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RE: slutty's Review

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:44:15 PST

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02-10-10 08:44pm

REVIEW REPLY by slutty (33)

To rearadmiral (24):

I actually didn't mind Hustler's new setup without DRM that much. I think they do fill a niche (porn with stories, however half-assed) that sites like Videobox and AmericanVice don't seem to focus on. Although Hustler certainly needs to improve video quality.

If you didn't like Hustler's setup, you'll hate Private. It has significantly worse navigation than Hustler does, and the video quality is equal or perhaps slightly better than what Hustler offers.

peace,

slutty

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RE: slutty's Review

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:37:15 PST

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02-10-10 06:37pm

REVIEW REPLY by rearadmiral (24)

To slutty (33):

Interesting review - thanks for doing it. I've been thinking about trying a membership at Private but I think I'll wait based on your review. Your complaints about Private seem similar to my complaints about Hustler. Private and Hustler are two of the biggest names in the adult business and you'd think that they'd put the resources into getting it right. But both don't seem to have bothered. I wonder if it isn't partly a mentality that they're too big and too important to fail. Tell that to some car manufacturers and banks. Part of the sad reality though is that this industry isn't known for its customer service model. I suspect that both Private and Hustler figure that they could invest in making a great site that brings in a lot of revenue or they could make a crappy site that still brings in a lot of revenue. One of the reasons that I really like Kink and American Vice is that they leave a member with a sense that they actually care what the customer wants.

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RE: Frustrating site

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:57:02 PST

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02-10-10 02:57pm

COMMENT REPLY by slutty (33)

To moonbyrd (0):

Maybe they used to have all of them, but I only saw up to the ones I listed... Sorry, man.

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RE: Frustrating site

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:27:25 PST

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02-10-10 02:27pm

COMMENT REPLY by moonbyrd (0)

To slutty (33):

OK, then the site itself is misleading, because the preview shows all the covers of the various magazine lines from the first issue. Also Duke's review at TheBestPorn.com implies that all the magazines would be available: "The Private mag is the best section with things categorized by decade going back to the first issue in 1965. All of the site's issues can be viewed online or downloaded in full as in JPEG zip files and newer ones have PDF and JPEG options."

I just thought it would be fun to see how styles have changed over the decades. I have a few old copies of Private magazines myself, none of them older than 1980's, though.

Anyway I'll keep an eye out on the site and how it improves.

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RE: Frustrating site

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:25:34 PST

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02-10-10 01:25pm

COMMENT REPLY by slutty (33)

To moonbyrd (0):

moonbyrd,

the quality of the PDFs is excellent, you can zoom in - read the writing easily, very crisp. Definitely not scans. I'd say about 80% or so of the downloadable magazines are available in PDF, however they only have 40-60 or so of each magazine series (Private, Pirate, Triple X, Sex) and they have a few special editions. This is not their older material, the oldest magazine in each series was:
Sex 36
Triple X 45
Pirate 71
Private 180

Hope that helps, I'd wait to join until they make the improvements the Private Webmaster spoke of in his comment, it could get much better with just some navigation tweeks.

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RE: Frustrating site

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:43:32 PST

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02-10-10 08:43am

COMMENT REPLY by Private (Webmaster)

To slutty (33):

Thanks for the feedback. Stuff like this is the reason why we're currently working on heavily improving the website!

Stay tuned, it will be ready this spring!

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RE: Frustrating site

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:19:27 PST

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02-10-10 01:19am

COMMENT REPLY by moonbyrd (0)

To slutty (33):

What kind of resolution is the magazine archive? Comparable to print versions? From the TBP review I got the impression that the older magazines are not in PDF format, which is understandable given that they go back to 1965, but if they are scanned JPEG's, what kind of quality? Can you read the print etc.

Probably not interested enough to join anyway but curious.

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RE: Frustrating site

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:16:32 PST

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02-09-10 06:16pm

COMMENT REPLY by pat362 (80)

To slutty (33):

Thnaks for the info. I'll keep my eyes open for that review. There are a couple of Private videos that I'd like to download.

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RE: Frustrating site

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:46:53 PST

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02-08-10 07:46pm

COMMENT REPLY by slutty (33)

To pat362 (80):

Pat, I'll try to write a more thorough review later in the week if I have time. The catalog of downloadable dvds is about 470 titles, so the size of the site is pretty decent. The "High" movies are 640x480 1500 kbps typcially, wmv only.

