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Old 08-16-2004   #1
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August 16, 2004
PSW, INC. FILES ANTITRUST LAWSUIT AGAINST MASTERCARD AND VISA

(Providence, Rhode Island) - PSW, Inc. (www.pswbilling.com), a credit card processing company for internet merchants, filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against MasterCard and Visa alleging violations of various state and federal anti-trust laws and seeking over $240 million in damages. Also named as defendants in the lawsuit are First Financial Bank and First Data Merchant Services, both of which are owned by Colorado based First Data Corporation. The twelve-count complaint also alleges claims for interference with contractual relations, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, conversion, embezzlement, and breach of contract.

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well, while I do hope webmasters/companies etc. get paid the money they are owed by PSW, then I do have mixed feelings about the lawsuite, and how it can effect current activate processors, and merhcant account holders... I hope it settles out of court...
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It was only a matter of time before this happened ... someone was bound to stop taking visa's shit eventually.

Rolo, do you think things can get worse with visa?

I know we are all nervous about them pulling processing for adult sites all together, but can that every *really* happen without them being sued some more? I don't know which is worse, doing this or doing nothing ...

We just need 1 point in our favor to show that visa are discriminating against adult entertainment ...

Where's the class action suit! pornographers vs visa LOL that would make for some interesting events!!!
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I shall be most interested to follow this story as a first data merchant of 18 years.....
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Originally posted by cj@Aug 16 2004, 10:46 PM
pornographers vs visa LOL that would make for some interesting events!!!
Only a brave few had the cojones to fight Acacia...

Get them to fight Visa?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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DJ, I never really understood the hype about acacia ... I was too naive to be scared, never even got a letter!

but visa ... those mofo's twisted that one on us aussies and made it impossible for us to ignore them LOL

How r u anyway Jim? Haven't seen you round in a while - I hope Maria and family are well ;-)
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Well, it's still an ongoing saga so I don't say too much.....but really....I expected more people to band together against Acacia...and they didn't...so trying to imagine them banding together against Visa? It is to laugh...

Things are very very well, CJ...not around all that much these days....I'm one of those losers that couldn't handle it in the current market and dropped out..

I miss most everyone, though...hard to shrug off 8 years of good times...left with some very good friends I see almost daily, and those I don't see nearly often enough...

One of my fave moments in (side)show history....

"You had me at hello..."

HAHAHA...we still talk about that...
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Jim, I think it your case its less of 'loser who couldn't hack it' and more of 'smart guy who knew it wasn't worth bothering with' LOL

I don't remember much of that side show, except that I was a nervous newbie, took ages to get up the guts to ask a question ... nobody understood a word I said, and you got me with a 1 liner that had the room in stitches for ages.



bastard!! LOL
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Hmm methinks me knows that bloke ^^^

/me crash-tackle-hugs DJ

Thought you'd died.
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I can't take credit for that line....it was RB on the same panel in the seat next to me...I understand the confusion, though....besides the fact that he's tan, good looking, all the women want him, and being one of People Magazine's top bachelor's, we're almost the same person...

Lisa, my dearest...how I miss thee...

It's those darn Australian accents...should be able to market that at $29.95....recurring...
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shit that's right, it was RB ... I get my spunky short american's confused LOL

wow ... its been a while since RB has been on a panel!!!

If you guys ever make it down under, there's all the aussie accents you can handle

Lisa & I would be love to organise a couple of limo buses & some traditional aussie tourist stops if ya'all could just get your asses on planes!
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I miss most everyone, though...hard to shrug off 8 years of good times...left with some very good friends I see almost daily, and those I don't see nearly often enough...
Jim, did you retire ??
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