As an affiliate marketer I’m always on the lookout for new opportunities to make money from different merchants. While browsing through Tradedoubler last week I noticed some adverts for Direct Line Insurance… you may remember that Direct Line are the scam merchants who tried to reposess my car after paying out the wrong person.
Well, as a website for this merchant I added none other that MrDaz.com. Guess what? I received this reply from the theiving bastards.
From: TradeDoubler [mailto:no_reply@ext.tradedoubler.com]
Sent: 23 September 2007 22:01
To: ***@*******.***
Subject: TradeDoubler application declined / denied
Unfortunately your application for http://www.mrdaz.com to Direct Line have been denied.
The most likely reason is that the merchant did not think that the content of your site was suitable for them. To see if the merchant has a specific criteria when evaluatating affiliate sites, please see the merchant program page.
Best regards,
TradeDoubler
The funny thing us of course, whenever I mention Direct Line on this blog I get Direct Line adverts pop up from Google Adsense, so their ads are on here anyway. Doubt my site is much of an advert though. If you want to be ripped off and lose the whole value of your car, go with Direct Line. I did, and my car is still sat dormant 14 months on!
For anyone that’s used Google’s Adsense to make a few quid online; this story is hilarious. One Adsense user received his cheque from Google, late, and it bounced!
That’s right, one of the richest companies in the world were out of funds.
I need to get me a pair of these, perfect for those moments when you need to kick someone in the face but don’t want to get your nuts sore from a stern gusset.
I just heard on the radio that police are to have donut cams strapped to their heads when they visit claims of domestic violence.
That’s sure to work.
They mentioned one report where a woman claimed her ex-husband broke into her house and stole her keys, so the plods showed up with cameras strapped to their heads to investigate. The theory is with cameras collating evidence there’s a higher chance of conviction.
Now, my ex broke into my house a few months back and stole my keys, and no police showed up with donut cams strapped to their heads. In fact, they didn’t even show up at all as they couldn’t be arsed.
I think this camera on the head idea isn’t really going to work, they have to leave the station canteen before any evidence can be collected… and that just ain’t gonna happen.
Who’s ever received one of those Nigerian email scams where some banker for a King or wealthy land owner claims to have 12 Million US Dollars ready to deposit into your account?
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