Agreed however, im sure you'll agree waiting since April of this year and, even now still not posting anything about what has transpired is just taking the piss.Originally Posted by gaybucks_chip
I really do think that fear is playing an important role in why people arent speaking out, fear that they might somehow damage their business and, more importantly i think, fear that they will somehow be laughed at for being scammed in the first place.
With so many people in the industry (especially the gay side of the industry) being so quick to shout 'drama' whenever a confrontation arises between two or more parties things like this unfortunately, will continue to happen.
The 'drama' label has been thrown around and used as a weapon with negative connotations by many, against many in the industry, in order to gain advantages in business and, because of this, people dont want to be seen as being potentially confrontational, or, creating 'drama'.
In my opinion, that is why what we have found out about over the last 48 hours managed to escalate from 1 chargeback over a small amount of money to over $100,000 in chargebacks, because people were afraid to speak out about being scammed, or were afraid that others would think less of them because they got scammed and should have known better... Even though mentioning the initial problem could have saved a lot of companies a lot of time and money.
The mind just boggles that even now, many of the people and companies we have all been told have been scammed by these guys, STILL havent told anyone what the 'facts' are other than in private conversations, even though they know multiple threads, like this one exist, and they have read the threads regularly over the last 48 hours.
THAT speaks volumes to me about how much these companies actually care about the webmaster community, despite what they would have us all beleive.
Regards,
Lee
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