Originally Posted by Relish XXX

If you check news reports on Seth he was grossing $50m per year in 1997.

Originally Posted by CarolW

Some of you little kids ought to learn when to shut the hell up

Hey Roger, Bill owes me a beer cause of you!

Originally Posted by Winetalk

B U L L S H I T ....

Originally Posted by RogerV

what was the bet?

Originally Posted by jimholio

Exactly...

And what I find funny is the "old folks" were the young Turks.... Hell I?m older than most and Im under 35...

Jealously is a moron?s replacement for ability....

Let's take a lesson from some no name douche bag who is not a home owner....and you are not so do not even pretend you are...has a handle that would require a seminar for the basic webmaster to remember...and thinks coming on message boards and trashing the people who founded the industry and in many cases still control the industry...is a good idea

I look at you as more of a cautionary tale than the future of adult online. By all means keep this up....I have been off the boards for a very long time and frankly..... stomping the guts out of some jack ass who has made a retarded mistake and is trying to save face by repeat it over and over again...actually sounds like a good way to spend the day or the rest of the week for that matter....see im burned out from working too much and have decided to lighten my schedule for the week....

So lets go first round draft pick lets see what you have for a pro bowler....

I would rather you just said thank you and went on your way trying to replicate the success some of us have harnessed

while you were still peeking in your undies to see if the pube ferry came.....

now sense of humor harry potter....read the above....now that was funny...making young 30 something pioneers into the elderly....just sophomoric

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Originally Posted by CarolW

Well I told him to have you give a call and also bet him you wouldnt.....you didn't so...........I won :winkwink:

CD, for you anything

Originally Posted by RogerV

I ICQ'd you I thought with my number?

Originally Posted by CarolW

No Sir, well honestly I have had ICQ off your buddy has me so buried these days I often times forget to turn it on......so maybe ya did and I just haven't seen it yet :winkwink:

In any case I'm still making Bill buy me that beer :thumbsup

How's things? Saw the program, nice work!

Originally Posted by american perv

I still have my IEG tshirt whith the porn chicks on it ;-)))

Originally Posted by RogerV

Things are great and I love my life. If I died today It was with a smile on my face.
hopefully with a girl giving me a blowjob :winkwink:

Originally Posted by CarolW

good to hear! I'll leave the blow job part alone for now, wait a minute!! You arent my boss anymore so tossing you shit should be perfectly acceptable no?!

Originally Posted by J$tyle$

Not really, Serge - 97/98 - all the sites combined THAT I SAW did about 24 million and when you add the revenue from Pam and Tommy? It's Probably NOT that far off.

:2 cents:

Look, when all is said and done, Seth wasn't the best business/money "manager". He wasn't nice to a lot of people. He wasn't trustworthy.

I believe IF he had those qualities he'd have OWNED the adult web and made 100's of millions of $'s by now!

He was VERY business and tech savy at SUCH an early age. He knew how to EXECUTE and launch ideas. He was a fierce negotiator. He knew how to utilize and manipulate the media.

I've said this before and I'll say it again:

I learned A LOT from Seth about what NOT TO DO in business and I learned A LOT about BUSINESS itself!

Same with Ron Levi in different ways.

All in all - both were incredible experiences for different reasons - and the early days were a fantastic ride. Those that were there KNOW!

Those that weren't can talk all the shit they want.

They'll NEVER KNOW what it was like to experience what we did.

:winkwink:

Originally Posted by LegendaryLars

Love it !

I met Seth a few times and he reminded me of a meth or speed junky always talking and shaking. Yammering about all kinds of nonsensical BS. Every experience I had with that guy was negative ! Ron on the other hand has been a mentor to me since the day I placed my first CE banner up for .02 cents a click !

Originally Posted by J$tyle$

Not really, Serge - 97/98 - all the sites combined THAT I SAW did about 24 million and when you add the revenue from Pam and Tommy? It's Probably NOT that far off.

Originally Posted by Winetalk

J, how much of it went to his backers? I am talking about backers from the phone sex days. He ALWAYS had money problems, not a sign of healthy cash flow.

Originally Posted by xenigo

One question I have, that I've never seen answered, is where is all their money now? I don't know of anyone except for maybe one that still has the money. If people were so filthy fucking rich back then, how come they're not in the biz anymore, and appear to have nothing to show for it?

Originally Posted by Winetalk

that is a very good question.

Lawyers, entourages, drugs, hookers, cars and other depreciating items, optimism that the show will go on forever, "good weather" friends,
poor investments at the top of internet bubble,
all of the above cost fortunes.

Originally Posted by Winetalk

that is a very good question.

Lawyers, entourages, drugs, hookers, cars and other depreciating items, optimism that the show will go on forever, "good weather" friends,
poor investments at the top of internet bubble,
all of the above cost fortunes.

Originally Posted by LegendaryLars

I met Seth a few times and he reminded me of a meth or speed junky always talking and shaking. Yammering about all kinds of nonsensical BS. Every experience I had with that guy was negative!