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Bryci
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#1
from Marcus:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
OK, it might well be me with the download speeds. I'm only downloading a video at a time, it just seuemed to be taking longer. I'll compare with other sites and let you know.
Good to hear about the cheaper rebills too - thanks.
And glad you and Bryci are both enjoying doing the HC content :)
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11-08-13 08:31am
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Bryci
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#2
from Marcus:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
Only just read this, but great news about the regional billing - I don't have as much of a problem with it as some members here (despite being in the UK), but this is a great move.
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09-22-13 12:29pm
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Bryci
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#1
from PinkPanther:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
No problem - I stumbled on the deal completely by accident, wondered if I was the beneficiary of a glitch until I saw your post.
I was glad to spread the word.
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06-17-13 10:50pm
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Bryci
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#45
from slutty:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
Just to respond to your statements:
I'm not trolling, was looking for an actual response to several questions I didn't feel you properly answered. Feel free to report me, I don't think I have done anything wrong.
I don't rip sites, I don't redistribute material, your instincts are dead wrong on this one. A knowledge of torrents and downloading aids merely means one is familiar with the internet, pretty much any adult under 40.
From reviewing your responses, you seemed overly aggressive/defensive to me and others you have responded to here and in other comments, thus I called you a douche, perhaps I am misreading your tone, if so I apologize.
Good luck with your site.
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04-21-13 12:46am
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Bryci
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#43
from slutty:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
Dude, all I have been saying is that anti-piracy is not a valid argument (just say you don't offer zips and won't, don't back it up with some garbage), check some torrents for scenes from this site, shit is not hard to find for free. Zips are not a deal breaker for me, douche attitudes certainly are.
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04-17-13 08:27pm
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Bryci
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#39
from slutty:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
You are punishing your members but not offering zips, plain and simple - if you admit it is something they would prefer, and you choose not to do it as you think it will "prevent" piracy, you are punishing them. My point with the software being available to download all the photos on a thumbnail page is that I'm sure site rippers would use these types of applications, but average users don't know they exist or can't use them. If you are really that concerned about piracy, why allow downloads of videos, which as you claim is what most people want anyway? Either way, I find the lack of zips to prevent piracy argument a bit bogus, and I am guessing it wouldn't be hard to find full sets from your site somewhere, I just don't feel like wasting my time looking.
Not trying to be combative, and I am glad you are a responsive webmaster, I would just consider adding this feature, I think the positives would far outweigh the potential negatives.
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04-16-13 07:21pm
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Bryci
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#37
from hodayathink:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
I'm not really sure what you're saying is not correct? The feedback loop comment? I do agree with much of the other stuff you said here, though (except the HD thing. 720p is still HD by every definition of the phrase. Hell, technically, 721x481 would be HD). Especially the fact that the customer isn't always right. I've worked in retail for way too long to actually believe that. I think as long as it's fairly obvious that you're primarily a video site with photos also, you're not doing anything at all wrong.
Also, if you check my reviews, I'm a video guy. Always have been, always will be. So your sites lack of zip files wouldn't bother me at all. Without really knowing much about your sites/network, I don't' know whether I would join or not (I've never joined a single model site/network yet), but this wouldn't be an issue that persuades me either way.
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04-16-13 12:34am
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Bryci
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#31
from slutty:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
James,
Sorry for jumping in on this heated discussion late, but I really don't buy the excuse of no zips prevent piracy, especially given the fact that you say most people interested in your site just want videos.
Fact of the matter is, there are lots of image downloading packages available that can find all links on a thumbnail page and download them, I have never been a member of your site, so can't verify that any of these would work, but given that you state the images are linked on individual pages, I would assume they would), so it would not make site ripping that much more difficult. I think most sites that don't offer zips do so to try to get photo fans to hang around longer to dig through it all (Club Seventeen did this as well, and I am almost certain that is the reason). Policies like this punish paying subscribers, to get at pirates, and I doubt are all that successful (I doubt most pirates would have ever been paying customers anyway).
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04-15-13 09:03pm
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Bryci
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#14
from tangub:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
As indeed you did yourself also promoting another site in your reply. I think its time to draw a line under this conversation and just agree to disagree on the zips and regional pricing issues. You obviously care passionately about your business and I respect you for the way you defend it. I wish you and Bryci all the best and hope you continue to prosper. Over and out.
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04-14-13 01:57pm
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Bryci
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#12
from tangub:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
No need to make everyone happy as long as you make your paying customers happy and I'm not one of them so no need to apologise and don't worry I don't feel at all frustrated over saving myself $37 not joining a site without zip downloads. That is the great thing about Pornusers that by sharing our experiences and frustrations with paysites through reviews and comments we can perhaps save others from the same frustration. Anyway I've just recieved a promo email from Met Art so I can have 2 months there with the money I've saved not joining your site, Met Art a site that continues to prosper and update 4 new photo sets per day despite the fact "nobody really cares about photos anymore" :-)
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04-14-13 03:55am
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Bryci
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#11
from Capn:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
It is nothing to do with market flux.
