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A new day with more questions!

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July 25, 2009

A new day with more questions!I really wish I was around during the WAHM days to see posts like this for myself.

Since the chat was released, I do believe it is easy to determine the circle of “friends”

Here is a screencap that was sent to me from a member of wahm when it was indeed open.  I want to point out a few things, because I am the one who feels that dealbarbie pays is the one site that did allow duplicate accounts for one member.  I’ll get into most of that later, but really would like to start with where that thought even began.  This screenshot shows an owner who was trying to get into the fraud forum and was beaten down by another owner, Sparestash.

Did this owner repeat offers and in fact should not be allowed in?  She admitted to duplicating one offer, but also admitted that other site owners were duplicating as well.  She also admitted that she was told if it was in a 6 months span, it was okay to duplicate the offer.

Sparestash said it all:

“Other site owners might have repeated offers, but YOU GOT CAUGHT!”

I may not have thought about this much, nor would it have stood out to me had Sparestash not been accused of rigging her own contest. I have to go with my gut feeling here and say that Sparestash was right.  Other owners were doing it, just had not been caught.  My cashout on her site before she closed was small compared to some, but it meant just as much to me as it would have to anyone else.  I would love to talk  to the people who really figured her out and exactly how they did it, maybe it will help me to prove that dealbarbie also allowed cheating to happen while she hid behind her throne!  Anyone who is willing to give that information to me can catch me on AIM at yolondabfl I have never had an account with AIM so forgive me if it takes a while to figure out exactly how to use it!

jrsygirl

How does dealbarbie fit into my last post?

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July 25, 2009
How does dealbarbie fit into my last post?

This is only my opinion, and I can’t prove with this next screencap that DealBarbie was doing anything wrong, or was the owner of DiveForTheTreasure, but something did catch my eye. Going back to the chat, that I still have not determined when actually took place, and looking at the last screen shot which was posted on June 18, 2007, I can’t help but wonder if they were all sharing information on bad owners and members, why this was said in a public forum yet DealBarbie herself was winning a contest for the owner SpareStash said was caught cheating.  See for yourself.  ( I have removed other members user’sname out of respect for privacy)

Without question, I was even more confused when seeing this.  If DealBarbie was running a fraud forum, and Sparestash was a member of that forum, yet called this owner out in public, why would any owner be even listed on this referral contest?

Then I go back to the previous post at what the owner was saying about  the others wanting fraud  to be sent to her..and I ask myself, Could it possibly be that they were referring bad people to other owners?  For sure they were not doing that, but then again, nothing at this point can surprise me!

DiveForTheTreasure Referral Contest

My next post:

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July 28, 2009
My next post:

My next post is one that I really did not think I would have to make.  I received a conversation a week or so ago with a site owner who was telling someone else that Barbie and Bnorris allowed her to repeat offers.

Now, when I spoke with Bnorris about this over on GPT boycott, she claimed that this person may or may not have said this, but if she did it was out of anger.  Tonight, I have gotten a bit more information plus screencaps on this subject.

I do think Bnorris is trying, but this directly ties in with what my whole point of this blog is, and that is to prove that a group of site owners allow people to duplicate offers and allow them to have multiple accounts.

More to come on Tuesday!

Starting from hearsay, and working forward

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July 28, 2009
Starting from hearsay, and working forward

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Most of the time when members and owners hear bad things about other members or owners, they believe it.  I am not that person.  I am one of the show me type people who would rather see it for myself, than to make a judgment first.  If I still don’t believe it after I see it, than I would prefer to go ahead and research it myself.  This is one of the reasons why I feel that I should cut Bnorris a bit of a break on this chat because at least when I asked the hard questions, she answered them, where most owners would have fumbled around the truth so they didn’t have to answer.  Yet, the only two things I have ever been told about her, I question.

1.  I was emailed the conversation between    and and old owner about how dealbarbie and bnorris allowed her to duplicate offers.  Having a current site owner send that to me is disturbing all by itself and the fact that I cannot get this kelsey girl to respond to me via AIM is even more disturbing.

