Have money on stars, want boards subscription :F

We

Don't have paypal or a credit card so I can't go with the easy route of getting a subscription to boards.
Have money on stars though, and if anybody has any ideas as to how I can ship my money from stars->boards, that would be sweet
Obviously it would have to be through some 3rd party, but I don't think I can withdraw money from stars to a paypal account..

Help appreciated

CHD

Go here www.3v.ie
Get a 3v card
Open a PayPal a/c
TopUp your 3v card when it arrives - Alot of shops allow you to do this.
Stick it into PayPal
When thats done go to your User CP and on the bottom left it says paid subscriptions, follow that and your done.

This is the easist way for you to subscribe i think.

DAMO72

CHD wrote: »

Go here www.3v.ie
Get a 3v card
Open a PayPal a/c
TopUp your 3v card when it arrives - Alot of shops allow you to do this.
Stick it into PayPal
When thats done go to your User CP and on the bottom left it says paid subscriptions, follow that and your done.

This is the easist way for you to subscribe i think.

Subscription to board's ???????

ArmaniJeanss

What if he doesn't want to open up a PayPal account, any way to subscribe to boards otherwise?

I've been thinking of subscribing for a while (if only to get rid of the extra 's' at the end of my username !) but couldn't be bothered opening a paypal* account.
*whatever the hell that is anyway.

CHD

Not sure, but i think it has to go through paypal.

Donkathon

not sure where i seen it but i though 2 guys in a thread transfered via stars or what ever to a mod and he paid the subsciption, might be wrong though

ArmaniJeanss

DAMO72 wrote: »

Subscription to board's ???????

Information on what you get as a subscriber, + cost.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=311348

Vamoose Killers

Subscribing to Boards, jesus christ

DeadParrot

Vamoose Killers wrote:

Subscribing to Boards, jesus christ

access to sex & sexuality (who I'm sure is modded to death), and a xmas card from Dev

You know it makes sense. :pac:

Flushdraw

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

I've been thinking of subscribing for a while (if only to get rid of the extra 's' at the end of my username !) [/SIZE]

I didn't even notice the extra 's' til you said it!

lillou

and don't forget the "funky coloured stars".

Vamoose Killers

DeadParrot wrote: »

access to sex & sexuality (who I'm sure is modded to death), and a xmas card from Dev

You know it makes sense. :pac:

Haha, seriously, who pays for this stuff?

CHD

Vamoose Killers wrote: »

Haha, seriously, who pays for this stuff?

People who want there name changed and wana give something back or soomething.

We

First of all, its a way of contributing to a site that many of us have been using for years..
Myself, I've been using boards since about 2000/01.. Had 3 or 4 filestorage accounts(mods- I was young and I'm sorry :E ) when they were available, bought a good few things from adverts, received tons of help on millions of different topics from boards members, and basically just enjoyed being part of the community over the last few years..

Its a service that these lads provide, and its not free Its like contributing to the church basket thing that they pass around :E

also, you get some little features make it worth the 5 squid

Vamoose Killers

Fair enough. Just don't see the point in it myself. It's probably the worst run forum that I'm a member of (about 5 others that I frequently use). But let's not go down that route!

CHD

You just did. Its very well run. But how im not banned yet i dunno.

RoundTower

Now that the PPP kickbacks have been stopped, how else would you propose the mods be compensated if not by subscriptions?

F1ngers

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

I've been thinking of subscribing for a while (if only to get rid of the extra 's' at the end of my username !)

Could you not ask a mod to remove that hideous excess "s"...:p

Someone asked to have numbers removed from their username and one of the mods did it.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055548711

We

Vamoose Killers wrote: »

Fair enough. Just don't see the point in it myself.

Whether you would subscribe or not is something else, but if you don't actually 'see the point' after my last post, then I don't think I can do much else to help you understand, but I'll try

Vamoose Killers wrote: »

It's probably the worst run forum that I'm a member of (about 5 others that I frequently use). But let's not go down that route!

Well you have already gone down that route, so excuse me, but I'm not gonna let you get away after throwing that comment out there

Think about it like this.. boards.ie is a service, available to everybody. And while it may not cater to your high standard forum quota, you still use it, and it still costing somebody else.

