I am. But part of the reason I took the risk on the site is that it was billed through Epoch so I knew I could cancel the membership easily. And I've already done that. If they billed through an obscure biller, or worse, collected the fee directly, I'd probably have sampled a different bikini site. But apart from a few issues, it is still decent value and is updating regularly.
Agreed Capn. I am just as annoyed about regional pricing, and avoid any websites that use it, just as I do with pre checked cross stealing. My idea of some sort of badge of good trading, similar to other trades, didn't get any replies (apart from messmer), but it would be nice to see those who are customer oriented, be acknowledged in some sort of formal way, and therefore be rewarded.
I know I always seem to be griping and complaining, but it would be nice to find a way to be positive and support those who deserve it, and there are quite a few of those.
It's been a while since I've been a member, but this is just another artsy nude site, Cap'n.
To find what you want, it might be easier to start your own porn site. You might get a few members like messmer. But strip tease went out in the dark ages as far as porn is concerned.
The trend is: Show Me The Good Stuff! The sooner the better.
A shame that didn't fit the bill, Cap'n... granted not all the sets are fully dressed to fully nude, but I figured about half were? Strangely, this site has grown on me since my membership expired, it's probably the one I'm most likely to join again relatively soon.
I would be tempted to subscribe because I don't mind if a model starts a strip sequence half way through or keeps something on at the end, as long as all the right things are exposed! :-)
My problem would be with something anyonebutme wrote: "To note, they are a bit heavy on photoshop softening" .. I hate softened pictures. I just got done with a couple of sites that did this and regretted that I subscribed to them. So, I think I'll pass!
Looking through the last two months, it leans towards casual: Summer dresses, jeans & t-shirts, sweaters & miniskirts - but also some evening dresses, business suits. It's all quite nice stuff too; not tacky or gaudy. The kind of clothes that girls actually wear.
The sets that don't start fully dressed, have various lingerie and nylons. A couple of sets I liked include one doing housework, starting in a loose white top and panties... that very predictably got wet; another starting with just a sweater and fishnets; the latter getting torn to shreds. All good stuff in my book.
Yes'em, currently. Not sure what precisely you prefer - most of the photosets focus more on slowly taking off clothes. It's definitely not a site that focuses on full nudity nor closeups of the naughty bits.
I don't know, every photoset is different, some the girl is full nude from the start, and others the girl still has some article of clothing still on at the end.
Just two quirks with the site, there is a wealth of back-material, the new updates come about 7 or 8 per month but they are for some reason are bunched up so updates come quicker near the end of each calendar month and scarcer at the beginnings. Then, the preview image of what the next update will be, often it turns out to be a different set released - the preview will eventually be released, just not always the next one out.
I did not see any mention on the site of a relaunch. I think they are still recycling though. Under updates it mentions 2010, but there is no information about what will be updated. There are some models on the page but they are already on the site, so I think all they updated was the text.
Thought I'd join after being away for several months. What you said about the models being "enhanced" and "made up to the nine's" is still true. Most of them have really obviously fake breasts (some really "stick out") and the cosmetics are done to excess. Plus there are a lot of overly tatted chicks in here.
Yech. But I should have been more careful about returning. Lesson learned, finally.
I understood that from the beginning, my point was your comments to the initial reviewer and subsequent responses seemed a bit too forceful in my opinion.
My only point, as it has always been, is that location based pricing is common, particularly in the entertainment industry. I am not really trying to defend it. Do you also boycott amazon.uk since they charge more than the American version for many items, including downloaded items such as music and movies (this was, after all, one of the main reasons for regions on DVDs)? Retailers everywhere will charge as much as they can get away with, and if for whatever reason they think $30 to an American is equivalent to $40 to a European or whatever, that is their choice. It sucks I agree, but such is life.
If regional pricing had always existed, as it has with other areas of entertainment, would you still feel as ripped off as you do?
I know regional pricing is something that really sticks in your craw, but I think it is fair to let the reviewer point it out and draw the conclusions they wish from it, you sometimes sound a bit overly forceful in this regard to me. I agree regional pricing is unfair (and not to start another debate on this), but lots of things probably cost more depending on where you are (including DVDs, magazines, etc) and these increased costs are not due entirely to shipping and other costs, they are due to a perceived value of money in your country.
