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New Questions- I really don't think you are doing your product any good with your smug attitude. You are coming across as a young cocky kid with a chip on his shoulder. Just an observation.
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PLease New Questions stop responding to morons who are only bashing a great product. I f#&ing love it so far! This thread is only being continued because of the people who cannot afford it have to make them selves feel better by throwing negative vibes in here. Those who can and did are working hard. Back to make more $$ and find more niches! |
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IMO GCD has been very helpful to me and I would personally recommend anyone to give it a try. If you dont think it will be worth your $$$ then dont buy it! but if you have the money try it out and you'll see it will pay itself back in no time if used to its full potential. just thought id give my feedback
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| Mr. Cueball War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: , , .
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I would also like to state that this product's credibility is suffering a tad from all the no name responders with the small post counts. | |
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Also - it is my job to set the record straight. My regular 9-5 job ... And just in case anyone thinks I'm taking this personally - I am not. I love the "back and forth", and it has helped our support department tremendously. We are closing our doors in a less than 2 hours. Thanks to everyone. This has (and continues to be) an awesome Warrior thread! Unfortunately for the haters ... I am going to update this thread with dozens of happy comments and testimonials. I have been gathering them most of the day. This thread will hang around unless it gets locked - which is fine. It has served its purpose. 2 hours guys ![]() I'm going to sign off for a while. Time to start locking down the GCD system. I will be back with happy news, announcements, comments, success stories, video and written testimonials. Awesome stuff !!! | |
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Newquestions I am a GCD customer and i can tell you i am absolutely 100% satisfied with what it has blessed me with. with all the no named responders ruining the rep of GCD and what-not I would Like to say try it if you dont like it get your money back. but it is an investment for your future and it is a heck of a good product. I have already recommended it to many of my friends because I feel I need to share my findings and not just keep it in and be greedy. To all of you who doesn't want to buy it because it 'cost too much' well if you think that is too much well you should think about how many people out there put money into other products out there which after they purchased only found out it was filled with 'junk' and 'outdated' information which we all know already doesnt work. if you got the money buy it, if you dont believe its worth it dont. simple
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Hi guys, I was on the beta testing for GCD, and am still a cust there (was the 'raving mate' posted by my good friend SEOSteve - thanks for that buddy )Anyway, heres my 'insider' view so far.. I bought the program because i'm getting into the PPC game and could not find a spy tool that searched already 'up & running' ads rather than plunk in the kw's and monitor over a week or two. So that was one point i bought it for. The other was the ease of use to spy on other campaigns and simply clone them. Like others have said before, this is simply a tool. It may or may NOT make you money, depending on your actions. Chris has uploaded a stack of training videos since the launch, but i have to admit the real guts of the program has yet to be realised. People in the insider forums are itching to get into the game and there is a bit of whinging going on to get everything going (fair enough too). I think it is a step up from PPC Classroom imho, because it has the tools there, and it not just a training tool. On the negative side, i tested out GCD with one of my failing campaigns, and lo-and-behold, it shows my ads running up consistantly and at good profitability which someone else would have seen as something worth cloning. So that is something to be careful of with this tool. The other thing is i have yet to make any money with this tool, BUT having said that i haven't taken enough action either because i'm still learning tracking techniques before i start throwing money on the table using PPC with this tool. Also, the GCD method has some pretty scary techniques for newbies who are hesitant about the google ppc monster... There is no doubt in my mind however that this program is worth the money. It is NOT a) get rich quick b) the Holy Grail It is simply an awesome tool for HELPING find the best offers, ads, and landing pages in any given market. Hope this helps anyone sitting on the fence.. Any further questions feel free to PM me. Cheers! |
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You are cool... 3x faster than me ![]() I did 3$ adspend and 45$ comm today! | |
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| Active Warrior Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: FL, USA
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First - I'm user of both: AdSpyPro and GCD2. Second - AdSpyPro is $27 (not $29, it used to be $67 in 2007). It has been for almost 2 years on the market and has the latest update for Google and YAHOO (which GCD2 is lacking). AdSpyPro supports 131 data centers - different countries - for both Google and Yahoo - GCD2 not, only Google US. You store your data Privately on your VPS or dedicated server which obviously costs money, but it is your private database. Obviously GCD2 has many other advantages, Instant access to big database, LP, affiliates, merchants and URL searches, wildcards, and many other options for creative users - that's why I have both. Hopefully Yahoo will be added soon and international datacenters as well. NewQuestions - it would be nice if you could sign your posts. |
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new questios what you doing with a 9 to 5 job just use your software and make $$$$$$$$$$$ |
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I just joined up now YES.. after the official launch has closed.. And I must say.. NO log in problems and the detective seems to function nicely, no complaints on my end. I think / hope to be a very satisfied customer over time. PS: I got in after the launch because I found the back entrance, its still open if you want to jump in and not wait PM me and I'll send you the backdoor, and no its not an affiliate link just a little sneeky for the last person who does not want to miss out. Yes you will still need to pay, and all payment options are available etc. |
