Its been a while! I need some old friends ASAP!!!

[Deraj]

Hello everyone!

It’s been a VERY long time since I’ve been on here, so I have no idea if anyone that I know is still around or not.. but I figured it was worth a shot.
My name is Jared Marl – aka Deraj, and I used to be the Director of Marketing for XXXKey.com & TrafficGigolos.com. I was only around in the industry public view for a few years, but in that time just about everywhere you turned… there I was! I attended all of the conventions possible, and of course made the most of each one of them by partying seemingly 36 hours per day, lol.
During that time, I had the opportunity to meet and get to know many AMAZING industry folks and had an absolute blast every moment of every day. I was shown true hospitality and camaraderie even if we had just met. I was invited to all the parties, and all the VIP afterhours events – which truly made me feel like a rock star for a while.
I had great success in the industry because I understood what it took to achieve greatness and prosperity in the porn marketing business... simply to be THERE, be FRIENDLY, and to be RECOGNIZED. You would never see me walking around the lobby of the hotel in a suit and tie unless my hair was fucked up and I had Goose & 7up spilled on my shirt – stumbling around looking for my room key or something. Nope, my style was to let all the uptight suits wake up and have their little breakfasts and make small talk with the other suits having THEIR little breakfasts. Usually when 3-4pm rolled around and my phone started blowing up… Id roll my way out of bed, onto the floor, take inventory or my pockets and figure out where I was… then hop in the shower and get ready to do it again. But when I got home, I always had a new full list of ICQ contacts to hit up for business, and not just nobodies, but the people that write the checks. Why? Because I was at the strip club all night doing blow with the CEOs of the companies. LOL
Well as they say, all good things must come to an end and my life was certainly no exception. Due to having a very addictive personality and all I could sniff access to amazing cocaine... I soon took my drug use to a whole new level. As a select few of you knew, I was freshly dealing with an extremely painful situation where my mom was kidnapped and murdered. Instead of grieving and getting counseling to help me deal with the insane amount of feelings I was experiencing... I chose to self-medicate with alcohol, coke, pills, or just about anything else I could get my hands on. I turned into a dumpster junkie. That soon transitioned in to a full blown heroin addict and then shit REALLY got real. I screwed up my life to an unbelievable extent until I hit rock bottom. Instead of bouncing back up, I chilled out and hung around there for a while.
Finally, tired of my lifestyle I get myself some treatment. Instead of traditional rehab where you just sit around with a bunch of other addicts talking about drugs and triggering your senses like crazy, I decided to take some classes to help me understand myself better and why I was doing the things I was doing. That allowed me to confront my addictions and my feelings head-on to finally slay that dragon. I continued to enrich my education with more classes, like an intensive 140 hour job readiness course, etc. Armed with a new toolbox full of new tools, I set out and got a decent job that paid well and had good benefits.
Then Covid happened. I got laid off and went on unemployment. That was a humbling experience because I had never had to claim it before. After a while, I got used to the idea and was ok with it. I intentionally kept a small nest egg of a couple thousand in there so I had some cushion and peace of mind.
One day I needed to pay a couple of bills, so I went to the ATM to withdraw some cash. The machine basically told me to kick rocks, so I checked the balance. I was mortified. Available balance: $7.36!!! WTF!!?? How could this happen to me? I am always so careful with my card information, I never let anyone use it, and I certainly have never given anyone my PIN number. So I headed home with my guts in a knot the whole way. I finally managed to calm myself by thinking: Don’t worry Jared, that’s what Bank of America has insurance for! Fuck was I wrong!
It literally took me over a month, calling EVERY DAY, and sitting on hold for HOURS each day... only to reach nobody. It was a nightmare. I called every number of BoAs I could find and went to a couple of local branches, but nobody wanted to help. They said because it’s a prepaid card through EDD, there was nothing they could do. Unbelievable!
Finally after some few off days more of calling, I got through to someone. After the screening questions, my claim was filed and was told that within 10 business days that I would have my money back in my account. So then 13 business days goes by and I call them back. They said that something had happened and my claim had been reset and closed or some bullshit and they had to resubmit it in the back of the line of 10,000 something claims. Now I need to wait another 10 days.
Meanwhile, I’ve been robbed by the Mexican police. I’ve been evicted from my apartment for not being able to pay my rent and in turn, lost all of my things inside. I am sleeping on the sidewalk with nothing to eat.
I’m here today, hoping to contact one of the friends I met on here and ask for a little help. Not much, just whatever. $10, $20, $30, etc. This is extremely humiliating, but I’m at wits end and can think of nowhere else to turn. I have no family, and pretty much lost all my friends when I sobered up. If anyone wants proof that this is really me and not a scam, you can contact me on Facebook: [email protected] or via text/phone: (408) 484-7281
If you can help out, I can’t explain how grateful I will be. If you can’t, just please be aware that these credit card skimmers are out there and this can happen to anyone. I am always super careful, but they still got me.
Be safe, and have a Merry Christmas!
PayPal: [email protected] – Jared Marl
Google Pay: [email protected]

