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[Ted S]

Rich,
Rest assured, there is NO WAY you would ever have to pay to do what you do now. What people are suggesting is more of an addon package, perhaps a custom avatar, personal photo galleries, a special icon, stuff like that and even then it's only a suggestion. This board is all about it's community and there is no way we would charge that community to be here.

 

[Dive Source]

There is already a feeling by some that certain members are allowed to get away with more than other members and that enforcement of board rules is too subjective so what would paid privilages suggest or do?

Making some members better than others because they bought some additional options would ruin this board. IMHO

"All animals are equal -- but some animals are more equal than others!" - George Orwell - Animal Farm

 

[The Chairman]

Making some members better than others because they bought some additional options would ruin this board.

Amen bro, amen! I would not worry about that happening here. However, the elimination of the banner ads is well within the realm of possibilities.

 

[wheezl]

I really don't like the concept of "paying for more privelges"... something about that whole concept seems quite crass to me.

That would definitely make me want to start my own board. Which I am doing anyway, but it is regional and not meant to interfere with this board in any way.

At the same time having worked in the IT industy for a while I know that this stuff costs money and plenty of time. There should be a polite and easy way to make enough money off of it to make it worth your effort. Not a fortune by any means but enough to pay for bandwidth and storage.. and maybe a nice dinner once in a while

Perhaps you could just tell us how to buy gift certificates to your favorite restaurant

The guys who wrote Samba (UNIX <-> Windows file sharing) used to have a web interface to pizzahut in Australia (not that I think it is very good pizza) but if you used the software and liked it you could basically buy them a pizza

 

[The Chairman]

Cool,

and in the meantime, feel free to jog over to our "regional clubs" section and see if we don't have something for you there.

 

[wheezl]

Cool,

and in the meantime, feel free to jog over to our "regional clubs" section and see if we don't have something for you there.

There didn't seem to be anything relevant... It sure won't keep me from this site though.

 

[The Chairman]

Cool,

well add something relevant then! We don't mind!