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LOL nice rant

all frustration aside, seems like a huge waste to abandon the project now...can't you contact them and explain the situation or open a new account?

I hear you...it's still a B**** to earn cash for a company that's pulling those stunts but still...your almost there

In any case... why do you think they would terminate accounts that are hanging after 40 days in the first place?

MY one and only guess is that they simply don't want a bunch of dormant accounts clogging up their system

I could definitely be wrong or missing something but if the explanation is that simple, would an email explaining it's taking you longer to deal with their API then expected but your on it do the trick?

Griffin,
Being so incredibly "naive" (ignorant) of so much of what most of the folks on this board know as well as the back of their hand, I do understand the utter frustration of diving into some new project requiring a high learning curve. Must be, at least, doubly frustrating to get into it so far along only to find out -- "oh BTW, you're supposed to make us good money withing 5 weeks or less!" Now, being me, not much idea about what api is, but I do know you have three choices of what to do at this point:

1.) Nothing and chalk it up for a learning experience.

2.) Get even - which can be done one of two ways, or, if you have the same vengeful spirit I have (and I so enjoy your posts because you have the same style of sarcasm as I have ), both ways! You got a good start already for a letter to e-mail back to these folks. I suspect you have the ability to write it with more daggers in it, or go for that wonderful sarcasm, and make them laugh enough to reconsider thier silly rules (that were never clearly explained.) AND/or, start hitting the different opinion forums and make sure the first SERP is full of negative publicity for their company. (Warning: some companies actually have hired lawyers to look for such opinions on the Net, to literally sue the writers for liable.)

3.) And this is my only truly grown-up, I-really-was-a-business-owner-and-had-to-behave-properly-at-one-time answer: suck it up, and politely respond in such a way that they think you could become a benefit to them.

Yeah, I know! I hate that last idea, too, but that's one of the draw backs of trying to make money on your own -- not only does every day life get in the way (and family, fun and relaxing are the reasons we want to make money to begin with, so they aren't "in the way " they are our way), sometimes we have to go back and remember -- this isn't just for us, and the number one problem with being a business is we must deal with all sorts of PIA customers and/or businesses, so sucking it up must be applied if you don't want to get the rep as one that is unbusiness-like. Sorry. (And remembering some of the times I had to suck it up, I really am sorry.) At least, you still get to decide.

Note to self: Never use Shopdotcom again. Always suspected they might be idiots by their results, anyway.

griffinsbridge wrote:

as for:

(Warning: some companies actually have hired lawyers to look for such opinions on the Net, to literally sue the writers for liable.)

Liable is only liable when it's proved to be false!!

(taunt at shopping . com, NOT at atwhatcost who so graciously gave me the ammunition!)

Yes, did this myself, so, you know I'm getting gutsy (that and you can't get blood out of a rock), but they aren't suing people to WIN, they're suing them to force them to spend money on a lawyer, and time on a lawsuit. If everyone, on a product review site (AhEpinion.comchoo) gave negative opinions about megaconglomerates' new widget, got sued, how many more times do you think anyone would write a negative opinion about any of megaconglomerates' products?! Now, how many buyers finding no negative comments will then assume the product must be good?!

And to think -- they could save so much money, simply by sending us all a nice fat check, instead?!

Oh, and you can't be berated for your sarcasm. You're way too good at it!