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Trumpton wrote:

>>>

Never a truer word spoken.

It used to be particularly bad in the UK in the '70s and '80s when hardcore porn was illegal.

In Soho (and come to think of it in places like Sheffield & Manchester also) there were loads of seedy "adult bookstores" (or stores with "adult" sections) run by low-life wideboys who would repackage copies of old contact mags in Color Climax covers, shrink-wrap 'em and then flog 'em as the real deal to unsuspecting, gullible punters for a tenner or more a shot, which was quite a lot for a mag in those days (relying on the punter being to embarrassed to go back and complain).

Indeed, I myself fell foul of that particular scam once - but only once (lesson learned).

Of the pornographers back then, David Sullivan (erstwhile lover of the late Mary Millington and of Playbirds / Lovebirds / Whitehouse mags publishing fame) must have been the worst - always promising "the strongest action yet" (and always "in next month's issue"), but never actually delivering. (That said, his titles still gave me many a happy hour of blissful "wrist action" as a teenager!!).

Even today (looking across from from my vantage point on mainland Europe), it seems to me that it's still not much better in Britain as far as porn is concerned - you can get the hard stuff legally now, but usually at piss-take prices.

- Eric

Flat_Eric wrote:

> Trumpton wrote:
>
> remains that there are still, and have always been, rip-off
> merchants who are only interested in getting the punters money
> and swindling them!>>>>
>
> Never a truer word spoken.
>
> It used to be particularly bad in the UK in the '70s and '80s
> when hardcore porn was illegal.

Never a truer word spoken also.
>
> In Soho (and come to think of it in places like Sheffield &
> Manchester also) there were loads of seedy "adult bookstores"
> (or stores with "adult" sections) run by low-life wideboys who
> would repackage copies of old contact mags in Color Climax
> covers, shrink-wrap 'em and then flog 'em as the real deal to
> unsuspecting, gullible punters for a tenner or more a shot,
> which was quite a lot for a mag in those days (relying on the
> punter being to embarrassed to go back and complain).

During the 80's when I lived in Aldershot the very same thing happened at one of the 3 "adult bookshops" which opened up during that decade.
>
> Indeed, I myself fell foul of that particular scam once - but
> only once (lesson learned).

I to fell foul, but I kicked up a fuss and evetually got my money back. It happened when I was ripped-off in a "sex shop" in Reading.
>
> Of the pornographers back then, David Sullivan (erstwhile lover
> of the late Mary Millington and of Playbirds / Lovebirds /
> Whitehouse mags publishing fame) must have been the worst -
> always promising "the strongest action yet" (and always "in
> next month's issue"), but never actually delivering. (That
> said, his titles still gave me many a happy hour of blissful
> "wrist action" as a teenager!!).

Those mags showed the strongest action you could legally buy - but Sullivan was guilty of ,at the very least ,sharp practice.
>
> Even today (looking across from from my vantage point on
> mainland Europe), it seems to me that it's still not much
> better in Britain as far as porn is concerned - you can get the
> hard stuff legally now, but usually at piss-take prices.

Stupid stupid prices. How many punters are going to fork out an arm and leg for poorly produced, albeit legal, porn?

Alice In Blunderland wrote:

> From what I have heard it was not unusual for some of his
> branches staff to try to blackmail people into buying porn with
> the threat that if they did not they would tell the old bill
> the punter had asked for animal or kiddy porn, most told them
> to f off but I wonder how many actually believed them and
> bought some crap softcore at a rip off price.

I've never heard of that.

His staff were certainly well drilled in the art of the hard sell. They'd convince the unsuspecting punter into parting from his hard earned only to find out later that he'd been conned.

warren zevon rip wrote:

> Trumpton wrote:
>
> > His staff were certainly well drilled in the art of the hard
> > sell. They'd convince the unsuspecting punter into parting
> > from his hard earned only to find out later that he'd been
> > conned.
>
> Did someone not suggest that Mr Sullivan, may have a share of
> the ownership of this site?

I know to whom you refer.

Alice In Blunderland wrote:

> If these posts vanish we will know for sure.


Still up.

These are the only words I ever want to hear on a porn flick