Oprano Front Page


Go Back   Oprano Adult Industry Forums > The Business Of Porn - Closed For Posting > Legacy Archived Main Board

Notices

Legacy Archived Main Board Business chat and general industry chat. All participation is welcome. Dont post your fucking spam here.





Check Out YnotMail

The Original Oprano Flat Board (Thanks To Sarettah!)---
Oprano Swag Shop
"History Of Porn Timeline
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 07-01-2004   #1
Mike AI
Administrator
Want to see your own Advertising Here!
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 11,618
Default

Anyone else notice how slow ARS is when it comes to redeeming the ARS points? I ordered something months ago. By the time I get the monitors I ordered, they will no longer be cutting edge technology.

If anyone needs Christmas gifts for 2005, you may want to put your order in now with ARS points!

__________________


Make big money on your Domains! Why wait 40 days to get paid with the other guys? Parked.com pays the most for your traffic, and cuts checks twice a month!
Mike AI is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-01-2004   #2
Winetalk.com
Prostate Examiner
I quoff fine wine at corkd.com
 
Winetalk.com's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: good 'ole USA
Posts: 21,018
Default

Mike,
I don't know what you ordered from them,
but THIS is a cutting edge technology in monitors today
;-))

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sma...y/default.mspx
Winetalk.com is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-01-2004   #3
JR
Members
The global leader in pay-per-view AEBN
 
JR's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: in my chair
Posts: 3,320
Default

__________________
JR is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-01-2004   #4
BradShaw
Members
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,216
Default

I placed 4 orders early May, I have received 2 of them.
BradShaw is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-01-2004   #5
pushpills
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
The global leader in pay-per-view AEBN
 
pushpills's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: chicago
Posts: 3,460
Default

http://www.brothersoft.com/EditPlus_Download_16751.html


you can use editplus to replace your ars links with higher converting sites like pimproll or something else you might not have tried.

3 chicks per tour page doesn't seem to convert my surfers like it did years ago. hopefully you got your ars points by using the dialer or something.
__________________
...Almighty Content - Free feeds for your members area!...

The internet is a great way to get on the net.
-Bob Dole


...Remote Thumbs - Make your TGP work for you!...
pushpills is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-01-2004   #6
Dravyk
Easy Like Sunday Morning
Want to see your own Advertising Here!
 
Dravyk's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Behind a couch, somewhere in Philly
Posts: 7,628
Default

Admit it. JR's post gave most people here a woody.
Dravyk is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-01-2004   #7
Mike AI
Administrator
Want to see your own Advertising Here!
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 11,618
Default

Apparently ARS has a huge back order for getting things out. They had a monthly budget for buying and sending things out. To make things worse the girl who handles it is going on vacation for 2 week.

I also think a lot of people are cashing in theri points because they are concered that they will be devalued, or will be worthless if ARS bites the dust - so there has been a stampede.

Points programs are difficult to manage, but if you are going to offer it, you should have better support!
__________________


Make big money on your Domains! Why wait 40 days to get paid with the other guys? Parked.com pays the most for your traffic, and cuts checks twice a month!
Mike AI is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-01-2004   #8
mojobill
Thinks Negative Rep Points on GFY Matters
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Michgan
Posts: 686
Default

Quote:
Originally posted by Dravyk@Jul 1 2004, 12:40 PM
Admit it. JR's post gave most people here a woody.
It gave me wood! ;-)
mojobill is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-01-2004   #9
Peaches
Members
Want to see your own Advertising Here!
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Hills of N. GA
Posts: 10,823
Default

Quote:
Originally posted by Mike AI@Jul 1 2004, 11:09 AM
Anyone else notice how slow ARS is when it comes to redeeming the ARS points? I ordered something months ago. By the time I get the monitors I ordered, they will no longer be cutting edge technology.

If anyone needs Christmas gifts for 2005, you may want to put your order in now with ARS points!

Read their boards - apparently they are only up to the first week of May as far as orders Thankfully I have a very small order and it's just for an Amazon GC, but I can imagine the people cashing in for the big stuff are rather peeved - to say the least.

Oh, and "the girl" is Marc's Aunt - I know she'd be tickled to hear someone called her a girl
__________________
Peaches@onlinebeach.com
ICQ# 36734533
Peaches is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-01-2004   #10
Mike AI
Administrator
Want to see your own Advertising Here!
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 11,618
Default

Quote:
Originally posted by Peaches+Jul 1 2004, 06:29 PM-->
QUOTE (Peaches @ Jul 1 2004, 06:29 PM)
__________________


Make big money on your Domains! Why wait 40 days to get paid with the other guys? Parked.com pays the most for your traffic, and cuts checks twice a month!
Mike AI is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-01-2004   #11
Hell Puppy
Fat Fucking Nobody
Want to see your own Advertising Here!
 
Hell Puppy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 6,523
Default

Quote:
Originally posted by Serge_Oprano@Jul 1 2004, 10:14 AM
Mike,
I don't know what you ordered from them,
but THIS is a cutting edge technology in monitors today
;-))

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sma...y/default.mspx
The problem with this is the keyboard functions. This is why most newer PDAs and wireless devices have a keyboard, even if a small one, instead of relying exclusively on tapping or a shorthand like palm's grafitti.
Hell Puppy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-01-2004   #12
Hell Puppy
Fat Fucking Nobody
Want to see your own Advertising Here!
 
Hell Puppy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 6,523
Default

Quote:
Originally posted by Mike AI@Jul 1 2004, 02:35 PM
Apparently ARS has a huge back order for getting things out. They had a monthly budget for buying and sending things out. To make things worse the girl who handles it is going on vacation for 2 week.

I also think a lot of people are cashing in theri points because they are concered that they will be devalued, or will be worthless if ARS bites the dust - so there has been a stampede.

Points programs are difficult to manage, but if you are going to offer it, you should have better support!
If scammers weren't so rampant and margins weren't shrinking, there's a business opportunity for someone who can create an outsourcer for this kind of thing. Let the programs concentrate on what they do best and farm out crap like fulfilling reward points.

Customer service and fraud control make the numbers tough to work though.
Hell Puppy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-01-2004   #13
Mike AI
Administrator
Want to see your own Advertising Here!
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 11,618
Default

Quote:


Originally posted by Hell Puppy+Jul 1 2004, 10:24 PM-->
QUOTE (Hell Puppy @ Jul 1 2004, 10:24 PM)
__________________


Make big money on your Domains! Why wait 40 days to get paid with the other guys? Parked.com pays the most for your traffic, and cuts checks twice a month!
Mike AI is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-01-2004   #14
Peaches
Members
Want to see your own Advertising Here!
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Hills of N. GA
Posts: 10,823
Default

Quote:
Originally posted by Hell Puppy@Jul 1 2004, 11:24 PM
Customer service and fraud control make the numbers tough to work though.
Fraud is one the things ARS brought up when asked why they didn't at least hire someone part time to do it for a few months to get some of the backlog taken care of.

IMHO, this is an unusual situation - they went for 6 weeks? Two months? where they took ZERO orders. When they started taking them again, folks were a little nervous about possibly having their point "locked up" again and in addition to the two month wait, you then had more webmasters cashing their points in. Granted, this is something that could have been forseen, but I can't imagine the logistics of putting hundreds of thousand of dollars on credit cards in order to get all these orders out.
__________________
Peaches@onlinebeach.com
ICQ# 36734533
Peaches is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks
Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Show Printable Version
Email this Page Email this Page
Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 03:11 PM..


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2026, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright Evil Empire Inc. 2006-2022