How many people have a paid subcription?

tripper

I was pondering the other day and this thought came to me, how many people on boards actually have a paid subscription thing and why? Hmmmm ponder, ponder.

I don't as im am an extremely poor student:( but its the governments fault :mad: it always is!!!

Sparky

ill let my stars and name tell you o_0

spartacus93

I don't, i'm also poor. But I will when I can.

Steveire

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showgroups.php

Scroll down to subscribers and count them.

qz

Níl aon subsciption agam. Ach bíonn Gaeilge agam.

And that's all that matters.

SoupyNorman

Sorry i dont speak financish.

Binomate

Sparky_S wrote:

ill let my stars and name tell you o_0

What he said. I am because I'm rich and I can afford to experiment with things like this that cost money.

Dave!

I'm not because... I have no need to. And I don't have the money to waste on this kind of stuff.

TerrorFirmer

I did, once......

Don't have a credit card though, or paypal, which makes it a pain in the arse trying to suscribe again

Airblazer

i did....but then some mod banned me from personal issues as he didn't like what I said when backing up another poster...of course they hadn't the balls or courtesy to pm me so I refused to renew my sub after this..their loss=my gain

Sparky

DaveMcG wrote:

I'm not because... I have no need to. And I don't have the money to waste on this kind of stuff.

Its not waste, regi spends it wisely on servers, this place dont run for free ya know.
Btw donate to ssf below, spend some more money for the kids.;):p

monkeyfudge

I'm a subscriber...

I just don't feel the pink stars go with my eyes though...

Linoge

Sparky_S wrote:

Its not waste, regi spends it wisely on servers, this place dont run for free ya know.

On servers that haven't been able to support the search function for almost 3 months.

I would subscribe if there were some ACTUAL benefits of having a subscription and if it was priced reasonably ie. 1/10 th of what it is now.

*IMO*

SoBe

Linoge wrote:

On servers that haven't been able to support the search function for almost 3 months.

I would subscribe if there were some ACTUAL benefits of having a subscription and if it was priced reasonably ie. 1/10 th of what it is now.

*IMO*

mabey if thay had a few more people that didnt mind subscribing when they could afford to might have helped regi get upgrades etc sooner

regi

Linoge wrote:

On servers that haven't been able to support the search function for almost 3 months.

I would subscribe if there were some ACTUAL benefits of having a subscription and if it was priced reasonably ie. 1/10 th of what it is now.

*IMO*

Well, no one is going to twist your arm to support us

Having said that, it was subscription money that enabled us to purchase all the recent hardware, and the upgrades that allowed us to turn searching back on.

monkeyfudge

ooopss.. turned out my subsription had expired just today.. so I wasn't actually a subscriber when I posted that I was.

Everything is sorted now and I'm signed up for another year of many productive and possibly monkey related posts!

TerrorFirmer

Linoge wrote:

On servers that haven't been able to support the search function for almost 3 months.

I would subscribe if there were some ACTUAL benefits of having a subscription and if it was priced reasonably ie. 1/10 th of what it is now.

*IMO*

Lol.....1/10...don't be expecting such a drastic offer anytime soon.

I think it's decent value. I also think its not really all about getting value for money and x and y features. Its just contributing to the well being of our favourite site and making sure it keeps running for the near future!

Laguna

I'm a subscriber because I want to give a few quid back to something I really enjoy using. Poor students?, pull the other one, I finished College in June and whilst I had very little money as a student, I wouldn't say I was poor, a high majority of students drink all their budget and then blame the Government for not giving them a bigger grant (which they'd drink as well).

Rabies

monkeyfudge wrote:

Everything is sorted now and I'm signed up for another year of many productive and possibly monkey related posts!

What!!! No fudge posts

I renewed my yearly subscription a day or two ago. It was due to end soon.

Laguna

Linoge wrote:

On servers that haven't been able to support the search function for almost 3 months.

I would subscribe if there were some ACTUAL benefits of having a subscription and if it was priced reasonably ie. 1/10 th of what it is now.

*IMO*

You propose €5 for a years subscription - what's that going to buy in regards to new hardware for boards, a pack of CD-R's?.

The amount of work people dedicate to this site out of their own free time and you think bunging them the price of a pint will do them?. Subscribing does have benefits, you give something back that gives something to you, it's called Karma.

Sparky

Regi wrote:

Well, no one is going to twist your arm to support us

Having said that, it was subscription money that enabled us to purchase all the recent hardware, and the upgrades that allowed us to turn searching back on.

