Heavy LP/AV/PB user survival tactics in times of inflation

[xxxVIPERxxx]

At times like this, tough economic times, high inflation, increased cost of living, and a shocking breakout of war in Europe. These are my criteria:

I do not purchase such scenes:

1) Where the female or TS performer(s), do not wear and keep sexy high heels on (at least for the majority of the scene).

2) Where the scene costs more than 11.5 tickets (unless it is a mammoth, mega scene with the best quality extreme porn possible).

3) The look and professional quality of the scene is not up to scratch (e.g. poor lighting, poor costumes and make-up).

4) The scene feels over-costed, e.g. it is an up and coming new porn starlet who is doing a 1vs1 scene but yet it costs 7.5+ tickets.

5) Certain fetishes or genres which do not appeal to me e.g. gay porn (TS is good though), scenes where it is just toys, outdoor sex, BBWs, dwarf porn, pregnant porn etc.

6) Where the scene is too vanilla, lacking in performance, intensity and general sexual appeal.

[dap-addict]

After a rey of hope with GIO release yesterday tkt prices are again back at crazy. Which means tactics have to be fully applied again and porn shopping becomes a pain in the ass.

I'll resort to watching old scenes I already own by models I would fancy buying a new scene.

[YumYum74]

After a rey of hope with GIO release yesterday tkt prices are again back at crazy. Which means tactics have to be fully applied again and porn shopping becomes a pain in the ass.

I'll resort to watching old scenes I already own by models I would fancy buying a new scene.

That Silvia Dellai scene from yesterday is now also being sold at almost 11 tickets instead of the 8 upon release, so that ray of hope was more than likely just by accident. They never meant to sell it at 8, because as I said already, they don’t care.

[davebowman]

My policy is:

*Support those studios who offer a monthly subscription (NRX, Pornworld)
*Dig in the back catalogue for those great reasonably-priced scenes of the past that I missed at the time
*Only pay more than 10 tickets for a new scene if it looks insanely hot, and ticks every one of my desires.

[avanfurwet]

My policy is:

*Support those studios who offer a monthly subscription (NRX, Pornworld)
*Dig in the back catalogue for those great reasonably-priced scenes of the past that I missed at the time
*Only pay more than 10 tickets for a new scene if it looks insanely hot, and ticks every one of my desires.

Similar for me. I'm currently back-filling any Lana Bunny scenes I missed.

[Max_Mili]

The solution is pretty simple. Just enjoy the scenes you already have. Why must buy new scenes? They are of much worse quality than the old scenes. There is extremely little content for me that I would currently buy.

[Max_Mili]

The solution is pretty simple. Just enjoy the scenes you already have. Why must buy new scenes? They are of much worse quality than the old scenes. There is extremely little content for me that I would currently buy.

[dap-addict]

The solution is pretty simple. Just enjoy the scenes you already have. Why must buy new scenes?

I try to apply this actually.
But there are many scenes I would normally buy, I also would have re-charged 120tkt again IF we did not have this 35% ticket value devaluation on April 12th-15th. But after this unfair and unheralded procedure no way.

I can imagine they sit there now in PB and calculate how much sales went down vs. how much more users re-charge tickets because they run out of tickets.

[bake0213]

The solution is pretty simple. Just enjoy the scenes you already have. Why must buy new scenes? They are of much worse quality than the old scenes. There is extremely little content for me that I would currently buy.

That's what I do. I used to buy 1-2 scenes a day. The scenes were better and so were the models (there are exceptions of course).

Over the last year, it looks like I'm averaging 2-3 scenes a month. Frankly I like having more money to spend elsewhere.

[xxxVIPERxxx]

The solution is pretty simple. Just enjoy the scenes you already have. Why must buy new scenes? They are of much worse quality than the old scenes. There is extremely little content for me that I would currently buy.

That's what I do. I used to buy 1-2 scenes a day. The scenes were better and so were the models (there are exceptions of course).

Over the last year, it looks like I'm averaging 2-3 scenes a month. Frankly I like having more money to spend elsewhere.

I used to buy 3-5 scenes a day on average...but recently due to a tightening budget and increased working hours, I have not have the time or the budget to be as opulent with my spending as previously. Also, I keep getting credit card payment issues!

[avanfurwet]

I can imagine they sit there now in PB and calculate how much sales went down vs. how much more users re-charge tickets because they run out of tickets.

[dap-addict]

Btw, is there a slight ticket-recharge price rise of 2-3% or is it just currency's being way more volatile than usual last few days?

[YumYum74]

Btw, is there a slight ticket-recharge price rise of 2-3% or is it just currency's being way more volatile than usual last few days?

Maybe, because what is a 35% rise if you can’t raise it again even more a week later. Come on dap-addict, face it: nothing about this is regarding inflation or currency volatilty.

