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24-08-2006, 01:48 PM   #1

Beware of Million pound pet sites


I've just been notified about a site that asks for a £1 (or more) donation to post a small thumbnail graphic of your pet on their website.

They say 50% of profits go to charity but if you read the small print that will only happen IF they get 1 million pounds worth of posted pets. (There are also many things that could be done for that target never being reached, site offline, broken links etc - so it's only natural that one would be suspicious).... Even if they do get the target, they pocket a MASSIVE half a million pounds!

It doesn't cost £500,000 to create/host a simple site that just holds small thumbnail graphics. I could understand it if a site with large running costs ran the scheme but for such a simple site it looks more of a money making scheme. If you do want to donate money to a charity you can go direct to the charities website - least that way you know they'll be getting the money.



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24-08-2006, 01:53 PM   #2

Re: Beware of Million pound pet sites


as if we'd go anywhere else anyway Az!
But thanks for the heads-up



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24-08-2006, 02:58 PM   #3

Re: Beware of Million pound pet sites


Thank you for the info. Az x



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24-08-2006, 07:57 PM   #4

Re: Beware of Million pound pet sites


That's just awful! Thanks for the warning.



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24-08-2006, 10:14 PM   #5

Re: Beware of Million pound pet sites


Wow! pays to read the small print! Thanks for the warning.



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