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I am a member in GCD2... Was thinking, what if you had a "Magical" Butting within the tool that simply shows you the campaigns of profitability index of 100K+ ? or 10K+ etc. ? well, that by itself should the purpose of the software for the owners! That feature will never be out to members, otherwise, hmmm... I guess everybody is gonna be struggling to get into the same 100 winners ... I got nothing against GCD or you Jonathan, But GCD is way overpriced in my opinion.. I also noticed that any keyword I search for gets stored in the DB, so I got no privacy of my own, what If I get a winner, everybody else gets the same chance to grab it. And yes, I did type a couple of keywords that returned nothing. Finally, I think its a good job done, but I doubt I'll continue with it. That's just me! Good luck Rami | |
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| Grumpy Old Moderator War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Spending the winter in France
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I think this thread has been a masterclass in how not to promote a new product. Every business messes up from time to time. New launches in Internet Marketing mess up quite frequently. What you do when something goes wrong is that you apologize and apologize and apologize. If customers get upset and are rude to you, you take it on the chin and never respond in kind. |
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| HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2003
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my every decision in my life. I have enough money. I like my job working my regular 9-5 job with the crew at GCD. I do it out of love, not just for money. Chris and I have been using this software for almost 3 years. So when you say "just use your software and make $$$" - I'm happy to say I have, I am, and I will continue to use GCD to make an insane killing. lol | |
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which is fine, although it might be easier to ask for a refund ... | |
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Not many people can afford this. Too expensive. PPC itself will cause some more damage.
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[quote=steitieh;613817]Well, that's a shocker! I read through all the pages, and that's the only comment that shocked me! Well your easily shocked then or have no sense of humour !!!!
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| Penny Auction Site Owner War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Georgia
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| Active Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Vancouver, BC
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Am a new user to GCD and PPC in general. Will say this though...I was a little irked that the problems up front surrounding the launch were not address by Chris in a more pro-active manner or that he could not have foreseen the surge in demand (i.e. more emails keeping us informed of problems etc.). Other than that, no problems so far. I fully intend to test drive for 30 days to see if it suits me. What more can I ask?
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with customers was made very difficult, because the mailing system was (and continues to be) built into the back-end software. Chris did send out several Aweber emails, but the staggered way Aweber sends information meant that important details were being delivered at the exact same time to everyone. However - I completely agree with your point. The server issues and the lack of clear communication were certainly very low points for the team. I'm hoping we can restore a little confidence with our announcements and some unadvertised stuff | |
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I would just like to add my two cents. I bought GCD when it first came out and I also bought adspypro. On hostgator they kept blocking adspy so I never really got to use it so I cant say if it works or not. I will try again. In regards to GCD I have been playing around with it again since I got the email about being a beta tester which I didn't participate in. Anyway I love this software and its ok with me if people dont use it cause its less adwords competition for me to compete with. Hey lets face it adwords is very competitive and you can lose alot money fast if you dont know what you are doing. In one of the training sessions this week I learned how to save 50 dollars a day with one adwords test campaign. The training goes on 5 days a week with 5 webinars Which could easily be worth the price of the software it self.. I tried to research campaigns with out gcd just to see what I could do and I felt like a blind man. With gcd I can see all your best ads and best keywords in 5 mins. The data is only days old not 30 days like some people have suggested. This is just my observation. Im not affiliated with gcd in any way other that a happy customer.It takes a little while to learn how to use it but nothing that is hard. In terms of up time it always works for me except for a couple days after the launch but I expected that no big deal. So Im busily working to create successful campaigns to prove that it works. If you try to clone the top 5 products on clickbak good luck . Not to say it cant be done but as Chris has said there are thousands of profitable ones to go after. I wanted to say thanks to Chris for giving me hope in a market that is hard to break into. Brian Russell | |
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| HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Aug 2008
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I had access to GCD for two days only because all the login problems they were having and All I can say is that is the best tool on PPC Spy I have ever seen. I had to ask for a refund because I realised that for me it is too expensive at this moment. ![]() ![]() |
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| Active Warrior Join Date: Oct 2008
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It's been only 5 days since I first put GCD to work and I have recouped my investment already I realize that the price point is out of reach for most, but quite honestly, if you are not already earning a enough income online to afford GCD then you are probably not advanced enough to make it work for you anyway I know I'm Gonna get some backlash for that last statement, but I really believe it to be true! Cheerrs Vstsr |
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| HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Aug 2008
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Its true. I am working on it.
