Squirt, you'll kinda notice something between the companies that come to the board and try to convince you they didn't give info, and the companies that don't even bother to give you an explanation.
It's called need.
The ones that come to the board are either relatively new or still in a position where they are dependent on their base of affiliates. They can't afford to have a bunch of folks stop sending them traffic.
But companies like CE? TCG? Pffft...
3/4ths of the webmasters at GFY could boycott CE and they'd still be raking in money hand over fist, and they know it.
Besides, what is worse:
- being accused of handing over info
- coming to the board and admitting to handing over info
- denying handing over info and having dozens of people prove you're lying
It's best for them just to keep quiet and leave people wondering. These companies are so large that they feel they don't *need* to answer to the webmasters... and like it or not, they're right.
You don't need proof or any type of response from a sponsor to make your decision over whether you're going to send traffic to them or not. Look at your business, look at the reliability of their checks arriving in your mailbox, look at the total after the Bic is done... and in the end, you either make a business decision or a gut decision. Honestly, would anything they say make any difference anyway? Probably not, you probably wouldn't believe them. So don't worry about it, just do what ya gotta do.
Welcome to Oprano, btw!