IFreerGear WTF

Man, I knew this guy was kind of shady but this is just getting ridiculous.

On 3/15 I sent a support ticket
[i6bd0ba2a0f]"Hi, I was wondering if the offers that my referrals have completed will let me be eligible for a free gift. I know you've had an issue with search cactus, but I'm not sure whether or not the offers are affiliated with search cactus or not.
The offers are ebay stores, feel serenity & [b6bd0ba2a0f]Dot 5 hosting[/b6bd0ba2a0f]. I was just wondering.

Thanks"[/i6bd0ba2a0f]

His Response that same day
[i6bd0ba2a0f]"Yeah, you're safe."[/i6bd0ba2a0f]



Okay, so he posted somewhere else that all the offers that he has up now are not SC and you will get credit for those offers and if your refs did those offers, you'll get credit. Mind you, I know Dot 5 hosting isn't an SC offer because SC told all of the site owners to pull all SC offers from there site and it's still on his damn offer page. And he said I was safe.
But one of my refs who did the Dot 5 offer gets this when they ask about credit
[quote6bd0ba2a0f]on 2005-03-03 154952 support said
Our affiliate network, SearchCactus, has unfortunately suspended our account with them. We may or may not get paid for any of the leads that have been generated by our users (Netscape, AOL, et cetera). This is unfortunate, and we will have to revoke credits if things turn for the worse. We will let our customers know in the form of an announcement on the GearLive Forums http//www.gearlive.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=13
around March 25. We sincerely apologize, and are glad to say that we have joined with a much more reliable company that provides all the great offers on our Complete Offers page today.
[/quote6bd0ba2a0f]

So I send him a ticket on the same day (3/15)
[i6bd0ba2a0f]"Okay, thanks for your quick reply. One of my referrals did the Dot 5 Hosting offer, but they say you sent them an email saying that because of the Search Cactus issue they couldn't get credit. Any reason as to why that is?

Thanks"[/i6bd0ba2a0f]

And on 3/19 he responds
[i6bd0ba2a0f]"I'm waiting for a response from one of our affiliate networks, SearchCactus, as they are resisting to pay us due to what they claim to be 'heavy fraud'. Please bare with us and be patient as this could take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks. We're opening a whole line of sites in the very short future, which will not be affected by this issue and you are welcome to complete those"[/i6bd0ba2a0f]

Uh, didn't he just say I was safe for that offer? And now all of a sudden it's a SC issue.
I also checked my status on 3/15 after he answered my support ticket and he randomly dq'd one of my refs!!! (i had 3) It's like he saw my ticket, looked at my account and just decided to dq a ref for no reason. This ref did feel serenity just like another one of my refs that wasn't dq'd. This guy is ridiculous! He's trying to play people for suckers and blame everything on the SC fiasco.
So I was lurking on gearlive and I see that this A hole is trying to create a new name for his new free site network, but he hasn't sent out any gifts from ifreegear lately and barely answers support tickets. evil

After this site & get4friends, it's clear that I'll never be doing any sites that aren't gratis or oc.

Eek... any time the word "fraud" gets tossed around casually, it can't be good no matter who it's directed toward.


...and stop saying get4friends isn't legit... I have a shred of hope left for my PSP, dammit. wink

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...and stop saying get4friends isn't legit... I have a shred of hope left for my PSP, dammit. wink[/quotec52fd76e8e]
heh, I didn't say get4friends isn't legit. Just kinda shady & oddly run lol, good luck though!

Once again, I am glad that I haven't done these sites )

Yeah, that does seem a bit shady.

personally i think theres no reason to do these sites ;), if you havn't finished the established reputable ones.

If your gonna say,because alot of people havn't done get4friends, then i can equally say, not many people have done phreepsps,psps4free or even oddtech4free. For the psp that is.

lates.

I hate that place, lol. I bitch about it at least a few times a day.

[quotee9ad4b6d64="Collateral"]Once again, I am glad that I haven't done these sites )[/quotee9ad4b6d64]
lucky

And you're right Vulcan3000, people would think that it would be easier to sign up for a new site and your pool of refs would be larger, but I'd rather a small pool and knowing it's legit.

I signed up for ifreegear early on when I got into the free site game, I know now.

I will never do a new site again. You can't even do them for trades b/c these inexperienced site owners don't like to every credit your offer.