Can I just ask...so I aoy the $50 in Paypal in 1 payment and that keeps me a premium member for a year? Then after a year I need to pay again?
When you follow the link it give you the 2 options; $5 a month or $50 a year! I am not sure if the annual one would be automatic for next year nor not?? Graham?? I know the monthly option is automatic.
I chose monthly intentionally... That way it's a $60 donationI just hope the extra $10 doesn't get taken by PayPal
I think it's a great Idea but $50 for the year? Are the costs really that blown up? Genuine question... cause I want to support... but $50 bucks to get a banner under my name and the random opportunity to maybe win something? If it was something like $20 for the year I'd be more into it. I clicked over to support... but I can't justify $50 for a little banner under my name lol
Please send me account details for bank deposit. I wanna support this site.
of which I get much more value out of than any magazine could give me. (Except maybe Hustler)…..
If you pay monthly the site will get an extra $10 per year and you won't even notice its gone, hell its probably cheaper than a big mac meal a month!I've decided that I'll sign up here for a year and buy a box another timeI'll pay and sign up tomorrow Thanks OCT, I never knew collecting was this big and I would meet so many great people on this site, looking forward to the future!!
If you pay monthly the site will get an extra $10 per year and you won't even notice its gone, hell its probably cheaper than a big mac meal a month!
Haha was more a thought than just a reply to you directlyBit too late mate, just signed up for a year!!
Haha was more a thought than just a reply to you directly
Costs for the site arent pretty. For the server I pay $220 a month ($2640 a year) plus $200 a year for a CDN bandwidth to help speed up the site (as we chew through more bandwidth these costs will only increase). It costs $150 or the outlay for this forum software, $50 a year for licence renewal for upgrades, $50 for the search feature (which is great and noone has probably noticed - try searching for "1/1" - it now brings up results which the old software actually didn't) + $35 a year for upgrades. $100 for the new feedback system that will be rolled out this week (hopefully). The boxes that I plan to give away aren't free (but donations are great - that comes down to the generosity of the members) I'd love to do some nice boxes each month for the guys who choose to support the site. There's shipping from the US to here then shipping onto the winners. There's probably plenty more I haven't thought of.
(EDIT - my wife will kill me for forgetting the $3500 spent on a new Dell server last year. As we grow this will need to be expanded and added to to be able to handle the load. Oh and $120 a month for a backup server. We all have seen what happens when you get hacked and don't have backups)
At the end of the day, if you want to support the site - thank you. If you choose not to, thank you also. Without all the members who come back here day after day after day this place wouldn't be what it is today. We aren't going to treat Premium members any differently, apart from us being able recognise them with a small banner under their name and giving them a chance to win prizes every month as our way of saying thanks for supporting us.
I'll send you some details today! Cheers
G
So for example, if I don't want to sign up next year, about a week or so before the day (1st Feb 2013) that it will pay again, I send Graham or any of the mods a message to stop
I think it's a great Idea but $50 for the year? Are the costs really that blown up? Genuine question... cause I want to support... but $50 bucks to get a banner under my name and the random opportunity to maybe win something? If it was something like $20 for the year I'd be more into it. I clicked over to support... but I can't justify $50 for a little banner under my name lol
In and paid for, happy to support the site.
Personally though I'm not sure on the banner bit though, it hints of elitism ( no I'm not a socialist or communist), the site has a lot of people on it who probably can't afford the $50 annual spend who are likely to feel pressure to join. I think the bonus of being included in giveaways, bonus draws and simply supporting the site should be enough incentive. The banner may deter those who can't afford it from participating or joining the site....
I liked the fact that there was no way to differentiate between members....apart from their posts. Now if I see someone with 1000's of posts who doesn't have a banner I'm sure I and others will think ...why
Love the site and keep up the excellent work and thanks for the efforts in "refreshing" the boards regularly..
Cheers
Ross
If at any stage you want to opt out, you need to login to PayPal and cancel the subscription yourself. I don't have the link handy but if you google "cancel paypal subscription payment" it should point you towards a Paypal help page that will point you in the direction.
Thanks for your support mate
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