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Yahoo Google!
Surely they have.
No, but Mr Postman is currently down the street yaking with some woman. It could be in his bag :=/
We really should be today as the Dutch etc. got their's a while ago now.
[edited by: Jenstar at 4:15 pm (utc) on Feb. 5, 2004]
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So, the backlog in airmail that I presume the above is the cause is probably the reason. It annoys me though when:-
The September cheque was delayed for weeks by a mail strike.
The October cheque goes out a week late because of a holiday in America - well that was the reason given anyway... but it delayed it by about a week.. although possibly their recently implemented tax system had something to do with it.
The November cheque is delayed because of the Christmas post.
The December cheque (which I thought would get here without delays) gets mired in an airmail backlog caused (I presume) by the Americans getting twitchy about certain flights. *sigs* Well I suppose this is par de course for international trade.
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[edited by: Jenstar at 4:18 pm (utc) on Feb. 5, 2004]
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My December check was lost in the mail between Google and my agent in the US. Need to wait until Mid March.
I started making AdWords advertisers happy on my sites as early as end October and haven't seen a single dime yet (and the AdSense income looks pretty impressive at the report page, not in my bank account though (yet).
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Jens
[edited by: Jenstar at 4:25 pm (utc) on Feb. 5, 2004]
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But Google agreed upon reîssueing them, does that mean the banks who gave out the money without proper checking will go empty?
>there have been posts on this forum from people in Google Adsense whose cheques have been posted but were intercepted on route and cashedBut Google agreed upon reîssueing them, does that mean the banks who gave out the money without proper checking will go empty?
As far as I know - Google reissues cheques to people who have cheques not delivered to them by them being lost in the post. As to whether they reissue them to people whose cheques are intercepted and cashed - I don't know and suggest you ask Google.
Thanks for this hint, I hope nobody cashed my checks though but how can I find out?
Tell Google. If you log in to Adsense, then click on Contact Us (in the top right hand corner) you can send them a message (choose the subject payments). Tell them which cheques you haven't received, ask them if they've been cashed and ask them to reissue them to you. They'll reply by email.
I am sweating here. Couple of thousand bucks on the line where I actually tossed quite some other relationships for the AS program.
Jens
As far as checks that are lost and cashed by someone else, the support team is unfortunately not able to reissue in that situation. To the extent that the information is available, they can let you know whether your check has been cashed or not, and if it has been, they may be able to provide you with a copy of the cancelled check so that you can pursue the appropriate actions to recover your money.
The alternative would be for Google to put a stop on the cheque somehow however:-
a) this would cost them money
b) it would be useless if the cheque had been already cashed
Anyway I'm glad Adsense Advisor cleared it up.
The 1099 was post-marked January 30.
LOL, we get the 1099s faster than the checks which were postmarked like a week BEFORE the 1099s.
[edited by: Jenstar at 5:00 am (utc) on Feb. 6, 2004]
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1099 are by law suppose to be mailed by January 31st. Adsense "contact" has not replied to ANY contacts forms i have filed out over the last 2 weeks. (2 contact ).
precisely what do we need to do to receive a response?
Since they didn't include the November payment (sent late December), you would have had to have earned $600 prior to that, or you aren't getting one.
As far as the mailing goes, companies had until February 2nd this year, as the 31st was a Saturday.
Anybody in NY get it yet?
ISense drastic changes in AdSense program soon.. reduced payout percentages, and a massive reduction in the number of publishers.
Reminds me of Star Wars bit this.
I sense a massive disturbance in the force Luke, caused by frustrated Adsense publishers happily opening envelopes from Google only to find that they contain 1099s and not cheques...
To be totally serious though - I just see this as a wait and see situation. Last time it happened was November - that got sorted out in the end (although Google could've informed publishers sooner that their cheque would be delayed). To be perfectly honest I don't depend on the Google cheque (and I hope nobody else here does). I have sources of income independent of it - Google is not the sole advertiser on my site and my living expenses are all covered. Of course - not everyone is in that fortunate position. Patience is what is required - after all they're putting a lot of money into advertising Adsense. Hopefully with more advertisers on board there'll be more competition for keywords which'll drive prices up.
Though it says on my "Payment History" page that it was sent on Januray 21.
Whoever at Adsense was responsible for having 'Payment Sent' displayed should be disciplined. As ASA stated, that's the date Google approved payment, not the actual sent date for the publisher. And considering this is displaying in the publisher's payment history, it simply doesn't make any sense, even remotely and should be change immediately to 'Payment approved' or something.
In that case would it help to present a copy of the check where it is written across the face of the check (as advised by my bank): "for deposit only, bank account ****..."
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That's just a kopout, and a way to try and pull the wool over our eyes and bad PR, and i would feel insulted if that's the best they could come up with.
Simple...........
GET THE DIRECT PAYMENT SORTED SOON!
Look how many there here are still reporting that they still have no cheque yet (a lot in the US which surprises me), its not fair when there is an alternative, and it works, its not new, does not need inventing, etc etc, its here now DIRECT PAYMENT, means it fast, efficient, will not get lost (well should not), cannot be stolen.
