UPDATE: I've settled with David, and been paid, avoided a lawsuit to all you who questioned why I didn't just sue him. The dude has had some serious personal stuff going on, and although he should have just kept me in the loop, he did deliver and made payment and explained what was up. He's not a shadester and it was just a big mishap.
This is partially why I didn't want to sue, because we had a good business relationship before this, and I'm glad I didn't because he's had some serious shit stir in his life.
Jon, to reply to you. I understand what you're saying, and I have respect for you because you actually DO this business, and have been in similar situations. However, when my post gets edited before I could even pull screenshots, thats not cool, and you should pass that on to Nicky. This place used to be all about the serious marketers on here, not these fake affiliate talketers and gurus wasting people's time and money...now your boy nickyfakes, who is not a real affiliate marketer, just a "reporter," is in here running stuff and editing posts?? If you want the big pubs/real affiliates on here again contributing, you need to clean house. Also, if this guy had been a straight scammer, people should know. I have made some contributing posts, even a few weeks ago about tracking, not many, sure, I haven't. But 90% of posts on here are witty sarcastic trying to be cool wastes of people time, so I don't think that should carry so much weight. Plus, I contribute to your pocketbook as a 360 pub, so its worth your time to hear me out before having your mod edit my post.
Here's my biggest contribution to newbies:
If you want to make money, stop posting a reply to every forum post and go actually try some things.
Ignore anything fake affiliate bloggers like Nickyfakes say, and you'll make more. I know guys who know this guy, and he DOES NOT make much if any money as an affiliate or much in general. He's a wannabe "e-hardass," who obviously talks a big game and hires women at conferences because he's got no game. In person, this would have all gone down much differently if you tried your "e-gangsta moderater" hardass tactics on me in person cakebakes, I can promise you that. You're going to call me a faker when you're just a groupie that isn't anything but an industry reporter with some forum mod power?? Post your own screenshots, lets see your revs homie?
Guys that post silly shit on forums, have nifty blogs, and are "e-affiliate gangstas" are not making any money, they'd be too busy having to run their biz like the rest of us real pubs/affiliates. The biggest guys in AM talk the least, thats why you don't know who I or David are. I'm just saying, dont be fooled by all the talkers on here, cuz they don't make money.
You guys are making me need to put out an ebook to really learn this biz