The owner who sent this to me did not go into any details other than that the first part of the chat and the last part were edited because of  personal home phone numbers they were sharing with one another, which I fully understand.  But again, it is a matter of another site owner who is afraid to speak out against this group of people.   Here is the part of the chat I was sent:

KELSEYS MOM 86 (1:30:29 PM): dealbarbie and barb told me I could repeat offers when I first started the sites about 2 years ago
KELSEYS MOM 86 (1:30:34 PM): well barb repeats them to
KELSEYS MOM 86 (1:30:46 PM): and then one came back reversed and they all marked me cheater
KELSEYS MOM 86 (1:30:54 PM): after they told me I could repeat offers
KELSEYS MOM 86 (1:31:03 PM): and they gave dive a bad name
KELSEYS MOM 86 (1:31:16 PM): but barb repeats offers she told me
have either of them done offers on your site?
KELSEYS MOM 86 (1:31:29 PM): she even repeated on dive

The two things I bolded in this conversation are what I am interested in.  First, did dealbarbie and bnorris allow this girl to repeat offers, and have either of them done offers on your site?

I  can only ask the original sender of this to me to recheck that chat and see if that last question was answered.  If it was, can you please send that to me?  Too, I do not know how much further you went with this conversation with Kelseys Mom, but did she offer you a list of completed offers to compare to your own site?  If so, please email me so we can get together a time to talk on AIM!  I am also interesting in knowing the date this was sent to you.

On June 18 ,2007 this conversation was going on at Wahm forums.

jrsygirl

Because I have this screencap of this very person saying that 2 site owners told her she could repeat offers if they were 6 months apart, I can’t help but wonder if that is in fact true.  I have more reasons to believe it, but will wait a few more days to get more information in before I post that. I have tried a couple of times to talk to Kelsey’s mom via IM, this is a copy of my last time trying:

ybondkelsey conversation

If in fact Kelsey’s Mom tells me that Bnorris did not allow her to cheat, then I will remove my posts on her from here.  Plus apologize for posting it.

While I await her answer though, here is a bit more that makes me very suspicious of the truth of what has been allowed to go on for a long time with several of these owners:

When this was first brought out to Bnorris a week ago, this was her response:

barb talked to kelsey'smomI don’t know how much of this is true because Kelsey’s mom will not answer my messages, which I find very odd because a simple yes or no would suit me fine. And I don’t know how true it is that she hasn’t spoke with anyone from GPT in 18 months, due to the email I recieved with the conversation, I’ll decide that when I get an answer as to the date of the conversation.  Although I can’t find the exact post now, Bnorris did say that they were friends at one point.  And interesting enough, there is more on these two from the Wahm Forums:

bnorrisontiffFrom looking at this, I am seeing not one, not two but 3 usernames.

softcuddlybear, kelseysgramma, and d4tt.  Now, how is it that they were friends at one point, but she didn’t recognize that this person had 3 accounts?  And as if that isn’t weird, look at this post:

softcuddlybear1

Okay, so here is the thing.  You have an old site owner who has admitted to repeating offers, however she also admits that these owners tell her she can do it, this was way back in 2007!  WTH was going on then?

Bnorris claims this was her friend, and she tried to help her out.  She also claimed to have given her a second chance.  When googling for the information I found yet another bit of information that ties back to this girl:  4 months later:

royalReally, what is the truth here?  I think I would rather wait to here from Kelsey’s Mom on that one..but..

Another common factor in all of this is dealbarbie.

Now, from my understanding from another site owner who is still running to this day, is that when bnorris opened her site, dealbarbie was much help to her.  I can’t confirm that yet, but can’t help but wonder if my next post will help tie it all in together!

This is just my opinion, but right now, it is looking to me like Dealbarbie had a group of people whom she did allow to have duplicate accounts, she did allow people to repeat offers, and her closet group of friends made her a ton of money.   I think the trait was carried on by the ones who learned from her!  Funny though, tying in another strange coincidence is how Myssi of the chat was caught with proxies on RoyalGiftCards, the very same site that Bnorris was linking, with a different username than what she has on every other site?    Does it all tie together somehow?  We shall see.