Boards.ie is not demanding, or even asking people to donate, its just leaving the option there for those who feel they have benefited from the site. And to suggest that a contribution of even €5 isn't deserved or warranted because you don't feel it compares to the other forums you use is ridiculous.

How about you consider the fact that every post you make, every thread you make, everytime you log in to this site, it's costing somebody else money. When you actually think about, you'll probably realise its more a case of you owing boards.ie, as any post you've laughed at, found interesting or learned something from, was provided by them. In addition, boards.ie isn't asking you to be here or for your criticism and thus, doesn't owe YOU anything!

bleh

Vamoose Killers

I pay for my internet connection, that's as far as it goes tbh.

5starpool

F1ngers wrote: »

Could you not ask a mod to remove that hideous excess "s"...:p

Someone asked to have numbers removed from their username and one of the mods did it.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055548711

That only got done because the user who requested it is a subscriber. If they were not it would not have been done. Even as a subscriber you cannot change your own name, but it does give you the option to ask someone else to do it, and they will.

As for why people subscribe, who knows? Some people find having space for 5k messages is better than space for 500 (in the old days it was a limit of 50), some people like to know that they have given something back to a service that has given them lots of laughs and information. Some people do it because they want a name change, some people do it because they want the coloured stars, and some probably do it for other reasons.

As for badly run, then (and this is a genuine suggestion) you should start a thread in feedback saying how you think things could be improved around here. THat is what feedback is for, and it won't cost you a penny to do that.

Drakar

I heard hot chicks make out with subscribers at the drop of a hat.

mdwexford

Vamoose Killers wrote: »

Fair enough. Just don't see the point in it myself. It's probably the worst run forum that I'm a member of (about 5 others that I frequently use). But let's not go down that route!

Vamoose Killers wrote: »

I pay for my internet connection, that's as far as it goes tbh.

You'll go far.

Vamoose Killers

?

Lafortezza

Only pay for subscription if you want to give something back for whatever enjoyment/education you get from the site. All the little bonuses and extras are pretty worthless, the S&S forum is truely awful.

Drakar

Depraved you mean? Now people just want to read it even more... or maybe that was your plan all along!

thenutpeddler

We wrote: »

First of all, its a way of contributing to a site that many of us have been using for years..
Myself, I've been using boards since about 2000/01.. Had 3 or 4 filestorage accounts(mods- I was young and I'm sorry :E ) when they were available, bought a good few things from adverts, received tons of help on millions of different topics from boards members, and basically just enjoyed being part of the community over the last few years..

Its a service that these lads provide, and its not free Its like contributing to the church basket thing that they pass around :E

also, you get some little features make it worth the 5 squid

You did all this while only posting 78 times.
Fair play

Lafortezza

Drakar wrote: »

Depraved you mean?

No, it's just shit.

RoundTower

I'm thinking of subscribing so I can change my name to Captain Obvious2

northwestguy27

RoundTower wrote: »

I'm thinking of subscribing so I can change my name to Captain Obvious2

Well, in all seriousness, I would like to change my username too, so without a paypal account, but with some ££ on neteller is it possible?

northwestguy27 is all a bit too much

lillou

RoundTower wrote: »

I'm thinking of subscribing so I can change my name to Captain Obvious2

I'm waiting for him to subscribe and then I'll subscribe so I can change my name to RoundTower

We

thenutpeddler wrote: »

You did all this while only posting 78 times.
Fair play

think about it ...

thenutpeddler

duhhh get the joke.......

Flushdraw

northwestguy27 wrote: »

Well, in all seriousness, I would like to change my username too, so without a paypal account, but with some ££ on neteller is it possible?

northwestguy27 is all a bit too much

TBH, seeing as you dont have too many posts and i'm not sure if you know or have met too many boardsies, i'd just setup a new account and continue to use that while leaving this one to die. Get yourself known by your new username.

Ste05

RoundTower wrote: »

I'm thinking of subscribing so I can change my name to Captain Obvious2

Genius post.. LMAO

latenia

lafortezza wrote: »

No, it's just shit.

And here's me thinking only a small minority of people were into that :eek:

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

RoundTower wrote: »

I'm thinking of subscribing so I can change my name to Captain Obvious2

eoghan104

Ste05 wrote: »

Genius post.. LMAO

Anyone else have no idea why this is funny?! Enlighten me?!

