No surprise here after all, is there???

:unsure:

http://www.aspd.net/showthread.php?threadid=492740

Donors will be extended member privileges and lifetime memberships depending on amount of donation. Provider donors will be extended various advertising privileges depending on amount of donation.
To be clear, there will be no ownership or staff status available as a result of any donation.


I can only imagine its going to be like the VA where members have like paper card, tin card, bronze card, silver card, gold card and maybe even platimum or diamond for the right price (donation?) since it is monetary in nature and not service oriented that will give you VIP Club SLOTO privileges..

http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/rma0141l.jpg



And for some reason ==> do I remember Paypal as being absolutely vehement about monetary exchanges towards adult "like" enterprises???

Oh well I do wish them well.. ;)

sheeesh! after the mess that has been made by this bunch who would be that stupid??

It can be done as long as they dont know what its for * thats not hard to do. A better bet would be a 3rd party merchant account (since most are okay with adult web business).
I just tired of boards begging for money... lets see what they (boards) really offer.

Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it. :rolleyes:

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I will never join a board that charges. I have stayed away from ML for the same reasons. If the board is not public, it is useless in my book. I use these boards for business reasons, if the board is not accepting new members then it is not going to get my business. I am still rather pissed about paying for sponsored ad time on the P and the threat of it going down anyday. To ask me to donate to a new board, infuriates me even more! :angry: Good luck to them,, put I will pass!

I truly wish ASPD, the New ASPD and every other Board the best of luck....there is plenty of room for everyone to do what ever they want.

But I really don&#39;t understand why anyone would donate $ to a web start up with the hopes that it will take off, without ANY return or refund down the road.

When I was younger and stupid (now I am old and stupid), I joined a health club on a LIFETIME membership.
The club lasted 6 months.

Seriously, for those with discretionary cash that they just want to throw away....er, INVEST, I am thinking about starting a car dealership, or a Bar, or Starbucks and need some investment capital. I have never been involved in any way in a car business, a bar, or coffee shop, but if I can get some investors, and a bunch of people who want to work for free, and a bunch of other people who want to donate the inventory for me to sell, and a bunch of people to help me run the business for free....then I will GRACIOUSLY VOLUNTEER to start the business. I don&#39;t know what value I will add to the enterprise, but there is a good chance with everything being free or paid for by someone else, I might be able to make some money for a while.

I understand the blocking of home2 in pm kinda. But one says posts links to where you will be. Then a hour before this post of the new site in upstate ny blocks eccie.net in post and pm. And then others 30 Min&#39;s after. One says this. The other says another thing. Staff just in going for a ride. And pleassssssssssssse give. And please do not say anything bad about it all.

It&#39;s just a train wreck, plain and simple. The sooner it goes offline for good the better.

I wish the individuals all the best in their future endeavors, but the community is so dispersed already it&#39;s impossible to bring it back together anywhere close to what it was.

If this their way of showing how things will run on their new board, they can count me out! I am totally shocked, they put astericks in all the threads with other board names on them. Asking for 10k in donations/memberships sends a red flag up for me and now the astericks.. I will pass! How to I get my name off aspd,, or quit my membership, I do not want to be on their email list. I AM DONE!

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I truly wish ASPD, the New ASPD and every other Board the best of luck....there is plenty of room for everyone to do what ever they want.

But I really don&#39;t understand why anyone would donate $ to a web start up with the hopes that it will take off, without ANY return or refund down the road.

When I was younger and stupid (now I am old and stupid), I joined a health club on a LIFETIME membership.
The club lasted 6 months.

Seriously, for those with discretionary cash that they just want to throw away....er, INVEST, I am thinking about starting a car dealership, or a Bar, or Starbucks and need some investment capital. I have never been involved in any way in a car business, a bar, or coffee shop, but if I can get some investors, and a bunch of people who want to work for free, and a bunch of other people who want to donate the inventory for me to sell, and a bunch of people to help me run the business for free....then I will GRACIOUSLY VOLUNTEER to start the business. I don&#39;t know what value I will add to the enterprise, but there is a good chance with everything being free or paid for by someone else, I might be able to make some money for a while.[/b]

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It cost $285 for the software and $150 a month to host a vbulletin board. Who are they frigging kidding huh? Lot&#39;s of gullible people out there who will join too,,,, Lifetime membership ??????? ROFLMAO!!!!! Whatever!!!

AlexisSiftTouch

please see my post #12 here concerning guesting...

http://home2.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=5873

Greetings to all as this is my first post here on H2. I will miss certain aspects of ASPD, and truly hope this or another site picks up where ASPD is leaving off. Personally, the idea of "donating" would concern me as somehow an official capacity could tie you legally to the board? Given the bust in Houston and in other places like Phoenix, I would pass as a giant red flag is waving in my mind!

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If this their way of showing how things will run on their new board, they can count me out! I am totally shocked, they put astericks in all the threads with other board names on them. Asking for 10k in donations/memberships sends a red flag up for me and now the astericks.. I will pass! How to I get my name off aspd,, or quit my membership, I do not want to be on their email list. I AM DONE![/b]

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I asked in one thread why they were blocking the mention of Eccie on the site. Tcreative said "admins have given the competing boards a lot of time to post ........ I guess they&#39;ve had enough at this point".

