Renewal......really ?
 

Dear F-2 Speedy,

Your access to the paid subscription "Platinum Member" is about to expire in 2 days.

If you have selected a recurring subscription you will be automatically billed for the renewal, else to renew this subscription you must visit https://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/payments.php

If you do not extend your subscription, access will be removed.

All the best,
Offshoreonly.com

So no one else thinks this is a little rude, in your face, payup or you will be removed......8 year paying member supporting this site from the fist time i joined, I dont like the way this tast's

Only the "Platinum" access will be removed.

IMO, very poorly worded from IB's automated system.
It should first be thanking you for supporting OSO as a Platinum Member and then graciously asking for your continued support.

speedy,i will tell you something that happened to me.a member misrepresented a carb he had for sale and i called him out on it.he complains to a moderator [not griff] and i got a time out.that was the end of me being a paying member,also i don,t offer a lot of tech help like i used to.the funny thing is the member who imo is dishonest is always peddling his used up junk on oso.these days you must be very careful about buying anything from a member you don,t really know.

Received the same message yesterday, but what the heck, i dont care how it is written, i just renewed i get acces to what i need, that was my goal after now ... 15-16 years !

I've noticed a decline in your posting in Tech help, but have always respected your input as an engine builder, pretty clear who know's their stuff and who doesn't

thank you for the kind words.

[QUOTE=mike tkach;4720307]speedy,i will tell you something that happened to me.a member misrepresented a carb he had for sale and i called him out on it.he complains to a moderator [not griff] and i got a time out.that was the end of me being a paying member,also i don,t offer a lot of tech help like i used to.the funny thing is the member who imo is dishonest is always peddling his used up junk on oso.these days you must be very careful about buying anything from a member you don,t really know.[/QUOT. You were one of the guys I could always trust when giving advice that it would be right.

Its All About the Money these days....

I'm not concerned about the cost, it just sounds like ( payupsucker )...:D... heck a nice lunch will cost you more than a years membership

Lunch? I can't get out of my favorite local craft beer tap room for under what a Platinum membership costs! :ernaehrung004:

Same here. Definitely one of the most respectable contributors here.

OSO is still one of my favorite resources for hipo boating and hopefully it builds up steam again. Oddly enough, it was the ****show threads that I learned the most from.

All of OSO should be free...

Bernie??? Bernie Sanders???? Is that you????:lolhit:

What on OSO do you think you should get that you are not getting for free already???

Restrain your glowing ignorance please... Forums are dying left and right as FB and other free media sites take over. If OSO is to remain competitive they need to be free.

What do platinum members get that others don't besides more PM space?

you're calling a moderator ignorant, move on, go to back to fb where you belong............

Well I see you still have your "Platinum Status" so I guess you "payedupsucker" :D

My ignorance??? Most here would call it humor as indicated by the LOL smiley at the end.

So, please share your vast knowledge and tell me what exactly you don't get for free on OSO.

Isnt the $15 for the moderators salaries?

The Uncensored section! :bunnydance:

Yea and bookface and the other places are well known for their knowledgeable and considerate members... get what you pay for

Yep, that and the Bilge Forums are the only thing members need a paid membership to access.
The only other things non paying members do not get are an avatar and more than 10 PM's

OSO is a good place to hang out on and offers good value for anyone that owns or wants a sportboat.

Heck I post more up here than my own facebook page.

We each get a $10 Amazon card every Christmas. I have saved up the last three so I can almost buy something. LOL

I'm not leaving here until they turn the lights off though.

I will be polite " Duck Fakebook" .

Plus there is more valuable and correct info on here than all of the Facebook pages I've found combined. Ask a question here and you might only get 6 people replying but 5 of those people really know their stuff. Ask a question on Facebook and a hundred people might reply but you'll be lucky if one person knows wtf they are talking about. People answer on Facebook just to type something like they have some psychological need to do it regardless of how inane or inaccurate it is. OSO is not being replaced by Facebook, as OSO shrinks the the resource is being lost.

[QUOTE=bck;4721434. Ask a question on Facebook and a hundred people might reply but you'll be lucky if one person knows wtf they are talking about. People answer on Facebook just to type something like they have some psychological need to do it regardless of how inane or inaccurate it is. OSO is not being replaced by Facebook, as OSO shrinks the the resource is being lost.[/QUOTE]

I'm not on Facebook but there is a public page I occasionally go to for entertainment purposes.
Someone recently had posted a meme that consisted of a picture of the Lion from the Wiz of Oz with the caption ..
'When I was a child I always wondered how someone without a brain could talk. Then I found Facebook'

I refused to join FB but a few friends said just do it for the boat stuff so I did, less than a week later a guy ( who doesn't hang out on boat forums ) with in an hour away from me comes and buys my engines, so I guess it was worth it, all I got on here was low ball offers.

Got a letter in the mail today notifying me that my subscription to Car Craft magazine is now null and void due to them closing Shop.

Add that to my subscriptions to:

Drag Racer
Bass and Walleye Boat
Power Boat
Hot Boat
Drag Illustrated
Popular Hot Rodding
etc
etc

I am old school and prefer info on my favorite sports/hobbies to be in print.
I spend enough time time on my computer and the internet during the day.

I remember the first go fast websites and their early struggles.
I also remember when they first started courting advertising and charging membership fees.

Also remember my friends that threatened to revolt that evolution.
They then realized what they were getting and paid.

Then slime book hit.
The outcasts went there and tried to start their own websites.
For free.

I followed and watched a couple of them.
Now from what I can tell, they have either adapted to the slime book “like us” mantra or died.

I choose to support those from the early days.

When my “renewal” comes, I always consider all the free tech help I’ve gotten over the past 12 months.

Oh yeah, then renew my membership.

From what I can tell, the readers that went to slime book are now back here and my other favorite sites.

Dont claim to be a smart guy (w/alcohol I do tell my friends that) but I called this in the beginning of the slime book revolts.
Hard enough to tell who are key board pilots on this site let alone on slime book where they all are.

Nailed it.
We broke in Key West in November.
Had it not been for the friends/connections I’ve made here our week of boating would have been lost.
Like CashBar, I’ll be here until the turn the lights off.