kane

This reminds me of something from a long time ago. Back in about 2000, I had a guy contact me from a board and ask if I would give him some pointers on making money with AVS sites. So over the next week through a few chats and emails. I gave him some basics and some information on how to do things. Most people, I have learned, will never follow through once they realize how much work it really is.

This guy, however, did follow through. He signed up with some programs through me so I was even making a few bucks on referrals. Within about two months he was making about $2k a month. For him it was all the money in the world. The only other job he had ever had was a part time job at a fast food place so he felt like he was swimming in cash.

He moved out of his parents house (he was 19), bought a car he couldn't really afford and started spending. About 4-5 months later he tells me that all of his friends want him to show them how to do this and he is telling them all to fuck off. I say to him, "I guess you're glad I didn't say that to you." He didn't really respond to that.

Then, doing exactly the opposite of what I told him to do, he started creating a bunch of email accounts and used them to spam the AVS, Link and TGP sites. He got caught within a month and had everything blacklisted.

Suddenly he came crying to me because his traffic had disappeared and he had no idea what to do. He was screwed. He wanted me to personally contact all these people and vouch for him so they would let him start submitting again. I told him that I had explicitly told him not to do this, but he wouldn't listen. I then said I was taking his own personal point of view here and he can fuck off if he thinks I am going to try to fix his problem.

I never heard from him again.

When I looked back on it, he never even thanked me for helping him in the first place. So, sometimes when you do help people and it works out for them, they can't even be bothered to thank you for your help.