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"...but the main reason I would pay the $25 is to help out the forums."

Agree exactly. it does cost money to purchase, set up and maintain servers and web sites. There was a hue and cry over the ads when they first appeared, so Premium Membership is a way to assist in maintaining these Forums.

Use them, every day, which equates to about 50¢ per week, or 7¢ per day ~ excellent value for money. Another forum site recently needed new equipment and had to ask members for donations to stay online. This is a far better option imho.
 

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has anyone else tried the ad-free "skin"

i'm loading m-f pages much, much faster now.
 
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I don't have a PayPal account, Can I simply pay by Amex or Visa ?

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I will subscribe once have the means(I have a car payment staring me in the face).... I think a cool idea would be if you wanted to add certain features and you knew how much they would cost set up a donation goal and let the members help contribute. I think it would benefit the forums monetarily and help build a stronger community.
 
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Actually I do agree with this. But I do not the idea of a "Premium Member Badge". Because it creates an elitist group. And everyone then will know who has contributed and who has not. People should be paying their hard earned money to help the exist in the future. Not for a few perks. But if perks are required that's ok.

In short.

1. Could create 2 user groups. Payers and non payers. Well not officially but people could think like this.

2. Personally I'd want to help out the site. But I like donating or helping out anonymously. And I think some others would too. And I will not be helping out till this point is addressed in some way.

3. A payers only forum? Helps to create the point 1 scenario in my opinion.

Personally I think the perks associated with paying should be aimed at enhancing the user experience. Ie. No ads. Options to different forum skins. Larger storage capacity for the PM inbox here. And more. I can't think of any more though.

Well that's how I feel about this whole premium memberships here. And thanks for taking the effort to set something up here.
 
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2. Personally I'd want to help out the site. But I like donating or helping out anonymously. And I think some others would too. And I will not be helping out till this point is addressed in some way.

If you'd like to become a premium member and have your badge reflect the existing member badge instead so you're more anonymous, that's something we can probably accomodate on an individual basis.
 

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perhaps the badge could be just a bit more understated - to keep in line with the thought process 8thark implies...

maybe just the same design with a different color, or same color/text that simply says "premium" instead of "member".
 

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Hmmm.... I think it's pretty understated as it is now. If it said "Premium" or something like that, it would stand out more IMO.
 
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I agree with eric.
But I think it should be member and premium member. Different colour text doesn't bother me. Cause when I first saw the M-F and the heart thing. I was like what is that?? But with Eric's idea, people would be thinking, hmm a premium member. How do I become one of those?

(and on a unrelated note, for all those on this site interested in man points. The red heart to me is very unmanly).
 
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Cause when I first saw the M-F and the heart thing. I was like what is that?? But with Eric's idea, people would be thinking, hmm a premium member. How do I become one of those?

I would say the current design did cause you to wonder what it was and find out more, so I think it worked. ;D

(and on a unrelated note, for all those on this site interested in man points. The red heart to me is very unmanly).

Good thing we don't run the forum based on man points. :p
 

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yeah, the heart is like a star on a sneech's belly.
 
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did you ever read the dr seuss book, or see the cartoon?

it's a good lesson in jealousy and perceived status.
 
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Hello. I recently upgraded my membership and wanted to know how to be able to use the new features.

Thanks.


Babylon5
 

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Hello. I recently upgraded my membership and wanted to know how to be able to use the new features.

Thanks.


Babylon5

You should already have access to the Premium Members forum (look at the forum list from the main page). Additionally, the increased PM inbox size should be automatic.

To switch over to the ad free mode, click on the Profile button toward the top-right of the M-F page. Then, go into Edit Options (left side of the screen). Scroll all the way to the bottom and you can change to ad free using the option shown below (you can also select to use the iPhone skin here):
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Thanks for becoming a premium member, and do let us know if you have any further questions.
 
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It doesn't seem to want me. When I try to upgrade it says:

Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing.

If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator and describe the action you performed before you received this error.


I assume this is not US only?

If not, any ideas please? I am using Firefox 3.5.6 on Leopard 10.5.8.
 
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It doesn't seem to want me. When I try to upgrade it says:




I assume this is not US only?

If not, any ideas please? I am using Firefox 3.5.6 on Leopard 10.5.8.

I'm having the same issues as well.
 
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Thanks - I suppose we need to wait for the Admins to sort out the problem :)
 

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