Flash Wrote:
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My concern is that revenue has to come
> from somewhere. He is barred by his contract with
> Datatron from having an MSP for a period of time
> (2 years?) so he should not be contracting with
> shoppers on his own behalf. There is only limited
> revenue to be made from 'hits' on website banners
> and such. So where is the revenue coming from?
A shopper friend forwarded an email from Gary Cohn, that I also received, and have posted excerpts of below. Old timers will need no reminding, but newer shoppers may not know that the president of PremierShoppers, Cohn, was with Datatron before they flew the coop, owing shoppers thousands and thousands of dollars :
“While we have not introduced a membership fee for our shoppers, we also know that it costs money for us to maintain the quality and service everyone has come to expect.”
“To that end, we are asking our shoppers to make a Maintenance Contribution of $2.50 to help keep PremierShoppers.com at the head of the class. The math is simple. For as little as a nickel a week, your assistance will be monumental to our continued growth and enhancements.”
“As we have also tried to watch our costs, we no longer can accept credit cards. We would ask that when sending your maintenance contribution, you mail us a check made out to PremierShoppers.com, Inc”
“On behalf of all of us at PremierShoppers.com and our corporate and shopping members, THANK YOU for your help.”
“With my deepest appreciation, Gary Cohn President PremierShoppers.com, Inc.”
It would seem that this is a penny ante attempt to stay afloat, by asking for contributions from shoppers. And, if PS can no longer accept credit cards payments (presumably due to nominal transaction fees), there's little to no profit margin.
I will certainly not be contributing to Cohn's maintenance, and find his request to be ridiculously offensive.