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Carl Price

12-31-2004, 01:39 PM

Has ANYONE on these forums ever bought ANYTHING from a popup or an animated ad? Please be truthful.
Thanks

HAL9000

12-31-2004, 01:42 PM

Nope... I have all the ads blocked anyway.

Carl Price

12-31-2004, 01:44 PM

I tried to edit the spelling in the poll question but I didn't know how. If it is allowed maybe one of the moderators will do it.

TwoRails

12-31-2004, 01:49 PM

Ads? What's an ad? j/k... No, never. I don't have any "protection" other than ZAP, but I've trained myself pretty good to not even notice ads.

aym

12-31-2004, 01:58 PM

Never, I have them blocked almost always anyway.

Hi Ho

12-31-2004, 02:02 PM

I have never even clicked on an ad. I haven't seen one for months now using Maxthon. The ad blocker is superb.

WhatsThisBoxFor?

12-31-2004, 02:05 PM

I have clicked on a couple of ads (the crucial ones on PCMech a while back saved a lot of typing in crucial.co.uk), but other than PCMech I never see them since I adblock them, and I would never buy anything from them. I wouldn't even download freeware from an ad.

kram 2.0

12-31-2004, 02:10 PM

Nope. That's asking for scam.

kram

ghost2003

12-31-2004, 02:11 PM

if ever a ad does get through i will never buy something from them, annoying me is no way to get me to give ppl money.

HAL9000

12-31-2004, 02:16 PM

I tried to edit the spelling in the poll question but I didn't know how. If it is allowed maybe one of the moderators will do it.

Done

Force Flow

12-31-2004, 06:31 PM

I've click on some ads a couple of times just to see what was behind some of 'em, but never bought anything. I only purchase items from trusted sources.

mbossman2

12-31-2004, 06:34 PM

i view popup ads in the same way I view any unsolicited sales pitch: circular file material...

but some foolish jackass must click thru and buy...otherwise no one would pay the money to have it programmed and placed

bailey

12-31-2004, 06:38 PM

the ads seam to have stopped on here, I have not seen one for several days now.

oSo

12-31-2004, 06:40 PM

Never have, never will.

Byte 2.0

12-31-2004, 07:29 PM

never brought anything from any Ad on any website.

However, they must be making money, sort of like Spammers are making money. People must be buying from spammer or the business of spamming would die. So that leads me to believe enough people are buying to support the business.

TwoRails

12-31-2004, 08:02 PM

Ya, I agree. There was a little dittie on the local news about spammers not too long ago, and the percentage of people that reply is indeed small, but with millions and millions of people online, it doesn't take a large percent to make money.

bailey

12-31-2004, 09:53 PM

ok, so if that were true, then why was there not any takers when I put myself up for adoption ?

jimmyrules712

01-01-2005, 02:59 AM

ok, so if that were true, then why was there not any takers when I put myself up for adoption ?
because everyone has seen yor picture in the members gallery

mattg2k4

01-01-2005, 07:25 AM

I have once. It was something I was getting from newegg, so I clicked on the banner ad (it was either here or [h]ard|forum) just to support the advertisers who pay websites' costs.

TwoRails

01-01-2005, 07:49 AM

I have once. It was something I was getting from newegg, so I clicked on the banner ad (it was either here or [h]ard|forum) just to support the advertisers who pay websites' costs.Actually, I've done that on sites that offer free and often used utilities, meaning clicking on ads, but I've never bought anything after clicking. My understanding is they get paid per click, not per purchase after the click.

Bailey, jimmyrules712 might be on to something! :eek: :) (or you advertised only on AOL... LOL )

bailey

01-01-2005, 12:41 PM

NOT!
I will not have anything to do with aol, I refuse to even look at a system that uses it.

glc

01-01-2005, 01:26 PM

Only from legitimate companies that I do business with anyway - such as Crucial and Newegg - and only on sites (such as this one) who I want to get the clickthrough revenue, miniscule as it may be.

lil Jimmie

01-01-2005, 01:32 PM

Nope I've never purchased anything directly from a pop-up ad or animated ad. I have all ads blocked. I have made purchases from a few google ads but I don't make a habit of it.

Carl Price

01-01-2005, 08:05 PM

I have once. It was something I was getting from newegg, so I clicked on the banner ad (it was either here or [h]ard|forum) just to support the advertisers who pay websites' costs.

I don't mind banner ads and have purchased from them, but I hate popups and animated ads. I make a point that if the ad is animated or pops up I won't click on it, even if it is for something I'm in the market for. And I won't do business with the company either.

g-dogg

01-02-2005, 03:23 AM

why would you even think about buying anything from a popup?, i mean everyone knows they are all scamers!

TwoRails

01-02-2005, 10:23 AM

Not all ads / popups are scams. Like everything else, you have to be a smart shopper.

mbossman2

01-03-2005, 09:51 AM

interesting comments: http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20050103.html

Carl Price

01-03-2005, 10:42 AM

Very interesting comments indeed!

I was looking at the results of the poll. Only one entity has admitted to buying from a popup or animated ad. But from the article we see that that is a very high percentage. Makes spam profitable. As I see it, the only way to get rid of spam is for EVERYONE to not buy. Spam would then dry up. But as long as 1% buys from spam, we will continue to see it.

In actuallity some people enjoy receiving the tons of messages spam generates. Those people need to get a life.