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I truly belive in good training. I think that GCD is exactly that. However, with that being said, I don't think this product is for the newbie. You must have a working knowledge of PPC and Google before you attenpt to use this and be successful. If a newbie is considering this, I believe your money is better spent on other broad trainings until your knowledge base can handle this in depth system. I like it and I will use it, but I have been working PPC for years now, and everything has its flaws, I think it will all get ironed out. |
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| HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2003
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Chris and I are rolling out new videos, and our staff has grown very quickly to accommodate new GCD customers. I'm sure everyone is aware of the issues we faced in the first 48 hours. We basically had to pull our entire training staff off their duties, and put them on customer support. Thousands and thousands of emails had to be answered as quickly as possible. Things are getting back to normal now. The customer databases are working and so is the mailing system. Chris is about to send out one hell of an email, that answers an awful lot of important questions ... But - I just want everyone to know, that the training system is being updated. It is pretty good at the moment, with over 15 hours of video training, along with content and audio teleseminars etc. We also have Frank working basically non-stop on live training webinars, and our support crew is literally hurting themselves to answer questions. lol Just wanted to point all this out - and make a public promise to really over-deliver on the training. I have 12 new videos in the pipe-line, and Chris is working on another two amazing videos that will be released in the next day or so ... And for all those people who said "But all this should have been ready before we arrived" - well, that's probably true, and we were going to roll out training videos faster than anyone could digest them ... but we got bogged down in customer support. I look forward to blowing everyone away with dozens more videos, that will really push the training angle. This is the best tool full stop. Now we just need to push the training back-end to the same level. We have some amazing people on board, and you can expect quality training for all skill levels. GCD makes things so easy now. It allows every customer to see what is working, and what is not ... This sheer fact, makes our jobs as trainers so much easier. We don't have to rely on opinion. We can just point straight to the source and say "Hey, look at this guy. He is making money. It works. Here's why" I want to thank everyone for their contributions to this thread. I know it got a little heated earlier before, and I wasn't about to stand for out-and-out lies, and I did try and acknowledge the problems we faced. Huge announcement soon. I hope we can restore everyone's confidence in the entire GCD concept. It's not just a tool. It's a private community of like minded people, who *will* make serious money using this unique piece of software. | |
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| Active Warrior Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: FL, USA
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NewQuestions Today I posted a ticket as GCD forum is still down. To be efficient we need PDF Manual which explains every column and every field. Various lengthy "training" videos are very much waste of Time. Good training videos are from 1min 30sec to 4min 30sec - CONCISE and PRECISE. In GCD2, especially Frank’s stuff – you may spend 1.5 Hours to grab 45 seconds of useful information. So let’s have PDF GCD Guide with link to 2-3 min SHORT videos, if required. And have it Indexed. I can give you examples of short, concise training videos, like Jeff Johnson's support or Keith Baxter. Tonight Conference room was full again (350 people). Frank hasn't even changed the password. Frank was supposed to teach Advanced method tonight (I got in the last few minutes only when some people have left) and he was still talking about $1 a day Adwords budget to test new campaigns! Stuff for noobs. Advanced users test campaigns with $50 - $3,000 daily budget and use different tactics. Can you get somebody to teach really Advanced stuff there? Maybe Amit Mehta? Thanks, |
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| HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2003