Conversation with Kelsey’s Mom

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July 29, 2009
Conversation with Kelsey’s Mom

I wanted to let everyone know that I have spoken with Kelsey’s Mom.  She has chosen not to talk about the days when she was an owner.  She has moved past that part of her life.  She seems like a very nice person.  She chose not to answer any questions pertaining to bnorris or dealbarbie.

I 100% respect that in her, and wish her well.  I did let her know that this blog is important to me, and hoped she understood that I would continue on, she understands.

Thank you Kelsey’s Mom for taking the time to talk to me.

And so we move forward……

Interesting Comments

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July 29, 2009
Interesting Comments

I was looking through comments just now and came across this comment:

“Poor girl? She scammed her members on both her sites….give me a break! Perhaps you should look at the real cons here?”

“That chat took place right after E had logged into M affiliate accounts and jacked them for herself. It was clearly sarcastic. I actually know for a fact shortly after almost all parted ways as I know Christina felt bad about being unprofessional but not for cheering up a friend. So once again keep harping on a convo that was clearly learned from well over 2 years ago. Do you have any other real proof?”

“You seriously need mental help. The only time one of these fake postings come out is when someone like you are burned up because they did not get paid due to fraud. I hope you have a lot more proof then what you are posting because at this point you are breaking a lot of laws and opening yourself up to a liability case. In case you don’t know what liable is, its when you post in some sort of text a slander on a person where you have absolutely no legitimate proof of what is going on.

So far you have screen shots and cut copy pastes of texts that can be altered and made up. The main person saying that they are fakes and still you feel the need to run your mouth. I doubt you will post this comment due to the fact your only posting things that support your information.

If you truly are a legit person and believe in what you post then you should have no problem posting this comment even though it disagree with your post.”

“Drew was a frauder he was under 18 & ordering alchol yeah reliable source! He had multiple sites on every site that was around under all different names that was discovered right around that time as well.
Keep your lack of raliabilty coming……”

“I also know Christina asked everyone not to say anything because it wasn’t worth it. Everyone that she gives a crap about knows better. So enjoy your parade.”

“All you have is hearsay from other proven scammers? Let me know when you have something real..yawnnnnnn”

Well I have yet to see any proof of fraud on Christina as of yet. How many people you going to ask to check for dupe accounts on? Keep trying.

BearsBro/SellingGal is Eilisha also Tiffany was in some of these convos but had asked for her information to be removed.
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http://www.4freeimagehost.com/show.php?i=4e281c5bac47.gif Right after this M told E she no longer wanted to be partners due to her shady practices.

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Those are the comments and to save everyone some time, I will post the images:

Proof?Proof?

Proof?Proofproof9proof11proof7

I told you I am not biased and I will address you and your proof in my next post.  Thank you for sharing your opinions with the readers, now I hope you can handle mine

SpareStash

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July 30, 2009
SpareStash

She tucked her tail between her legs and kissed her ass goodbye!  Why?  Because she was caught rigging her contest.  How was this happening?  Well, story goes that she got caught by a few members who then turned the information over to Seraph.  Do I believe this?  Yes I do.

I spent the better part of the early morning talking with a site owner about exactly how it is an owner can fake her own stats.  It was explained to me clearly.

Basically Sparestash would have had to sign up herself with a new username.  She would not even have to click on the offers to complete, she could just go in as that newly created person, and submit tons upon tons of offers.  She logs out then goes into her Administration Panel through her site and approves the offers.  WTH?  Why would anyone do that? I guess for the same reason Angela did and that would be to fake the stats so that she didn’t have to pay out the highest amount she was offering.  I can’t help but wonder exactly how many site owners were doing this.    Another thing I can’t help but wonder is why one of the site owners in the chat told this newer owner exactly how this happened.  Makes me wonder more about them now.  My advice is, if you are working a contest with any of these owners in this chat, pay close attention to the usernames and the stats.  Smarter than that, go look through all the contests, and see if  any of the positions that won are gone, as if they had been deleted.  Take screenshots!

