But I don't think it's a proper perspective to look at the $10 as paying for "ad free support"...it's more for the value of what you glean from participation, directly or indirectly.
If this list didn't exist, and a group of qualified "experts" put up a site to be at my "beck-and-call" 24/7, I'd gladly pay $10 per month for that support. Why not just pay to participate in the list...ads or not? Don't you pay for any other "support", like web hosting, for-pay product support calls, books, seminars, etc. No on complains when they have to pay for that...( or perhaps a few...) Providing web-hosting amounts to about the same thing as running this list...just keep the hardware and software running...the only difference is that Michael doesn't send out invoices...or charge a credit card. Very generous, Michael... Rick ---------------------------------------- From: Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 1:10 PM To: CF-Talk <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Subject: Re: wtf are those advertizing links in the text? >> If this list went to a monthly/yearly subscription you can >> expect a severe drop in subscribers. I believe the suggestion was to have it be an optional subscription, if you don't want the links. I think that's a reasonable compromise, although $10 a month seems pretty high to me just to not have ads. Mary Jo Sminkey www.cfwebstore.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:203695 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
