Originally Posted by vdbucks

Brad is a representative of AWE, and as such, he knows AWE's ToS, or at least damn well should. From the looks of it, part of brad's responsibilities is affiliate support.

An affiliate asked him a question whether or not his methods were against AWE's ToS. Brad said no.

AWE closed his account and are refusing to pay this affiliate after he was given the green light.

So what we can deduce from this is

A. Brad is an idiot and needs to be fired for not knowing the ToS of the company he works for.

B. Brad is a scumbag and purposely told this affiliate that he could use those methods, knowing the affiliate would be banned and funds withheld.

And regardless of whether those tactics are frowned upon in the industry, regardless if they aren't allowed, he asked Brad whether or not he could use them and was told yes.

You can twist this situation however you want, point fingers at some not so clear sentence in the ToS and use it as an out, or try to place blame on the affiliate... but the fact of the matter is this is on AWE. Had their rep not told him it was ok, then that would be a different story; but because he did, they need to settle up.