[Mr Pheer]

Who are you again?

[jscott]

What "toolbox of new tools" did you learn?

Sounds like another xxxjay story hope you get out of your bind man.

[Deej]

I remember this dude. Couple wild stories but It's up to him to tell them ;)

You were a fun guy. Sorry to hear the downfall.

[CaptainHowdy]

Let's see how this one goes . . .

[adultchatpay]

I used to be an affiliate of Trafficgigolos and made a lot of money way back in mid 2000. I remember Mike, Justin from TG.

Sad story but i wish you all the best!

[Ferus]

Gonna be honest, with all the shit you guys pulled back then, and all the money you made (not all from legit sites) - I feel.... nothing, when I hear all your bro-money are spend.


And the story about your mom was kidnapped and murdered + you were robbed by the Mexican police.. please - dont get me startet

Coming here begging for money? Sure I would give you some if you were part of the community, but you arent - you are just here for a few bucks and then you are gone again.

[Ferus]

Rule #4 on GFY:
If a bro re-emerge after 2-5 years, 99,7% of the times its for two things:
1 - Need money, because "insert random family member" died and somehow that affected my cashflow
2 - Nominate me for a GFY-award, in a community they no longer take part in

No matter what... fuck them!

[King Mark]

I cant lie, your whole story is type hard to believe. And I agree with Ferus. If you weren't down bad, would you have ever posted here again? You didnt think about your GFY friends when you were doing good? (I dont know you, just saying.)

Anyway, sent a lil something. Since your post screams of the fact you cant manage money correctly, I recommend eating with it and then applying for foodstamps asap.

Also, if you're clean and employable cant you just go to a homeless shelter & a temp agency? Why sleep on the sidewalk and stay jobless? What were you doing in mexico and what did the mexican police rob from a jobless american with nothing but $7 in his bank?

Good luck getting your shit together.

[Ferus]

.. if you are "sleeping on the sidewalk with nothing to eat" where are you posting this from, and how did you have access to all those old images?

[Brian mike]

Deja Vue

[jscott]

Hey Jared, some great questions asked here, if you expect anyone to send $ you should probably start answering those things. (lucky for you KingMark is overly generous to have sent you some already)

Anyways, Goodluck.

[adultchatpay]

@Jared Perhaps you can use any of your skill sets.. in marketing, design, affiliate management, grunt work. You will get paid and eventually make a comeback at least.

[jscott]

Originally Posted by adultchatpay

@Jared Perhaps you can use any of your skill sets.. in marketing, design, affiliate management, grunt work. You will get paid and eventually make a comeback at least.

I agree. And I say this everytime someone comes back with struggle, come back and ask for work, using your skills, do not come asking for handouts no matter how bad the situation may be

[Biggie Smalls Web Writing]

Reminds me of a dude who came here at the beginning of this covid shit and said he lost everything asking for help.

Some of us bought it, helped him, he didnt even bother to say thank you.

One of the members found out that he pulled the same shit on other forums and collected a serious amount of bitcoins that most of us can dream of.

[jscott]

Originally Posted by Biggie Smalls Web Writing

Reminds me of a dude who came here at the beginning of this covid shit and said he lost everything asking for help.

Some of us bought it, helped him, he didnt even bother to say thank you.

One of the members found out that he pulled the same shit on other forums and collected a serious amount of bitcoins that most of us can dream of.

Someone find and post link to that, I remember that shittttt

[candyflip]

Go fuck yourself?

Welcome, back!

