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Bruce And Morgan
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Kody's Reply
Multiple members here (including me) have reported problems with them. Similar comments can be found on other forums. Googling them reveals more problems. The common experience is finding it almost impossible to cancel a membership. There was no self-serve method when I used them and the email they provided for contact didn't work. You got caught in an endless loop of automated emails. Many people report being charged for an additional month or two until they finally got the charges stopped. Several people reported needing help from their bank and more than one just cancelled the card.
They used to have a 'secret' email that would actually get answered. One of the members here found that and posted it in a thread in the forum. A search for 'Centrobill' should turn it up. That thread probably has a lot more detail too. Due to Centrobill's practices TBP/PU even stopped listing a few sites.
While I used a pre-paid card and have no need to do so, I am planning to try to cancel my membership in 10 days or so mostly to see if there have been any improvements. I'll report what I find.
Welcome to Pornusers. This is a great resource for collectors.
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02-20-18 04:28pm
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Mature Reality
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Onyx's Reply
Thanks! I will.
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02-19-18 04:34pm
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Bruce And Morgan
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jook's Reply
That's great news. I'm glad it worked out for you. The good news is that I don't think that anyone has ever complained of Centrobill making unauthorized charges on cards. If they have your current card number you're probably fine. You were obviously able to cancel a past membership and that seems to be the biggest issue with them. Even though I used a card that is no longer valid I still plan to try to cancel my membership just to see if they've improved things. I'll report on that when I do it.
Enjoy the site. One negative that I just noticed today is that Morgan almost never gets naked. We get to see her bottomless a few times and topless a few times, but never completely naked. That's a shame because she is a truly beautiful woman. I think part of the reason for the lack of nudity is because her clothes get wet when she is peed on and that's probably easier to see that way. Still, I'd love to see her nude.
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02-19-18 04:33pm
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skippy's Reply
I remember once that a communications professional describe Twitter as 'the angriest place on the planet.' I don't have a twitter account and while my wife created a FB account for me I've never been on it.
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02-19-18 04:28pm
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Mature Reality
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Onyx's Review
This isn't a site I'd join but I have to weigh in and say I really like your review format. Maybe it's time I rethought my own format... Or lack thereof.
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02-19-18 10:54am
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Simply Anal
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BerndS's Reply
Thanks! I'll read that reply now.
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02-19-18 06:04am
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Bruce And Morgan
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jook's Reply
The site I was looking at that seemed to sell pre-paid, one-time-use online cards is https://www.giftcards.com/ I can't vouch for them since I couldn't use them. They may have what you're looking for.
Keep me posted on how you make out. If you join Bruce and Morgan I'll be interested in hearing what you think.
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02-19-18 06:04am
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Bruce And Morgan
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jook's Reply
Part 2
My recommendation for you for both security and ease of use is to see if you can find an online pre-paid card that expires when the balance is gone. I really think for security reasons you want a card that expires and not one you can reload. When the balance is gone you can sign up for another one with a different card number. I did sign up for an American site that seemed to offer these. I can’t find it now but if I think of it I’ll post the information here. You’re set up to receive emails here so I could send the site to you directly too. The only downside that I can think of to doing it this way is that you are still giving your credit card information when you buy the virtual card online. That’s probably not an issue but for me it definitely isn't because I bought the physical card through a retailer I trust so the card company doesn’t have any of my information. But the US site I’m thinking of seemed above-board. I’ll really try to remember what that was…
For my purposes, and given that this isn't something I’ll do regularly, it isn't a big hassle to stop by a store and buy a $50 card.
Some people reading this may wonder why I’d go through the hassle of going to a store to buy a physical card with a set limit and facing fees for the privilege. But keep in mind that I buy a lot of subscriptions and there are many sites and billers that I have done business with a lot and I trust them. I’m only using this complex and (slightly) more expensive method when I know I can’t trust the biller or site. The advantage is that even if the cost was a few more dollars and a bit of logistics, I was able to sign up for three sites so far that I really wanted to join but couldn’t because of the biller. For me, the hassle and small additional cost was worth it.
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02-18-18 12:13pm
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Bruce And Morgan
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jook's Reply
Part 1
I’m always happy to help a fellow PU. One thing you should be aware of is that things may be a bit different because I’m in Canada. I think the biggest difference is that you seem to have a lot more options. But having said that, I think that the option I used is probably a good choice when dealing with shady billers.