Like I said, my main problem is navagation and inability to use download managers, I'm sure they have some great scenes - but they are pretty much impossible to find unless you know the name of the dvd you are looking for (can't search by star of films)

In response to Rome, the download speeds were excellent whenever I logged in (1.4 MB/sec), however I was unable to get any download managers to work.

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RE: Frustrating site

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:28:23 PST

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02-08-10 06:28pm

COMMENT REPLY by pat362 (80)

To slutty (33):

I hope you change your mind and write a review. I was a past member and I'd love to know more about the state of this site. I know that they do not realease has many movies because I almostr never see new stuff except compilation.

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RE: Frustrating site

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:11:44 PST

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02-08-10 06:11pm

COMMENT REPLY by rome476 (0)

To slutty (33):

How were the download speeds?

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Private.com Comment

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:37:33 PST

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02-08-10 04:37pm

COMMENT by slutty (33)

Frustrating site

Didn't feel like writing a full review, just wanted to note that this site is very disappointing. Though they do not have DRM anymore, and the ability to download a good portion of their magazine archive in pdf format is pretty interesting; the navigation is terrible (looking at the preview would lead you to believe the navigation is pretty good - but the navigation of the member area is very different and significantly worse). Also all their content is not available (yet?). I would not recommend joining this site, especially since a lot of their content is available elsewhere - videobox for example; unless you really want to download the magazine archive, which I guess might be worth it as the TBP price is pretty good.

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RE: No More DRM At Private

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:11:54 PDT

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09-29-09 07:11pm

COMMENT REPLY by jd1961 (95)

To rome476 (0):

I remember that when I was a member at VB a couple months ago.

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RE: No More DRM At Private

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:10:45 PDT

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09-29-09 07:10pm

COMMENT REPLY by rome476 (0)

To jd1961 (95):

Interesting- they have put a lot of older material on Videobox- most of which I have on DVD.

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RE: No More DRM At Private

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:06:35 PDT

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09-29-09 07:06pm

COMMENT REPLY by jd1961 (95)

To rome476 (0):

They have a lot of recent material. In fact, I was a bit disappointed that they didn't have a lot more OLDER material, but that's just me.

For me, the download speed was a consistent 1MB/s.

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RE: DRM or Not?

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:04:41 PDT

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09-29-09 07:04pm

COMMENT REPLY by jd1961 (95)

To exotics4me (365):

No more DRM. Read my comment above yours.

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RE: No More DRM At Private

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:03:52 PDT

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09-29-09 07:03pm

COMMENT REPLY by rome476 (0)

To jd1961 (95):

How recent is the material? How was your D/ speed? Thanks

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Private.com Comment

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:49:13 PDT

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09-29-09 06:49pm

COMMENT by jd1961 (95)

No More DRM At Private

I'm here to report, and respond to kirkwall's recent review.
There is no more DRM at Private. I decided to take a shot at this site, because they do have high quality material, but I didn't trust them.

While the site could use some improvement, contrary to what this reviewer claimed at the end of this August, there is no DRM whatsoever. Reading his review just now got me paranoid, because I was a member in August (he claims they have a "7 day DRM") so I ran a thorough check of what I downloaded (my membership is now expired). No DRM. I even ran a number of videos using Real Player, which wouldn't work with DRM---no problem. I even went so far as to convert a video into mpeg format---no problem.

The site could be better, no real search to speak of, and they need more of their massive library there. But a Private site without DRM is a good site.

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RE: kirkwall's Review

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:37:53 PDT

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09-29-09 06:37pm

REVIEW REPLY by jd1961 (95)

To Drooler (194):

He's wrong Drooler. Read my reply here.

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RE: kirkwall's Review

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:37:29 PDT

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09-29-09 06:37pm

REVIEW REPLY by jd1961 (95)

To kirkwall (0):

My subscription expired a couple days ago. All my videos work fine. I even tested them and opened them with RealPlayer---no problem.

I don't see any DRM at this site.

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RE: kirkwall's Review

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:05:38 PDT

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09-01-09 09:05pm

REVIEW REPLY by badandy400 (99)

To Drooler (194):

Perhaps they want to keep there collection private. DRM is a great way to end up having your sign up page far the most part private. Better off to go to a titty bar than a DRM site. Both make you rely on memory, but at least at the titty bar they were real.

