bad advertiser
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posted by ordeq
Even though, usually I have enough advertisers to cover 100% of my
inventory, for a moment there I had a lot of space available and no
advertisers, so I decided to offer my current host to buy some advertising.
They agreed and bought 100K banner impressions. Since, I had no other
banners to rotate, I decided to start their campaign right away even though
they were going to send a check only in a week or so.
After about 2 weeks, I realized that I didn't receive their check (usually,
I get them in 2-3 days), so I emailed them about it. They told me that they
didn't receive my invoice and were going to send the check a couple of days
later.
After another 2 weeks or so, I still didn't get anything, so I emailed them
again. They told me that they sent a check but can cancel it and send a
FedEx instead. I agreed.
In 2 days, I received a FedEx from them (the campagn was 9/10 through,
already). When I went to my bank to clear it, it was bounced. In 3 days, I
received a notice fromm my bank saying that my advertiser didn't have
enough money on their account to pay for the advertising.
I emailed them again, they told me that it was some mistake, since they
placed $xxx money on their account just a day ago (they also said that the
first check was returned to them). I requested another check and they told
me that they will send it the next day (a the mean time, they gave me free
hosting for the period I was waiting for my payment).
3 weeks later and guess what? I still don't have the payment.
They don't seem to respond to me on ICQ (actually, they didn't respond to
anyone lately, so they aren't just blocking me) and I get no reponse by
mail either....
I don't know if I should tell the name of their company because it might
turn out to be extra advertising to them (to be honest, their services
aren't that bad)...
What should I do? It's a pretty large sum of money and the time I spent on
their campaign and stuff worth twice the campaign itself.
* sighs *
posted by djdesi Remove their advertisement... Ask for free hosting in return... Give them another advertsing solution and keep on asking for your money.. :)