I am hearing it also works the same as referral contests.  So if you go back through the referral contests on sites, and you placed 2nd and missed the big prize, take a screenshot, then start googling the username that won.  If you are not finding anything, then there is more than likely a problem.

ajsbadgurl143 (12:36:36 PM): how long did it take you before you realized she was a cheat

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Bringing together posts on the web

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July 30, 2009
Bringing together posts on the web

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So, because I have heard time and time again about how site owners allow their members to not only duplicate offers under different usernames, but they also delete the offers, teach them how to change their ip addresses to throw off affiliatesa, and on and on and on, I have pulled together a few screenshots that have been sent to me over the last year to help my readers see why more and more, I believe exactly what these posts say.  Now, some may say oh, well I found out later.  I say bullshit. It is always the same group of people involved.

paycage on wahm

Just in case you didn’t read that last part clearly, I have cut it out for you.


paycage.

A VERY POPULAR SITE UH?

6 ACCOUNTS?  RESETTING IP WITH A LAPTOP?

Yes, I understand that because of what Paycage did, she has no credibility now.  What about back then when everyone respected her as an owner?  This didn’t sneak up since she left her site, this was  a few years ago.  Now, unless someone wants to show me that she was not apart of the group then, and her credibility was bad then…well, I am going to trust what she was saying.

But then, let me go back to that chat and give this out:

paycage(removed email) (1:11:41 PM): I know I deleted at least one of her accounts…but just “cheatered” the others :)


This gets pretty interesting because she is not screaming that some moron signed up for her site multiple times.  She is in a joking manner saying she “cheatered” the other accounts.  So why would she delete one account and do this with the “others”  It is because she allowed someone to have duplicate accounts on her site, that is why. As you can see from the chat, she was still just as much part of the group as way back then.

She already knew of a Popular owner who allowed someone 6 accounts, and it was taught to her.  Want more reasons to believe what I am saying?

jrsygirl

Just in case, I cut that section out and highlighted what I think is important.

newpost sparetkel

So now you have yet another site owner who claims that there were members in that forum who cheat, yet nothing is done about it.  Then SpareStash (yeah the one who was caught) says “they might cheat, but you got caught”

But then, it goes a bit deeper…

bnorrisontiff

Bnorris herself here says that this girl had 3 accounts.  The kelsey girl admitted to duplicating offers, but was pretty much hounded by the gang that it was all her fault.  One thing that stands out to me is how kelsey did say that she made these people alot of money, and thought they were her friends.

The question still remains.  Did this group of site owners work each other’s sites and make loads, then when they made enough to start their own sites, did they all return the favor?  And who is the “Popular” site owner that allowed 6 accounts for one person?  And why was that not mentioned to the point that someone thought it would be smart to screencap it?  Why is it when there is mention of fraud, these are the ones who scream the loudest?  There is a reason….more to come

Why did Barbie Sell?

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August 1, 2009
Why did Barbie Sell?

I know, I know, to some this may not matter.  Many members and readers here are still trying to figure the whole thing out.  Barbie, who was at the most part the lead of the industry up and left.

http://www.gptboycott.com/forum/showpost.php?p=110031&postcount=1

And for those who would prefer read it here:

How to sell a site properly

There have been several posts about this over the last few days. There has recently been a major issue with sites changing hands on a constant basis with little or no notice.My best suggestion to all is not to sell sites period. It becomes confusing for members. It can also leave members as well as owners in a lurch if the full amount owed on a site has not been disclosed to the new owner. Not to mention the privacy issue.