[Ferus]

Remember Yngwie in 2015? the pretend girlfriend he had, that was sick - but her brother have never heard of him, and the girl was not sick?

https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-b...lp-urgent.html

he was offered $1000,- of he provided somthing that could back his story, but he ran
https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-b...0-00-pool.html

[OneHungLo]

[jscott]

Originally Posted by Ferus

Remember Yngwie in 2015? the pretend girlfriend he had, that was sick - but her brother have never heard of him, and the girl was not sick?

https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-b...lp-urgent.html

he was offered $1000,- of he provided somthing that could back his story, but he ran
https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-b...0-00-pool.html

Thankssssss yup this the ones.

Man, if i ever hit hard times, i'd come back here saying:

1. These are my skills
2. I'll do best work i can for you
3. I SOOO appreciate you giving me an opportunity

And the only thing i'd NOT be saying is:

1. i've hit hard times, please send me money, from the kindness of your heart, for nothing.

[baddog]

Originally Posted by Ferus

.. if you are "sleeping on the sidewalk with nothing to eat" where are you posting this from, and how did you have access to all those old images?

Lots of homeless have smartphones and use wifi from stores/restaurants close to them.

As far as the images, how did someone in the industry forget that he could just hotlink to FUBAR instead of adding those stupid watermarks?

[OneHungLo]

Originally Posted by jscott

Thankssssss yup this the ones.

Man, if i ever hit hard times, i'd come back here saying:

1. These are my skills
2. I'll do best work i can for you
3. I SOOO appreciate you giving me an opportunity

And the only thing i'd NOT be saying is:

1. i've hit hard times, please send me money, from the kindness of your heart, for nothing.

Yup.

99% of the pan handling threads are just people looking for handouts and not a helping hand.

[CaptainHowdy]

The Bro Era is long gone, bru . . .

[Mr Pheer]

Why not use your skills and start a gofundme?

[The Porn Nerd]

Did not read but wassuuuuuup?

[sonofsam]

Originally Posted by Ferus

Remember Yngwie in 2015? the pretend girlfriend he had, that was sick - but her brother have never heard of him, and the girl was not sick?

https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-b...lp-urgent.html

he was offered $1000,- of he provided somthing that could back his story, but he ran
https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-b...0-00-pool.html

Hahaha I was the one who exposed that weirdo

[k0nr4d]

You can usually tell a thread like this is bullshit when the person is asking for a handout instead of some odd jobs like copywriting or something.

[k0nr4d]

Originally Posted by baddog

As far as the images, how did someone in the industry forget that he could just hotlink to FUBAR instead of adding those stupid watermarks?

Or use imgur or some other host that doesn't watermark things. Who the hell uses photobucket at this point?
And Mexican police took money from his BoA account?

[King Mark]

Originally Posted by Ferus

Remember Yngwie in 2015? the pretend girlfriend he had, that was sick - but her brother have never heard of him, and the girl was not sick?

https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-b...lp-urgent.html

he was offered $1000,- of he provided somthing that could back his story, but he ran
https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-b...0-00-pool.html

That was a good morning read.

[newB]

Originally Posted by jscott

Someone find and post link to that, I remember that shittttt

If it's the one I'm thinking of it was a girl (or so they claimed) and they were asking for any BitCoin donations, and made it look legit by offering their email to arrange re-payment. Someone did a search for the bitcoin wallet address and apparently they had set up multiple fake profiles on some of the tubes with the same sob-story. I want to say they actually pulled in $XXX,XXX.

[plsureking]

all those years of being alive and zero marketable skills.

i guess see u in hell bro!

#

[RyuLion]

Oh wow, the memories!!
Lia19 and Punker Barbie FTW!

[Ferus]

Originally Posted by newB

I want to say they actually pulled in $XXX,XXX.

Really? That is crazy

[sandman!]

No idea who the fuck you are good luck with getting donations from random people that might remember you from 10 years ago lol

[amacontent]

Anyone have $20 I can borrow. My cat has COVID 20 and needs a shot.

[Spunky]

Intriguing story, I hope you find some help

[baddog]

Originally Posted by k0nr4d

Or use imgur or some other host that doesn't watermark things. Who the hell uses photobucket at this point?
And Mexican police took money from his BoA account?

Yeah, it was tl;dr just scanned. Totally missed that.

Probably some Nigerian figured out his password. Who knows if the name matches the pics.

[Mr Pheer]

I will gladly pay someone on Tuesday, for a hamburger today.

[blonda80]

We used to promote TG while I was working for pussy.org
Sorry to hear sad news about old biz people