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your points. Please understand that our regular training staff were pulled from their normal duties to answer customer emails. We have received over 500 emails from customers that told us the forums are still down. We understand this fact, and we know there was a lack of communication over the last 5 days. Please don't hold it against us. (The forums will be back up very soon) I'm sure you will appreciate the changes that are being made right now. Check the email from Chris for additional details. We are trying to strike a balance between videos for experts like yourself, and those who have never even used PPC. The training system has over 600 positive comments in less than 4 days. I'm hoping this validates our current training resources, although I must emphasize again - that most of our training talent was pulled from regular duties and have been doing customer support work. GCD is not going away. We experienced a large influx of customers. Certainly more than we expected, and it has empowered us to hire more talent, develop new resources and create a unique environment that will hard to beat ... The software is working perfectly now. No issues what so ever. Most of our customers will need to clear their GC cookie, and we have just sent out an email to explain how to do this. That was the primary issue behind almost all of our login and authentication issues. Looking forward to posting testimonials as we get past this backlog! I got another private email from a customer who has sold the actual PPC data returned from GCD - for $17,000. Pretty impressive huh? There is a lateral thinking training video that explains how to do this | |
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| Active Warrior Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: FL, USA
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Thank you NewQuestions, just got Chris email. Switching to Go to Meeting should fix the space limit issue. Since there so many noobs, let Frank teach them those $1 or $5 budget campaigns. But we need pro coaches with different Mindset, to show us the riches of GCD, and teach tactics where you spend and make thousands of $ a day. |
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New Questions; I am really curious as to how many members are in our club? |
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| Active Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Canada
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First posting to this board thought I would give my 2 cents. Lost money a few years ago trying ppc so gave it up cause I never made a penny from it. I accidently clicked on a page about gcd and was immediatly interested and subsequently became a member like a lot of others. Before the launch I did what probably hundreds of other people did after watching the videos of chris showing how easy it was to clone a campaign and decided like most to clone one of the examples he was using in the video.....big mistake of course and lost about a 100 bucks doing that. Again I was disappointed with ppc and figured this isnt gonna work. To make a long story short...When I finally was able to go through a lot of the videos, participated in some of the conferences put on by frank and then finally being able to test out the gcd for the last few days and see what it does etc I was able to find a campaign to test out. Keep in mind I had tried ppc a few years ago and never made a cent for almost a year trying. Because I have some webdesign skills I first built a website for my campaign that I was going to clone and made sure it was professional looking bla bla bla...I got cloned the campaign I reseached on via the gcd and launched it. Low and behold that first nite the campaign ran I had 34 clicks of 1058 impressions with 4 sales, (although my google account tracking tells me I have 5 conversions but clickbank only shows 4 sales so dont know why the difference there) it cost me $53 and change and my sales were $121 and change. Now this may not seem a big deal to most but this is from someone who didnt have a clue how to make money using ppc obviously caused I lost in the past. Today not as good as yesterday with only 1 sale. My avg cpc is slowly lowering since last nite, I think it had gone down over 50 cents already which is great. Basically I just wanted to say that this does seem to work if you go about it the right way and not just put up or clone any old campaign out there thinking its going to work. I also think that having a professionally done landing page is better but thats me. This is only my 2nd day with this campaign so we'll see where it goes but so far I am having success with it. I also agree that the owner or owners of this software could have shown more support when things were not going smoothly the first few days of launch, and I am still a little teed off that the forum is still down now for 3 days and still not back up. So far I like the program and for me I am actually making some money at it...and hopefully a lot more to come. Great forum here btw...tons of info great job. Terry ps....I am not a plant from gcd to go out and try to calm the waters so to speak lol as I had read in other posts. Just a regular guy living in Calgary Alberta Canada trying to succeed in this cut throat business. Take care |
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There is a lateral thinking training video that explains how to do this [/quote]I must say that this is a great video and was the way i saw mysef moving forwaed with the software, however, it just wouldn't return any results for UK !!!! If your in US this could work extreamely well |
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| Active Warrior Join Date: Oct 2008
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Hey, Vstar here, To all of you who have sent me a PM, I'm sorry that I haven't replied, but it's only because I Do Not have enough posts on the warrior forum to be able to send PM's If you want a reply , you will have to include an email address Cheers, Vstar |
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| Mal Lambe War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Bunker, Paris
