Concerning the new Buy/Sell posting format

[dc4]

Originally Posted by sphelps

That all costs money and time my friend, you don't gain anything. Sponsors can't be expected to just donate items and credit to the site because the site brings in more money. As for editing you think mods will let you break rules cause you pay $20 a year. It wasn't removed so that it could be purchased back. Other sites may need donations to keep it going, or at least that's what the shady guy behind the scenes is telling you, Canreef isn't like that and I don't know why anyone would want it that way.

You're missing the point...

My post was not to say what would happen, it was simply to state what other sites do and what could be done here.

For example, lets say there is a $5-$10 optional monthly fee. If only a small fraction of members contribute, lets just say 100 ppl. That would generate $500-1000 per month more than the site gets now. Multiply that by 12 months, and thats an easy $6000-$12,000 a year.

I never said anything about sponsors donating items, simply the owner of the site can use those fees to run contests and give out promotional items like shirts, stickers, gift certs. (good for both members and sponsors). The costs would only be a fraction of the optional fees that would be received. Also, I would hardly call having an edit feature "breaking the rules".

All we are saying is that, there could be an OPTION, for a paid membership. Whether you like it or not has no bearing as you would choose to pay or not pay. If you dont pay, you are not penalized, you just carry on with your day as you normally would on canreef. I dont see what your arguement is.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by dc4

Also, I would hardly call having an edit feature "breaking the rules".

Oh ya, big time rule breaking there. No editing.

edit: ever!!

[Seriak]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Oh ya, big time rule breaking there. No editing.

edit: ever!!

We all know that will never be a perk for anyone. I didn't even bother going there.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Seriak

We all know that will never be a perk for anyone. I didn't even bother going there.

Well, if future upgrades allow easy distinction between forums, we would allow some and not others, rather than a blanket policy. For now, we don't have that option, so it's all or nothing, and nothing works best for us. We would prefer to be able to tweak the feature, and we do edit larger things for people, like indexing on build threads, etc. So if something really needs editing, contact us and we can do it for you, just not in the for sale threads.

[dc4]

Originally Posted by Seriak

We all know that will never be a perk for anyone. I didn't even bother going there.

Lol, honestly, I could care less about an edit feature and have never complained about not having one.

Anyways, lets get back on topic about prefixes and we can discuss paid membership in a different poll/post.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by dc4

Lol, honestly, I could care less about an edit feature and have never complained about not having one.

Anyways, lets get back on topic about prefixes and we can discuss paid membership in a different poll/post.

Thank you

And thanks Titus for spending so much time explaining to us why this was implemented in the first place
I hope you and the staff find a format that works well for you all
As I said in the beginning, I'll use whatever you come up with, and hope it's something simpler

[sphelps]

Well first no site similar to this charges $5-10 per month, $20 per year is normal. Then the problem comes to these paying members wanting something in return like say a month draw for something worth $50. 100 members (unlikely) = $2000 per year, = $167 per month. Then consider the time involved to set this all up. That's my argument, if you can't see it I'm sorry.

As for editing, cry all you want it was clearly removed for a reason. It was a privilege that came with responsibility mostly relating to not editing/removing items in for sale threads as per Canreef rules/guidelines. After many people broke this rule the privilege was removed. So yeah improper use of the edit feature is breaking the rules, if you cared to read them you would know this.