Flushdraw

eoghan104 wrote: »

Anyone else have no idea why this is funny?! Enlighten me?!

You need to be part of the clique....gg ul

Everyone is sworn to secrecy.......zipppppppppppppppppppped

YULETIRED

eoghan104 wrote: »

Anyone else have no idea why this is funny?! Enlighten me?!

Let me answer for you.
Capt obvious originally called himself roundtower2 , I guess he thought Roundtower was cool or something (LOL) , this was of course flawed thinking , Roundtower2 was so embarassed how obviously wrong he was that he decided to rename himself Capt Obvious. Roundtower (who considers most people to be 'tards') then realised that Capt Obvious is in fact the much cooler guy (I agree) and so is contemplating a name change to Capt Obvious2.

Steos 'genius' post is just more irony.

eoghan104

YULETIRED wrote: »

Let me answer for you.
Capt obvious originally called himself roundtower2 , I guess he thought Roundtower was cool or something (LOL) , this was of course flawed thinking , Roundtower2 was so embarassed how obviously wrong he was that he decided to rename himself Capt Obvious. Roundtower (who considers most people to be 'tards') then realised that Capt Obvious is in fact the much cooler guy (I agree) and so is contemplating a name change to Capt Obvious2.

Steos 'genius' post is just more irony.

Ah Ok thanks.............. Hilarious

Flushdraw

YULETIRED wrote: »

Let me answer for you.
Capt obvious originally called himself roundtower2 , I guess he thought Roundtower was cool or something (LOL) , this was of course flawed thinking , Roundtower2 was so embarassed how obviously wrong he was that he decided to rename himself Capt Obvious. Roundtower (who considers most people to be 'tards') then realised that Capt Obvious is in fact the much cooler guy (I agree) and so is contemplating a name change to Capt Obvious2.

Steos 'genius' post is just more irony.

eoghan104 wrote: »

Ah Ok thanks.............. Hilarious

Lighten up lads ffs. It was a good witty comment from RT and it brought a smile to my face when i read it.

cardshark202

eoghan104 wrote: »

Ah Ok thanks.............. Hilarious

Yes somehow its less funny now the yuletired gave his excellent take on the oke. I wonder how...

eoghan104

cardshark202 wrote: »

Yes somehow its less funny now the yuletired gave his excellent take on the oke. I wonder how...

Its not a matter of me slagging it or saying its not funny I still genuinely dunno what the fook is going on!!! hence the confused look!! Who changed what now? I thought Captain obvious was Tar Aldarion?!

CHD

eoghan104 wrote: »

Its not a matter of me slagging it or saying its not funny I still genuinely dunno what the fook is going on!!! hence the confused look!! Who changed what now? I thought Captain obvious was Tar Aldarion?!

Captain Obvious used to be called RoundTower2 and has since renamed himself, So RoundTower thinks he should name himself CaptainObvious2.

Was funny at the time.

so.....

Roundtower
Roundtower2
Roundtower2 re-names himself Captain Obvious
Rountower thinks he should cal himself CaptainObvious2

Isn't it obvious?

Flushdraw

CHD wrote: »

Isn't it obvious?

Captain Obvious

YULETIRED

cardshark202 wrote: »

Yes somehow its less funny now the yuletired gave his excellent take on the oke. I wonder how...

I knew pinky would come out once I slagged perky.


ant TOny don't have a go at me cause Arsenal are CRAP>

Also I did think Roundys comment was funny, however I reserve my right to slag him

Lurker1977

"Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: you understand it better, but the frog dies in the process."
—Mark Twain

cardshark202

Flushdraw wrote: »

Captain Obvious

cringe

Flushdraw

cardshark202 wrote: »

cringe

This blonde rings here husband...
Blonde : "Darling i'm after running out of petrol but i'm afraid to top up because of the swine flu so it looks like i'm stranded"
Hubby : "Swine flu is in Mexico you daft c*nt, not in Texaco".

mocata

guy goes to visit his granny in the old folks home. they are sitting watching telly with the other gomers when she leans over to him and whispers, "I just let a silent fart, what should i do?" "Change the battery on your hearing Aid" he replies!