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If you look at other forums and club sites for example SSC (Saxo Sports Club) they have a club you can join for a fee and get discounts and the like from car part suppliers and modifiers but they also have a forum that is free for everyone and anyone to view and post but certain parts of the forum are not accessable to anyone who is not a member of the club - meet discussions and pictures sections (like the old puma-p site).
I think charging for club benefits is good, but charging someone who wants to post to a forum or find out about their 'once in a lifetime' problem with their Puma or post a simple question or advert that could be of interest to other car enthusiast's is bad.
I used to work for an ISP (sorry) and i'm one of those fools who believes the internet is/should be a free information resource and charging people for information from it is like a public library charging for all of its books....
My 2 penneth.
Annual fees or not?
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Posted 15 July 2003 - 11:50 AM
Membership fee should "add value" to the organisation, in whatever guise that be.
Agree that, perhaps, paying membership would be good if it got preferential rates at supplier / dealers. Next big question is, who's going to pay for the time/effort to market this to the world??
Good luck, I'd buy in for a nominal fee, depending on when it was due.
Agree that, perhaps, paying membership would be good if it got preferential rates at supplier / dealers. Next big question is, who's going to pay for the time/effort to market this to the world??
Good luck, I'd buy in for a nominal fee, depending on when it was due.
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Posted 15 July 2003 - 11:55 AM
Scotty makes a good point. Sounds like a good way forward. We'd get maximum participation. It would be a shame that new users of the site couldn't make contact with the group as a whole unless he/she stumps up the dosh. Last time I checked we weren't in the business of selling information!!
#64 Guest_Matt and Tiggr_*
Posted 15 July 2003 - 11:56 AM
Who would control the money?
It would require a bank account, which would require two signatories.
Annual accounts would have to be published...
Again, this club is dynamic because we have no structure, just a group of like minded individuals.
Having seen the BMW bike club disintegrate because of internal feuding, its put me off membership schemes for life.
My 2ps worth....
It would require a bank account, which would require two signatories.
Annual accounts would have to be published...
Again, this club is dynamic because we have no structure, just a group of like minded individuals.
Having seen the BMW bike club disintegrate because of internal feuding, its put me off membership schemes for life.
My 2ps worth....
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Posted 15 July 2003 - 12:02 PM
Money IS the root of all evil. It needs to be really thought thru completely.
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Posted 15 July 2003 - 12:31 PM
"Money doesn't buy happiness ... but it buys the kind of misery we all long for!!"
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Posted 15 July 2003 - 03:56 PM
QUOTE
"Money doesn't buy happiness ... but it buys the kind of misery we all long for!!"
Money doesn't make you happy, Money only buys stuff. Stuff makes you happy!!!
#68
Posted 27 July 2003 - 09:46 PM
nothing i hate to pay to play
the hole ethos (???) of the internet is free information easily accesible and nothing stops me quicker than paying for something i havent tried
(i drove my kat away 15 mins after the test drive
)
i think a charge would just split the community (as free sites would spring up) thus depleting the valuable resourse that u offer
maybe advertising is an option (tap ford on the shoulder an offer them a nice banner space ??)
however i would gladly pay an extra 5 quid on things in the shop to support this site
pps. is that pumapeople sticker for the rear window in the shop i want 1
plus a keyring and silver badges
the hole ethos (???) of the internet is free information easily accesible and nothing stops me quicker than paying for something i havent tried
(i drove my kat away 15 mins after the test drive
)
i think a charge would just split the community (as free sites would spring up) thus depleting the valuable resourse that u offer
maybe advertising is an option (tap ford on the shoulder an offer them a nice banner space ??)
however i would gladly pay an extra 5 quid on things in the shop to support this site
pps. is that pumapeople sticker for the rear window in the shop i want 1
plus a keyring and silver badges
