Would YOU climb aboard THIS sinking ship?!

We received a note of desperation from an exasperated Pay4Surf admin a few hours ago that we found to be indicative of what is happening and much of what is wrong with the autosurf industry.

We read the update over completely several times before we came to any conclusions. Here is how the message opened:

The membership count and upgrade level have both declined rather than increased. I can't describe how disappointed I am with this. For the past 2 or 3 weeks we have been averaging 7 upgrades a day and the majority of them are for only $5. This shows a serious lack of interest or faith in ChoiceSurf.

If the purpose of this message was to rally the troops, this was a poor way to start off, by telling us that it is half dead already.....

The message continues:

Have you ever heard of an Autosurf that paid out more than what came in from upgrades? Well that is the case for ChoiceSurf. I have paid out $74,000 with only $59,500 coming in. I managed to do this by investing the money and using the earnings to pay the difference.

Well, we can't speak for our readers and members, but this is EXACTLY what we thought a LEGITIMATE, NON-PONZI surfing program is SUPPOSED to do. Obviously any program that ALWAYS needs more funds coming in from new spends than it pays out is DOOMED to failure.

The math tells us that a program that offers 120% over 15 days would eventually need to outsource $20K for every $100K in spends. Or are we the crazy ones?

Now, wait for the sucker punch:

I'm going to hold all pending payouts and give this until Monday. I wish I could give it more time but I simply cannot afford to. If things don't improve drastically over the weekend I will be forced to shut ChoiceSurf down. Those are words I never wanted to have to say.(Ed. NOR SHOULD HE HAVE!!!)

Let us translate:

"I (the admin), don't really think things will improve! I don't believe in my membership so I am going to stop paying you. In the meantime, IF YOU can produce a miracle in 4 days, the program will be saved and you will get your money."

It's really quite incredible that an intelligent businessman would send this kind of message unless he had a deathwish. Let us get this straight: You are going to hold OUR money hostage and you want us not only to pony up more in the meantime BUT ALSO tell our friends and contacts that they should put their money into a lame duck!?

And now the Coup de Grace:

I have worked very hard to build ChoiceSurf up and try to make it one of the best paid to surf sites out there. My efforts just aren't paying off and most of our members are showing no interest at all.

If you want to keep ChoiceSurf alive you can do your part by promoting it heavily and actively participating yourself. You'll have to show me you want ChoiceSurf around for a while.

Translation: "I absolve myself of all blame, it was not my business model or program at fault, I simply attracted a lousy membership base ;( I am now going to sit and wait for a miracle and if it doesn't happen within 4 days, I'll pack it in and keep your money!"

There is one last comment from the middle of the message that we left until last because it shows an interesting mindset and throws light on yet another incestuous aspect of this industry (house of cards):

I'm almost convinced that this autosurf business has seen its day. I lost $5000 to 13dp and now it looks like 24dp has stopped paying out too. This is just the tip of the iceberg lately, as you all know.

So, most, if not all, of the outside funds to pay members were coming from other AutoSurfs! Just like dominoes, when they start to fail, they take others with them. Neither this admin or any other, actually told members that this was their strategy to keep their program afloat! If this is the way that MOST surfing programs generate their funds then Clay is probably right and we should run for the hills.

Our final note is simply this! We hope for ChoiceSurf and its members' sakes, (WE are one, currently owed $750 and had just respent two hours before receiving this message), that the miracle happens.
We all know that it won't after a message like this......

The ultimate truth is that the industry is still vibrant! There will be winners and losers as always. The phenomenal launch of 12by12 Daily recently stands as testament to this. There will still be some BIG programs failing in the near future and they will be replaced by yet others. If you play the game correctly (we were still a NET winner in ChoiceSurf), you can win too! Our Recommended Pay4Surf Page still provides ample opportunity for profit.

The BOTTOM Line (And how to protect it!)
We have been in this business for quite a while now. We had several thousand in CasHits, the first really big autosurf. We had a $20K+ account level in StudioTraffic. We have always, and will continue to use autosurf as a tool to generate short-term income. However, if you visit our Recommended progams Page, and, take the time to READ carefully the message that it sends, Pay4Surf should only be a SMALL part of a diversified portfolio. Many people become desperate when an autosurf fails because they have become dependent on it. This was the same lesson learned by MANY stockholders when they became too enamoured of the sexy hi-tech stocks a few short years ago!