Clean-Up & Reformation Is Indeed In Order
I read about the changes coming with the New Year and applaud the decision. It's just sad that so many jerks turned the Forum into a Craig's List of sorts and the items being offered for trade are literally comical. I'm going to miss the opportunity to also see what other Forum members have acquired aftre buying a cue and I'll also miss being able to see their cue photos.
Just a thought, any consideration for enabling Paid Members to have different browsing capabilities or anything different about their membership aside from banners & larger in-mails etc. If you were able to offer anything like that, I'm sure it would bolster paid memberships. At the same time, why not have a cue dealers' section where they pay for the privilege of posting their wares or maintain a link to their website. Their membership is commercial oriented so the ir monthly/yearly rate should be significantly more than an individual. If they had a stagnant ad in the White Pages or Yellow Pages, it would run them thousands annually so AZ can be priced appropriately. I mean how would anyone new ever find out about these cue dealer websites and using an Internet serach engine doesn't seldom brings these dealer names up.
The AZ Forum is a known entity and I think dealers should pay for the enormous publicity they derive from being on AZ and when they aren't able to post links on the forum any longer, they'll realize how easy they've had it. Now they're going to have to detail out every cue they have available to sell whenever they are interested in posting on AZ....a substantially different arrangement and a lot more work. I betch they'd gladly pay to be able to remain active on the Forum.
Matt
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