Google “Ayre Force”. What an ego this guy has. The idea that he could in any way be a super hero is a joke.

He claimed on his blog that he was only a brand ambassador which is a big pile of crap. He was the main man behind Bodog. I just think it’s funny to read that. Rant over.

Here is the email I sent to Commission Junction:

Customer (MY NAME WAS HERE .) 04/01/2008 02:25 PM

I just received an email from you recently entitled “Save your account from deactivation”.
I would very much like to keep my CJ account because our website is just starting to get really big and CJ has some great advertisers that we would love to leverage.

Can you please NOT deactivate my account because it is a big part of our business model for monetizing our site?

Thanks.

I think this was a perfectly reasonable response because I had made some sales from my site but since I was trying to develop the site for content and get contributors I didn’t have much time to spend on enhancing it for earning from the traffic, hence, I requested that CJ do not nerf me. I was surprised to get a response so soon but check out their response, I found it a little shady:

Subject: “Saving your account from deactivation”

Response (CJ REP NAME WAS HERE) 04/02/2008 09:41 AM

Dear MY NAME WAS HERE,

Thank you for your inquiry. If an account does not generate a commission within a six month period, it will be deactivated. This is Commission Junction’s policy. However, if you are deactivated due to dormancy, you will be prompted to reactivate yourself upon logging into your account manager.

To avoid deactivation, you may want to generate a sale or lead after clicking through one of your links. We do not usually encourage making purchases or generating leads through your own links; however, in this case it will be alright.

If you do not want to make a purchase through one of your own links, and you are deactivated due to dormancy, you will be able to reactivate yourself. Once you reactivate your account, you will have another six months to generate a commission before being deactivated again. Your links and banners will still be intact and your relationships should not be affected if you reactivate quickly. Please note that if you remain deactivated for too long, advertisers may choose to expire you from their programs.

A Dormant Account Fee (DAF) of $10.00 USD is charged to publishers that do not generate commissions for a six month period. If you continue to not generate commissions, the DAF charges your account each month until your account balance drops below the DAF amount. At this point, Commission Junction deactivates your account for dormancy.

We hope this answers your question and we apologize any inconvenience this may have caused. If you have further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Sincerely,
Commission Junction Client Support

Interesting reply where the rep from Commission Junction encourages me to click a Commission Junction generated/supplied link on my site and buy a product from the store thereby sending a payment and earning a commission and ultimately avoiding account deactivation and this $10 “DAF” fee. More like a DAFt business model to be following here from Commission Junction if you ask me.

Here are some questions on this topic:

• Do you use Commmission Junction?
• Have you had this experience?
• Do you agree with their policy on deactivation?
• What do you think of their idea to click a link and buy a product?

I tagged this “bullshit” amongst others because I think it is retarded.

I received this email today and replied. It’s been a while since I baited one of these douchebags. I wonder if he’ll reply, perhaps if I showed more eagerness to get involved he will. He basically wants me to pay $95 and he will give me the $8 Million that I am not entitled to.

I will follow up with an email after a few days… Also, the email was sent to undisclosed-recipients so it must have been a BCC batch job. This is funny after watching MSNBC’s show on this type of crap!

I hope he refers to me as “Btard”.

Barry,
That is a shame that you are in Benin Republic as opposed to the Netherlands (where the email is from. I may actually flying to the Netherlands on April 2nd for a work conference.

Regards, Btard

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:30 PM, barry.gab <barry.gab@orange.nl> wrote:

Dear friend,
It has been long we communicate last, am so sorry for the delay, i am talking of your cheque of ($800.000.00) that my boss asked me to mail to you as soon as you request for, but due to some minure issue you fails to respond at the aproprate time, and presently the cheque is with me here in BENIN REPUBLIC.

Though i had a new contact from a friend of mine who works with one the security company here in BENIN REPUBLIC that will assit you on delivery you your cheque at your door step with a cheeper rate, which the company said that it will cost you the sum of $95, so you have to register with them now.

Below is thier Contact information:
Name TOTAL SECURITY COMPANY
EMAIL. (totalsecourier@yahoo.fr)
DIRECTOR NAME ( Dr Sam Williams).
Telephone…….+229 939 270 66
Fax………….+229-930-09914.

Make sure you contact them as soon as possible, meanwhile i will go right away to the security company and submit your cheque with them, and i would like you contact them for more information and clearification with thier email address and phone numbers above. I will like to hear from you as soon as you recieved your cheque.

Thank you.
Barry John Danko