I think Chris Mallick will make this right
 

For those of you who don't know, Chris was the one that salvaged Epoch when they were completely fucked up in 2000. Everyone got paid. Chris has run Epass for 7 years and it enabled alot of people to do international business and save alot of money on bank fees. Epass also saved alot of sponsors when Visa suddenly lowered the allowed chargeback limits. Without Epass, the industry would not have had such a great run like it did.

Chris is a guy with pride and integrity, and I'm sure that he will do everything possible to resolve the current situation. The guy is fucking SMART. This is a high-risk industry. Shit happens all the time. Don't give in to GFY's mob mentality, and give Chris and his crew time to work things out for everyone.

Steve Lightspeed

Agreed!
It's natural for a lot of folks to overreact...give 'em a little time to sort it out!

I believe he will find a way to fix this mess....

I hope you are right :)

I agree on that, too. There is too much panic whithin gfy mob. No doubt something happened (money laundry most likely) so if epass will be up and running again, for sure there will be some changes to be done. For sure, no one will keep more than a chunk in the epass for the next period of time, untill they'll forget about this.

I am stunned though about the big amounts some people have in a third party virtual bank...

I hope your're right Steve!

still hoping. i love epass. its to very convienient for us especially we in this industry.

I'm prepared to wait and see. If things happened as suddenly as claimed then we have to give them the chance to make things right.

I hope so too. I've grown to love epass.

I have a feeling we will all get our money. But things won't be the same again. Much tighter restrictions etc

hope you are absolutely correct!!! go epass

tbh, I'm not even worried about getting the money, I think that isn't even worth the worry, I believe we will

My only worry is about continueing the use of Epass services, I've grown to LOVE LOVE LOVE epassport

Please get this fixed if at all possible, and thanks a lot for the previous great use and help of your services Epassporte

I've never dealt with Epoch or Epassporte, but I did see Mallick's box office bomb "Middle Men", and I believe he did a real disservice to the adult industry, by perpetuating negative stereotypes, suggesting that his partners at Paycom/Epoch were coked out drug addicts, while he was a knight in shining armor, that the industry is in cahoots with mobsters, that he left the adult industry to return to his wife (when the reality is he never left the industry, and he and his wife divorced), and worst of all, that his partners went to jail for child porn (casting a cloud of suspicion on all involved with adult, even though it was a lie).

To try and profit by giving our industry a black eye, is not something I can condone. I am glad more people did not see Mallick's movie, which he tried to suggest was based upon true events, when in fact, it was filled with multiple fabrications and outright lies.

Getting back to the real world, this is not the first time that ePassporte dun goofed, and I strongly suspect that consequences will never be the same after this latest fiasco! :2 cents: :upsidedow

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/e...uDunGoofed.jpg

For the sake of those whom did no wrong, but are suffering as a consequence of this most recent ePassporte debacle, I sincerely hope things do get resolved.

As for Chris Mallick, I lost all respect for him after his dishonest hatchet job movie about the adult biz. :321GFY

Good luck with your lawsuit against the torrent sites, Steve. I respect and applaud you for that.

Although I disagree about your assessment of Chris Mallick, I understand that you are a good person at heart who tries to support other veterans of the industry both during good times and bad times, and for that, no one can call you a fair weather friend. :thumbsup

ADG

My question, why fucking VISA did this cut off ?!?

I hope you are right Steve.

you should really get a reality check Steve
never put your hands in fire for someone who is on fire

good luck with your business.

Did you use Google translator for this gem? :error

dealing with a bank and visa is a different league. Big numbers are involved, he must be sitting on a shitload of cash to solve this.

You are right sometimes

iBill v. 2010...

TBH all epass threads should be deleted and nothing discussed about epass if people dont want things to get worse

Maybe there is nothing serious going on, maybe there is...thats not whats dangerous

What's dangerous is when mob mentality takes over and panic ensues cause you kinda create a situation even if there is no situation and any kind of market where there is perceived lack of confidence....well, only one thing can happen.

Perceptions create reality

I'm more in agreement with that.

Also can't really call someone smart that makes an ego-trip movie that bombs.

I've been with ePassporte for 5 years and I have nothing but good to say about Chris and I am very happy to work for him.
The whole charge back limit thing were before my time but I found it very clever when I put pieces of info together here and there.
I have not don't everything will return to normal Chris could have pulled the plug on ePassporte when this happened but I am sure it never crossed his mind, he is a smart man and he will get ePassporte though this.
I expect another 5 years at least with ePassporte :)

finally some optimistic thread on whole epass issue...

