Originally Posted by Brad Mitchell

Thus far an excellent read.

Clearly, I'm getting old when so many of the posts just start reminding me of high school. Calling KimmyKim a whiney old bitch and suggesting that she isn't asking questions that are in everyone's best interests is the equivalent of suggesting that Santa Claus is an evil cannibal that eats elves the day after Christmas.

Those that don't remember history are always prone to repeat it. I find it so curious the webmasters that have been hit by 2,3 even more companies who were fly-by-nights causing them to rather distinctly lose their livelihood more than once. Every time a new company comes around with a dramatically lower rate, they're the first to jump on board. It's like watching pets in a laboratory that can't learn anything via electroshock therapy.

There is always a large number of small and new webmasters who without perspective are easily drawn, never wanting to ask tough questions because as they are new with the feeling that they will conquer the world and as a result more prone to believing others with the same appearance.

I am thus far impressed with the answers from Zombaio and it their explanations do seem sincere. But this is always the case and as business and life lessons show us time and time again, things that seem too good to be true often are.

The people asking questions in this thread do deserve the benefit of the doubt. They also should command your respect for their profound experience, specifically in our industry as their continued best interests are truly the survival of what you do for a living. If you think they are just another whiny bitch, prick with an agenda - you would be sorely mistaken.

What is my concern? I don't want any more client's getting fucked and when companies topple, large and small, it affects everyone in one way or another - even those of you who think you're just an island... whether it reflects in checks you never receive from a sponsor, the price you're paying for content, price paid for hosting, attendance fees to a tradeshow, disgruntled consumers that won't click the buy button anymore - there is a price for everything.

I look forward to seeing the published legal opinion from Zombaio's lawyers and also the results of fact checking that will no doubt take place by competitors. Long term, however, even if everything is a-ok on the technical side with the MIDs and TIDS (lol, not my specialty) I will absolutely go on the record stating that 4.9% is not a sustainable retail rate for an IPSP in this category. Fantastic as a promotion and to get some traction, but in my honest opinion not something that one could expect to deliver on all levels for years to come.

I'd love for Zombai to check out, be proven viable to the community and to also have longevity in our industry. Anything that puts more $$$ in the hands of webmasters is in everyone's best interests - the community is working harder than ever to make the same and in most instances, less money.

Let's all remember that it is for this reason and for the memories of over a dozen companies that took hundreds of millions out of the pockets of thousands of companies and tens of thousands of webmasters that we are all cautious. Some failures were frauds by design, others were simply by grievous error and miscalculation.