The sponsor I emailed, XPays, has not replied. I won't be using them now.
The other problem I see with these kind of redirects is that they induce surfer mistrust which spills over onto other honest sites. The more porn surfers I communicate with, the more I find them angry, resentful, nervous, and fully expecting to be ripped off. I don't think this makes them eager to get out the CC.
So dialler schemes like this may produce short-term higher profits, but I think they make it harder for the industry overall.
For all those people who used the sneaky dialler, how many more are lost because they actually wanted to join the site, and may have stayed on for months?
I know there are plenty of webmasters who like diallers and I'm not saying they shouldn't be used, but just that they should be offered as a choice rather than used as a way to squeeze money out of people (and the parents of the kids who find them easy to use!).
OK... getting off my soapbox now. I guess I just don't like wasting time joining sponsors who do this kind of thing.