I considered using a virtual card but I couldn’t find any that were available in Canada. I tried signing on to a US provider but the transaction failed because of my out-of-country address. I tried using an American address but that didn’t line up with the address on my credit card so that was declined. Back to the drawing board…
I then looked at a buying a physical card that I could reload when needed. I didn’t have a lot of luck there either and the fees seemed to be high as well. In hindsight though, this would have been a bad option since the card number would remain active so if I loaded it with money at the same time a shady biller tried to take a recurring charge for a cancelled membership then I’d lose that balance.
So what I ended up doing is walking into a store and buying a pre-paid Visa card. I buy them with a preset value of $50 CDN and I do that specifically for a reason. I do have to pay a fee up-front at purchase. The card costs me roughly $55. There are monthly fees but I never plan to have a balance on any of the cards for more than a month anyway, hence the $50 card.
So using Bruce and Morgan as an example, the membership was $25 USD (I think). Since my card was in CDN funds there was an exchange rate and think the card charges an additional 5% on top of that for ‘foreign’ purchases. I may be off here, but I think the total debit from the card was around $35 CDN. A day or so later I was in the grocery store to get a few things and I used the balance on the card for that. Well, there may be like 90 cents on it but I consider that as part of the cost of using it for this purpose. So that card is officially dead now. I don’t have to worry about an unwanted rebill and I don’t have to worry about fees.
The logistics of the card I use is probably the same everywhere. There is a website and it said to wait 24 hours before registering the card. I waited and then went online and registered the card. The first time I did that it seemed pretty simple. I went to join a site and the transaction was declined. It turns out that to use the card online you need to do a more complete card registration so that the transaction is linked to an address. That doesn’t bother me. Any eyes on my finances know that I’m a porn collector. And with the card registered it’s easy to check the balance.
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02-18-18 12:13pm
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Simply Anal
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mbaya's Reply
Thanks! I should have clicked through and I would have seen that.
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02-18-18 11:25am
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Simply Anal
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BerndS's Comment
It looks interesting. Any other recommendations? I wasn't aware of this site and I collect a lot of anal stuff.
Welcome to Pornusers. I hope you stick around and continue to contribute.
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02-18-18 07:38am
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skippy's Poll
My porn collection is all about the models. While there are some positions that I really like (standing anal and anal-on-belly being two of them) I don't specifically need to see those in every scene.
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02-18-18 07:37am
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Fake Hostel
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zinjo66's Review
Welcome to Pornusers! I've been a member here for 11 years and this is a great resource for information on porn sites. I hope you stick around.
The Fakehub network has been on my radar for a while now but I've never taken the plunge. One thing you wrote causes some concern though - are all the sites on the network streaming only? That's a deal-breaker for me.
Thanks for posting the review.
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02-18-18 07:35am
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Bruce And Morgan
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jook's Reply
You and I think a lot alike. I did some digging on Centrobill too and there isn't much positive to say about them. A Google search of “Centrobill fraud” turns up lots of pages. The main complaint is exactly what many of us here have reported: memberships can’t be cancelled and recurring charges just go on and on with some people having to cancel their card just to get the charges to stop.
One other thing I noted here at PU and on another forum is that searching for “Centrobill” brings up something odd. I guess I didn’t search it here at PU but I remember it happening. I did search on the other forum and found the same thing. When there were members complaining about Centrobill there were a few responses from other ‘members’ who praised them. But these ‘people’ only ever had one post on the forum.
Also like you, several weeks ago when TBP listed Bruce and Morgan and I wanted to join I looked for a way to contact the site directly to tell them that I’d be a member immediately after they got a reputable biller. But like you, I couldn’t find any link that didn’t go directly to Centrobill.
Maybe I’m just giving Bruce and Morgan the benefit of the doubt, but I suspect that as a small site with not a lot of resources they went with the lowest cost biller and have no idea that their biller might actually kill their site. But I say that also knowing that bigger sites like German Goo Girls and 666 Bukkake also use Centrobill and they ought to know better.
Necessity is the mother of invention so knowing that I really, really, really wanted to join Bruce and Morgan I got a $50 CDN pre-paid Visa card. It took 24 hours to become active and then I just needed to register it and within minutes I had a B+M membership. With fees and converting to USD I had a balance left on the card of about $11 so the next time I stopped in to the grocery store I spent that. The card has nothing on it now.