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I bought GoogleCashDetective - mainly on the strength of the pre-launch videos. Carpenter seemed to be a straight shooter (Even though he was recommended by Frank Kern). The launch was a nightmare. Couldn't log-in for two days. And then it just got worse. It's absolutely OUTRAGEOUS the way GCD are treating their clients. If you opt for the payment plan (like 67% of us according to Chris Carpenter) it ends up costing you AT LEAST $2600 over the year. So for that kind of money you would expect pretty good service. Not the case here. The so-called "Support" sucks. Tickets go unanswered for days and days and days. They are not even answering the comments on the vids (here's looking at you Jonathon Paul) - how hard can it be to get a drone to at least reply to comments??? There is no blog - just a webpage. No Forum - just excuses about how they are building the world's greatest one. And what's this with "server problems"? Why didn't they get hosted with Peer1 out of New York for instance - handles PlentyofFish dating site's huge load very well. As for "Contact" - very hard to find anyway - it's a broken link. Yes...the "Contact" is a broken link. Lesson One - make sure the Contact is easy to find and works. Meanwhile CC waffles on about wanting to "help people", "tight-knit community" and "build a long-term relationship" - all the rest of the B/S. And don't get me started with the tool and the Direct-Linking method. As others have pointed out here, unless you're in good standing with Adwords you're going to get burned. You're not going to get .05 clicks - Google are going to shaft you all the way. Sad for all the dreamers who think they can just throw $200 at an Adwords campaign and make a killing by "cloning other peoples successful campaigns" - straight out misrepresentation. I'd say 99.9% of GoogleCashDetective users are going to get burned. You don't learn this stuff overnight. I've been using the tool for days. It's nothing out of the box. It's fun but really just an expensive toy. You can't expect to just nick someone elses keywords and ads and suddenly be rolling in dough. There's much more to the equation than that. What else? The bonuses suck - it's stuff that's been floating around for years. Some of the videos are quite good - Jonathon Paul's stuff - but mostly its basic newbie info. The webinars are just plain annoying. What about some PDFs for those of us that still like to read? Other stuff promised isn't there. Just more promises. You go around and around the site looking for stuff that just isn't there. Carpenter says "you get a 30 day guarantee - if you're unhappy for any reason just email me and I'll refund your money". Yeah yeah. But where is the email addy huh? Where is the "Contact"? Where is the frigging "Support"? They are probably all out the back counting the money they've made (up to $900 in Affiliate Commissions) from suckers like me. Jonathon Paul, I'm sorry mate but your excuses are pissweak. It takes 2 minutes or less to log-in to your site and make sure that at least the "Contact" link is working and another 5-10 minutes to AT LEAST post a couple of comments rather than leaving us in the lurch. Your name's associated with this disaster. Think about that. As you can see, I'm ropeable about this. Does Chris Carpenter even care about his online reputation? FTC here I come. He'll be joining Frank Kern in the Sin Bin (Google "Frank Kern Conman" to read about his run-in with the FTC). Oh yeah...nearly forgot...today Chris Carpenter emails me to say how sorry he is for all the stuff-ups...yada yada yada and to make up for it he's giving me a week's accommodation in his surf-camp/yoga retreat. Yeah right. No - I jest - he's kindly offered a week free of billing. Whoopee-doo huh? NOT GOOD ENOUGH (as we say in Australia). The whole thing has left a very bad taste in my mouth. I knew there were bandits in Mexico but I didn't expect this. |
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The most confusing part is why didn't they expect a large amount of people to join? Why weren't they prepared? Why wasn't the support staff already in place? Why weren't the forums already prepared with moderators? If I paid $350,000 to develop a program then surely I would pay a few bucks a month to a reasonable-sized support staff. Surely I would've prepared training for both the beginner and advanced levels before launching. And what good is it to make the bonuses like the home study course and Google Cash Revolution available only AFTER the 30 day trial expires? Why did Chris say it will be limited based on people when it was in fact limited based on time? And why doesn't the customer service phone number work? It seems the only reliable thing going on so far is Frank's daily training, which is good but it isn't organized in a manner for one to really track their progress and understand what to do next, but I don't blame Frank for that. |
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| Mal Lambe War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Bunker, Paris
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The quick answer is that they are inept. But I'm getting a very uneasy feeling about these cats. I'm still waiting for the "High Priority" Support Ticket to be answered.
