Annoying Submitter

Discussion in 'Directories' started by dkessaris, Oct 26, 2006.

  1. #1
    There is one submitter that regularly submits sites to my directory that is becoming really annoying. He submits 2-3 sites per week, the sites are blogs hosted on free blog hosts with a couple of copied articles. The funny thing is that he actually pays for the submissions. I reject his sites everytime and refund him but he keep submitting other blogs, at first I was banning the domains but that is of no use since everytime he submits different sites (he must have a few hundreds of those splogs).
    It is becoming really annoying and I thought to stop refunding him, however in my TOS it says that submission fees are refundable so in order to not refund him I have to change my TOS.
    Is there another way to stop him, maybe block him from making payments to my account?
     
    dkessaris, Oct 26, 2006 IP
  2. ! Ask !

    ! Ask ! Peon

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    #2
    Simple, put on the TOS “If the submission is considered SPAM by the editors, the fee will be non-refundable” :)
     
    ! Ask !, Oct 26, 2006 IP
  3. dkessaris

    dkessaris Peon

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    #3
    I thought about that but then he will probably start opening disputes with paypal which will cost me even more time.
     
    dkessaris, Oct 26, 2006 IP
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    SiteExpress Well-Known Member

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    #4
    Can you PM me some of his info? I run a Blog Directory and get many of these as well.
     
    SiteExpress, Oct 26, 2006 IP
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    max pain Notable Member

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    #5
    why dont you ban his IP i.e assuming its static
     
    max pain, Oct 26, 2006 IP
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    Rod_Purnell Peon

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    #6
    Why don't you build him a private section and take the money?... LOL!! Sounds like a great paying customer. :rolleyes:
     
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    aditya_sfs Peon

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    lol... man.. post his blog links here and his profile link on blogger.com here... lets see who is this guy
     
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  8. dkessaris

    dkessaris Peon

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    Not planning to do anything like that, he is actually paying for the submissions not spamming me with an auto submitter.

    I am just going to follow SiteExpress advice (thanks BTW :) )
     
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    You could create a section like this "Really Bad Blogs" and put the links there. :D
     
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    Bernard Well-Known Member

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    Have you tried contacting the person to discuss the problem?
     
    Bernard, Oct 27, 2006 IP