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Originally Posted by NatalieK
talking from my own perspective, this is certainly not true...
...there is nothing shady about our business or company, we also have done business with many gmail account users, never a problem  |
I totally agree that using gmail is not shady but I still will never do it and this is why: I've had dozens of problems over the years trying to send business email to adult biz people on Gmail who lost my mails due to Google porn keyword filtering. I was never clear if the mails got completely dropped or just sent into some spam folder these people didn't check, but it's something that never happens when I'm dealing with folks whose emails are on their porn domains.
Back on topic, when I sell links I do ask for payment in advance, because too many people will say "we'll buy" and then either not pay hoping I'll forget to take the link back down, or tell me how many weeks it will take their accounting department to pay (meaning never unless I chase the money). Trouble is I don't build enough money into my prices to pay for any admin time chasing late/shady/hard-to-get money. So I collect the money up front. I'm always happy to verify site ownership for free though. At least once I've been contacted with "Where's my link" and all I could do is say "Who dafuq are you?" because I never made a link sale. Scammers are real.