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Sgt. Pepper
08-16-2007, 1:24 PM
Well i bit the bullet and joined bruteens, and to be honest its a bit of a letdown. Here is my verdict:

Before I start on whats prolly gonna turn out as a rant, please not that this all my personal opionion, and I'm just trying to give details to others thinking of joining

From the second you join you are able to access the members area, which isnt very well desigend I must admit, I myself with only a few weeks web design experience could make a better looking and more efficient site, but it does the job.

In the members section the first thing I noticed was the way in which members are spoken too,

"Dear members, I want to explain myself. Don't ask much from my models, they are not making their living posing. They all come from rich families, and they can really do without money i pay them for sessions. There's a lot of effort on my side to talk them into doing this, especially face-sitting stuff.
I always get the best i can from each model, sometimes they are just not in the mood."

I appreciate that this COULD be down to the site owner obviously not speaking english as a first language, but the mention that the models have to be persuaded into facesitting stuff just doesn't cut it, I mean, come on.

The two other bits of text on the main site page are:

'I'd really appreciate if you don't bother me with pointless letters. I'm going to reply only to requests concerning update, models' outfits and tech support, all other letters will be ignored.'

and

'Dear visitors!
This site is maintained by only ONE person. So I would really appreciate if you excuse me for not updating the site on time.'

To me this seems like his paying customers, and might I add that the charge is more than most sites at $30 (£15) a month, are treat like more of an annoyance, and if people are paying for a site, with their hard-earned cash, their are certain things that are expected, one of which is that the site is updated on time, especially when its updated so rarely.

The fee is $30 for the first month, then $25 for every month after that, its almost as if the owner is expecting people to leave after their first month.

Also, the updated content is pretty poor in comparison to other sites, and videos (which is the main reason I would join any site) are around 2-3 minutes long, and are usually updated at 3-4 videos per month (all coming in one update).

Granted there are gallery updates every few days, with each gallery having around 60 high quality images, but its just not enough.

Also, in all the pictures/clips the models look like they'd rather be anywhere else in the world, which I know for some is a turn on, the whole 'natural' looking thing, but they don't look natural or relaxed, they just look totally bored.

Finally, when downloading clips from the archieve, you can seeming only download 2 clips at the same time, and after that the site just stops responding, once one of the clips has finished downloading, the site responds again.

All in all, there are some total jems to be had on the site, all the models look stunning in their outfits and their is some good content if your willing to wade through all the foot stuff, but facesittingbitches (which I'm also a member, at a cheaper £13 per month) just excells in every field.

The last thing I would like to mention is that the owner states that 'I dont have my own video cam! So I can not updated with videos very often (every month)!'...if your expecting people to pay a fee, youve gotta be prepared to get your own gear, and bulk up the content. I also think for the fee members should have access to (perhaps not straight away, mabey after the first or second month) dachicks.com, as this is what facesittingbitches is doing, the longer you stay a member there, the more sites you have access to for free.

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I know this review sounds seething, and I really don't intend it to, but its just for all I was expecting I have been let down on every front, and won't be renewing my membership fee. As I have said, their are some real jems to be found, but it just doesn't warrent a membership fee. Comparing it to the owners other site, dachicks.com its not even in the same league, and most the updates on bruteens state that they're are directly lifted from dachicks, its like he uses bruteens as a dumping ground for all the material that wasnt good enough.

Anyway, now thats off my chest, I know its a rant of sorts, but I thought a proper review, with reasons why I wasnt impressed would be better than most reviews of sites saying 'I joined such and such, and its shit/a rip off'...I may join dachicks in future, but for the time being I'll stick with facesittingbitches.com and smother.com

Feedback appreciated

undrneath1
08-19-2007, 7:01 AM
SP:

I appreciate you following DU's guidelines when doing your reviews there.
You seem able to transmit the negative without getting personal and hopefully others will do so as well.

Appreciate the time you spent doing these reviews

Sgt. Pepper
08-21-2007, 8:58 AM
I'd just like to note this review was written a few months back, well before this reviews board, so the line 'most reviews of sites saying 'I joined such and such, and its shit/a rip off'' was in reference to reviews on the main FS board at the time or writing, not the reviews written on this board...just incase I offended any other reviewers

iMof
08-21-2007, 4:57 PM
Thanks for the review. Because of that in declined to become a member and also cause the webmaster failed to give me a reasonable answer to the question if he settled the matter with other members who fell cheated by his website.

Sgt. Pepper
12-15-2007, 3:07 PM
I'd like to update this review and say that as of 2008, the membership fee has gone up to $36 for the first month and $28 for every month after that, although existing members still pay the usual $25 monthly re-bill fee.

Make of that what you will

govitoto
12-16-2007, 2:55 PM
brut eens and da-chi cks are different ;)
after new year U'll see new quality and more updates on each site.

thanks!

Sgt. Pepper
12-16-2007, 3:27 PM
This review was written along time ago, well before the reviews section was implemented.

I hope that in the new year you will look at the points I have made in this review and hopefully act upon some (if not all!) of them.

govitoto
01-23-2008, 12:36 AM
From the second you join you are able to access the members area, which isnt very well desigend I must admit, I myself with only a few weeks web design experience could make a better looking and more efficient site, but it does the job. The design not so is important, as stuff inside!

Dear members, I want to explain myself. Don't ask much from my models, they are not making their living posing. They all come from rich families, and they can really do without money i pay them for sessions. There's a lot of effort on my side to talk them into doing this, especially face-sitting stuff.
I always get the best i can from each model, sometimes they are just not in the mood. It concerns to 2004-2005.

The two other bits of text on the main site page are:

I'd really appreciate if you don't bother me with pointless letters. I'm going to reply only to requests concerning update, models' outfits and tech support, all other letters will be ignored. I dont answer for members who wanna come in Russia, who wanna know medol's phones, who wanna private sessions and etc.

This site is maintained by only ONE person. So I would really appreciate if you excuse me for not updating the site on time. It concerns to 2004-2006. From 2007 updates are on time and pre-announced.

Granted there are gallery updates every few days, with each gallery having around 60 high quality images, but its just not enough. How much images do U want?

I dont have my own video cam! So I can not updated with videos very often (every month)! It concerns to 2005-2006.

Sgt. Pepper
02-19-2008, 1:57 PM
Gavrik, I appreciate you responding to the comments made in my review, and it looks like almost all of my problems raised are only concerned with 2004-5. I hope this has either been clearly stated on the website or that the pieces of text I've referenced have been changed accordingly...obviously not being a member I cant check lol.

The only other comment I'll make is that I wasn't saying that 60 pictures isn't enough for a gallery, I was saying that its not enough to justify membership, and that the real reason I think most people join pay sites is for videos, which is what my problem was about.