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RE: DRM or Not?

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:37:02 PDT

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08-31-09 08:37pm

COMMENT REPLY by PinkPanther (38)

To exotics4me (365):

They have good material, exotics, but my experience with having joined with a good deal was horrible - trying to cancel is a miserable experience and their Customer Service is horrendous.

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Private.com Comment

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:30:56 PDT

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08-31-09 04:30pm

COMMENT by exotics4me (365)

DRM or Not?

I've been waiting to join this site, they have many videos of some of my favorites including Eve Angel, Simony Diamond and Black Angelica, but one of the newer reviews says the DRM is still there, the other newer review says no DRM. Is there anyway, since the webmistress is active, that you can say the DRM is not on the movies, no tricks or explain why two reviews made within a week of each other have completely different points about the DRM?

I ask because I know of another site that was using DRM, and I wasn't seeing it when I was a member. Posted a review of no DRM, then another member said there was DRM. It was the difference in file types we downloaded, the site still had DRM on their WMV files (what the other member was downloading), but none on the AVI files (what I was downloading).

Also, on the join page, this is a little confusing "Tag Undefined offer01r$" and has a tick button beside of it. I do see that it says "$19.95 special offer" but have no idea what that quoted part means. Thanks.

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RE: kirkwall's Review

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:30:41 PDT

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08-30-09 03:30am

REVIEW REPLY by Jay G (53)

To kirkwall (0):

Could I suggest that you "submit an error report" at the Best Porn review about the DRM? There's a link on the review for that. I like the fact that Best Porn now allows users to submit error reports to change their reviews when there is a mistake.

I hate DRM and thank you for the warning.

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RE: kirkwall's Review

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:21:12 PDT

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08-29-09 01:21pm

REVIEW REPLY by Drooler (194)

To kirkwall (0):

Thanks for the warning. I guess they're too "private" to care about their public standing.

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RE: Cashed's Review

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:36:24 PDT

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08-25-09 08:36am

REVIEW REPLY by Nick Nxn (4)

To Cashed (0):

It looks like they charge for each DVD that you download when you visit the non-members page. Are they all included at no extra charge when you become a member?

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RE: Cashed's Review

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:00:41 PDT

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08-22-09 11:00pm

REVIEW REPLY by jd1961 (95)

To Cashed (0):

How often do they update?
What about the video quality?
How many videos do they have?

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RE: Disappointed

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:13:39 PDT

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07-17-09 01:13am

COMMENT REPLY by mozzerellachick (Webmaster)

To rome476 (0):

hi rome476

im sorry you never recieved email correspondence it may have gotten caught in your spam folders

anyway I would like to give you free membership please send me you email address so I can set you up

Im sorry that this happened once again

Our CS team do there best to reply to each email with screenshots and detailed steps of how to sign in. Im very surprised to hear this

None the less

please email

claire.flaherty@private.com

thanks

Claire

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RE: Disappointed

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:23:24 PDT

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07-16-09 07:23pm

COMMENT REPLY by PinkPanther (38)

To rome476 (0):

Count yourself lucky, rome. I wish that I had been unable to join when I did - would have saved myself trouble and money. Private does a lot of great stuff and you can join Videosz or Videobox at good prices and get a lot of great Private stuff and other stuff as well - but I found Private.com to be a pain in the ass to deal with.

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Private.com Comment

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:32:32 PDT

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07-16-09 05:32pm

COMMENT by rome476 (0)

Disappointed

After the most recent comment from the Webmaster regarding changes in the site, I attempted to subscribe through to the link provided by TBP. It didn't work because it rejected my CC, supposedly because the CVV2 No. was incorrect. I tried a couple of times making sure that it was right, and it still didn't work. I have used the card in the last week for other things, and had no problems. What most disappoints me, however, is the fact that I received no response from an e-mail I sent to the site, as well as the lack of any response here to my comments earlier. I was really looking forward to checking out the changes described by the Webmaster since I am a big fan of the studio, but it seems their problems with customer service and unresponsiveness noted by others here continue.

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RE: No More DRM???