So lets first cover what NOT to do-
-Sell the site with little or no notice.
-Change the DNS or domain in a short amount of time, as their 48-72 hour time frame can be inaccurate & does not allow members that amount of time needed.
-Transfer private members information to a new owner immediately (if at all).
-Identification & Tax documents as well as telephone numbers should never be given to a new owner. It is up to the member if they feel that the new owner should have this information & to provide them with it after the sale. (For the record I didn’t do this)

There are some variations in the recent conversations so here’s what we have so far (I will update as more info is discussed)

Option 1- Site tranfer with members accounts
-Give at least a 2 week notice to all members.
Or if your site has an activity requirement ie- login every 30 days give a 30 day notice.
This means via inbox, news page, email, forum posts, posting on the main page of the site, & the registration page that a sale is going to take place & that members that wish to be paid & have their accounts removed may do so.
-Lower the minimum payout so all members can be paid before the site is transferred.
-Refund the remaing advertising.

Option 2- Site transfer with no members accounts
-Give at least a 2 week notice to all members.
Or if your site has an activity requirement ie- login every 30 days give a 30 day notice.
This means via inbox, news page, email, forum posts, posting on the main page of the site, & the registration page that a sale is going to take place & that members that wish to be paid & have their accounts removed may do so.
-Lower the minimum payout so all members can be paid before the site is transferred.
-Refund the remaing advertising.
-Remove all members & their information before the site is transferred.

Closing a site-
-Give at least a 2 week notice to all members.
Or if your site has an activity requirement ie- login every 30 days give a 30 day notice.
This means via inbox, news page, email, forum posts, posting on the main page of the site, & the registration page that a sale is going to take place & that members that wish to be paid & have their accounts removed may do so.
-Lower the minimum payout so all members can be paid before the site is closed.
-Refund the remaing advertising.

Other suggestions-
Entering additional information in your Privacy Terms of Service area.

Such as-
*** will never be sold to a new owner. If *** were ever to close a 30 day notice would be sent out via email (to subscribed members), an inbox message, a forum post, as well as being posted on the main page of the site. All outstanding ads will be refunded for the amount remaining. The minimum cashout amount would be lowered to .01 (1 cent) so all members may request their full account balance for payment.

Or-
To protect your privacy if this site is ever sold, a notice would be sent out via email (to subscribed members), an inbox message, a forum post, as well as being posted on the main page of the site (X amount of time) prior to the sale. All outstanding ads will be refunded for the amount remaining. The minimum cashout amount would be lowered to .01 (1 cent) so all members may request their full account balance for payment.
Additionally, your information will not be moved with the site so your information will remain with the original owner at all times.

Or-
To protect your privacy if this site is ever sold, a notice would be sent out via email (to subscribed members), an inbox message, a forum post, as well as being posted on the main page of the site (X amount of time) prior to the sale so those wishing to opt out may do so prior to the information being transfered to the new owner. All outstanding ads will be refunded for the amount remaining. The minimum cashout amount would be lowered to .01 (1 cent) so all members may request their full account balance for payment.

**In addition, you may want to list the specific information that would be transfered to a new owner if a sale were to take place, as well as what would happen to members balances, upgrades, & advertising. The more information the better!


Last edited by dealbarbie; 9th April 2009 at 09:52. Reason: Updated
And even more ironic:
Re: How to sell a site properly

Here’s what I have-Privacy Policy – Ownership
DealBarbiePays will never be sold to a new owner. If DealBarbiePays were ever to close a 30 day notice would be sent out via email (to subscribed members), an inbox message, a forum post, as well as being posted on the main page of the site. All outstanding ads will be refunded for the amount remaining. The minimum cashout amount would be lowered to .01 (1 cent) so all members may request their full account balance for payment. However, the $5 signup bonus may only be cashed out in withdrawals of $20 or more.

As when I give the $5 signup bonus it is to be used towards their first $20 cashout.
So I’m not sure if the way I worded it is clear enough or not?
I mean lets say they have $6.50 in their account, $5 of which is the signup bonus. They would then be able to either cash out the $1.50 (with the min. lowered) or reach $20 & cashout the full amount.

Just something to ponder since it all happened so very fast!


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Ex owner speaks out!

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August 3, 2009
Ex owner speaks out!

