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Mac and Bumble
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Reply of
brixze's Comment
I also agree.
The sites that play games with their paying members are screwing themselves more than the consumer.
If I like a site I'll "let it ride" for several renewals until I tire of the existing content and the updates aren't enough reason to stick around. The site makes good money at very little cost on these renewals.
The minute I see a deceptive practice, like the zip file surcharge mentioned in brixe's comment, or the sneaky assent hidden in the signup template that he mentions, I'm gone and the site is out the revenue.
The cancellation policy mentioned by exotics4me's review is also a bit on the sleazy side where the site takes your money but fails to deliver the goods.
The worst part for the site is the information sharing available to us on PU. The money spent by Mac & Bumble promoting its site and the special discount offered to TBP members is now a lost cause to M & B just because they tried to be a little bit too slick.
Their loss.
I'd like TBP to consider revising their high score (90.8) for M & B to reflect these serious deceptive practices.
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11-22-07 08:01pm
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1602
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N/A
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Reply of
Rick's Poll
I really like it, myself. It's cleaner and much more intuitive. And a Happy Thanksgiving to you.
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11-21-07 10:55pm
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1603
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N/A
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Reply of
asmith12's Poll
Just for grins, I checked out the PU niche list and on the first run found exactly what some have mentioned. I checked out the "Fisting" niche. It lists two sites dedicated to fisting. So far so good.
But FTV.com has a lot more fisting material on its site than either of the two sites in the "fisting" niche, and it's not listed under the "fisting" niche. The difficulty that Nick mentions is clear in this example. FTV's "niche" isn't fisting. The PU niches are:
1. Nude Photography
2. Porn Videos
3. Young Adults
FTV could also be included in Solo, masturbation, public exhibitionism, etc. as well.
This tiny bit of research has proved to me how tough it is to create a meaningful and comprehensive list of niches to use to find sites.
This suggests that, just for the sanity of the person (people) who must classify each and every site, there cannot be a uniform style or structure.
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11-19-07 06:57pm
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1604
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N/A
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Reply of
asmith12's Reply
I agree with your suggested approach (niches and subniches). It simplifies searches and makes them much more effective.
Let's face it. The Porn Site business is booming and will only get bigger. Niche websites are growing far faster than broadly general sites (how many more "teen" sites can be added successfully?).
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11-19-07 07:14am
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1605
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N/A
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Reply of
asmith12's Poll
I don't like QuickTime, and will never load it. If a site uses QuickTime exclusively, I'm gone. Case closed.
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11-17-07 09:10am
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1606
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MetArt
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11-16-07 05:14pm
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1607
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N/A
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Reply of
ace of aces's Reply
Likewise. I agree with ace of aces. I enjoy looking at the beautiful female body engaged in whatever activity shows it off best.
Hardcore porn that spends too much time on extreme closeups of DP, or just face shots of BJs that show nothing at all of the babe's body in the scene are total turnoffs.
Conversely, sexy solo stripping or masturbating by a gorgeous babe, or a reverse cowgirl fuck by a babe, in front of a professional cameraman who captures all of her beauty always gets ol' Woody's immediate attention.
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11-15-07 07:48am
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1608
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Brazzers
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Reply of
Rick's Comment
OK, I give. I'm signing up. Been at the top of my "Gotta Check it Out" list so with an extra nickel discount, I'm good to go.
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11-11-07 07:48am
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1609
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Reply of
Pinche Kankun's Poll
I like my porn to show off the positive attributes of the babe in s msnner that "feeds the fantasy" where I'm burying my face in her funbags; I'm sticking my weenie between those two labia lips, I'm getting my willy stroked by a gorgeous lady or my cajones are getting massaged by a great tea bagging job. Funny can be good; so can slow/sensual (Andrew Blake style) but abusive behaviour is out for me.
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11-05-07 06:47am
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1610
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Reply of
User's Reply
I agree with your parameters. I've gotten 600-700 on VideoBox, but that's about it. Most sites seem to go at about 150-300 Kbs.
A site that consistently goes at 500+ Kbs will get my loyalty.
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11-03-07 06:16pm
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1611
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N/A
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Reply of
williamj's Poll
I'm with Pat362.
A nice set of labia lips on a sweet looking babe videotaped with great lighting and camera angles and with finger/toy/etc. insertions done with enthusiasm is what I like. Whether she lubes up or not is not important at all to me except if it's overdone and sloppy.
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10-31-07 10:14am
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1612
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Chick Trick
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Reply of
Khan's Reply
Completely correct, Kahn, and I thought I was clear.
I read the posted review that gave it a 50 and thought I'd check out the site. What I found as a non-subscriber was a site that appeared to be seriously out-of-date and that the low score review was likely to be spot on. The "beware" was a direct result of those observations and nothing more.
The site may be wonderful but because I didn't sign up, I really can't say. But I can say the webmaster for that site has done a lousy job promoting it and, apparently, chooses not to provide any support to paying customers of the site, based on the reviewer's comments.
Low odds that they'll see any of my money. ;-)
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10-30-07 08:37am
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1613
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Chick Trick
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Reply of
Khan's Reply
Exactly.
My comment followed a 50 point review of this site by another member who reported that the site support function was totally non responsive to his calls for help. He also said that the content updates stopped a long time ago. That's why I checked out the tour for myself just to see what this site looked like. It reminded me of my early searches back in the early 2000's both in the quality of the videos and the nature of the content.
