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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,550 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    No irony at all in it Syd. We are the product, be it as posters who create the content that occasionally pops up when someone googles an obscure topic that someone here has opined on. Or as the captive audience for the advertising.

    Weird that you don't grasp that? That the squeeze the users option to pay the bills, only became an option when we as a product weren't generating enough income via Ad clicks.

    The current iteration of boards is coasting upon decades of goodwill earned under a different ownership structure (s).

    It's effort to continue as a business with a running cost of €140k a year? Is doomed. Indeed I'd posit that any attempt to survive as a business at all, when it seeks to be reliant upon a subscription model to cover costs of that extent? For a product that has since the introduction of Vanilla, noticeably declined, and with the announced reversion to pure vanilla will decline further. Is similarly doomed.

    Websites need traffic, message boards need users. The strategy outlined to date, such as it is? Will reduce traffic, will reduce users and will kill any new sign ups for anything more than one off questions.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭Manc-Red_


    6 mths taken out. Best of luck everyone

    Better Born Lucky Than Rich.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,331 ✭✭✭✭CoBo55


    I use Boards using Brave browser and never see any Ads.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 10,171 ✭✭✭✭893bet




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 10,171 ✭✭✭✭893bet




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,472 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    @Mike the subscription won't accept my NI postcode .



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,132 ✭✭✭trixiebust


    Just to update on the no auto cancel method for my sub. Odhran e-mailed earlier & cancelled the recurring payment,on his end.

    Thanks for doing, will be still donating just through PayPal this time.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,169 ✭✭✭SineadSpears


    I wonder did my payment go through as a once off rather than a recurring subscription ??

    Can either @Boards.ie: Odhran or @Boards.ie: Mike confirm this for me please.

    I don't see an option to either cancel or block future payments on my Revolut.

    …If all goes well, I'm more than happy to continue supporting the site, but I just want to be clear on whether there could be future payments taken if things go south and the site is no longer active.

    ....…

    SNUGGLE SEASON



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,258 ✭✭✭rino87


    Can we do that?? My username has been in caps forever, ive thought it looked rude for years and wanted to make it not caps, but dont know how 😅

    ....also struggling to remember what email I signed up with so I can actually subscribe, as it was so long ago!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,145 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    My advice related to my email address not my user name.

    I think you should reach out to Mike and explain your issue, he is very helpful.

    (probably don't expect a response until after the weekend)



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,072 ✭✭✭corkie


    @RINO87 Just edit your profile and your email will be shown or you can change it!

    https://www.boards.ie/profile/edit

    Admin would need to change your username as that is greyed out!

    #Aras25 | Have your say on the two linked polls? AH & CA
    "There will be a protest vote and absolutely people’s right to do that. There is no intention to take away that right or to stop it in any way." ~ Chair of the Electoral Commission Ms Justice Marie Baker
    "Níl mé toilteanach toil a thabhairt"! 24-09-2025 09:31PM



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,173 ✭✭✭✭Goldengirl


    Be gas if you got your username issue sorted as well after all this time , just in time for THE END ;)

    Help keep Boards going , subscribe or donate if you can.

    https://subscriptions.boards.ie/



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,258 ✭✭✭rino87




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭Vestiapx


    TToo Many ads now

    Every click is a full page of adds ut like watching porn



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 736 ✭✭✭Sixtoes


    Not in a position to subscribe, but here’s my 2 cents worth:

    The new ads are annoying. Will it prompt existing users to subscribe? Maybe yes for a small %.
    The big problem I see is that new visitors to the site will see that ads and move on, so the original subscribers will carry the cost indefinitely.

    I’m my opinion this advertising model will reduce existing use to paid subscribers only, and push frequent users (non subscribers) to other sites.

    This will result in less posters & less valuable content.

    That’s all. 😀



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,994 ✭✭✭✭thesandeman




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 938 ✭✭✭Juran


    Did we get an answer regarding the renewal process ? Is it auto-nenewal or you are given a choice to pay again when the next fee is due ?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,876 ✭✭✭xhomelezz


    Think it's auto renewal, originally subscribed for monthly payment and than changed my mind and payed for 6 months, got an email while ago that I'm gonna be charged for my monthly payment on the 12th this month.

    Hit the switch to keep the lights on.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭Manc-Red_


    subbed myself the other day but still seeing a lot of ads.

    Cheers in advance

    Better Born Lucky Than Rich.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,072 ✭✭✭corkie


    #Aras25 | Have your say on the two linked polls? AH & CA
    "There will be a protest vote and absolutely people’s right to do that. There is no intention to take away that right or to stop it in any way." ~ Chair of the Electoral Commission Ms Justice Marie Baker
    "Níl mé toilteanach toil a thabhairt"! 24-09-2025 09:31PM



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭Manc-Red_


    yeah and it’s came out of my account and pending withdrawal

    IMG_2319.jpeg

    8/08

    Better Born Lucky Than Rich.



  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,498 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    @Manc-Red_ , your mobile n. is visible.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭Manc-Red_


    Better Born Lucky Than Rich.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,072 ✭✭✭corkie


    @Manc-Red_ I did not ask if you got confirmation of payment! I asked did you sub with the same email address that your boards account has. Because your not registering as have paid!

    #Aras25 | Have your say on the two linked polls? AH & CA
    "There will be a protest vote and absolutely people’s right to do that. There is no intention to take away that right or to stop it in any way." ~ Chair of the Electoral Commission Ms Justice Marie Baker
    "Níl mé toilteanach toil a thabhairt"! 24-09-2025 09:31PM



  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,498 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    I suppose if the payment is pending withdrawal it means it hasn't fully gone through, yet.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭Manc-Red_


    Oh ok, sorry about that I’ll wait until it comes back to me and try again.

    Many Thanks !!!!!

    Better Born Lucky Than Rich.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,331 ✭✭✭✭CoBo55


    Just use Brave browser, no Ads and it's free👍



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,072 ✭✭✭corkie


    @Manc-Red_ If payment goes through and it still does not show on your profile that your paid member send 'Boards.ie: Mike' a DM and he will sort for you during the week.

    A welcome to another 'Quake Forum' transfer account of @Gerry to paid members! Pushing me down the leader board to 7th place on the oldest members list.

    #Aras25 | Have your say on the two linked polls? AH & CA
    "There will be a protest vote and absolutely people’s right to do that. There is no intention to take away that right or to stop it in any way." ~ Chair of the Electoral Commission Ms Justice Marie Baker
    "Níl mé toilteanach toil a thabhairt"! 24-09-2025 09:31PM



  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,498 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,538 ✭✭✭Gerry


    Yep.. I remember that. Is there a leaderboard then?



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