maybe I'm naive.......
but I just don't understand what the big deal is? I have been on this board, and in the hobby, since November and in these past 8 months, I have come up with these observations:
1. So what if Ozzy is friends with April? I have never seen him post any blatant ads touting her service. Is he giving any false information? I haven't read him giving any information other than what the girls look like.
2. So what if April is given "preferential" treatment here on UG? She supports UG financially by advertising. If she is helping UG pay the bills, who the hell cares if she is allowed to write posts announcing new girls. Is she giving any false information? Why shouldn't anyone who is willing to send UG money be given preferential treatment? If you are a due-paying member of a semi-private golf course, wouldn't you expect to be given preferential treatment on tee times?
3. The rumor is that slinky and Ozzy has some sort of financial interest in CLPC? If it is true (I am not saying it is, I don't know and I don't care), so? Isn't that every guy's dream to own an agency (using the idea of being able to test drive the new talent). I can't see anything on here that is outright false, painting CLPC in a rosy light. Posts have been made on here that both praises and criticizes CLPC, as well as any other agency, indy, MP.
4. If JAG and Julie's are sharing the same server, so what? Why all the big fuss?
5. If someone is getting discounts, why all the big fuss? Isn't that what everyone here wishes they could get so their hobby dollars can stretch farther? Yes, a review that gets overstated in exchange for a discount is wrong, but as long as the person writing the review has the integrity to post the good, bad, and ugly and is honest about it, who cares whether the person paid $ or $$$?
6. I've heard stories about Julie's too, so don't think I am posting this just in Ozzy/April/Slinky/UG's defense. I just choose not to post details because those stories are more damaging.
The important thing is that the information is honest and anyone can post in agreement or to the contrary.
Hell, if I was a newbie now, not knowing Flounder/BillF or his reputation (no, not THAT reputation), I would swear that he was shilling for Julie's, given how often he sees and reviews her girls. But I have been on here long enough to know that he is an equal opportunity "whorehound". He sees EVERYBODY (sorry Flounder, couldn't resist) and his reviews (as far as I know) are accurate.
I have even heard that in the short time I have been around, I garnered a reputation of being a shill for NJE (New Jersey Exotics) and some even commented that I may have had a financial interest in NJE. Yes, I am friends with Kevin, and on more than one occasion I have went out drinking with him. But I have never posted a review of one of his girls that were inaccurate, or misleading (although I was told by him that Gabriella (who is still my favorite and I wish he could get her back) told him that she didn't BBBJ with anyone else but me). Hell, back when Destiny still worked for him, he offered me a free session with her, just so someone would post a review of her (he told me that her clients wouldn't post a review of her so they could keep her to themselves). I never took him up on his offer since she never caught my fancy, and he knew that whatever I would post would be honest. As a matter of fact, I have avoided chiming in on a lot of posts dealing with NJE simply because I did not want to perpetuate the perception that I was pushing their service. I know that they have their flaws in their timing, and recently it seemed to have gotten worse (I haven't used his service since January).
OK, enough blathering..........signing off now.