Not sure about the rest of what you said...... but this is a very important point that people seem to forget on a very regular basis.

Will he compensate my pay Streamate is holding and refuses to pay me.

Industry of crooks

Something tells me that epass is gonna stay. I know they will be back, I am no way worried about my money.

They wouldn't be advising people how to withdraw funds if, like some believe here, their only goal was to disappear with the cash.

Nobody knows for sure if they will pull through, but at this stage, I still believe Chris and his people are doing all they can to get this resolved.

there is a saying in Holland

" Hoogmoed komt voor de val "

Anyone knows the english version on this?

translator says " Pride comes before a fall " , sounds a little buggy to me

Bullshit. The only reason you carry on and on about "Middle Men" and Chris Mallick is because you are one of those guys that hates seeing others succeed. You hoped it wouldn't be a success before you saw a single frame. Least you could do is admit to yourself.

I hope you are right Steve, but things don't look good from where I'm sitting to be honest.

see sig.

Pride comes before a fall is correct.

I feel the same way

It was genius, it saved a lot of companies at the time.

That was uplifting...

:thumbsup:upsidedow:) Thank you Angel!

I agree with you. I think they will be back up and running well soon.

There is a similar one my friend from Utrect says, something like "Don't hold your head too high". Maybe stems from the same saying / proverb.

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:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Hate to see others succeed?!? I guess you didn't hear, Middle Men was a colossal failure.

If you gave a fuck about the adult industry and saw what Chris Mallick tried to portray the adult industry as, you would be glad few people saw his movie too.

I have to admit that I was certainly not expecting to see the (not in the movie) trailer which appeared on the Manwin network of tube sites, with "more traffic than God", prior to the release (and after the release) of Middle Men.

I actually thought that such 24/7 exposure on free (some would say, built upon stolen content) porn sites, would have people going to the theater in droves. I'm pretty sure that Chris Mallick (ePassporte) and Fabian Thylmann (Manwin) sure thought such marketing would produce a box office hit as well. Wrong (again)...

To be honest, I was surprised that with the talented cast, writers, and director whom worked on the project, that Middle Men sill turned out to be such a huge box office flop.

However, after paying to see the movie, what I was most disappointed with is that Mallick claimed that the movie was based upon a true story, and then proceeded to falsely imply (among other nefarious things) that his partners were involved with, and ultimately jailed for, their involvement in child porn (in addition to falsely suggesting that he had left the adult biz to reunite with his wife - since as we know, but I doubt that most people who viewed his movie are aware about, he never left the industry, and he and his wife divorced - so much for the happy Hollywood ending in his movie).

What kind of message does suggesting that the legit adult industry is involved with child porn send to mainstream audiences about our industry (assuming you are even in the industry)?

Chris Mallick should be ashamed of himself for trying to profit from perpetuating such negative stereotypes and lies about the adult industry which he has made a lucrative living off of.

Maybe if Chris Mallick wasn't so busy trying to be a Hollywood big shot with the money that he made from adult, and instead tended better to his ePassporte business, many in the adult industry who trusted him and ePassporte wouldn't be in the dire straits that they find themselves in at this present time.

If you viewed Middle Men and saw anything positive about the adult industry in it, please share it with us. The bottom line is that Chris Mallick tried to profit from a movie that denigrated the industry which made him rich.

Although I am not involved with ePassporte in any way whatsoever, I lost over $30k when iBill lied and screwed over the industry, and it took me awhile to recover, so I do not like to see others have to go through what I went through. :2 cents:

With all that said, I genuinely hope that this newest ePassporte disaster is resolved in a positive way for all of the honest hard-working people in this industry - I truly do like to see honest people succeed. :)

ADG

Thanks :)!

They came out with the wallet to help protect your account against fraud. I've used it, I think it's great, and it's too bad for those that left a lot of money in the visa portion. I hope al is well soon.

Very well said Steve, as we can all see, Visa is the problem right now and I'm sure Chris and the team are doing everything possible to find a cure.

I know how "Middle Men" did, I am saying you revel in it.

There isn't a single movie out there that doesn't stereotype. I guess the producers of Wall Street should be ashamed for trying to profit from negative stereotypes about wall street, the producers of Point Break should be ashamed for trying to profit from negative stereotypes about surfers, the producers of... come on.

There. The reason for all your long winded Middle Men posts. He tried to make it big. It bothers you.
Keep trying to convince yourself otherwise :thumbsup

all will be fine

^^^ Half assed responses

dang, the adg dude posting one of my chops! and i thought he had it in for me.

I think they are going to fix it as well.

Ofcourse they fix it, i hope..... got some funds there...