Last June, I got a comment on my site that as far as I could tell was comment spam advertising a site called Opinion Outpost. Not being a fan of that style of advertising, I posted about it. In the following months I’ve gotten a few comments from satisfied Opinion Outpost customers defending the company — but yesterday, I actually got an apology from the person who originally left the comment that started it all.
I was looking your webpage this morning and wanted to apologize for posting our email on your weblog. When I first posted on your site I was looking for your email address to contact you about our affiliate program and I could not find it so I thought I would make a post not knowing what I was doing was inappropriate in the weblogging community. I was new with the company when I posted this and learned very early that this kind of practice was wrong and I haven’t done it since. I know that what I have done has made you very upset with me and Opinion Outpost. I ask that you hold nothing against Opinion Outpost, I am the one at fault.
As for this email that you said you sent me, I don’t ever remember receiving it. I receive large amounts of emails every day and I probably looked at it with confusion (not understanding it or not knowing what I did wrong) and discarded it. I am very sorry for my actions and hope this post will ease the tension and conflict between you, your weblog and me.
I am willing to post this on your weblog if you would like me to. Just let me know what you would prefer. Thank you!
Sounds reasonable to me — it’s a pity my original e-mail got lost, but everyone makes mistakes from time to time, and he was kind enough to send the apology along. The apology is certainly accepted, and I’ve gone back and edited out all the names and contact information from the original post and the follow-up comments.
Opinion Outpost still doesn’t look like the kind of thing I’m interested in for my own needs, but with this, I’ll file them back into the “on the level” bin. :)