Market flux happens daily. Why should I pay again if someone's dollar is failing on the world economy? The site, not the economy, is the bad guy here? Yes, this makes perfect sense.
Rates are set based on averages and these are adjusted throughout the week based on bank rates. Again, call any single bank.
How are you not aware of market fluctuations in banking/global economies? It's not like this is a new thing. We didn't invent something, it's been there all along and as a webmaster, we have a choice - get hit with the extra fees when a dollar dips, or a chargeback comes in, fraud comes etc (5-10 times daily) or, chose the average rate so we're protected. The only difference here is we tell you about it ahead of time. Most sites just work it into the cost on the merchant end.
Weird getting a negative post from you Cap'n - you seemed to positive in the replies you left earlier in Marcus' thread. (sarcasm, you said nothing positive to be honest - you merely complained about something you disagreed with, even after it was explained in that thread and had previously been explained in other threads as to why. Maybe you were having a bad day, not sure - if yes - I hope it got better.)
So you don't get you way regarding zip sets, you come and try a smear campaign with misleading information? Do you not read things or are you in the practice of misquoting?
"Advertised price $16.62 = £10.79"
Actually the exact wording says "Membership prices from $17.83 per month!"
If you buy a one year membership ($213.95), divide that by 12, you get $17.829 - which when rounded up is $17.83. Exactly what the page says. :)
So while you don't need to say anymore, you might consider reading. :)
I think regional pricing is bit of a cheek, but I don't feel as strongly as you - 15 seems a lot to reduce the score by! I have put it into the cons, and will let people draw their own conclusions in this respect.
You don't get your way so we're stonewalling you? Not quite. It's our site. We run it the way *WE* want to run it. Same as any business, if you don't like the way something is, you leave.
We don't offer zips. That's it. Pretty straight forward.
As for Regional pricing, as with zips, if that troubles you - move. on. already.
there are reasons we and other sites do this, and no, you don't get a vote or opinion. If you ran a site yourself, you'd understand that every single day things fluctuate. Bank rates, chargebacks, fraud, bandwidth from assholes that attempt a rip etc. So yes, some sites including ours compensate for this.
When you visit a store do you complain about the % on the dollar? When you do - do you notice they don't care and they keep doing what they do for their reasons? What happens next? You leave. I'm not sure why you feel sites have to explain every aspect of why they do this or that. We don't. :)
Move on and find a site you like. Simple. :)
Again, best of luck in your travels. I hope you find what you're searching for.
"With the rip-off regional pricing, it was academic anyway!"
Again, positivity wins the race.
"Best of luck getting any photo collectors."
We don't need luck, but thank you for your well wishes, very nice of you.
We have thousands of happy members and guess how many complain about not having zips? Less than 0.01%.
Photo collectors go to most sites, see that site's "high resolution" is 1200 or 1500 pixels. (our free promo content is 1500 pixels for crying out loud) Then they see us slamming out 4000 pixel content and where do you think they'll sign up?
The simplest advice is go somewhere your personal needs are met.
Best of luck in your travels, I'm done replying to you if all you're going to do is attack. Man up. If you don't like something, move along and find somewhere you do like. How this is not common sense, I'm not sure.
As I said in what I wrote, 80% of our member base that replied said videos are more important than photos. This same sentiment has been echoed in various forums, surveys, even surveys here at PU in the past. Videos are more important than photos to the majority, but that does not mean photos are not important. :)
We still feel they are important, which is why we still do them.
I noticed the other day that the regional pricing through CCBill seems to have gotten more expensive. A couple of sites I checked out the other day where the price was listed as $29.99 (USD) on TBP were actually a few cents short of $37 (USD) when I compared the GBP price on a currency converter. A more than 20% difference in the exchange rate seems way over the top to me and I know there's no way I'm willing to pay $37 a month to join any site. I don't think it's going to be too long before I run out of sites I'm prepared to pay out for if this rip off continues.
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