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Reading through this thread, I'm amazed by some of the whining. GCD is working. And it's working extremely well. I was able to log-in immediately on DAY 1. Then, yes, there WAS some down time, especially the first few days, but nothing I couldn't work around, and things have been flying (at least for me) since they added more servers. I'm talking lightning fast on my MAC, and I'm having zero problems accessing it now. I'm experienced with PPC ... and I've still learned some cool stuff from the training. In fact, Jonthan Paul's videos have been particularly good. Is it magic? No. If you run out and start using it without carefully going through the training, or without THINKING before you launch a campaign, you could easily lose money. If you do everything right - there's still risk you could lose on a given campaign, but it sure puts the odds in your favor (in my opinion). This - like any other tool - must be applied thoughtfully. That said, the intel it feeds you is quite eye-opening. I think Chris has done a phenomenal job, all things considered, and the initial bumps have really smoothed out. I have not used the support ticket system at all, however, so can't speak to that. I will say this: I'm very glad I bought GCD. |
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| Mal Lambe War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Bunker, Paris
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@ NewQuestions Well yes...I'm a GoogleCashDetective "customer" as you put it. An "Unhappy customer". If the tool and site did what you promised in your launch I'd be a happy camper. "Will the author keep on supporting you months from now, years from now?" Very funny. There's NO SUPPORT whatsoever at the moment and it's been what - a week after launch? All these excuses of yours just don't wash. The thing is a bloody disaster and you should be ashamed to be associated with it. You think it's going to get better? I very much doubt it. And BTW you're the guy that likes to pick apart websites in your videos. Start with your own. Start with having a clear "CONTACT" page and a "SUPPORT" system that works. We haven't paid chickenfeed for this thing. This is a serious chunk of change over the year. "A private community of like-minded people" - I like that bit. Bit like a sect then? Maybe a sect where the yoga-loving Guru gets around in a fleet of Rollers or something. But instead of distributing flowers from the window he's chucking out "hot keywords". ;-) Just re-read your post of 22 Feb. "Our main priority is looking after members. Growing too quickly would be very dangerous. In part - that is what made our previous launch "difficult" ". Looks like you didn't learn from that one eh? |
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@ DarkSky You wouldn't happen to be associated with GCD by any chance?
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I'm one of his customers. A happy one. I'm not on his staff - and I don't know Chris personally... I don't even surf. ;-) I paid for my package, same as you. My experience though has been a very positive one. Like I said though: I can't comment on their support, since I just haven't needed to use it. |
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Well I think support may be getting quicker...I sent in one today regarding how much longer is the forum going to be down, a couple hours later I got a response....although my question wasnt really answered as their reply was we are working on it. Just dont understand why is it taking 4 days or so now to put the forum back I am sure it doesnt take a genius to work out a couple bugs in a forum ...I dont know why it was pulled in the first place as it was working fine and I dont think anyone had issues logging into the forum. I still like the program and all but other things are a little fishy and without the forum as a way to communicate with everyone else I am sure most of the noobies are probably running scared the longer their is no way of communication. |
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I agree, I got plenty of time to watch it all. Frank is a really really nice person. However he (they incl Ann) claim to do this for years. So close the damn chatbox, don't take questions, TEACH US, explain functionality, do an example... that's it. Can't be that hard... Again Frank is a nice guy, but also tell us about the advanced stuff... but think he's not to.
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This is a joke!!!
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Doesn't have any success login into live training too. Most of the times it says wrong password and once I got in, I get kicked out of the training almost immediately. Maybe I should use groundnut instead of peanut. | |
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I also bought GCD2. I'm overall happy with the tool, unhappy with the support, and super unhappy with the absence of a forum. Why should we wait for their forum anyways... gcdforums.com is available. Anyone up for it? Or should I just buy the domain and set up the forum which will take me all of 1 hour max? The tool works very well, IMHO, when you compare it to other tools I've used in the past (keywordspy and keycompete) it rocks and blows their ass. If you expect GCD2 to cook dinner for you, have sex with you, and iron your shirts, sorry, you're gonna be disappointed. There's a TON of things that should be improved, and I'm sure some of them WILL be improved. It is good at what it is billed at doing, but it isn't gonna earn you a dime -- that's still YOUR job, buddy. |
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OK guys and gals, I set up an independent forum for GCD2. No more need to wait for GCD2 to get their act together and give us a forum. Sign up and post your experiences, good, bad, and other. Index :: Google Cash Detective Independent Forum |
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And you know what? Stuff happens - they had major server problems etc and were overwhelmed by their "success" - but if they showed some class - if they kept us in the loop with a daily email, I might be prepared to wait a bit longer while they sort it out. But the only emails I get are from Chris boasting about the number of affiliate sales they've had and how much the affiliates like Frank Kern, Anik PPCClassroom and others are raking in - which only rubs salt in the wound. And then we have Jonathon Paul on this Forum rabbiting on about how their customers are the most important part. I'm not feeling the love here. | |
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