Retro Raunch in receivership

Ms Naughty · 2009-01-12, 06:34 AM

I got back from holidays to find a letter from a receivership company informing me that Retro Raunch was in liquidation. It was only a small site but it had been online since 1997.

My first thought was how unusual it was for a porn company to actually do the bankruptcy thing. Don't people just normally pocket the money and flee?

I figured I wasn't owed much but I finally got around to checking the stats today and there was $170 bucks there.

So there goes another wad of cash into the ether, joining the stuff owed me by iBill and Globill and numerous other scoundrels.

docholly · 2009-01-12, 09:35 AM

Gawd.. I forgot all about the iBill and globill money that went bye-buy (pun intended)

Jim · 2009-01-12, 09:58 AM

There have been a couple of programs that went bankrupt. The one that comes to mind right now was "insite adult". Damn, that had to be 7 years ago or more.

Greenguy · 2009-01-12, 10:09 AM

Insite owed me $4k when they went MIA & eventually bankrupt.

Cleo · 2009-01-12, 10:49 AM

Thank god tasty cakes are still selling well.

RedCherry · 2009-01-12, 11:08 AM

Always sad to hear. I deactivated the links to them in my LLs, and was glad to see they didn't owe me any money. I thought their sites were really cool, but I couldn't seem to convert the traffic I sent to them from my vintage/retro categories.

Ms Naughty · 2009-01-13, 08:47 PM

Anyone got any suggestions for a good replacement retro/vintage sponsor?

Maj. Stress · 2009-01-13, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by grandmascrotum

Anyone got any suggestions for a good replacement retro/vintage sponsor?

I think Ramster has a site with NS Cash and Pimproll has a retro site now.

Ms Naughty · 2009-01-13, 09:50 PM

Yep, spotted those, thanks Maj. Stress.

I'm now sorting through the sponsors on my Quirky Sex linklist and finding FAR too many are not operating anymore

SheepGuy · 2009-01-14, 12:22 AM

Damn, money into ether, I thought it was supposed to work the other way around

My scoundrel list is fairly small, AdultCheck, who I felt fishy about and stopped building for just before the rip-off doesn't owe me that much in the big scheme of things, but the sleazy way they screwed my friends really pissed me off, so they'd be #1.
ProAdult screwed me for more money, but at least they didn't tell my buddies to keep quiet about it and get paid, like AdultCheck did. Doing it the way Adult Check did cost me one so-called friendship, doing it the way ProAdult did, just cost me money. So even though ProAdult cost me more they are #2.
Add IBill and GloBill and some European processor who's name I can't remember and that pretty much covers my scoundrel list. I figure I've been fairly lucky.
This kind of shit goes on in every business, so you don't put all of your eggs in one basket.

James_HotMovies · 2009-01-14, 09:28 AM

vintagemovies.com and classicvod.com are 2 of our best converting theaters.

I never promoted retroraunch. always a bit too narrow for my taste. Why do some people still keep in the confines of 800x600?

hony · 2009-01-14, 10:01 PM

I don't even keep track any more so many small cam sites disappear without paying. The way I figure it unless the money is in my hand it doesn't really count, stuff showing on stats pages but not yet paid out is fantasy money and I don't worry about it too much.

bDok · 2009-01-15, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by grandmascrotum

Anyone got any suggestions for a good replacement retro/vintage sponsor?

i know xxxjay has a new site as well...

ramsters if you aren't using it through nscash.

Greenguy · 2009-01-15, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grandmascrotum

Anyone got any suggestions for a good replacement retro/vintage sponsor?

I will in a couple months

Ms Naughty · 2009-01-15, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greenie

I will in a couple months

Tease. Is that why it's been so quiet around here lately?

xxxjay · 2009-01-16, 01:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greenie

I will in a couple months

I don't think they ever planned on paying anyone. Never paid me as well.

OCCash has www.pornclassics.com - it is still in beta, but is converting quite well.

Greenguy · 2009-01-16, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by grandmascrotum

Tease. Is that why it's been so quiet around here lately?

I wish I had a big secret other than my personal

But I will say that someone is working on something that you'll be interested in and I'm told beta will begin in a couple months

Useless · 2009-01-16, 02:12 PM

My sites will be vintage by the time I get them done.