Anyway, I’ve added another tactic: I will only max buy one scene per day instead of the 3-5 I was used to. So even if like today when there are multiple scenes with a price I’d be happy to pay, I won’t go for it. I guess that’s my way of saying the trust is gone.

[dap-addict]

Today I'd easily and happily buy 3 scenes and pay 25tkt for them before ticket value devaluation. Now its only 12% = real Czech inflation I would have to pay more today and I would also pay that, but after all what happened April 12th to 15th I buy nothing at all today.
And go watch some old AVLP scenes instead.

[YumYum74]

Today I actually dropped my latest tactic of buying max one scene. Probably just for one day, but still. I bought three today. It would have normally just been the Mina scene, but both Gio scenes had a good price today so I snapped those up to. Still willing to buy more than one a day, as long as the prices are normal.

[dap-addict]

I've done some heavy PB shopping in first 10 days of April and was ready to curb down a bit but continue. Than came the ticket devaluation mess and even buying only nicely priced scenes I completely run out of tickets yesterday. Today so far I refused to recherché with 120-tkt-option because I am still really cross for all that mess and uncertainty and also for lack of communication.
This said if GIO moves towards the previous ticket price level again are sustainable I'll re-charge with pleasure to buy that product again.

[YumYum74]

Yep, I am also not ready to recharge (right away). But I still had some tickets leftover from that 250 ticket batch I bought just prior to the devaluation. So my scaling down purchases after April 12 allowed me to get these three for today. Almost out of tickets now though, so gonna take the weekend to see what (if anything) happens, and make my decision accordingly.

[dap-addict]

This tactic works quite good for me last few days: Instead of buying an over-priced new release and pay 35% more in tickets I search an already bought older scene by the same girl and enjoy this instead. Ideally I find a scene I only had time to scan through swiftly or that I bought just to support the girl or studio, but didnt watch yet.

So today instead of Lina Arians 1st TAP @ GIO2120 (https://pornbox.com/application/watch-page/209750) at over 11tkt this still normally priced WakaWaka at 8tkt just over 2 weeks ago, i.e. GIO2119 (https://pornbox.com/application/watch-page/136419) for some good old fun:
https://forum.pornbox.com/viewtopic.php?f=96&t=41440&p=640623#p640609

[Jocke]

If there is "girl pissing on male", with an attractive performer, I don't look at the price, I just click the purchase button.

and if there is a scene with Veronica Leal pissing while getting ass fucked. How can you abstain?

[snippet.ironies.00]

There are some Hot Pearl scenes I’d like to buy but at least 10+ tickets, I can’t justify it. Will refund buying less/stopping altogether and just enjoying what I already have.

[dap-addict]

However, I feel I'd better economize and apply these tactics now:
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3) Dont buy anything at all, but watch an old scene by the same girl offered that day instead - ideally a DAP scene.

Have applied 3) for 7 days now!
Never did the same in past 8years except for long trips abroad with bad internet connection.

[YumYum74]

However, I feel I'd better economize and apply these tactics now:
1)
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3) Dont buy anything at all, but watch an old scene by the same girl offered that day instead - ideally a DAP scene.

Have applied 3) for 7 days now!
Never did the same in past 8years except for long trips abroad with bad internet connection.

Same here, except for the Rebecca Volpetti/Victoria Nyx scene. I still had around 6 tickets left which I couldn’t use and that one was the first below 6 tickets. So completely out now, but absolutely not ready to recharge yet. Too much chaos in prices but also in releases (some releases twice, others in the wrong order etc, it’s really a mess right now).

[antiochethereal]

"Did some other users already develop some anti-TKT-inflation tactics?"

I only buy the good stuff, and doing that makes it extremely cheap.

[ayrtight]

I am not a heavy user but more of a collectionist who goes after the best scenes from every year / time period . Occasionally I get a crush on a model where I get more than a 3rd of all her scenes .

In the first years I was buying much more tix and the event that slowed me down already long ago was the abolishment of the free tix .
My post from 2018 :

[quote]
I liked the old system of the free tickets a lot .

I was already thinking according to the 2-year rhythm that the free scenes were following . I knew more or less which page it was and so on .
The fact that a membership also gave free tickets was a reason to subscribe more frequently so that I could unlock a bunch of old scenes ....[/quote

With this new situation I am slowing down even more drastically .
From my overview I see that most scenes I bought the last months were from Gonzo and Yummmy and occasionally from Gio , MamboPerv and AnalManiacs .
Since Gio´s prices have gone up so high I am holding back my general purchases for other studios , even though they have good prices ( Yummy for ex ) , so that I will have enough tix in case Gio comes up with more excellent scenes like " GG's Blacks on Blonde, Chloe Lamour " from December ( except the prolap-s ) .

