[UncleScooter]

ooooooooo I hope so.

That would be a perfect place to wear my BenIsAParasiteInDisguise.com T Shirt.

[webworker]

What's the lastest on MyPoints? Here's their latest merchant list

http://www.mypoints.com/emp/u/all_merchs.vm

[helpingmoms]

I just saw the following posted on another message board. I don't know how recently she signed up, but she downloaded the toolbar in December. I bolded my favorite parts (and this is from a forum that has nothing to do with affiliate marketing)

Help deleting MyPoints software please?

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I downloaded a my points offer in december that put the my points toolbar and spyware of some sort into my computer. At the time, it seemed like a great idea to easily earn points for my (way too often) ebay impulse buys.

The problem is now my computer clicks over and asks me to log into my points nearly every time I do a search - on ebay or even thru yahoo/google. I am so frustartaed at this point that I could scream.

I can't figure out what it's called in my computer's programs list so I can't delete it. It's a sneaky little thing too. It doesn't appear visible in my program list from what I can see so I can't find an uninstall option.

I managed to hide the toolbar long ago so that doesn't bother me anymore but I really hate trying to handle ebay sales when every time I try to invoice something I get automatically redirected to my points. For example, just now I tried four times to file for listing fees back on an item sold but unpaid since before Christmas. I can't even get to the page because it takes me back to the my points log in page instead of the ebay link I'm clicking.

Maybe it's my computer... Does anybody else have this problem? Do you know how I'd find it to remove the program and resume life as it used to be?
It's got to be called something but with my luck I'll remove something important by accident and it'll still be there nagging me to log into my points when I just want to read the DIS.

[bouffoc]

Hey All,

I'm new to aff. marketing, but it's obvious to me that this is a SERIOUS hot-button issue, and also that spyware and purveyors of it are bad things.


I would submit to you that Ben, while seeming hypocritical in decrying the fouls of the "parasiteware industry" then on the other hand endorsing a major player therein, is not being inconsistent with his most important goal:

"WATCHING OUT FOR #1"

If you or I develop a site that can save him more than Ebates does as conveniently as he seems to feel Ebates does, it stands to reason that he'll go to THAT site.

Analogously, if you can make one trip to Wal-Mart and save an average of 10-20% on exactly the same things you'd get elsewhere, why would you "shop around" and take trips to 3-4 other stores splitting your shopping over 2 weeks to get the same deals?

I don't know about you, but I don't have the time to spend waiting and going to various stores, so...

"Hi everyone, I'm Chris, and I'm a Wal-Mart shopper."

Yes I know they have unfair/anti-union labor practices, but I haven't got the $$ to stand on principle alone or to be unconcerned with what I pay. I get stuff as cheaply as I can. It's the American Way

Should we expect Ben to do (as some seem to imply) any differently?

Possibly if I weren't still a wage slave, I might see things differently, but alas, my enlightenment in this realm must wait for now. I'm still working to get a stready affiliate revenue stream.

Chris