buying hardlinks @ tommy's (or other big traffic sites)

[Qon]

i'm not sure if this is in the right place but anyhoo.. i've been trying to get in touch with some of the larger site owners to buy hard link spots & getting in touch is impossible by email... i'm sure you are busy tommy and probably miss a lot of legit emails.. but... though many of them use brokers some don't and its IMPOSSIBLE to simply inquire about paying cash for straight hard links on their site(s)

is there some sort of underground network i'm not aware of here or what? i've got a grand or so to spend & the only ones that will take it are the brokers with totally unproven traffic stats.