I think this last post, plus the one from LadyHold'em about the used car deal sums it up pretty much.
Its easy for a big affiliate to take the kind of position that PPP usually takes. He's the one defending PartyPoker on their (late) player fraud iniative (which has cost many affiliate a lot of money) by saying the incentive model we were using (after being encouraged by PartyPoker) was bad business/immoral/illegal, in which he is right only about the first part (the model being bad business long-term). Of course there is a conflict of interests between the big and the small affiliates, and I do not think that trying to get ahead in this business is wrong in itself.
I seriously doubt that there is a single affiliate out there/here who has never, ever used marketing strategies at some point that could be considered dubious or even immoral now. And before I get shouted at for saying that, I'd like to state that I am willing to play by the book (as long as it's not being written by PPP (;-), but at the same time I am willing to do everything to defend my interests.
And thank God in this forum we are not being judged on being right or wrong on the basis of whether we are at the bottom or end of the affiliate food chain, and not on the basis of arguments and points of view.
Jeremy I have read a lot of your posts, but defending PPP because "he's a friend" is probably not the best idea.
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