Where are they??? - Page 2

mez · 28-03-2004, 12:53

i totally agree with youall why should roy shoulder it all like you say bert even a pound would not harm anyones pocket im sure//

Owd Bert · 28-03-2004, 14:38

Hi Wingy, could you as an Administrator give the proposal more exposure/publicity ?

lettie · 28-03-2004, 15:16

£1 sounds very reasonable to me, or fundraising. What would happen re. payment for people who live abroad or only use the site very occasionally???

ANNE · 28-03-2004, 16:54

A pound sounds ok to me to.
Fund raisings a good idea Wingy.

Owd Bert · 29-03-2004, 09:51

I know a pound may sound a trivial amount and I would be willing to contribute more but I made that initial amount on the basis of Member numbers. Now I do realise that not all members do regular postings so I reckon, by concensus, that some amount can be arrived at to help Roy.

WINGY · 29-03-2004, 19:05

Will try my best Bert as i think it's a great idea, only thing is i can only moderate on the motoring section. I'm sure if i start a thread one of the mods on that section will do any moderating required.
As for payment from abroad i don't know if anyone uses paypal, but you can make a payment of any amount to any person with am email address, and it doesn't cost anything ( i dont think) :-)

ANNE · 29-03-2004, 22:27

Your correct Wingy it dosn't cost anything to set up a paypal account.
It's an easy and safe way of sending cash.

K.S.H · 30-03-2004, 08:26

To make it even for them that hardly post it could be a "X No. of posts per £"
Paypal is OK but the receiver pays commision, the ones that are free to the receiver are Fastpay (run by natwest, but anyone can have an account) and Nochex which works the same as Paypal

Caz · 30-03-2004, 08:56

I would be willing to make a donation, however it is set up, as I am sure all the regular posters would.
Paying per X number of posts? That would deter new posters and penalise the ones that make a large number of quality posts, IE Lettie and Atarah.
If that happened I certainly wouldn't use the site anymore. These things should be free.
I don't mind more advertising, possibly sponsorship from local firms.
Re the idea of fundraising, I don't see how that would work, can't see where we would raise funds for a website (apart from it's users & we already covered that bit), unless from businesses and ultimately that would amount to advertising suely?

Tealeaf · 30-03-2004, 09:14

Just by way of comparison, about a year ago I signed up on one of these on-line dating sites. The cost was £15.99 a month and in return I met up with about three oddballs per month (I never met anyone normal)...that lasted about three months.

This site provides far more enjoyment - and there does'nt appear to be any oddballs when we meet up. It's all for free. So I certainly would'nt mind donating a couple of quid per month. But I do think the amount should be voluntary & confidential, with maybe donors being flagged up as such. If it's a case of payment per post, then I think I'll have to go out and win the lottery PDQ>

Mick · 30-03-2004, 11:58

Right lets sort this out i have been speaking to Roys dad about this and he said it would not work.
1) he said roy would not exept it
2) the idea of sponsorship from local firms is the best way and we have already talked about this but are wateing for Roy to come back to see if the software will do what we want
3) Roys dad said that if people payed to use the site then the site would belong to them not roy he would be working for them and being payed .
DONT get me wrong i would be the first inline to pay Roy for all the work he has done.
also think about the tax man looking on the site.
also if people payed to use the site it would put them off comming on or new members
and we dont want that DO WE?
it could also start a lot of argueing ie i have payed to use this site i want this game on or that game on .
I have also been round to 1 or 2 firms and they would be glad to sponser the site ie
we advertise there firm they give us 10% discount 5% to members 5% to the site .
but will have to see if it can work

Tealeaf · 30-03-2004, 12:18

Well in that case then, we'll just have to buy Roy a pint whenever we see him!

lettie · 30-03-2004, 16:06

Good grief, poor Roy will be pickled everytime he comes back to Accy

Sparkologist · 30-03-2004, 17:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by lettie

Good grief, poor Roy will be pickled everytime he comes back to Accy

No way! There's a greater chance of us being skint. Trust me.

NASDROV'YA Royski

Owd Bert · 30-03-2004, 19:24

Seems very sad and pathetic to me to think that by sending a donation to help anyone would want to dictate what went on the Forum. Still, it takes allsorts as they say. I will be upset if Roy returns my donation.