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Old 02-18-2004   #1
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Hooper asks: Will CCBill Be The Next CC Processor To Fall?
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In an industry full of bad taste and poor judgment, CCBill has long led the pack in this dubious category. CCBill has happily processed for bestiality and underage non-nude sites and employed Kimmy Kim.

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Hooper asks: Will CCBill Be The Next CC Processor To Fall?
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In an industry full of bad taste and poor judgment, CCBill has long led the pack in this dubious category. CCBill has happily processed for bestiality and underage non-nude sites and employed Kimmy Kim.

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lolololololololol......................
KK is one of the only good things CCBill had going for them.

She did a good job for them. Took a lot of arrows!
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employing Luke Ford is bad taste
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KK is one of the only good things CCBill had going for them.
I don't know KK except for what she posts and that she has a great reputation.

I find it rather funny that LF, who claims to be a writer, would write a paragraph like that.....

Hope noone took my posting it to mean that I thought ill of our resident processing expert....



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Luke Ford is a Scum Sucking Leach and a flaming idiot

KK was one of the reasons I started processing with CCBill (that and dissatisfaction with IBill)

Not only has KK taken the time and effort to explain much about processing to many (myself including) even those who were not CCBill clients - the thought being knowing how processing works makes for a better industry ....

Mike is correct she took many arrows for CCBill in a straight forth stand up fashion, a turn in the hot seat can show how much "grace under pressure" and a good measure of one's character

Now put this in your next article and smoke it Luke
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Luke Ford is a Scum Sucking Leach and a flaming idiot

KK was one of the reasons I started processing with CCBill (that and dissatisfaction with IBill)

Not only has KK taken the time and effort to explain much about processing to many (myself including) even those who were not CCBill clients - the thought being knowing how processing works makes for a better industry ....

Mike is correct she took many arrows for CCBill in a straight forth stand up fashion, a turn in the hot seat can show how much "grace under pressure" and a good measure of one's character

Now put this in your next article and smoke it Luke


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I don't care for ccbill, but i like kk as well. Dont know how that got twisted in there.
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I don't care for ccbill, but i like kk as well. Dont know how that got twisted in there.
page views. controversy. excuses for less than intriguing journalism?
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I don't care for ccbill, but i like kk as well. Dont know how that got twisted in there.
Simple: Duck's an idiot.
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I have worked for CCBILL since it started. This is a Family grown business not a Corp. They have learned and grown and improved 100 fold. This is a very solid upfront company that is going to be here till the end. K K was a very sweet person when she worked at CCBILL.
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I have worked for CCBILL since it started. This is a Family grown business not a Corp. They have learned and grown and improved 100 fold. This is a very solid upfront company that is going to be here till the end. K K was a very sweet person when she worked at CCBILL.
I know this is going to chase you away, and make you hate me, but...

Were you for or against the childporn? The beasty? The under 18 non-nude teen sites?

I am interested if working for a family business makes it easier to deal with certain kind of content....
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You mean DUKE surely Peaches

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Duck is just trying to start some controversy to save some face from the big blow that daddy Lensman took today.

Good job, Duck! Get out there in front and be the punching bag you were paid to be!

I hope Kimmy sticks a stiletto up your ass.
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KK is one of the old timers and helpful people in our industry, no reason to sham her in any way..
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employing Luke Ford is bad taste
While I basically am in full agreement with you, JR, it's just a shame that "employ" actually sounds as though Luke (LUC, Duc, Fuck, Duke, Dick, et al) actually does "work".
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You mean DUKE surely Peaches

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KK is good people. Any company would be lucky to have her.
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Luke's now bound to getting page views at my expense? I'm honored at best but whatever works for him is fine by me.

I guess having a personal life makes you vulnerable these days, since you dont see things as soon as you might lol...
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2 things before I go to bed:

1. CCBill is not likely to go out of business, suffer financial difficulties, get fined, have “issues” or anything else other than continue on a positive growth curve. This is only my opinion – and the opinion of most knowledgeable industry people – including the good people at Visa. This, lest you forget, is from a competitor. Every one of us here at Paycom/EPOCH respect and admire the Cadwell Family and their staff. So the news of any trouble is simply wrong. (I love you Hooper, but DAMN!) Competition is a good thing and competing with smart people that have a long-term view is just what this and other businesses need.

2. …and really more importantly from a personal point of view…

KK is as fine a human being as anyone would hope to meet, ever. She has impeccable taste, good judgment, a thoughtful and considerate manner (unless you piss her off) and more ethics in her little finger that Duke, Luke, Puke, whoever could ever conceive.

Kimmy honors all of us in this industry everyday through intelligent and thoughtful comments, suggestions and advice. I for one am proud that she chose to represent ePassporte and to spend her valuable time working with me on developing products and services to help the Webmaster community.

