I've avoided posting in this thread too.

Can someone tell me why its such a big deal that Epoch made an exclusive advertising agreement? Yeah that means that ccbill, netbilling and any other billing processor can't be a sponsor, but it doesn't mean they can't attend. I guarantee if this happened in any other way, it would have been hailed as a good business strategy. If a company is willing to pay the money for exclusivity, heck all the more power to em!!!

btw: epoch wasn't allowed to sponsor phx forum

The way i see it there are two different issues.

1. AVN choosing the end of October for their forum. This somehow bumped out the Gay Phoenix forum when the last i heard ccbill was looking at the end of September, if at all.

2. Epoch making an exclusive advertising agreement which doesn't prevent ccbill from attending. In all a good business strategy. I'm sorry the ravings about this issue is pathetic nonsense.

Hey I like ccbill. I like epoch. Both companies have always treated us well. The way i see it this couldn't have worked out better for ccbill. 1. They don't have to hold the gay phx forum which I do believe they didn't want to do again. 2. They make epoch look like the bad guys.

Dance puppets dance!