You tell em regi.
€50 go's a long way.

Zaph

I can't afford to buy Regi a new server, but I can afford to throw a couple of quid his way towards one. Thankfully there are enough others that have a few quid to spare and so we have servers. Even if all you can spare is a fiver, subscribe for a month, it's for a good cause.

Actually, forget about that until January, this and next month's good cause is the Santa Strike Force, I'm sure Regi won't mind waiting a little longer for his share of your money.

20 Times 20 Times

i pay for the pleasure of boards .

CuLT

Crapola, my sub runs out in a couple of weeks... time to invest in another 3V card.

Sparky

zaph wrote:

I can't afford to buy Regi a new server, but I can afford to throw a couple of quid his way towards one. Thankfully there are enough others that have a few quid to spare and so we have servers. Even if all you can spare is a fiver, subscribe for a month, it's for a good cause.

Actually, forget about that until January, this and next month's good cause is the Santa Strike Force, I'm sure Regi won't mind waiting a little longer for his share of your money.

well servers especially for a site this big aint cheap, so the collective support from users makes getting a server easy, plus if you put things towards something you get something back.
And feel nice inside.

Anyway regi wont mind

Zaph

So that's what those warm fuzzy feelings are!

Sparky

zaph wrote:

So that's what those warm fuzzy feelings are!

yes mmmmmmm

CathyMoran

I'm a suscriber - I do it on the basis that I use the web site a lot and feel a loyalty towards it and would love to see it develop even more. 50 Eur on the scale of things is not that bad. I have been on other web sites in the past that had paid subscriptions but none has given me as much joy as this site.

Sparky

plus we know your a hippy chick

aidan_walsh

I subscribe. Well worth it, IMO.

Gazza22

Yeah my stars can give you the answer.....

Well i got a subscription because i wanted to throw a little money boards way when the new servers were being bought and also because i had some money left on my 3V card and had nothing better to do with it...

The custom tag & avatar imo are the best features of paying a subscription...gives you a bit more freedom. Then there's the s&s forum which can be good to browse, though i couldn't care less about the blog because i hate blogs!

Sparky

well the S&S forum brought in a good bit of revenue

Zaph

We're overrun with perverts!

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

really want to subscribe - just don't have the money - will when i do. I get far more enjoyment out of this forum than out of say buying and reading the Irish Times. It's not for any benefits that being a member confers, its more to be 'giving something back'! Unfortunately the Irish Times sellers take cash is small amounts as opposed to the one lump sum payment to boards.ie that really needs a credit card...

Kernel

I've noticed that many of the posters who subscribe also have the SSF in their sigs... conformists!

plonk

what exactly does a sub get you and how much

Chinafoot

Must get my mits on the fathers credit card as I dont have one of my own and therefore cant subscribe. Pity Paypal wont let ya take money out of your bank account

Nightwish

I felt I should give something back to this wonderful community of cybernerds, so I subscribed

Rhyme

Ill be subscribing when i get my 3V card up and running...

sharkman

My subscription has just run out , time to invest in another 3V card.

I wonder if the fee was halved would it encourage more users to subscribe ?

markpb

Regi wrote:

Having said that, it was [strike]subscription[/strike] sex & sexuality money that enabled us to purchase all the recent hardware, and the upgrades that allowed us to turn searching back on.

Just fixed your typo for you there :-)

LegacyUser

i've a years subscription

sharkman

paperclip wrote:

i've a years subscription

You sure ... Where's your pinkies ?

Sparky

ive a year too, can ive a medal now

Big Nelly

Didnt know that you could subscrib?link?

Binomate

3 months pour moi! I plan on getting an annual subscription once this one expires.

Siogfinsceal

no...dont see the point -i can use the site without paying it? and they dont take credit card

BEAT

Ive been enjoying this site for some time now and I try to help out in anyway I can,
I think its great that a lot of people are coming together to support boards

Sarky

I subscribe because it makes me feel superior to those of you who don't. You tight-fisted hoors.

Redshift

I also sub every year and have done since it became an option there are two main reasons.
What I get out of boards in terms of enjoyment alone is easily worth 50 euro a year and secondly if people didn't subscribe, boards would most likely have collasped under it's own weight by now and be either gone or virtually unusable.
The few extra options subscribers get are beside the point of subscribing; I don't use any of them and would subscribe even if there were no extras.

Sparky

Siogfinsceal wrote:

no...dont see the point -i can use the site without paying it? and they dont take credit card

Get a paypal account, its more secure too.