2009-01-12, 10:09 AM	#4
Greenguy The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Blasdell, NY (shithole suburb south of Buffalo) Posts: 41,929	Insite owed me $4k when they went MIA & eventually bankrupt. __________________ Promote POV Porn Cash By Building & Submitting Galleries to the Porn Luv Network

2009-01-12, 10:49 AM	#5
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2009-01-12, 11:08 AM	#6
RedCherry Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Middle of the Desert, Pahrump, NV Posts: 3,187	Always sad to hear. I deactivated the links to them in my LLs, and was glad to see they didn't owe me any money. I thought their sites were really cool, but I couldn't seem to convert the traffic I sent to them from my vintage/retro categories. __________________ Our 3D Comics and Props on Renderotica

2009-01-13, 08:47 PM	#7
Ms Naughty old enough to be Grandma Scrotum Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,408	Anyone got any suggestions for a good replacement retro/vintage sponsor? __________________ Promote Bright Desire

2009-01-13, 09:50 PM	#9
Ms Naughty old enough to be Grandma Scrotum Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,408	Yep, spotted those, thanks Maj. Stress. I'm now sorting through the sponsors on my Quirky Sex linklist and finding FAR too many are not operating anymore __________________ Promote Bright Desire

2009-01-12, 06:34 AM	#1
Ms Naughty old enough to be Grandma Scrotum Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,408	Retro Raunch in receivership I got back from holidays to find a letter from a receivership company informing me that Retro Raunch was in liquidation. It was only a small site but it had been online since 1997. My first thought was how unusual it was for a porn company to actually do the bankruptcy thing. Don't people just normally pocket the money and flee? I figured I wasn't owed much but I finally got around to checking the stats today and there was $170 bucks there. So there goes another wad of cash into the ether, joining the stuff owed me by iBill and Globill and numerous other scoundrels. __________________ Promote Bright Desire

2009-01-12, 09:35 AM	#2
docholly Nothing funnier than the ridiculous faces you people make mid-coitus Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Sin-City USA Posts: 4,973	Gawd.. I forgot all about the iBill and globill money that went bye-buy (pun intended) __________________ Support Indie Porn Sites OMGoddess You know you need some Bling!!

2009-01-12, 09:58 AM	#3
Jim Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mohawk, New York Posts: 19,477	There have been a couple of programs that went bankrupt. The one that comes to mind right now was "insite adult". Damn, that had to be 7 years ago or more.

2009-01-14, 12:22 AM	#10
SheepGuy It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 2,527	Damn, money into ether, I thought it was supposed to work the other way around My scoundrel list is fairly small, AdultCheck, who I felt fishy about and stopped building for just before the rip-off doesn't owe me that much in the big scheme of things, but the sleazy way they screwed my friends really pissed me off, so they'd be #1. ProAdult screwed me for more money, but at least they didn't tell my buddies to keep quiet about it and get paid, like AdultCheck did. Doing it the way Adult Check did cost me one so-called friendship, doing it the way ProAdult did, just cost me money. So even though ProAdult cost me more they are #2. Add IBill and GloBill and some European processor who's name I can't remember and that pretty much covers my scoundrel list. I figure I've been fairly lucky. This kind of shit goes on in every business, so you don't put all of your eggs in one basket. __________________ If the Environment was a bank, they would have saved it by now.

2009-01-14, 09:28 AM	#11
James_HotMovies Trying is the first step towards failure Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Philly Posts: 127	vintagemovies.com and classicvod.com are 2 of our best converting theaters. I never promoted retroraunch. always a bit too narrow for my taste. Why do some people still keep in the confines of 800x600? __________________ www.moviedollars.com ICQ: 21267736

2009-01-14, 10:01 PM	#12
hony Oh! I haven't changed since high school and suddenly I am uncool Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 253	I don't even keep track any more so many small cam sites disappear without paying. The way I figure it unless the money is in my hand it doesn't really count, stuff showing on stats pages but not yet paid out is fantasy money and I don't worry about it too much. __________________ $$$ Webcam programs that earn for me -- YMMV $$$

2009-01-16, 02:12 PM	#18
Useless Certified Nice Person Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Dirty Undies, NY Posts: 11,268	My sites will be vintage by the time I get them done. __________________ Click here to purchase a bridge I'm selling.