Private Messages

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  ypochris1st February, 2008

  P.S. Why not buy a subscription and support the site? With a thousand posts, you certainly must recognize the value! I think Joel deserves a little payback for what he has provided us...
  
  Chris

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  d_random1st February, 2008

  Thanks for the help Chris. I would support with a subscription, but to be honest $10 per month is too high. My high speed internet is $10 a month. Yes, I am frugal. I support the site with my input I guess. [ Edited by d_random on Date 02/01/2008 ]

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  d_random3rd February, 2008

  I would be glad to made a donation to the site though, if the owners put up a paypal button or something.

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  MichaelQuarles12th February, 2008

  This is stupid.... And way too greedy....
  
  I get messages and cant see them becasue someone wants 9.99 a month however are they paying me to write and attract viewers?
  
  So one sided

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  d_random12th February, 2008

  I hope propbot takes off so Joel can make this a totally free site.

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  MichaelQuarles12th February, 2008

  This is the only forum I am aware of that cost money and the site is selling advertising space afterall.
  
  There are some sites that dont even have advertsing and still dont charge.
  
  And if you look at the alexa ratings it appears as though viewers dont like a pay site..
  
  But I know he has thought long and hard about his dicission. Just crappy that a member who thinks they sent me a message which I cant reply to now may think I am not replying because thye dont know that their message cant be read..
  
  O well...

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  ypochris12th February, 2008

  Can you get the E-mail? Frankly, I get a ton of private messages and every single one of them is the same: "So-and-so added you to their favorites list." Every real communication I have gotten has come through the E-mail system.
  
  By the way you are not necessarily notified when you get an E-mail, so it is a good idea to check once in a while...
  
  Chris

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  NewKidInTown37th April, 2008

  Quote:
  On 2008-02-12 16:14, MichaelQuarles wrote:
  This is stupid.... And way too greedy....
  
  I get messages and cant see them becasue someone wants 9.99 a month however are they paying me to write and attract viewers? Your experience is the main reason I put "No PMs" in my profile. So far it seems to be rather effective.

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  joel7th April, 2008

  Everyone can receive unlimited amount of Private Messages, but we only limit to 5/month with a free account.
  
  It goes up to 50 sent messages/month with the first paid account.

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  d_random7th April, 2008

  Thanks for info Joel, so with a free account you can just SEND 5 messages a month? Because after I send, I guess over 5 PMs, I cannot read the PMs either. It automatically goes to a subscription page.

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  NewKidInTown36th May, 2008

  d_random
  
  Here is what Joel said in this thread on 04/07/2008
  
  Quote:
  And we have opened up searching for members in the members area as well for free.
  
  It is now a month later and the search is still not available to members with less than a silver access subscription.