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:58:39 PDT

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07-12-09 06:58pm

COMMENT REPLY by rome476 (0)

To mozzerellachick (Webmaster):

I just tried to join 2x and each time I received a messge that the CVV2 I had put in was incorrect. I checked carefully the second time and it was correct- it seems you hve a problem on the join form.

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RE: No More DRM???

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:38:14 PDT

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07-12-09 06:38pm

COMMENT REPLY by rome476 (0)

To mozzerellachick (Webmaster):

Thanks for the update. With the updates of new movies, I'll be signing up.

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RE: No More DRM???

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:07:10 PDT

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07-10-09 02:07am

COMMENT REPLY by mozzerellachick (Webmaster)

To jd1961 (95):

The movies are dating back to the late 90´s up to the current month. We update are new releases each month one month behind our shop!

Right now our June 09 releases are inside!

Starting soon we will be iussing a pre-release of our new releases inside our members area!

Hope that helps

Mozzie chick

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RE: No More DRM???

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:02:34 PDT

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07-10-09 02:02am

COMMENT REPLY by mozzerellachick (Webmaster)

To jd1961 (95):

hulllllo :)

Yes we are improving our members area all the time!

some might say about time! but yep we are! its an ongoing project.

We have 350 movies (2000 scenes approx) inside the members area, broken down into scene so you can watch or download per scene as you like. We update 2 new movies a week. There is no DRM :)

We have a huge archive of photosets to dig thru we update 5 new photosets week

On top of that we have all the Private Magazines dating back to the begining for you to flip thru

So that is in total 30.000 high res images guranteed to get you off!

We now have a brand new live sex section which is FREE for Private members and Yes the girls do hardcore shows anal, lesbian, solo for FREE! Some of the girls are Pornstars more are amateur so something for everyone. We are are offering this FREE for our members so be sure to avail of it!

We also have a massive archive of backstage and blopper footage that we update once a week as an added extra.

Hope you to see you inside soon

Take care

Mozzie Chick xx
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RE: No More DRM???

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:19:50 PDT

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07-09-09 08:19pm

COMMENT REPLY by rome476 (0)

To jd1961 (95):

Follow- Up- In particular how new are the videos that are included?

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RE: No More DRM???

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:57:11 PDT

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07-09-09 07:57pm

COMMENT REPLY by rome476 (0)

To mozzerellachick (Webmaster):

Could you explain what exactly a subscription provides, such as # of scenes, acess to cam shows etc? Thanks

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RE: Beware - Rip-Off Practices, No Responses

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:51:39 PDT

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06-08-09 01:51am

COMMENT REPLY by mozzerellachick (Webmaster)

To PinkPanther (38):

Im very sorry you had this experience at Private, your email must have slipped thru the grid.

We have a CS team around the clock dealing with queries, cancelations etc.

Im sorry you had this experience.

We have now removed DRM I will be happy to give you a months free membership to make ammends.

MOzzie chick

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RE: No More DRM???

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:47:53 PDT

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06-08-09 01:47am

COMMENT REPLY by mozzerellachick (Webmaster)

To jd1961 (95):

Hi guys

DRM has been removed from all movies inside the members area.

The only issue is if you are a memmber and downloaded movies before, the DRM was removed you will need to re down load them so they dont expire.

Mozzi chick

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RE: No More DRM???

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:16:30 PDT

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06-04-09 06:16pm

COMMENT REPLY by rome476 (0)

To jd1961 (95):

My guess is that if you join you get to download selected scenes without DRM but if you want a recent whole DVD you need to buy it seperately. Just a guess.

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Private.com Comment

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:31:25 PDT

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06-04-09 01:31am

COMMENT by jd1961 (95)

No More DRM???

I've been told that Private has discontinued the evil DRM technology.
Can anyone here confirm this?

Well, I just took a look inside the site and they do have a banner that states "No DRM'. That would be a great thing, why don't I trust it? LOL

OK---I went back in, and it seems to me the downloads are their videos. And you have to purchase the download, for at least $18.95! But it has no DRM. Looks like they just won't let go of the sucker born every minute mentality that has polluted porn for so long.

