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By: TravelBloggerBuzz

TravelBloggerBuzz — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 11:39:43 +0000

In reply to John. Wait. U saying Gary sold to Bankrate already??

By: John

John — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 07:07:00 +0000

Not complicated. Sell out a blog, make money, and then sell it to a big company. Gary and MMS are now living in Austin after selling to Bankrate. TPG made more than 5 million last year and doesn’t write anymore. Big business. People who give those blogs clicks are doing as much harm as the bloggers.

By: TravelBloggerBuzz

TravelBloggerBuzz — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 03:37:59 +0000

In reply to Sam. Oh man you mean we may not be able to travel with prices we can all afford> Or get 7 travel reward cards at once when we only were looking for just 1 cash back card? What is the world coming to??

By: TravelBloggerBuzz

TravelBloggerBuzz — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 03:36:15 +0000

In reply to Andrew. Could be on to something here...

By: TravelBloggerBuzz

TravelBloggerBuzz — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 03:32:27 +0000

In reply to Andrew. Meant $10k right? Prognosis is very troubling. But you never know what the future holds, things can change, like a recession or something.

By: TravelBloggerBuzz

TravelBloggerBuzz — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 03:30:58 +0000

In reply to Scott. I think I predicted that some time ago...

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 03:19:31 +0000

We have certainly seen the pattern before. Get lots of mainstream publicity, take SOPs onto national tv (eg. Nightline), cash out.

The smart money sees that when the general public plays this game, the game is over, or more likely, was over some time ago. What will show up first: Banks that see it is wasted money to pay big commissions for marginally profitable customers, or ad readers who figure out the difference between a bargain and free.

Watch where the Titans go next. Likely to your profit, guarateed to entertain.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 02:04:47 +0000

In reply to JamaicanReefer.

You’re probably right.
Outside of money etc, his life is pretty pathetic, almost feel sorry for him…
I’m sure he knows that too and that’s probably his exit plan on display.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 02:01:18 +0000

In reply to TravelBloggerBuzz.

“Maybe he saw the writing on the wall and decided to go all out to squeeze as much as possible before it all goes to hell”

I think you’re right George. He wouldn’t be that stupid to cut the branch he’s sitting on.
But for now he’s probably making more than $100K per day so who’s stupid?
Sucks as this is clearly the end and I’m not buying any of that “end was predicted many times before” BS.
It is the end, period. I wish I could book a few more trips more than one year in advance,
so my remaining miles are not garbage when this happens 🙁

By: JamaicanReefer

JamaicanReefer — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 01:08:32 +0000

This guy Ben is up to something. He is willing to trade all this information for his own good, so he can quit and do something else. He maybe trying to sell his blog to the highest bidder. Therefore he needs as much of publicity as possibly. As he may have grown fed up with his life style, he takes no prisoners to get ahead while the others (us) who have been quietly participating will be probably hurt in the long run.