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As for the anti-corporate....
Mr. IB is not a performance boater. On the positive side, Mr. IB has not claimed to own 37 Apaches, two turtle doves and a Fountain in a pear tree. On the negative side, Mr. IB probably doesn't know that a 42' fountain is only 28' minus the beak and swin platform. Yet Mr. IB asks us to pay money for the privlidge of talking about boats and douchebags. There are many places we can talk about boats and douchbags for free on the internet. Since Mr. IB doesn't boat, and if one assumes he is not into douchebags, he is getting us to pay for what we can get free, and not providing anything substantially diferent than what is available for free. THerefore, Mr. IB is exploiting internet boaters for his own monitary gain. And finally, one cannot argue that there is not significant monetary gain to be had, when one argues that somebody else is secretly running another site (which in size and traffic is a mere fraction) for monitary gain |
One more thing I like about OSO is how fast you get responses. You can post on other boards and might not get a response for days or weeks. Sometimes on OSO its a matter of minutes. Oddly enough, I get alot of my "news" here on OSO first whenever something happens.
Hell, most of us have spent more on a round of drinks than the price of a membership here. |
[QUOTE=catastrophe;3271969]I understand and agree with this post 100%.
Its obvious that this place doesnt exist if someone doesnt pay. Was curious about some letting others pay and they not. QUOTE] Is that really all that true?? I can think quickly of one really good, free boating site very similar to this, that has existed for a while. And im sure there are many more |
[QUOTE=Boomer35;3272207]
Originally Posted by catastrophe
(Post 3271969)
I understand and agree with this post 100%.
Its obvious that this place doesnt exist if someone doesnt pay. Was curious about some letting others pay and they not. QUOTE] Is that really all that true?? I can think quickly of one really good, free boating site very similar to this, that has existed for a while. And im sure there are many more I just counted 7 adds on this page, the bandwidth is paid for..... |
Originally Posted by catastrophe
(Post 3271200)
Let me continue the conversation since I asked the original question. And believe me, all this is just chatter and is none of my business...just curious.
I dont understand the " anti corporate " issue. The minute you walk out the door every day of your life you spend your money with corporations, the purchase of your food, your gasoline,your insurance,your clothes, your fast food etc. Thats life. A lot of the members on here earn their daily living working for corporations. Re value received. I see an awful lot of the folks on here working on their own boats. I see them ask tech questions and query where to get good deals on parts and labour. In all cases they get good answers. I see it. They say thanks . Are these savings and help not worth anything? Re entertainment value. I see huge post counts for some of the "registered" peeps, so I presume they spend a good amount of time on here. What is that worth. Finally......do people not think that the FREE feature is available because a lot of people actually DO pay ? Is the FREE feature here because the people that advertise on here have to pay extra ( as do the paying members) to cover that cost? Is there a scenario that if everyone paid perhaps the fee would be $15.00 for everyone instead of $40.00 to $70.00 for some and none for others? Can people that are reading this thread please indicate how much time they spend on here each week. Winter chatter.....nothing more. Why can't you learn to spell LABOR correctly? :D :D :drink: |
Originally Posted by PhantomChaos
(Post 3272245)
Why can't you learn to spell LABOR correctly? :D :D :drink:
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Originally Posted by Boomer35
(Post 3272207)
I just counted 7 adds on this page, the bandwidth is paid for..... OK lets ask the question a different way. To all those that are paying....if what is being said is correct re bandwith..advertisers..value added by everyone...why are you paying to be here, when you clearly dont need to ??? |
Maybe a good question or perhaps the topic of another thread would be as a paying member of OSO, what would you expect ou of the site for your money?
Promotion of the board? Promotion of the sport? Active involvement in matters affecting legislation of the sport? Active involvement in racing? Active involvement in poker runs? In my mind, the site is profitable. If it is not a for profit company would not have bought it. Should a portion of those profits be invested in the sport or should those profits be purely for the benefit of IB? |
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Originally Posted by phragle
(Post 3272235)
Gotcha. OK lets ask the question a different way. To all those that are paying....if what is being said is correct re bandwith..advertisers..value added by everyone...why are you paying to be here, when you clearly dont need to ??? |
Originally Posted by phragle
(Post 3272256)
Maybe a good question or perhaps the topic of another thread would be as a paying member of OSO, what would you expect ou of the site for your money?
Promotion of the board? Promotion of the sport? Active involvement in matters affecting legislation of the sport? Active involvement in racing? Active involvement in poker runs? In my mind, the site is profitable. If it is not a for profit company would not have bought it. Should a portion of those profits be invested in the sport or should those profits be purely for the benefit of IB? Reminds me of a speech I listened to during the winter of 08-09:evilb: |
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