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Old 07-25-2001, 06:51 PM  
Incognito
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Join Date: May 2001
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Hm...
Hun is right.

He says he is against RIPPING OFF.
Which is correct when it comes to 70$ per 25 minutes. That's 2.80$ per minute.

A day got 1440 minutes.
30 days got 43 200 minutes. That's 120 960$

A month costs 30-40 dollars at a paysite with a credit card.

Check out the difference.

The only problem is that it's HUN who says it.
The common mistake is - TGPs are bad. But they are not RIPP OFFs unfortunately. Just a usual EDGE of a biz practice. Any practice has it's edges.
The difference between the EDGE and RIPP OFF is that the EDGE is bad - but it's still just an edge of what's considered normal. RIPP OFF is not.

Think about free sites. All free porn resources. TGPs are just an edge of what's considered normal, and You cant run this biz without free content.

Now,if giving out FREE content is legal and considered OK - than You will always have Your TGPs. It's just an edge of a possibility. Remove all Huns and Worldsexes or make them all show softcore only - it will always be an endless fight with hungry newcomers who'll come and take their places and that would be so for as long as giving ANY free content is OK.

Now. Taking several bucks per minute is NOT normal and a ripp off.
Know why?
Cause people cant take their money back. That is however strange THE REAL reason.

In credit card billing You got chargebacks. You make Your site's members area a piece of shit and rebill everyone without their will - guess what, You're fucked. Chargebacks come - and You go.

Because THE QUALITY FOR THE PRICE is what matters. You can make a members area a bit better and sell it not for 40$ but say for 80$.
But if the price is raised to 120K per month than the quality should be raised at least SOMEHOW equally. If not - it's a ripp off cause it's same level of service wich costs 40$ per month.

Now a RIPP OFF hurts all of us. And A LOT. Cause RIPP OFFs kill trust. And trust in quality is equal to Your income.

Sorry for my english folks.

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