Remember Clips4Sale said they wanted an apology and they were going to sue me? Well they aren’t going to sue me and they ARE getting an apology, but one really has nothing to do with the other. You guys know I wouldn’t back down if I thought I was right. But I wasn’t right.
I posted info from a supposed ex-programmer at C4S who said he had inside info that they were cheating customers by shaving. I did say it was a rumor and that it shouldn’t be taken as fact, and did ask for the other side of the story from Neil, which he gave and I posted.
After talking to Neil, getting some additional information from him and doing some research, I have now found out that the supposed ex-programer was actually a former "store owner" of C4S, whose store was shut down, Neil says, due to piracy. This person never worked for C4S.
Through tracing many IP addresses, various web company’s locations, 2257 info posting and many similar email addresses, it now looks to me like a person named Charles (Chuck) Fitch out of Canton, Michigan is our fake "ex-programmer"
He goes by many aliases including last names Bing & Maxwell, and tends to like the number 3752. He is/was involved with Clips4saletgp.com (Chuck refuses to give Neil the domain so Neil is in the process of taking it away from Chuck), URL Hammer.com, SMVCash.com, Tuberants.com and more. I don’t know if he still is involved with all these sites or not.
There are so many negative links about him and his companies, on many forums, but especially a lot on the GFY board calling him a scammer. I got tired of reading them before I ran out.
So, (sigh), I am sorry to Clips4Sale and Neil for posting a rumor that was a fabrication by a well-known scam artist, and I hope by my writing this info about him, others will be saved from being scammed by Chuck Fitch.
And oh, BTW, to be clear, I won’t be running your ad "Maxwell" so don’t be expecting an invoice…. (Snap!)
Great post, honey. You admitted you were wrong, but the caveat is that you were scammed by someone claiming to pose for C4S, and I think Neil has to take that into account.
You proffered the apology – let’s hope Neil is big enough to accept it.
Nice apology you made. Wish more people in this world would have the balls to admit when they have made a mistake. Technically you didn’t because you said it was a rumor that needed to be verified.
Hopefully there won’t be any more drama about this issue and it can be laid to rest.
Darrah Writes on TWitter- U also claim u never post rumors & always print facts. Though I pointed out to you before how you ran rumors. The Dan rumor. You only backed down and “apologized” because someone threatened to sue you. You just publicly outed him. That is handing over a source. How can anyone now go 2 your site & comment on there or send u any information if they now know you’ll end up ratting them out? You don’t even know if they’re the same person. Ever heard of proxies?? But you just posted the man’s name and the city and state he’s from!! You already destroyed what credibility you had left by allowing someone to write how there’s no such thing as HIV. I hope what you’ve done finally destroys you in this industry. Journalists also write their own shit and not rely on 99% cut&paste from someone else’s work. You call yourselve a fucking journalist?? No REAL journalist hands over their sources AND publicly names them. He wasn’t going to sue you!! Get a backbone already and stand by what you allowed to be published. You’re a spineless coward. Sell LukeIsBack & have someone who knows what they’re doing rebuild what you’ve destrioyed.
You really are a pathetic bitch. How dare you hand the IP over and publicly name your source because of YOUR mistake.
@DarrahFord is a wretched cunt, I really wish would just go away, you did absolutely the right thing, she looks like a total idiot here. I think it was brilliant when you said, I posted a mistake, I should stand by that instead?.. precisely!! that chick is nuts quite certain she does this stuff purely to bring attention to herself, all I’ve ever read from or about this chick says she’s a nutcase lol
It’s all good but you forgot to tell us why you decided to publish a “rumour”… if I wrote an article explaining how I shot Kennedy while Lady Gaga was blowing me, will you publish it? It’s a serious question. NL- What I posted was a believable opinion from a supposed insider, and was labeled as such. What you are proposing is obviously not.
Love your site. I read it more than any other site on the adult industry. I stop reading Ms. Ford’s site a while ago because I thought she was bit off on her facts, and interpretations of defamation law, but that’s another story. . .
As far as your “apology”, while I agree with you admitting that a mistake was made, I probably would have stopped short of an apology. By apologizing, you are tacitly admitting your capability in the alleged bad act. As I read the original article, and the caveats given prior to, you made it clear to the reader that the information given was not your own, and you were merely passing it along. As you were not proffering its truthfulness, I don’t believe that it warranted a personal apology when the article turned out to be false.
And, as much as I hate to agree with the aforementioned Ms. Ford, I don’t think it was a good idea to post information about the offender. Not because it tarnishes your reputation as a journalist, but because it unnecessarily opens you to becoming involved in what could be future legal proceedings.
Sorry about the ramblings; only had a few minutes to type my response.