If I ever have the opportunity Duke to meet you, face to face, I am certain that after a fairly short conversation I could make you agree with my opinions. I also think that I could make you apologize to Kimmy for your crude, unwarranted, inaccurate and stupid remarks. You are a pathetic asshole and if I had any regard for you or your opinions I would feel sorry for you. I just hate that you have a “voice” that people listen to in this or any other business. You are just not very bright and you are certainly not well informed. Being mean and stupid is not a good thing, BTW.

I am going back to my life now and I won’t be replying to any board banter or posts that attempt to draw me into a pissing match on this issue. Anyone that does not agree with my position is uninformed and I will not dignify any further bullshit like this by posting. KK asked me not to post, but I could not let this one go by without speaking my mind. So I guess I pissed her off…but that has happened before. Night- night KK.

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She has impeccable taste,
absolutelly true.

she knew more about my Persian rug than I did!

KK rugs!
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Every one of us here at Paycom/EPOCH respect and admire the Cadwell Family and their staff.
yeah-yeah-yeah,
this is all one large GOYIMS conspiracy to keep us poor jew folks from 3rd party processing!
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there was one Jew at IBill and you, bunch of antisemites, put them out of business
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Luke's now bound to getting page views at my expense? I'm honored at best but whatever works for him is fine by me.

I guess having a personal life makes you vulnerable these days, since you dont see things as soon as you might lol...
Im still surprised that anyone reads his bullshit. KK you know as well as I do that hed turn tail and run like the coward he is upon seeing you face to face.
Much like a couple more of infestations here that claim to enjoy their "privacy". Chris is a big ole boy...I wouldnt want him trying to persuade me to do anything.. My guess is that he could roll out pillbury boy into the fine sugar plum fairy cookies he yearns to be.

That being said....you got any news for me?
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she forgot to call me (


but I still thinks she's really really cool
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but I still thinks she's really really cool
Sorry Dan...Ive had her tied up comparing notes on white trash decorating tips and getting cheap wine recommendations. A man cant live on 2 buck chuck alone
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Sounds like Luke's pissed that KK wouldn't give him the time of day haha.
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I will now stop reading "Duke".



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I will now stop reading "Duke".
You know it's like checking to see if there's dogshit on your shoe though.. you have to check again just to make sure it's still what's causing the stink, right?
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KK is a great lady many in this biz would do well to learn from.
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Duck is pathetic. He reprints garbage to be sensational, thinking if folk are talking about him, it must be good...vapid and innocuous, existing only as a barely visible reflection of his betters.

Poop is better left on the ground, why let it talk shit and walk around.



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Poop is better left on the ground, why let it talk shit and walk around.
Thats damn near pearl material!
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Hmmm..

So, I take it that most of you think that Duckyboy meant that paragraph the way it reads rather than the way I took it which is that he just doesn't know how to properly structure it ??

hmmmm.... gotta think on that one... To think that he actually meant to denigrate KK or taht he just doesn't know how to write.... a or b..
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KK is always very helpful but also isn't afraid to confront someone or call a bullshit on someone.

I remember seeing her as a fresh faced, wet behind the ears newbie on NetPond and look where she is now.

The biggest mistake on CCBill's part wasn't hiring her, it was letting her go. I think she was a reason a lot of people went with CCBill for their processing.



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The biggest mistake on CCBill's part wasn't hiring her, it was letting her go. I think she was a reason a lot of people went with CCBill for their processing.
IIRC, they didn't "let" her go, there were affairs of the heart involved and sometimes those overcome our common sense......
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The CCBill crew is still a second family to me, regardless of whether I work there or not. They are some of the nicest people in this business. If Luke has to use me in the same sentence as the rest of his tripe to get page views, it's really a sad state of affairs for him.

I love where I am now (and even the LA traffic doesn't bother me much -- yeah I never thought I'd say that lol) -- and I wouldn't change the things that got me here either...

I believe that tempers got hot and that's how all this started. And it will blow over just as quickly.
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Luke's now bound to getting page views at my expense? I'm honored at best but whatever works for him is fine by me.

I guess having a personal life makes you vulnerable these days, since you dont see things as soon as you might lol...
You should charge him per view, Kimmy!
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ya gotta give the retard some credit, he just got an entire thread dedicated to him based on 1 lame attempt at an insult ...

KK has more class in her pinky toe than luke could ever dream of having


its really this simple ...

If I wanted to talk to KK I could icq her, phone her up on work, home or cell phone, drop by her home if i'm in town or meet up with her at a convention or for lunch - & vice versa .... I could & have done each on several occasions & will again.

but who the fuck is luke ford?
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ya gotta give the retard some credit, he just got an entire thread dedicated to him based on 1 lame attempt at an insult ...

KK has more class in her pinky toe than luke could ever dream of having


its really this simple ...

If I wanted to talk to KK I could icq her, phone her up on work, home or cell phone, drop by her home if i'm in town or meet up with her at a convention or for lunch - & vice versa .... I could & have done each on several occasions & will again.

but who the fuck is luke ford?
I think Patrick has your answer above in the last line of his post.
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