[redg8r]

Hi All,

I want to thank everyone who voiced their opinion on the subject of member funding the website.

We watched the polls closely over the 2 days it ran & the votes were never more than 3 apart from being split 50/50.
A survey was sent out a couple years ago that included the same question & the results were pretty much the same.

With that said, we will offer pre-registration to a new subscription based membership.

Subscribers will indeed retain full access to the website, along with all the new functions we can currently implement at the moment. (See those here).

Subscribers will also have access to a new, subscriber only discussion forum to request new projects & features that will ultimately benefit our users directly.

We have temporarily lowered the subscription fee to $3.99 a month for everyone, with 6 month & 1 year subscriptions discounted even further.

On top of that, we have issued personal discount coupons to our biggest contributors most active members.

Note that your personal discounted subscription fee will never increase unless you drop/cancel your subscription. That in essence, means it will be your subscription for as long as you want it.

All pre-registration coupons expire at the end of July 08.
So if you have a little faith & want on board early, take advantage soon.

We offered discounted pre-registration with our web hosting service years ago & happy to say we have clients with us over 4 years now who still pay that same pre-registration price.

For now, we will continue to keep the existing forums open & freely accessible until a decision is made to go subscription only, or create tiers/levels for our subscribers. They will ultimately make that decision.
Note: If we decide to keep a free membership, it will likely come at the sacrifice of PM, signature & email permissions. So if you intend to remain a free user, make sure to download/export your PM's soon. That feature is available in your Private Message area.

Thank you,
Jerry "redg8r"

[diemai]

@ redg8r

Hi , maybe I am too dump to understand all this immediately , I am just missing an option to pay the fee via PayPal and/or creditcard , only found something about offline payment so far .

Also I miss further info about the pre-registration coupons , if I understood right , there should be a coupon number somewhere to have it registered to gain the coupon benefits .

Would be glad about some more info concerning the payment procedure and my request !

greetz , diemai (Germany)

[cadman]

Jerry,
I too am a little confused or maybe too slow. If I am entitled to a discount coupon, where is it? Also when does the membership start and when does it end? At the end of that time period do I just send you another check, to pay for another year?..............Thanks for the explanation.

[The_Rookie]

Jerry... I paid my annual Dues!!!! Do I get some kinda gift.... Coaster... Cheap Plastic Key Chain.... even a pen with TU on it.. LOL..... Not complaining just asking....When ever my insurance clients paid their bill I was so excited I gave them a can of Spam with my logo! I figured cheap food is always better than Cheap Calenders!

The Rookie

[redg8r]

Originally Posted by diemai

I am just missing an option to pay the fee via PayPal and/or creditcard , only found something about offline payment so far .

Also I miss further info about the pre-registration coupons , if I understood right , there should be a coupon number somewhere to have it registered to gain the coupon benefits .

Hi Diemai,

Coupon codes will display near the top of the website (on every webpage) for those who are eligible for one. We ran a complicated program to calculate each users participation, seniority, contributions etc. And awarded the coupons to those eligible.

We also lowered the proposed subscription fee for everyone currently registered.
If anyone feels they were passed over for a discount coupon, you can contact me via PM for review.

This link will take you to the subscription form. To the right of each subscription package is a dropdown form, select any package & click the corresponding "order" button to complete your subscription via PayPal.

Originally Posted by cadman

Jerry,
I too am a little confused or maybe too slow. If I am entitled to a discount coupon, where is it? Also when does the membership start and when does it end? At the end of that time period do I just send you another check, to pay for another year?..............Thanks for the explanation.

Yes, membership periods start from the day payment is received. If using online payments, the subscription activation is immediate.
If paying via postal mail, there is a downloadable form you can mail in.
We will activate the subscription as soon as it is received.

TU will notify all postal subscribers when their subscription is nearing renewal to give everyone time to renew. Subscriptions can be viewed, renewed or canceled by visiting the same link (above) once your subscription is activated.
Online payments renew/recur automatically until canceled.

Originally Posted by The_Rookie

Jerry... I paid my annual Dues!!!! Do I get some kinda gift.... Coaster... Cheap Plastic Key Chain.... even a pen with TU on it.. LOL..... Not complaining just asking....When ever my insurance clients paid their bill I was so excited I gave them a can of Spam with my logo! I figured cheap food is always better than Cheap Calenders!

You havn't seen our calendars (inside joke)
We used to include vinyl stickers in with orders from the old TU supply shop. We will look into it, especially for those pre-registering & laying the foundation.
For the time being, all funds will be put forth to rapidly develop the most requested features to benefit the TU subscribers.

You mentioned a custom tackle mall, or personal member stores would be of interest. Projects like that will be the highest priority.
I surely welcome all requests, tangible or not. A couple of you have mentioned it & if it's important to you, it's important to us.
I do like the idea.

[Lincoya]

Originally Posted by redg8r

You havn't seen our calendars (inside joke)

I have! Trust me, you really wouldn't want one.

[boomah21]

Ok Im an idiot so hang with me here....I paid however dont see anything diff? In fact it still tells me that I am eligible for a tu membership...did I miss something?

[bassn1]

I paid, all the knowlege I have learned from this site is well worth it.

[yankee jigger]

Originally Posted by boomah21

Ok Im an idiot so hang with me here....I paid however dont see anything diff? In fact it still tells me that I am eligible for a tu membership...did I miss something?

I said i would do it so i joined.
Is there a receipt or something i get to acknowledge payment????
I dont see anything different.
I am not the most patient individual.
I am trying..........

[MDC]

Just an idea from another site I am a member at, paying member's screen names are a different color. Like the admins are here.