I've seen similar thematic approaches (phony scam perpetrated on supposedly innocent and unsuspecting babes), but all of them were two or more years ago. The tour is intended to get the user to spring for a subscription, so if it's a crappy tour, why should I expect the real thing to be any better?
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10-28-07 04:10pm
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1614
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Chick Trick
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10-28-07 03:40am
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1615
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N/A
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Reply of
Denner's Poll
When I found TBP a few years back, my first reaction was that it was just another a site sponsored by the industry intended to promote the sites that paid for the endorsements.
However when I found negative and tepid commentary on sites where I had similar issues I started to pay closer attention to TBP. Now, when I discover a new site on a surf, I won't even think about signing up before I see what TBP has to say. If the site is not in TBP, I conclude that the site is too new or so flakey to waste money on.
I will not pay for a site until I've fully reat all there is about the site on TBP and on the PU forum.
On the other hand, I do check the reviews on TBP and posted by members and have found sites that I like and have signed up for.
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10-28-07 03:30am
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1616
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N/A
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Reply of
Jay G's Poll
I admit to a weakness that started when porn was limited to magazines and black and white stag smokers on 8mm film. (Yes, I'm that old! I even attended a strip show by my all time favorite, Candy Barr.)
If I like a video I save it. If I like a pornstar I want everything available with that pornstar in it.
Result is that I have over 1.5 Tb of external hard drives that, cumulatively, are about 60% full (closing in on 1.0 Tb). I have watched, perhaps, 50% of the stuff. Normally I'll delete about 50% of what I download and watch so it won't be long before I'll max out.
I agree with DivBZero. Selectivity is the key. One of these days...
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10-22-07 10:55am
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1617
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N/A
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Reply of
Khan's Poll
I don't really see the point in just keeping them in a zip file. The space requirement is about the same and the objective is to check them out, not to just collect them.
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10-18-07 08:11am
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1618
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Ed Powers
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Reply of
jd1961's Reply
Wow! jd, you nailed it. Before Internet porn developed to where it is today, Ed Powers seemed to get a whole lot of undeserved shelf space in the video stores and always did a lousy job on his vids...but he seemed to stay on top.
I really learned`to dislike that smelly looking scumbag but thought it was just me. Glad to see I'm not alone.
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10-14-07 10:11pm
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1619
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Reality Kings
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Reply of
Lews Therin's Comment
I agree that PU should have a new category to rate customer service and support, especially with a site problem like this one.
This site should get no new business from PU and TBP users unless and until it fixes its customer service function.
(Danni.com has the same problem, a non-responsive customer service function.) Bummer when you spend good money and can't get access or any support function to respond.
One suggestion. If the biller is CCBill, you can call them for help in contacting a site's customer support function.
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10-14-07 02:19pm
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1620
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N/A
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Reply of
cblodg's Poll
The forum on Babelicious is interesting and monitored by the webmaster who is quick to reply to comments, suggestions and concerns. However their sister sites have a separate forum that is very inactive and gets no attention at all from management when posts appear.
The only other site I've signed up for with anything resembling a forum is VideoBox with their "reviews" of both a full video and of individual scenes. The "reviews" are really more like a running commentary on the site.
IMHO, forums are useful but not essential to an otherwise good site.
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10-14-07 02:11pm
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1621
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LSG Models
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Reply of
Denner's Comment
Denner,
Sorry to hear that. So far the P U commentary suggested that this was a good site with an interest in high standards, including their business practics. Their pricing in sensible and their samples are efective. (I plan to try LSG after I've checked out FTV throroughly and have written a comprehensive review.)
The noton that you can pull a stunt like that suggests that the webmaster doesn't expect to maintain any loyalty even with the discounted price for renewing members.
I suspect that our friends in the business will discover how lousy practices like this really are. The old story in business is, if you make one customer happy, one person knows. If you make one person unhappy, five people know. If you make one person REALLY unhappy 25 people know.
Add to that if you piss off a P U member enough, it may result in "hasta la vista, baby" for the site itself.
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10-13-07 01:06pm
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1622
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Reply of
Drooler's Poll
While it's a PITA, it's also way overdone, in my opinion. If someone successfully accesses a site with a difficult UserID/Password combo, then what's the point in requiring repeated entries of the same UserID/Password...unless there's a known security hole in the site's access control protocol.
However, in network sites where access can be direct or via a network link, it makes sense to require reentry of a UserID/Password.
My answer, then, is that if it's a hot site that I enjoy, the access protocols are annoyances but do not alter my feeling about continuing as a member. If it's a borderline site, I'll probably drop out anyway regardless of the access controls employed.
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10-05-07 11:36am
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1623
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VideoBox
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Reply of
apoctom's Reply
Spend a few minutes going through the archives and it won't be just your head that will be big. I find old Woody gets very active whenever I go to the lineup on my favorite porn ladies.
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10-02-07 07:35pm
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1624
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FTV Girls
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10-02-07 07:27pm
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1625
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N/A
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Reply of
Khan's Poll
I seem to match everyone else.
Back in the late 80's and early 90's there was the modified porn stuff on cable TV (no straight penetration shots, just the action with genitalia blocked by body parts or fussed out) that got my attention, but my VCR was my primary access to porn (rental stores).
Since the quality and diversity of internet porn has increased over the last 4 years has caused my DVD library to join the video tape library in the attic gathering dust.
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10-02-07 06:31pm
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