I don’t think it’s a death penalty, I think it has to do with doing the same forum repeatedly.

My hacker was grinding Obscure (4 visits) and got: Venus de Milo x 4, Seasonal Centerpiece, Pocket Watch, Empty Gas Pump, Children’s Playhouse Kit and Human Skull. This is the exact delivery I received for my main cam grinding 2nd Wife with 12 visits like a week ago.

Today that same cam got 4 times the listed delivery, yesterday on this character (charisma 53, luck 46) I ran jobs and used the forums Second Wife x 3, Hall of Faded Fame x 1 (still no .moar files there), Great Firewall of China x 1 and Zombie Armageddon x 1. (Note 4 unique forums.)

On another identical cam (Scarlett – charisma 53, luck 33) I ran 12 visits and got 7 times the nine item delivery. My visits used were: PrayPal x 2, Hall of Faded Fame x 1, Second Wife x 2, Teen Mommies x 1, Great Firewall of China x 4, Internet Movie DoucheBags x 1, Suburban Gangsta Paradise x 1. (Seven unique forums.)

A third character (angstcity – charisma 53, luck 32) used 4 visits – 3 on Second Wife and 1 on Great Firewall of China. Received 2 times the list of nine. (Two unique forums.)

Fourth character (scully_bot – charisma 53, luck 27) used 8 visits on 5 unique forums and got 5 times the set of nine.

Not only does it look like the 9 item delivery is the max that can be earned for one run regardless of charisma or luck, but it looks like the system simply ignores visits if you have already been to that forum. Not sure if that is a bug or done on purpose.

EDIT: Or maybe that is all simply coincidence, as I used 4 visits on another cam (charisma 53, luck 33) were unique forums and got 4 x the nine item delivery plus additional stuff. Although my character did level during one of the visits, so maybe that had some influence.