuspecting affiliates this way, too.
I have been watching the site scraping threads with delight, as 888.com have been made to squirm at the end of the CAP line. It doesn’t get me my $87K back, but it SURE AS HELL is good to see these b@stards SUFFER.
I’ll back out of this thread again now, because it’s not about bonus abuse, it’s about site scraping and blog spamming and stuff like that. That’s not an issue for me.
I just thought I’d remind you all about their other scummy tactics while someone was mentioning my $80K+ losses.
If you have a rogue page up – my opinion is: KEEP IT UP. PERMANENTLY.
(unless they back-pay all us ‘bonus-abuse’ affiliates)
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