After almost 6 months of trying to contact this owner,  she finally responds.   I first would like to apologize to her for doing everything in my power to contact her.  I really never expected for anyone to feel violated by a few questions that have been on my mind for some time.   I am sorry again Jennifer, and since you did say you could care less, I am going to post your email.  Please let me know if you feel I need to bring it down.

Ms. Bond,

I don’t mind answering your questions if you will do me a favor.  Please tell your friends or whomever to quit trying to become my friends through myspace.  I have no respect for anyone who continues to pester me about anything with gpt sites.  I have long since removed myself from the headache of that industry and the backstabbing of so many people.  This will be my one and only email to you and there is no need to attempt to contact me again.

Yes, I banned all site owners before I closed.  Everyone was paid what they were due, I even lowered my payout for all site owners no matter what they were owed.  The reason I banned them were due to advice from my affiliate managers plus the forum in which was intended to crack down on fraud only to become a place where innocent members and innocent site owners were accused of fraud.  I had a huge problem with this in the end because many of the site owners who were listed on the forum were not only on my site as members, but none of these owners running the board ever said they were fraud until one of them got mad at another owner.  My whole point, and I made this very clear to at least one site owner that if they were these huge cheaters, they should have first been placed on the board, and second should have never been allowed to join the board.  Someone had something to hide, I felt that way, and because of it, I wanted nothing else to do with any of them.  Yes, my site suffered and I lost out big time because I put what I felt was right above and beyond what was being done in that forum.  I was ridiculed and made like I was a scam because of my decisions.  To this day, I am prouder for myself for sticking up for my beliefs than sticking around in that type of business.  Did I do wrong?  Yes I did, I allowed Melissa and her friend Sandmike to create another account under a proxy.  They showed me how it worked and they got paid for what they did. I have not, and will never blame anyone else for what I allowed them to do but myself.  I was wrong.  After the huge fight that was in that chat, I got called out too.  The difference between myself and the others was that at least I had the gall to go into my own forum and apologize for what I did wrong.  I admitted my faults and after all my payments were made, I closed BOTH of my sites and have moved on to bigger and brighter things in my life.  I have no ill feelings towards these site owners, sometimes when money is all that matters, the morals go down the drain.  If they choose to live their lives that way, that is them, I chose not to and have no regrets.

I read your blog in full last night and couldn’t help but feel bad for these ladies.  I know exactly how they are feeling now, and it does NOT feel good!  I do pray that these ladies always think back to how they are feeling now and remember it the next time they decide to pick on someone else.  Too many good people get ridiculed just because!


Tiffany!  I really miss Tiffany.  Bless her heart, I see that people are still on her.  Please tell her I am sorry for doing this, but the treatment she got was unfair.  During the time I was an owner, I always wanted to stand up for her, but out of fear for my own site, I didn’t.  I have nothing to loose now as my work is totally outside of my own and could really care less if I am believed or not.  Tiffany was a good person.  Bnorris give that poor girl so much hell that she would be so upset.  If tears could be seen through the screen, hers were pouring.  Bnorris did allow her to cheat.  She made Bnorris money and then turned on her.  Bnorris does not deserve Tiffany’s friendship, even though nothing in this world would make me think that Bnorris has done anything to make up to her all she put her through.  I would hate for Bnorris to loose her business over all of this because I can remember that she too has children, yet I do hope that she realizes that Tiffany has children too.  Everything she did, she did for her children.  She was young and only did what Bnorris allowed her to do.  When Bnorris thinks of her family, I also hope she thinks of Tiffany’s family and how they lost out because she chose to let this happen to Tiffany and turned her back instead of telling the truth.
I really hope that Tiffany is seen for the person she really is, and the real truth comes out so that she if she chooses can come back to the business to provide for Kelsey and Lexi.(yes I remember their names Tiff, and I miss you terribly)
Please tell Tiffany that whenever I can, I am going to contact her.  I work on the road now in Insurance and am not around much for time on the computer.

I don’t know if anything I have said can or will help your purpose, I don’t care if you share my email, I just please ask that you now leave me alone.
Thank you
Jennifer

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