The pre-paid card was a bit of an eye-opener for me. I’d never used one before and it is really easy. I’ll continue to use my normal card for sites and billers that I know and trust but finally taking the plunge with a pre-paid card has allowed me to join other sites that bill through Centrobill. I’ve wanted to join a site called Jay’s POV (https://jayspov.net/ don’t go to .com. There is an older site with that address but it isn't the one I wanted to join) to get scenes with Cadey Mercury and Lily Adams so I was able to do that. I also joined German Goo Girls with a pre-paid card.
I see that Centrobill also has an address here in Canada. I think it’s in Montreal. I think pat362 is from the area and it’s an 8 hour drive for me. Maybe I’ll drive to Montreal and pat and I can go to the address and kick some ass.
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02-18-18 07:33am
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Bruce And Morgan
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jook's Reply
If your Centrobill experience was like most of us you just couldn't cancel a membership. Thy have no self-serve way to cancel so emailing them is the only option. But the email never gets a response. Someone here found a super-secret email that actually works. I think if you search Centrobill in the forum you'll find it in there somewhere. The best solution, in my opinion, is to use a pre-paid card. It's a hassle and has fees, but I've already spent the remaining value of the card so if I can't cancel I won't care. I do plan to try cancelling though just to see if it's as bad as ever.
Thanks for your comments on my review!
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02-17-18 01:46pm
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Bruce And Morgan
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LPee23's Reply
I was hoping you'd see the review since you're PU's resident expert in all things like this. The site name gives no idea of the content but every scene has Morgan getting a golden shower. She's gorgeous and obviously loves watersports.
Let me know what you think if you decide to join.
Remember though - the biller is shady so use a throw-away card.
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02-17-18 08:57am
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Bruce And Morgan
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jook's Reply
Our beloved Centrobill. Many members here have had problems with them. When I go to cancel I'll report if they've improved any.
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02-17-18 08:53am
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Vivid
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exotics4me's Review
Interesting review.
Any porn fan of a certain age remembers Vivid. For a while they were probably the leading studio. I saw lots of their stuff. My memory is a bit hazy but I suspect that I lost interest in Vivid when the new-fangled gonzo porn came along. I was instantly hooked on stuff from John Stagliano, Joey Silvera and others who carved out the new niche. I'd even put early Max Hardcore in their. I lost interest in story-based porn after that. (I admit that Stagliano did some story-based stuff too but it was zany and fun to watch. Like Wild Goose Chase. I still have that.)
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02-14-18 12:40pm
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Loki's Poll
I'm indifferent but would lean to allowing them because we have shown ourselves to be a pretty reasonable group. But then again, politics is so polarized today it may be hard for some to remain civil.
A good rule that was always imposed in the officer's mess in Canada, and I assume elsewhere, is that talk of politics or religion was distasteful and shouldn't happen.
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02-14-18 12:33pm
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Onyx's Poll
Still too early for me.
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02-12-18 05:02pm
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446
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Pure Taboo
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lk2fireone's Reply
Thanks for the update. Even if the better deal has expired the regular TBP discount is still pretty good.
It turns out though that I'll probably wait. My wife and I are heading south in early March so it doesn't make a lot of sense for me to take on new memberships until we get back. If I took a membership now it would only be three weeks until I had to cancel it.
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02-11-18 02:05pm
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Pure Taboo
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lk2fireone's Review
Well, I guess I have to join this site now because I regularly encounter young ladies with meditation balls stuck in them and I have no idea how to help them. I've always tried using my tongue but without success even though I try for hours and hours. Maybe this site will hold the key!
All joking aside, thanks for posting this review. I downloaded the free scene they offered before they went live and liked it though I did find it a bit dark, both literally and figuratively. But... based on your review and the fact that I trust your opinion, I think I'll sign up.
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02-11-18 11:13am
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448
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Lionheart's Poll
I loooove braces! Braces are one of the few things I flag in my collection when I'm cataloging it.
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02-11-18 10:58am
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pat362's Reply
"... trying to help." LOL! I'm sure you'd agree that most women wouldn't see it that way. :-)
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02-07-18 01:17pm
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450
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graymane's Poll
I'm neither for or against it. I've subscribed to sites like Throated that feature it but I also have joined sites with sensual blowjobs. I'm not a huge fan of spit-soaked blowjobs though, but given how popular those are I must be in the minority.
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02-07-18 01:16pm
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