Awwhhh now since I'm on the fourth page I can't go back to read all the previous emails.

I got your email Linda so came here to post but think or will attempt lol at least to make it quick cos I'm way behind on things. Ooops the page stopped loading and now I can read them all
I've already commented on this before the contest started but love reading all these comments.
But.....if you don't know....how can you do all these things. Obviously for me the first thing I would have done at this point is have a genie or somebody grant me some wishes so I could make friends with all of you affiliate smarties

I knew absolutely nothing about anything computer related and knew nobody when I first got online so obviously I didn't have a clue where to go to learn anything. lol My ideal wish would have been I guess to have enough money to hire somebody to be a mentor but then without knowing anything I wouldn't know if I was just being ripped off or not. Didn't have the money anyway. I'm still quite confused as to who some of the so called "bad guys" are in the affiliate world or affiliate managing area are since everybody seems to have different opinions from listening to things at forums. I'm very clear in my mind at least who my little group of "good guys" are based just on how I've been treated by them. Without this little group I don't know who I'd have turned to for any questions.
First thing the I'd have asked the nice little genie guy would be to tell me who all these people are online that know what they're doing so I could try to learn from them. Soooooo much time went by before I knew any of these people. I've said before so might as well say again. My first lucky break came when I somehow stumbled onto a very nice aff. mgr. who took the time to answer my questions and that helped enormously along the way with his suggestions where to try to learn more.
So....
Billy Kay - I don't expect you to give away any secrets or anything

but in regards to "Do my homework and research and compare similar merchants so as to avoid the "dogs"
I know this is a stupid question, but ummmm how do you go about doing that? I know from being at forums seems like the ideal thing is to stay away from any of the major networks...lol but don't know how that's possible unless you're only focusing on one type of product. I think I've made several bad decisions with being involved with some sites but not sure if that's from my not knowing any better or it's a problem with the sites themselves. I don't have a clue as to where to go to research or what it is I'm supposed to be looking for to compare them.
As usual, I've made this waaaay too long. Linda...it's your fault

you sent me the email and I can never turn down nice emails sent to me

Although...I know was probably just regular ole generic email sent to everybody. been through that explanation before. lol All anybody has to do is ask...and oh well just the way I am...so don't be making fun of me...don't want to hurt anybody's feelings just in case by them thinking I ignored them.