Today I received an email announcing the demise of a website. A site which had promised so much, yet delivered so little. In fact, it didn’t deliver at all to us, its members. By now you may have read blog posting about this latest Internet news, AGLOCO is DEAD!!
Dear Ng,
We would like to update you on the status of AGLOCO’s operations. We continue to believe in the AGLOCO concept, but our revenue is currently not sufficient to give Members a meaningful distribution. And though there are increases in membership, the resulting revenue is not enough to support operating costs. As a development team we are unable to continue to use our savings to fund the operations. If any Member would like to pursue continuing the operations of AGLOCO, you may contact us at agloco1@live.com .
We would like to thank every Member for supporting our effort to bring a piece of the Internet directly to the user. We hope that we can find a way to keep the operations going.
AGLOCO Development Team
The concept of getting paid to surf the Internet was simply too good to pass up. On that basis, I signed up as a member in March and received this welcome message:
Dear Ng,
Thank you for confirming your AGLOCO Membership!
Your AGLOCO Member ID# is: BBCQ5810
You’ve taken the first step, but to make your Membership even more valuable, there’s something more you should do:
TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO JOIN AGLOCO!
AGLOCO needs your help to grow the network. Over 90% of all new Members are referred by existing Members. The larger the AGLOCO community grows, the more valuable it becomes for all Members, and the more you can earn yourself.
AGLOCO rewards Members who help grow the network, so get busy!
Thanks,
Dan Jorgensen
AGLOCO Member Coordinator
With that done, we waited in anticipation for the viewbar to be ready for members to download in order to start accumulating AGLOCO hours, earned while we surf, in exchange for easy riches. We waited, and waited, the official release date got delayed a couple of times. Some members ran out of patience and doubts started appearing in our minds questioning whether AGLOCO is for real. These ghost were laid to rest when we received an update in June informing us the all clear to download the by now infamous viewbar.
Dear Ng,
We are pleased to report that your AGLOCO Viewbar has been released and is ready for you to download now. Since you signed up with AGLOCO, our community has continued to grow even larger, stronger, and more active. With the Viewbar software, we are excited for each Member of the AGLOCO community to begin earning their share of the wealth generated on the Internet.
Blah blah blah blah…..
Dan Jorgensen
Member Coordinator
Fast forward to present time, a good 5 months since the viewbar went live, no one got paid a dime (at least never heard of it being reported) and now, it was pronounced DEAD!! The signs were omnipresent, signs that all were not right, it was heading for gloom right from the beginning. It was a wrecked relationship from start to finish.
Lesson learnt
If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. I wouldn’t go so far as to say AGLOCO is a scam or a get-rich-quick scheme. In my opinion, it was a good idea, just managed and excuted poorly. Luckily, we didn’t lose anything other than some dash hopes of making money while doing our favourite activity. I’m sure there are people out there who had invested some money to build their network, hoping an expanded referral network will “work” that much for them, and earn them Internet riches. I feel sorry if you are one of them and hope you take it as school fee for a lesson well-learnt.
