I agree about the guilt trip part. I feel like I'm being preached to. However sometime we do need a reminder that running a site like this does cost both time and money. I'm sure that we don't intentionally take advantage of it. For some, the thought of supporting this site never crossed our minds, For others we may have intended to donate but simply forgot. Life comes at us quickly. For these reasons, I think it is appropriate that a reminder such as the OP has done, is a good, not a bad thing,

For myself, I am currently a paying member, some other years, I was not. It varies. I welcome the occasional gentle reminder. Perhaps Skye could send out an email to paying members as a reminder when our subscription runs out so we can decide to renew?

This post inspired me to finish writing the About Me page for the website that I've been rewriting over and over for weeks.
(Too much information? Probably! Does anyone care about my camper van? Probably not, but it was fun digging out the photo!)

https://www.mgexp.com/welcome/about.php

If you have the means, and want to support a small business, I sure do appreciate Supporting Memberships:

If not, that's OK too!

I do usually see a heart-warming blip in memberships whenever someone posts one of these "reminders" so I appreciate the thought.

Skye


PS: I'm going to rewrite the whole Membership system soon (maybe ditch Paypal and add a monthly membership option)

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Webmaster, The MG Experience
AutoShrine.com - Corvus Digital

THANKS SKYE: All I was saying is, I am pretty sure just about everyone I have ever met has to work for a living, and you expect to get PAID for that work. I am sure you have the same expectation. Great Job.

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IN ALL SUBJECTS.: For those who believe, no proof is needed. For those who don’t believe, no proof is possible.

"Strive for perfection in everything. Take the best that exists and make it better. If it doesn't exist, create it. Accept nothing nearly right or good enough"
Sir Henry Royce
co-founder of Rolls Royce .

"BENJAMIN FRANKLIN" >>(Expanded) The bitterness of poor quality (or Crappy Workmenship) remains LONG AFTER the Sweet Taste of Low Price is forgotten.

Good reminder. I thought I was a paying member, but I guess It didn't auto renew. Off to find my wallet.

I care about vans! That's how Jane and I got together, college class in Baja with the bus. So I just read the whole page.

So there ya go Skye! A real life example of the value of an auto reminder when subscriptions run out!

Mark, I feel your pain. Milk can easily be almost $10/gal here. Bread is $5/loaf for decent bread, and gas is almost $4/gal, diesel is more! They don’t ship many things to this island, even though it is part of the states. My wife, even though she grew up in hawaii, effectionatly call the big island the 3rd world.

But, and this is a big but, it is just after 7pm and i’m Eating dinner sitting out on the back patio in t shirt and shorts still, it was 79 today, and windy. I can sail in shorts in small boats year round. And I can still see snow on the top of our biggest mountain, so I don’t feel too homesick for seattle. Plus we get 4 times as much rain as seattle does.

Yet, for all the help I get from this site, and being on a fixed income these days, in Hawaii, I am still willing to pay to at least be a silver member, it is worth it.

Toyota Hiace pop top, drove every road in NZ. Up and down the mountain passes. It was experience learning to column-shift in a RHD vehicle in downtown Auckland!

Miss having a camper. looking forward to having a place to park a van or a small trailer in the near future...

Skye

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Webmaster, The MG Experience
AutoShrine.com - Corvus Digital

Our honeymoon suite. We wandered along the east coast of the USA for a month.

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Eric Russell ~ Mebane, NC
1961 MGA #61, 1981 Alfa Romeo GTV6, 1984 Alfa Romeo Spider, 1991 Honda ST1100

ONCE I tried to DOWN shift an MGBGTV8 from fourth to Third, R/H Drive, and I ended up "Breaking Off" the R/H Window Winder KNOB.

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IN ALL SUBJECTS.: For those who believe, no proof is needed. For those who don’t believe, no proof is possible.

"Strive for perfection in everything. Take the best that exists and make it better. If it doesn't exist, create it. Accept nothing nearly right or good enough"
Sir Henry Royce
co-founder of Rolls Royce .

"BENJAMIN FRANKLIN" >>(Expanded) The bitterness of poor quality (or Crappy Workmenship) remains LONG AFTER the Sweet Taste of Low Price is forgotten.

For the record, the way it works (and I do not condone the ask every customer method) is that the grocery store collects and turns over 100% of the collected funds to the charity. it goes into and out of their books, they do not get a deduction for the donation. The store does get the appearance of doing something nice for the charity but it does receive the image benefit at virtually no expense beyond accounting for everything collected and the check being written. What I REALLY object to is when they create one of those huge checks and get notoriety for handing over the money they collected... that stinks.

ALSO ... You could support the site by visiting Skye's "Shop". It's in the black bar above (Full disclosure, I am the fulfillment agent for his shop.) the bite is a smaller but every little bit helps him run the place.

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Michael J. Caputo
'79 RBB and '73 CBB owner with extensive experience in 12v Audio System design and installation.
Vendor of Regalia and Promotional Products. Forum Member with a warped sense of humor.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Don't totally ditch PayPal!
It is so convenient for me.

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Michael J. Caputo
'79 RBB and '73 CBB owner with extensive experience in 12v Audio System design and installation.
Vendor of Regalia and Promotional Products. Forum Member with a warped sense of humor.

You might be correct but I doubt it this time. Sure, the money is collected and 100% is presented to the charity. But, that donation is now on their books and can be labeled as a donation, which is tax deductible.

I want to hear more camper stories.

"I'm going to rewrite the whole Membership system soon (maybe ditch Paypal and add a monthly membership option)"

I'm probably getting close to sitting on the couch with Ernie and Lloyd - well not the same couch as them so ditching Paypal may not be the issue I forsee but if you did ditch them you lose my contribution (just renewed) as I don't do anything else.

BTW for those counting their pennies it costs 20c/day for Gold for me

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Convertible: CKD 11/66 first registered 8/5/67. Owned since 3/77. 90% original sheet metal. 18GB +40 balanced with almost all new internals. Peter Burgess big valve fast road head. Piper 285. Fidanza FW. Basil's followers and pushrods. TR7clutch. TT exhaust. ARP everywhere. 123 ign. Needham 4synchro c/r box.. Stock rebuilt/replaced suspension. Superpro bushes. New brakes all round including all pipes in SS flex. Interior redone. CAMS approved roll bar and side bars. Lots more. Hybrid of o/e and show/fast road car. Not for sale - it's my toy!

GT: UK car built/sold December '78. Stripped back to bare shell with VW Golf flared guards, flush fit front and rear valances with front guards immovable. Front and rear seams removed,Torana XU1 vents, frenched indicators front & Mk1 rear lights. Powered by 'worked' Rover 5 litre V8 (ex TVR Chimaera) with efi. T5 box. FC IFS. CCE rear attached to Salisbury axle with Quaife. All new interior with MrMikes covers on MX5 seats. Retro4 7x15 rims (zero offset) and 205/55 rubber. Colour: Jaguar Storm. Not for sale - it's my sanity!



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