Suppose its annoying that people here can help someone save often hundreds of pounds & that you would think it would be a nice gesture to donate few quid...saying that some do which is really nice

Can't the ad's just go to the bottom?

They won't get seen there

Virmin said:

They won't get seen there

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Point being, I won't click on any anyway seeing as I'll get spammed with pop-ups and have no money to spend, so they might as well be out of my sight

....or you could just use an ad blocker if the offend your eyes THAT much

SkinzCinqSporting said:

Point being, I won't click on any anyway seeing as I'll get spammed with pop-ups and have no money to spend, so they might as well be out of my sight

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From an advertisers point of view, they'd be pissed off if their ads appeared at the bottom, money wasted

serin said:

....or you could just use an ad blocker if the offend your eyes THAT much

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I can't see them anyway

Virmin said:

From an advertisers point of view, they'd be pissed off if their ads appeared at the bottom, money wasted

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Oh well

you wont get pop ups, its not a porn site

dave said:

you wont get pop ups, its not a porn site

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Not yet

But I was offered cento porn.

Does that class it as a porn site or a file sharing site???

Jammie_Dodger said:

Does that class it as a porn site or a file sharing site???

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no that just means your on a site full of nutters

Jammie_Dodger said:

Not yet

But I was offered cento porn.

Does that class it as a porn site or a file sharing site???

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Nah that usually means that you get random texts and phone calls off the cento lads!!!!

Oh and 9 months later still get them .... loveya Tom :devil:

Then again, its not usually just cento lads

Si said:

Too many users expect things for free and grumble when the people who dedicate their time and money to providing the service make some changes so they can generate some revenue to keep the site going. Maybe create a name and shame board for those moaners?

Just went to see what the Skoda Owners Forum offer for paying. They do have a yearly subscription scheme for £12 per annum. For that they chuck in:

FREEDOM - An enhancement which gives you access to all of the present normal registered features plus:

• The satisfaction of knowing you are supporting BRISKODA (the primary reason to contribute)
• Exclusive Freedom Talk forum, 99.9% unmoderated.
• Opens up your account to access your own @briskoda.net email account and web interface (Gmail over 2000Mb of storage).
• Advanced notice of our events with priority booking and discounted ticket price.
• First access to our promotions / group buys.
• Access a gowing list of discounters, suggest one we'll investigate it...
• A journal to show of your projects, car related or not.
• Access to the latest developments on the site.
  • Forum Filters, hide those forums you really have no interest in.
  • Gallery access, over 20Mb of storage.
  • Extra PM and attachment space, over 20Mb of attachments.
  • Tyre Calculator, see what tyres fit and impact of your choice.
  • Ask a Tech - Forum.
  • Use of the classifieds, Items for Sale forums.
  • more as the site grows...

As you said it's always an option for the future. Why not create a poll to gain some user feedback?

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This is what pays for the Punto Sports Club servers. We have a similar setup to Briskoda by the sounds of it.

A lot of forums do this now. You will still people who moan (like Dave ) but the majority will be fine and happy with the fact that they are supporting the forum/club.

I also can't see the advertisements because of my firewall/anti virus. :slayer:

Puntoboy said:

This is what pays for the Punto Sports Club servers. We have a similar setup to Briskoda by the sounds of it.

A lot of forums do this now. You will still people who moan (like Dave ) but the majority will be fine and happy with the fact that they are supporting the forum/club.

I also can't see the advertisements because of my firewall/anti virus. :slayer:

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but psc ask a tech forum is here

"Exclusive Freedom Talk forum, 99.9% unmoderated." on psc its 99% locked or removed if you know too much
its like uh oh a 16 year old is making me look a dick, best lock the thread

Hilarious.

You know Dave as you get older you get less funny.

Dave, just click on the ban button, you know you want to! :devil:

Jammie_Dodger said:

Dave, just click on the ban button, you know you want to! :devil:

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nar punto boy harmless realy, and i might be older than him but am far better looking and i have more hair

If you say so Dave

What about a fee for Classified ads?
Or, you can only advertise if you have donated?

If you charged could have different charges for different sections...

I personally wouldn't think anything of paying a fiver for advertising a car and a quid for parts etc.
The ad's on here run and run, which is more than you get on ebay/autotrader and those two cost far more (I know they get a much larger audience).

Or if doing the 'only if you have donated' you can donate there and then, via a link on the listing forms

Just looked, there are 184 ad's at the moment, 131 of them are for sale ad's.

So could have easily got £300 for those ads.

Before everyone throws their arms up again, I'm experimenting with ad placement It was pointed out the last post might be useful as it pops up in the screen whenever you use "quickreply".

Admittedly if there are only 2 posts it looks off, as its post,ad,post,ad - so trying to find the variable to only show if X other posts have been made.