I recently discovered a sponsor I was affiliated with for over a year or more likely one or more of their affiliates, were engaging in predatory practice against any effort I would make at having any success at their program.
I recently became an affiliate for another unrelated program and found overwhelming evidence that the previous sponsor viewed me as a traitor or a competitor.
The analogy is like being a salesman for a company. First, other salespeople treat you as a competitor and seek to undermine your success. Inevitably you fail to produce so you leave for another company and the first company treats you as a defector.
What may be worse is working for the first company and in generating any sales for them; they seek to dupe you out of your commission. This is a worse case scenario but as I have experienced with some previous affiliate programs, seems not only plausible but also commonplace.
I hope the new sponsor is a bit better and there is every indication they are, but the competition lies with other affiliates who are in essence competing against each other just as the analogy of the salespeople shows. I guess that’s why I would never be successful at a sales position. I simply don’t consider those kinds of behaviors as ethical or moral.
Finally, if that’s what it takes to succeed, then I’d rather fail. The reason being, I would not wish to succeed in a society that preys on unsuspecting and innocent people who are taught not to cheat. I can’t think of a reason why anyone would wish to live in the resulting society.
The idiom, “cheaters never prosper” is clearly false but I believe it is more accurate to say that cheaters always prosper until they are prevented from cheating. I think people should do more to uphold ethical and moral treatment of other people. I guess that’s pretty naive but so be it. We make our choices in life and our choices shape the society we live in as well as society shaping our choices.
On 5 Nov, 05:53, Moderator <meldo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I Guess that’s Why I Would Never Make it in Sales
> What may be worse is working for the first company and in generating > any sales for them; they seek to dupe you out of your commission. This > is a worse case scenario but as I have experienced with some previous > affiliate programs, seems not only plausible but also commonplace.
I used to be in Pharma Sales, now retired. We frequently and regularly joked about 'the Bonus prevention department'! My ex Colleagues still do :-)
> Finally, if that’s what it takes to succeed, then I’d rather fail. The > reason being, I would not wish to succeed in a society that preys on > unsuspecting and innocent people who are taught not to cheat. I can’t > think of a reason why anyone would wish to live in the resulting > society. > The idiom, “cheaters never prosper” is clearly false but I believe it > is more accurate to say that cheaters always prosper until they are > prevented from cheating.
The Idiom throughout business now seems to be "Cheat or go under"
> The idiom, “cheaters never prosper” is clearly fals<
Well, yes - but it does serve the purpose of a reminder of happier days, when the majority of the population *were* touchingly honest.
I'm increasingly aware that there is an ever-dwindling band of Britons who remember such halcyon times, I suspect that the majority of the population think that Britain has *always* been a corrupt sewer, filled with dishonesty and breathtaking violence.
There are so many maxims that now appear hopelessly naive:
'Cheats never prosper', as you mentioned, then there's, 'Poor, but honest' (now subverted into 'Honest but poor'), 'Virtue is its own reward', 'Never a borrower nor a lender be' (lol!) and (perhaps most plaintive of all), 'This is a free country'
broadssailor wrote: > On 5 Nov, 05:53, Moderator <meldo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I Guess that’s Why I Would Never Make it in Sales
> > What may be worse is working for the first company and in generating > > any sales for them; they seek to dupe you out of your commission. This > > is a worse case scenario but as I have experienced with some previous > > affiliate programs, seems not only plausible but also commonplace.
> I used to be in Pharma Sales, now retired. We frequently and regularly > joked about 'the Bonus prevention department'! > My ex Colleagues still do :-)
> > Finally, if that’s what it takes to succeed, then I’d rather fail. The > > reason being, I would not wish to succeed in a society that preys on > > unsuspecting and innocent people who are taught not to cheat. I can’t > > think of a reason why anyone would wish to live in the resulting > > society.
> > The idiom, “cheaters never prosper” is clearly false but I believe it > > is more accurate to say that cheaters always prosper until they are > > prevented from cheating.
> The Idiom throughout business now seems to be "Cheat or go under"
It seems to be does it? I bet you did great in that departement. Perhaps if more people had some balls the cheaters would be held accountable. This can be summed up as, "cheaters have no balls". PUSSY!
In article <hcu35p$17r...@energise.enta.net>, The gods have made us mad <star...@destruction.com> wrote:
> There are so many maxims that now appear hopelessly naive:
> 'Cheats never prosper', as you mentioned, then there's, 'Poor, but > honest' (now subverted into 'Honest but poor'), 'Virtue is its own > reward', 'Never a borrower nor a lender be' (lol!) and (perhaps most > plaintive of all), 'This is a free country'
On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:53:10 -0800 (PST), Moderator
<meldo...@gmail.com> wrote: >I recently discovered a sponsor I was affiliated with for over a year >or more likely one or more of their affiliates, were engaging in >predatory practice against any effort I would make at having any >success at their program.
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