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       adverts
       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
       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
       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
       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
       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
       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
       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
       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
       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
       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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