Would You Buy Text Links from Text Link Brokers?

So I hear a lot of SEOs claim to be completely against link buying from text link brokers, but then go ahead and recommend this technique to their corporate clients. Text links are hit and miss these days as Google is trying to crack down on this practice, but I wonder what percentage of SEOs these days use this technique for their corporate client. If I had to guess, it’s probably a significant number. Maybe as high as 60% or higher. But one things is for sure. Link buying is not a long term strategy and true link building through link baits is much more successful in the long run. But sometimes all the corporate guys need is quick results.

Feel free to share your thoughts on this controversial issue.