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adverts
DIR By: Bill
Date: October 29, 2013, 9:36 am
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It is my view that this forum is not enhanced by the adverts -
or am I the only one who can see them? :D
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Re: adverts
DIR By: martinhunt
Date: November 1, 2013, 8:56 am
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I agree with you Bill, however I suspect that they are the price
we pay for having a free forum.
Martin
Joe's Bakery
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Re: adverts
DIR By: Bill
Date: November 1, 2013, 9:07 am
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I don't think that's necessarily so, Martin. I've seen other
free forums without adverts.
These only started in the last few days - perhaps when Fran has
time she'll tell us what's going on.
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Re: adverts
DIR By: gloucesterroadtraders
Date: November 3, 2013, 9:21 am
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Part of having a free forum. You either get adverts or some
other negative feature to put up with for a freebie.
Seems to be a recent development, so they've probably changed
the way they display them to something less subtle. If anyone
want to pay for an advert free forum feel free! I can't afford
it (and I'm ok with adverts if it means a free service).
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Re: adverts
DIR By: Bill
Date: November 4, 2013, 2:54 am
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Of course you shouldn't have to pay - you've done more than your
share, in setting up the forum.
This is now the official GRTA forum, so the Association should
pay. Anything that puts people off using it should be removed.
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Re: adverts
DIR By: James Ayliffe
Date: November 4, 2013, 7:48 am
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Bill
Are you referring to the banner adverts at the top of the page
or are you getting more intrusive adverts that I am not?
James
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Re: adverts
DIR By: Bill
Date: November 4, 2013, 9:14 am
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I'm talking about the (often moving) banner ads at the top - and
they are very obtrusive.
Bill
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Re: adverts
DIR By: James Ayliffe
Date: November 4, 2013, 1:49 pm
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Bill,
I'll raise it at the next board meeting. I have to say it seems
unlikely to me that people will be in favour of paying for
something we can get for free if all we have to put up with are
some banner adds but I'll ask.
James
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Re: adverts
DIR By: Bill
Date: November 5, 2013, 3:12 am
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James, some people think the traders will be content to shell
out hundreds of thousands of pounds over the next 5 years for a
BID that few want. Paying a little for a forum would be
peanuts.
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Re: adverts
DIR By: fancydressfanatics
Date: November 5, 2013, 5:49 am
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I think priority wise we should concentrate more on getting the
forum up and running, as the energy would be probably better
spent there at first. Worrying about adverts (as annoying as
they are) isn't as important as getting people talking and while
the user base is still pretty low, it's only a select few that
are suffering right now.
Maybe a compromise could be that we concentrate on getting the
users of this forum increased, with assurance that this will be
looked at once that's taken care of?
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