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Pay Per Post pawn's party-crash ploy played out

After the line to get into PureVolume Ranch hit capacity around 2 a.m., the RVIP Lounge played host to a raucously geeky afterparty. As we idled outside the Hilton, this fellow from Pay Per Post, a company even Arrington thinks is evil, tried — and failed — to board. Party maestro Jonathan Grubb denied him. The grounds? Part of the fun of owning an RV is that you can decide who not to share it with. The dude's response, after pouting that he "wasn't interested in [Grubb's] RV anyway"? Slinking out of his Pay Per Post t-shirt and attempt to sneak in later. I snapped this photo of him hovering in the doorway, mid-fail, for your pleasure.

9:40 AM on Tue Mar 11 2008
By Melissa Gira Grant
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  • This *isn't* a caption contest? Here's mine: "You mean I can't sing Viva Viagra?"

  • Did he really "slink out of his payperpost shirt" and try to get back in later? Or did he just show up later after changing and you twisted it to make him sound like a jerk? Sneaky...very very sneaky.

  • Image of Melissa Gira Grant Melissa Gira Grant at 12:40 PM on 03/11/08 *

    @Average-Dudes: Oh no -- he was acting like a jerk way before his costume change.

  • This is about the most pointless story I've seen on ValleyWag in months.

    Can we get back to that 3-way you were talking about?

  • I think we've all been in situations where people get the wrong impression of us. Don't you think it's at least a little unfair to call this guy a jerk when you don't know him?

  • I had a good time hanging out in the RV, I was caught off guard by the rude comment made by some guy standing at the door, saying "...(I) can't come in because (I) work for PayPerPost." He could of just said it was a private thing and I would have been on my way. So that aside, everyone else was cool. I apologize if I was a "jerk" but I was just reacting to the rude comment. Thanks for the shots and the ice cream.

  • Isn't working for Pay Per Post by far the rudest action depicted here?

  • I almost felt bad for barring Pay-For-Post employees from the lounge (especially since I'd allowed such unsavory characters as Nick and Melissa) but luckily the guy turned out to be a jerk.

  • @Jonathan Grubb: I was just returning the favor, if you're going to act like a jerk to me, you deserve the same. Everyone else was cool though.

  • Honestly, I was there with Travis and he simply wanted to enjoy the night and hang with some fellow colleagues on the RV when PARTY POOPER jonathan grubb was giving him a rough time for being part of payperpost.

    Needless to say, this so called 'FAILURE' was non-existent, because Travis spent at least an hour on the RV drinking and eating whatever Jonathan's friends gave us. I was there with Travis and the nice girl who maybe was there with John was giving me ice cream and there were others there giving us free alcohol. in turn I sang a few karoake songs which it seemed pissed off jonathan who soon after SHUT THE PARTY DOWN although everyone else still wanted to rock out.

    So the truth is that Jonathan's party RV would have been a lot more fun if he had left and gone to a hotel or something to let the normal people enjoy SXSW after the bars had closed.

    All conflict came from Jonathan Grubb who was causing issues because travis had a RockStartup shirt on who he knew was affiliated with PayPerPost.

    I mean seriously folks, just because someone works for a company doesn't mean they started it - and if you don't believe in that company do you really have to be a JERK about it and not let them have a drink with you -- which we ALL DID ANYWAY just to mention that your 'failed attept retarded post here on valleywag neglects to mention'.

    i mean if you simply did it for link-bait you really are gonna have a hard time in this industry. i wish you well, but maybe next time you should 'invite the enemy closer to learn their weakness' rather than pull a 'its my party and you can't come in bullshit move that really just made you and whatever it is you stand for look immature, high school (if you graduated) and weinerish.

    I am not one for violence but I tell you i had trav's back as did YOUR bouncer.

    grow up as you are the only real Jerk in this story. Travis could have dropped you in a second. I just wanted to have a good time and i did other than any interactions with yourself. again grow up. its a small world.

    AK

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