Despite the high prices I still want get the hottest scenes from this year so as to document the nicest positions , most horny models etc .
But it will be less than before .

Occasionally I will support Anal and DP newbies at MamboPerv , Yummy and AnalManiacs if I see from their Social Media that they have plans to shoot for the future .
No tix for one-time wonders .

[dap-addict]

"Did some other users already develop some anti-TKT-inflation tactics?"

I only buy the good stuff, and doing that makes it extremely cheap.

By this rule I would actually buy 2 scenes today and spend 18tkt.
Before sudden unheralded 35% ticket devaluation I would spend 18tkt in 1 day without thinking twice. Now I am just so furious still - even 4 weeks after that de facto price rise - that I still dont reload my tickets. I'm down at 1,1tkt for many days now and I do my best to withhold and not re-charge for new tickets.

[antiochethereal]

"Did some other users already develop some anti-TKT-inflation tactics?"

I only buy the good stuff, and doing that makes it extremely cheap.

By this rule I would actually buy 2 scenes today and spend 18tkt.
Before sudden unheralded 35% ticket devaluation I would spend 18tkt in 1 day without thinking twice. Now I am just so furious still - even 4 weeks after that de facto price rise - that I still dont reload my tickets. I'm down at 1,1tkt for many days now and I do my best to withhold and not re-charge for new tickets.

Even the ones I do buy, I find 3-5% of the scene interesting. Fx in https://pornbox.com/application/watch-page/190604 I like the initial anal and then again from 29:37 to ~32:47; the rest is just a clusterfuck of guys and halflimp dicks flopping around, while they're trying to find out logistics in the room. You see less of the girl than the guys, I want to see her curves, her lower back and butt, and you practically need to pause the scene to get any of that. I can go weeks and maybe months without finding anything I like here, even though anal is just DIRECTLY up my alley :-P but its the same on other sites. I have just scoured Holed.com, analized and some others and I find maybe 5 scenes I'll watch again and the rest is just sitting on my harddrrive. Maybe I am more of a digital hoarder than an actual pornaddict ^_^ and thank fudge for that in these times.

[YumYum74]

Have not bought anything since May 1st when my last 250 ticket stash ran out (save for one cheap scene with my last 5.5 tickets).

I am now ready to buy a 50 ticket package as the prices of the scenes on my 'wanted' list is at 49,7 tickets.
Mostly Yummy scenes on there, as well as two Gio's Lab (even though these are still overpriced at over 6 tkts each) and one Gonzo scene.

Notably: NO scenes from the Giorgio Grandi label, NO scenes from Angelo, NO scenes from the Russian studios**. As long as they have these ridiculous prices, I will not buy a single one of them.

** there is one Russian studio where prices aren't that bad compared to the others, which is NRX. However I am limiting myself to add maximum one scene a day to my list (in the before times I easily bought three scenes every single day on average). And since NRX is still more expensive than f.e. Yummy, they are collateral damage as far as I'm concerned.

[dap-addict]

Yum, how about waiting with that 50-tkt reload as long as you can for the moment and watch some good old scenes instead? - Just in idea.

[xxxVIPERxxx]

After a rey of hope with GIO release yesterday tkt prices are again back at crazy. Which means tactics have to be fully applied again and porn shopping becomes a pain in the ass.

I'll resort to watching old scenes I already own by models I would fancy buying a new scene.

That Silvia Dellai scene from yesterday is now also being sold at almost 11 tickets instead of the 8 upon release, so that ray of hope was more than likely just by accident. They never meant to sell it at 8, because as I said already, they don’t care.

That particular Silvia Dellai scene at 8 tickets was a must buy, at around 11 tickets...you would have to think again and think hard...she is still worth it, but as a customer, you feel like you have lost out on something special big time!

[YumYum74]

Yum, how about waiting with that 50-tkt reload as long as you can for the moment and watch some good old scenes instead? - Just in idea.

I could, but I am willing to support studios that still offer fair prices. They are few and far between these days, but Yummy at least is one of the few positive exceptions.

[dap-addict]

I could, but I am willing to support studios that still offer fair prices. They are few and far between these days, but Yummy at least is one of the few positive exceptions.

Also true. I havent reloaded for over 1mt and I would do it with the still a bit cheaper 120tkt option, although discount is un-fair low. But you probably convince me to do it soon.
I will however only support fair priced scenes, i.e. max. +12% in tkt = Czech inflation rate. I can't start to think 'oh, 6tkt is worth such a beauty' if 6tkt is actually 35% more expensive than it used to be before devaluation. Fairness of prices doenst depend on beauty of the girl, but on sustainable business ethics.

