@TheGooner 149266 wrote:
Related subject.
We did get a delicious hamper basket unexpectedly in mid-year. I was a tasty surprise and we thanked the AM directly via email.
Unfortunately (as I expected) the basket then came with a hard push to give the program more exposure, higher placements and better reviews.
The AM had read “hard ball selling 101” was trying to leverage off the $200 gift to get thousands of dollars worth of exposure – almost but not quite stating “look we sent you a food parcel” …
:sarcasm:My relationship with the program is now at a low ebb – because they did not understand why I said No.
And it’s THAT experience that makes me say – send an email or card by all means – but sending anything bigger is suspisciously like trying to attach strings.
This is true for me too. I got a few invitations to some vacation trips but turned them down. I might be paranoid but I don´t want to get me in a situation where I´m told that I have to give something back in case of better spots and nicer reviews because I got a larger gift or something like that. This would destroy the reason I got involved in this busines in the first place. I want to have 100% control over my websites.
:santa2: