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07-23-2008 #41
It's called supply and demand folks, Econ 101
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07-23-2008 #42
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these lowlife wall street scumbags. these motherfuckers are not satisfied being millionaires they want every last penny on this earth. bunch of lowlife punk cowards that dont even have a decent bone in their body. Not 1 ounce of decency in their body
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07-23-2008 #43
The price of everything is rising and if porn companies don't follow suit profits will quickly diminish.
I know from my end of things, I have to charge more for my services because my monthly expenses are skyrocketing (food and fuel). It's not even an issue of greed, its a basic issue of paying bills and continuing to operate. 29.95 is just not worth what it was 1 year ago. Especially not for a global company like Grooby that is suffering from a crashing dollar.
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07-23-2008 #44Originally Posted by worthy2
My costs in Thailand, UK and Europe have risen 25% at least in the last two years, I don't think that's fair either. I've never been to business school, never worked on Wall St and dislike the establishment more than most - but this is business.
Send me your username and I'll have a look at your account on our sites Worthy and I'll see what I can do to ease the burden for you.
seanchai
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07-23-2008 #45
I'm not in the industry myself, so I can be entirely off base with what I am about to say (someone correct me if I am mistaken) but with the executive in the US going after porn the way it has in recent years, I would think it would make sense for anyone in the industry as a company to go beyond what it costs to get by to ensure they have the assets to survive any baseless attempt at a crack down.
Even when the gov loses its cases, it still takes a lot of resources out of their targets. I would imagine anyone whose business is international in nature will have the potential for headaches if they can't immediately on the spot produce enough convincing documentation to get past any idiots at the various customs checkpoints.
As but a single example-
This has been in the news in recent years with the American customs officials detaining (forcing people entering the country to surrender their digital data storage for duplication & screening) laptops, hard drive, cell phone memory cards and digital cameras even when they contain otherwise privileged information (diaries, medical records etc). At times these devices are just screened for porn (some reports are saying child porn exclusive, but not all indicate it is that specific) and in the case of some laptops there has been confiscations where the devices were sent out for data duplication and then sent back anywhere up to 3 months down the line. I can't imagine the frustration of going overseas to do a shoot, getting it all finished, returning only to have some undereducated crank on a power trip in customs go "wait, I want your computer so I can send it out, maybe you'll get it in 3 months..." and not be able to use anything from that gig until the gov "kindly returns it."
I also found this BBC article, albeit from 1998, talking about the same practices in the UK so its not just an American thing:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/150465.stm
I am unaware of what other countries may engage in this type of behavior, I wouldn't be surprised if there were others out there.
Then hitting closer to home than international security checkpoints:
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jun...al/me-obscene9
The text from above: [bold I added, not the author]
Originally Posted by LA Times
The following from the LA Times again:
Originally Posted by LA Times
My commentary: I am sure "I didn't mean to upload it to where the public could see it" argument would never have worked for a defendant accused of porn related crimes in this guy's courtroom. Just another example of where the righties have one set of rules for themselves, and another for the rest of the peons.
But the more important thing here is that it shows our political leadership IS using the judicial system for political gain, conducting an unneeded, unhelpful, for most (I hope most) citizens unwanted attack on civil liberties.
If this is taken to be a trend the important question is what will be next, how far these policies will extend, and what cost it will inflict on businesses related to it. I don't have the answers to any of these questions, but I think they are of grave importance.
And maybe its easier to withdraw from life
With all of its misery and wretched lies
If we're dead when tomorrow's gone
The Big Machine will just move on
Still we cling afraid we'll fall
Clinging like the memory which haunts us all
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07-23-2008 #46
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Originally Posted by seanchai
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08-01-2008 #47Originally Posted by worthy2
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=USDEUR=X&t=2y
from being worth 0.80EUR, 1 USD is now only worth 0.64EUR. That's a 20% drop.
I can't talk for Seanchai, but it's clear that the cost of content production for Thai + Brazilian + European models increased by 20% at least.
In these conditions, increasing the site prices of ~15% doesn't seem unfair to me. (but yes, I'm a premium site operator too, so my opinion is probably tainted )
Victoria Holyns' Webmaster.
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08-07-2008 #48
Shemaleyum Up To $35 A Month Now?
Awww.. stop picking on Seanchai hehe j/k. Come here Seanchai ::HUGS::
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12-18-2008 #49
You must be happy that the new lines of DSLRs that have HD video capabilities, that should save a few bucks.
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12-18-2008 #50
I had nothing but good experiences talking to Seanchai. He has answered every email and PM that I have sent him in a pretty timely matter for running all these sites that he does. He has also been very nice.
His sites are some of the best shemale sites on the net. You get what you pay for, thats for sure.