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RE: Beware - Rip-Off Practices, No Responses

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:55:45 PST

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12-24-08 04:55am

COMMENT REPLY by Denner (200)

To PinkPanther (38):

Thanks for that Warning!!!
Thought about joining often, but the DRM kept me away.
Far out that a site like this treats it's costumers that way.
Private HAS some fine stuff - SO take a look at Video Box where there now are several Private-produced videos

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RE: Beware - Rip-Off Practices, No Responses

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:15:59 PST

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12-24-08 02:15am

COMMENT REPLY by mbaya (276)

To TheSquirrel (20):

Sounds like another one to watch out for. We must always watch out for each other here.

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RE: Beware - Rip-Off Practices, No Responses

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:01:07 PST

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12-23-08 09:01pm

COMMENT REPLY by Drooler (194)

To PinkPanther (38):

The DRM was enough to keep me away, but this seals it. Thanks for the warning.

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RE: Beware - Rip-Off Practices, No Responses

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:26:58 PST

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12-23-08 06:26pm

COMMENT REPLY by TheSquirrel (20)

To PinkPanther (38):

Check out the unethical sites thread.

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RE: Beware - Rip-Off Practices, No Responses

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:14:13 PST

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12-23-08 06:14pm

COMMENT REPLY by jd1961 (95)

To PinkPanther (38):

Thanks.

Private has the potential to be an awesome site, but they only seem to be interested in taking people's $$$ and advertising their overpriced DVD's (have I said this before?).

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Private.com Comment

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:05:37 PST

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12-23-08 06:05pm

COMMENT by PinkPanther (38)

Beware - Rip-Off Practices, No Responses

I would have expected more professional treatment from such a long-standing site, but you never know. I joined in October when they had a 2-month for $25 deal, which I thought made the site worth checking out. With DRM on their vids and crappy navigation on their pics, I had no interest in sticking around longer than that and cancelled using their site. The site confirmed my cancellation, though I did not receive an e-mail confirmation, which is pretty common - not getting an e-mail confirmation, that is. I was sure I was all set until I received my credit card statement this past weekend and saw that they had charged me an additional $30.54 US. I filled out the "Contact us" form on the site - no response. I sent an e-mail to an e-mail address that I had when a C/S person had responded promptly to an issue during my membership - no response.

Apparently, they're OK with you giving them money and resolving password issues while you're OK with giving them money, but they don't mind ripping people off and they don't respond to people that they have ripped off. I'm fucking pissed about it.

Beware!

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RE: owen's Review

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:36:55 PDT

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08-01-08 01:36pm

REVIEW REPLY by Jay G (53)

To owen (6):

I think DRM should always be mentioned as a "Con"...I love Private's videos, but DRM has never played well on any computer I've ever had. It causes problems and is difficult to play, then when you leave a site the video goes away and becomes unplayable.

That's a big "Con" for me and why I'd never join any site with DRM. So many download sites are available and should be encouraged.

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RE: runefist's Review

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:51:12 PDT

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07-05-08 07:51pm

REVIEW REPLY by PinkPanther (38)

To runefist (4):

I've checked out this Freeones.com deal and it's kind of a mess. On the first "Join Now" page, it refers to a price of 9.95/month whether you are in a country that uses euros, US dollars or British pounds. Then when you go past that page to the Epoch.com page, the price changes to 9.95 euros for 1 month, recurring at $24.95 euros/month, which is a LOT more expensive than the deal first promised. I've e-mailed Private.com. It will be interesting to see if I get a response.

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RE: Needs a 21st Century Upgrade

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:38:37 PDT

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06-16-08 11:38pm

COMMENT REPLY by exotics4me (365)

To Wittyguy (71):

I remember the magazine some, it wasn't real easy find unless at an adult store, but I do remember having a few. I think there are a lot of people that still prefer having the paper issue that they can roll up in their suitcase without fearing leaving cookies on their computer! I will probably one day give in and join just to see the Eve and Mia videos. Then I will regret it and be mad at myself when I write the review for their site!

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RE: Needs a 21st Century Upgrade

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:58:47 PDT

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06-06-08 01:58pm

COMMENT REPLY by Wittyguy (71)

To exotics4me (365):

I hear ya brother. If you've ever bought any of their magazines or vids you'll see that they come with about 5 or 6 languages in/on them plus they have eastern european versions of the same stuff. They started out as a magazine and video company and that is their niche as I believe they are still the biggest in Europe. Apparently there are still a lot of noninternet consumers willing to shell out big $$ for their stuff because they wouldn't be making it off of the internet alone.

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