Has GWW shut down?

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[QUOTE=xstr8guy;16694] But I honestly think that GWW and CondomCash are done. He would have never let it compromise his business for this long if he cared anymore… especially with the CondomCash sites.

Regardless of how much money the CC sites earned, they were still probably bringing in income. Either they can’t afford the hosting bill or the nightclub is so successful, they just don’t care anymore. I tend to think it’s the former. Lee has never been one to leave money on the table. ;)[/QUOTE]

I think you are most likely right at this point.
There is no way he would have let this go on for so long without more word about it.

We all reinvent ourselves a few times in our life time. Hope he dose well at the bar biz.

I do feel that he should have said something to the people that was pushing Condomcash, but I guess that’s per for the course.

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[QUOTE=camcruise;17249]I think you are most likely right at this point.
There is no way he would have let this go on for so long without more word about it.[/QUOTE]

I agree. I’m showing Lees partner Gary, owner of GWW, as owner of a North Florida real estate company with 15 real estate agents on board. The website is fairly nice with lots of listings and pictures of all of the team on a page, including Gary, so I know it’s the right person/company. The real estate company is in the same North Florida city as the registered address of GA Media (GWW).

I know the real estate market isn’t doing well these days, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t doing well, or that their club isn’t doing well.

Sucks all this research has to be done instead of a clear clean answer, but it is what it is.

A lot of us put many hours and much information on that board for many years. There is so much archived information there that it’s unfortunate for all of our work to just disappear without explanation.

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[QUOTE=Squirt;17291]
A lot of us put many hours and much information on that board for many years. There is so much archived information there that it’s unfortunate for all of our work to just disappear without explanation.[/QUOTE]

That is a really, really good point. A lot of history about various shady operators, very useful information and how-to stuff, and all sorts of other things that I hope aren’t lost in the long term. If nothing else, it would be nice to get a copy of the post archive and make it available for searching.

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Wow! I have been out of town for a week and GWW is gone? hmmm… sounds crazy… But I’m thinking the porn world is going to see a huge shake down over the next year… Kind of like what Blockbuster video did to all the mom and pop shops… And now what netflix is doing to blockbuster.

So any more news on GWW? I’d like to hear.

David

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very bad for the condomcash sites, sure all members cancell their memberships

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I’m sure CCBill took care of that, they’re not going to let a dead site sit there collecting rebills and risking chargebacks.

Michael

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Wow, what a crappy thing to have happen! Whether its poor planning or financial issues or a quick exit, it seems crappy all the way around.

Sucks for all around. I’m sure the surfers and affiliates were upset by this and I feel for them both, but what I think is the most sad is, as Chip said earlier, the removal of the archives information on the board.

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Was the condom cash affiliate program all CCBill or was there some cascade involved using NATS or another program?

If a program run by CCBill shuts down, does CCBill place an extra hold on funds in case there is a higher amount of chargebacks after the shutdown?

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Ah ha! I think I found some interesting information. Go here… http://web.archive.org/web/20051029204123/www.tattooedguys.com/ and sign up with your email. You will be redirected to a webarchive page for gammacash.comhttp://web.archive.org/web/20051001094211/www.gaybymail.com/skins/purple/subscriptions.html

Does that mean anything? Eh, probably not. Lee was probably just doing email collection for Gamma Cash back then.

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i just hope this doesn’t mean that lee and gary are having a serious problem - a health issue or personal or legal problem. it’s not like lee to abandon a site he could sell for a large lump of cash, and gww was certainly that.

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[QUOTE=dzinerbear;17576]I’m sure CCBill took care of that, they’re not going to let a dead site sit there collecting rebills and risking chargebacks.

Michael[/QUOTE]

LOL! Shhh… I still make about $100 in rebills a month from a CCbill site that closed two years ago!

Just shows how much some people actually check their C/C’s!

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Doesn’t anyone have a phone number where they can call Lee? I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt, so like Patti, I hope everything is ok with them. It is weird not to sell a program and a webmasters board…

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I got one of those emails the night before it went down, it was about midnight here, so like 3am over in FL, and he posted a reply to someone, so he was okay at least just a few hours before it went down.

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I agree, it makes no sense at all. There are many programs who would line up and outbid eachother to buy a gay webmaster site as established as that.