It is way over that margin.
I'm not blaming you for the rate, as you say that is set by CCBill.
They seem to set it at any value they think the market will bear.
Cap'n. :o/
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04-13-13 04:00pm
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Bryci
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#9
from tangub:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
Apologies for assuming you are a US based website. I was going on the company profile listed here at Pornusers which states Bella Cash (United States) Perhaps you should update your profile with the correct information.
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04-13-13 03:04pm
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Bryci
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#7
from tangub:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
If you are a US based website and you charge $29.95 for a membership through an American billing company like CCBill then why should I pay the equivalent of $37 just because I am in the UK? I can pay $29.95 in USD exactly the same as somebody in the US, CCBill will still receive $29.95 from my credit card company and I will lose about 3% in foreign currency conversion rate when I am charged by my card company. Charging me an extra 20% to pay in my own currency is nothing short of a scam.
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04-13-13 02:41pm
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Bryci
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#5
from Capn:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
Webmanagers blame CCBill.
CCBill say it is a 'service' requested.
Regardless of who admits to regional pricing, it is still a scam.
Cap'n. :0/
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04-13-13 01:05pm
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Bryci
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#22
from Capn:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
I'm not saying I didn't like the content.
Just the totally stonewall intransigent attitude & the regional pricing.
TTFN
Cap'n. :0)
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04-11-13 04:17pm
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Bryci
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#19
from Capn:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
No point in doing photos then.
With the rip-off regional pricing, it was academic anyway!
Best of luck getting any photo collectors.
Cap'n. :0/
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04-11-13 03:58pm
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Bryci
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#17
from Capn:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
That's as may be, but if you are going to bother do them, do them in a way which photo collectors find convenient... Custom zips.
Cap'n. :0)
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04-11-13 03:52pm
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Bryci
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#14
from tangub:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
"Nobody really cares that much about photos anymore"
If you seriously believe that then why do you waste your time producing them?
"videos are more important to our user base according to 4 out of 5 people."
That's because those to whom photos are more important discover you don't provide zip files and therefore don't join your user base.
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04-11-13 02:30pm
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Bryci
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#13
from Marcus:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
My personal POV is that videos are more important to me, too, but that doesn't mean I don't care about videos. Frankly I'm not a photo collector per-se, but so far I've not actually downloaded many photos just because it's quite hard to know where to start!
Like I say in the review, I'm quite choosy about photos I save, and I think if zips aren't a consideration, then it would be better IMHO to be able to right-click thumbnails and save the JPG which would effectively halve the amount of clicking. Not sure if the full-size JPGs are on individual pages to thwart pirates, though.
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04-11-13 01:32pm
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Bryci
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#11
from Capn:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
" Nobody really cares that much about photos anymore, videos are more important to our user base according to 4 out of 5 people. "
I do.....Very much so.
3 weeks is hardly a sustained test to prove anything.
I have neither the patience or desire to download & repeat view videos.
Having said that, I am used to being non-mainstream.
Cap'n. :0/
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04-11-13 01:04pm
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Bryci
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#9
from tangub:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
"As I had said before as well as in the faq for the bella sites, we don't do zips because when we did, our content was pirated like mad. We stopped offering zips and it went from all over to hard to find. We still get the odd people pirating us, that happens but we stopped the majority of it photo wise anyway."
So when you stopped offering zips did you suddenly find a big increase in the number of subscribers because those who downloaded pirated content for free suddenly decided they would have to pay for it?
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04-11-13 10:59am
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Bryci
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#2
from Marcus:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
Thank you for the reply. I ran out of characters to explain about why WMV files are no longer available, but I certainly didn't mark the site down for that.
I understand why from a webmaster's POV you don't offer ZIP files, but it does make it hard for members. I think I would find it easier if you could right-click thumbnails and save the link. I thought it was really important to communicate this to readers.
Chica's Place is a great website, so I'm really happy that your aspirations hardcore-wise are similar. Actually laughed that some people are disappointed because it rules them out of the picture - they sound like Beliebers who begrudged Selena Gomez for dating Justin Beiber (and no, I'm most certainly not a Beiber fan!)
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04-09-13 10:39pm
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Talia Shepard
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#1
from marcdc1:
(JamesDavid's Reply)
JamesDavid,
Thank you so much for pointing out my error and showing me how to find the 4K vides. I updated the review with your corrected information. I think I must have read my current monitors output istead of the max resolution. Please accept my apologies.
I see you often chime in about reviews to the network. I'm working through the network and really enjoying it. Especially Bryci and Katie Banks.
I hope to hear from you again.
Oh and I'm very happy Talia came back from her other ventures to work on her site again. 😃
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01-18-20 06:17am
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