I wanted to say "I have had enough with them". (not to TC but to ASPD) But I bite my tounge, mainly because I want to what happens next.

When they ban people for offering criticism to their ways they are not being the "ASPD Amber meant it to be" or at least not the one promised after the fallout. It is like saying it is un-patriotic to question the government. What happened to Deuce saying it was "your board to direct as you see fit" to the "community"?

Argh. I will be glad when it is all said and done. I asked to be "guested" tonight.

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It cost $285 for the software and $150 a month to host a vbulletin board. Who are they frigging kidding huh? Lot&#39;s of gullible people out there who will join too,,,, Lifetime membership ??????? ROFLMAO!!!!! Whatever!!![/b]

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$150/month hosting?

With the database size, post volume and number of members that ASPD has? With servers powerful enough to handle the volume? With customized software to handle the unique things like BCD access, review forms, automatic promotion of people who post reviews, review approval system, etc.?

Perhaps with a dedicated server controlled by the owners, not by a hosting company the way ASPD was? (I don&#39;t know if this is part of their current plans.) With appropriate legal advice?

Well TxSacker no longer exists on ASPD.net

He has been "guested"

So I won&#39;t be posting over there anymore.

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$150/month hosting?

With the database size, post volume and number of members that ASPD has? With servers powerful enough to handle the volume? With customized software to handle the unique things like BCD access, review forms, automatic promotion of people who post reviews, review approval system, etc.?

Perhaps with a dedicated server controlled by the owners, not by a hosting company the way ASPD was? (I don&#39;t know if this is part of their current plans.) With appropriate legal advice?[/b]

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I would say their biggest recurring cost will be bandwidth. Disk&#39;s are cheap, so the size of the DB should not cost them to much, but the bandwidth could be a killer. Most hosting has limits, they are generous at the base price, but once you reach that limit, the price skyrockets. I believe ISPs make their real money on the overages.

In order to handle it in a smart fashion, offloading the static files, like css, javascript, and even the uploaded images to something like Amazon&#39;s S3 would be a must, but this will elevate the upfront costs. I am not sure if they have a programmer who is willing to "donate" or get some sort of barter exchange for their time, but that can be a very expensive upfront cost as well.

(With apologies to the Walt Disney music director)


imho, imho, it&#39;s off to work we go....

Please post more reviews

and much less news

And get those providers

some business so they can buy new shoes.

imho, imho, etc. etc...

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Their "new" site will be what it will be.

No need to try to dissect anything here.

All will be made obviously (or ominously) clear when it comes to life.

Meanwhile, please spend time archiving your reviews here, inviting folks here and definitely have some "fun" despite the chilly weather out there.

It sounds and feels like it has all the signs of a F&#39;d Up MESS , to me!
No Thanks..... I like it here , and ECCIE for now.....

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$150/month hosting?

With the database size, post volume and number of members that ASPD has? With servers powerful enough to handle the volume? With customized software to handle the unique things like BCD access, review forms, automatic promotion of people who post reviews, review approval system, etc.?

Perhaps with a dedicated server controlled by the owners, not by a hosting company the way ASPD was? (I don&#39;t know if this is part of their current plans.) With appropriate legal advice?[/b]

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Geez, what a bummer. I posted in the thread "your board your choice" and it was nothing negative, I even noted that last week everyone was offering to donate and now they&#39;re not so willing and I said I was sure Angel and Deuce were wondering where that support went, and just went over there and found myself "guested" I guess that answers (for me) what kind of board they will have, and I will just stay away. Didn&#39;t move any of my 21 reviews anywhere, but I&#39;ll start a new round here. First up will be my experience with Mocha Nicole.

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Geez, what a bummer. I posted in the thread "your board your choice" and it was nothing negative, I even noted that last week everyone was offering to donate and now they&#39;re not so willing and I said I was sure Angel and Deuce were wondering where that support went, and just went over there and found myself "guested" I guess that answers (for me) what kind of board they will have, and I will just stay away. Didn&#39;t move any of my 21 reviews anywhere, but I&#39;ll start a new round here. First up will be my experience with Mocha Nicole.[/b]

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I saw that! No better way to say; " don&#39;t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya." Huh??? I figured I&#39;d have been guested by now,, I have sure enough showed my ass,, today,,,, oh well!! :blink: I am glad to be here and moving forward. I have several new hobby homes now.... :D

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imho, imho, it&#39;s off to work we go....

Please post more reviews

and much less news

And get those providers

some business so they can buy new shoes.

imho, imho, etc. etc...

= = = =

Their "new" site will be what it will be.

No need to try to dissect anything here.

All will be made obviously (or ominously) clear when it comes to life.

Meanwhile, please spend time archiving your reviews here, inviting folks here and definitely have some "fun" despite the chilly weather out there.[/b]

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I agree ck! I look forward to the new changes up and coming here....thank you for all you&#39;ve done.