[YumYum74]

I will however only support fair priced scenes, i.e. max. +12% in tkt = Czech inflation rate. I can't start to think 'oh, 6tkt is worth such a beauty' if 6tkt is actually 35% more expensive than it used to be before devaluation. Fairness of prices doenst depend on beauty of the girl, but on sustainable business ethics.

Yes, this is something I am also looking out for and agree with 100%,

[Starrio]

I will however only support fair priced scenes, i.e. max. +12% in tkt = Czech inflation rate. I can't start to think 'oh, 6tkt is worth such a beauty' if 6tkt is actually 35% more expensive than it used to be before devaluation. Fairness of prices doenst depend on beauty of the girl, but on sustainable business ethics.

Yes, this is something I am also looking out for and agree with 100%,

Yes, I do agree, and luckily I'm not missing on much since my library is already quite large, however if there is a Vira Gold, Valter Karo, or NRX scene that is priced too expensive then it can hurt a little, but it is OK because there are many other excellent scenes at fair prices too.

[dap-addict]

At the moment hardest for me are skipping GIO DAPbreakin's because their price is unfair. Not shopping @ GIO anymore for 1month already now is hard actually.

But than my tactic of watching an old scene of the girl instead a new scene just released at an unfair price has proven quite effective. I think I can survive on that tactic another 2-3mt. I'll just need to buy a few new fair priced scenes from time to time by Yummy or Mambo Perv, maybe also gonzo at times.

I also started to re-watch old SOS scenes shot in Piter and Mexico 7y ago. Its also fun, actually!

[dap-addict]

At the moment hardest for me are skipping GIO DAPbreakin's because their price is unfair. Not shopping @ GIO anymore for 1month already now is hard actually.

But than my tactic of watching an old scene of the girl instead a new scene just released at an unfair price has proven quite effective.

So which old Nicole Black scene today?
I definitely need her wearing some black seamed stockings. Is there such?
I own 16 black stockinged Nicole Black DAPs by GIO, but none of them are seamed. I'll go for GIO724 instead than and check how much she grew in her last 3-4 porn career years, lots of DP and TP to skip, but Nicole looks nice, indeed: https://pornbox.com/application/watch-page/34154
Free fun with a once fairly bought scene of nowadays crazy priced GIO!

[dap-addict]

https://pornbox.com/application/watch-page/34154 (GIO724)
Free fun with a once fairly bought scene of nowadays crazy priced GIO!

Hey, no idea how GIO studio can reach sustainability and survive like this in 2022, but lets have some fun instead:
Those stockings and that glance of Nicole Black!

[davebowman]

I'm in the happy situation where I have built up a large stockpile of scenes in my 'to be watched' pile - enough to last me at least one month, probably a few. Once I've spent my current remaining tickets I intend not to buy anything for a while, and spend the time catching up until I've watched all these and nothing is left. Then I'll come back and see how things have settled down here, and what the situation is regarding prices. I'm happy to pay for porn and support people making it, but I only have so much disposable income a month to spend on this stuff, and I don't want to encourage yet more price rises.

[justinwarren41]

Dave, this is exactly where I am at too. I will pay for porn and support the girls/studios I enjoy. Expected is a gradual increase over time but this latest was pretty jolting.

Any Nicole Black's older stuff, geez Just incredible and the lower price to go with it. Of course I've already purchased it but it will tide me over until my tickets recharge at the end of the month.

[dap-addict]

For the moment I am still totally in the mode of watching an old scene instead of a new scene just released I'd desire to buy.

I still didnt re-charge my tickets even not for the fair priced studios that didnt implement that crazy hight de facto ticket price rise of 35% but stayed at 0% to 12%. I feel way sorry for them, but my impression is PB doenst or didnt enough to compile them to play fair with users of this platform.

I hie this changes once I see that loyal paying users problems are really taken seriously.

[YumYum74]

For the moment I am still totally in the mode of watching an old scene instead of a new scene just released I'd desire to buy.

I still didnt re-charge my tickets even not for the fair priced studios that didnt implement that crazy hight de facto ticket price rise of 35% but stayed at 0% to 12%. I feel way sorry for them, but my impression is PB doenst or didnt enough to compile them to play fair with users of this platform.

I hie this changes once I see that loyal paying users problems are really taken seriously.

They (meaning AV/PB) will not do anything to address any concerns. They decided to devalue the tickets and then just pass it over to the individual studios. If any of those wants to take action, I’m sure AV/PB is fine with it. If a studio (looking at you, Giorgio) doesn’t care and just keeps hiking the prices, AV/PB is fine with that too.

This issue has gone on long enough to conclude most don’t care about customer loyalty, so I suggest to return the favour by holding on to your current strategy. I know I will. And yes, that has the unfortunate consequence that studios that do have fair prices can get caught in the middle. Unfortunate, but we as customers are not to blame for that.