I understand what you are getting at, but just because I have my ICQ number in my sig doesn't mean every fucking starving idiot should hit me up for work. :2 cents:

How do you guys cope with life if you can't handle a message or 5 on icq?

:1orglaugh

at least complain about the Russians on icq.

Exact same guy hit me up today. Not gonna get a lot of business when his second message is I want invite you try programme.

Sucks to be him.

Stop hitting me up! :mad:

I am. Did it work?

Can someone spam me with AaronM's ICQ # please? Thanks. Errr, I mean Danke.

I get contacted by one or two of these clowns each day, total waste of time.....

(12:43:35 PM) Andy HM Sites: Hi there, somebody is here ?
(12:44:30 PM) Andy HM Sites has signed off.
(12:47:48 PM) Andy HM Sites has signed on.
(1:26:57 PM) 240208: suck my cock
(1:27:13 PM) 561763077: :) no thx
(1:27:22 PM) 240208: yes, you're a faggot so suck it
(1:27:34 PM) 561763077: have a nice day
(1:27:36 PM) 240208: stop hitting people up on icq, no one wants to join your shitty program you dumb hick
(1:27:37 PM) 561763077: sya

:thumbsup :glugglug

Fuck if I know. I've been confused for year. :disgust

I'll be spamming you all shortly. Thank you.

yeah, this keeps happening to most people in the biz

:waaaaahh:waaaaahh. Don't authorize them. 2 page post because people spam icq. Shit I get calls at home to my unlisted number either don't answer or hang up. If a person knows you well enough or you know them you will talk or give them your icq. Otherwise stay invisible. :2 cents:

I sell icq number, expensive...

I bet AaronM has holes in his wall from smashing the phone thru it.

It's one thing to ICQ/IM past clients/people who ordered in the past... It's another to harvest contact info and just IMing away blindly. Good thread, Aaron.

Aaron still uses telegraph, that of course is when the wire is still strung out to his lil trailer....

if its down, then its smoke signals...

get that shit all the time...

I am always set to invisable and I don't authorize them.

Thanks for telling me how to you the Interwebs.

I've been on both sides of the coin.

As a webmaster I pretty much ignored any sales attempt from most affiliate reps. I know my traffic, I know which sponsors are out there and I'll contact them myself. What's even worse is when you're at a show and the affiliate reps of your main sponsor introduces you to other reps as a whale webmaster. Sucks when you're trying to play off your small with no traffic and then your own sponsor blows your cover. Then your bugged the whole show in person by competing reps.

Now that I'm with AFF, part of my job is to recruit new affiliates. I send emails and icq's daily. But I do keep track of who, what, where, when and how. Some people will just flat our ignore me, while others appreciate being contacted.

But being an 11 year vet of the industry I have a slight advantage over most though. I may send out tons of hello icq & emails, but once contact is made I'm not an ass hat, lol. Either you want to test out AFF and appreciate having a real vet managing your account, or you're not interested.

For someone that makes good threads you are a horrible judge of a good thread.

I only talk to reps to give me 200.00 just to sign up to their affiliate program.

I have traffic ....58k unique with no skim.

i've had the EXACT same interaction on ICQ the past few weeks (including today) with these asshats

i just block them all... russian spammers

Dont take your self so seriously it was a joke. You are apparently an Interweb Jedi. :1orglaugh

Lighten up would yah

Because you have such a likable photo.

That's given me an idea... an away msg with an hourly rate. "If you are a rep and you send a second message, you consent to being charged this rate." :pimp :1orglaugh

It does work though, and they do that because the affiliate program owner pays them too, you should contact them.

Damn. I guess I can cross out that marketing idea I had today :)

:2 cents::2 cents:

(4:00:29 PM) 587312116: Hi there, somebody is here ?
(4:34:40 PM) 240208: hi, are you fucking retarded?