1 day pass for the BOI? - FaunaClassifieds
FaunaClassifieds  
  Tired of those Google and InfoLink ads? Upgrade Your Membership!
  Inside FaunaClassifieds » Photo Gallery  
 

Go Back   FaunaClassifieds > Admin Area > FaunaClassifieds Site HELP & Feedback Forum

Notices

FaunaClassifieds Site HELP & Feedback Forum Anything of a nature concerning this website, moderators, admin, or anything having to do with how it is being run, should go here. Criticism is welcome, but abusive antagonism is not. THIS IS NOT THE FORUM FOR FEEDBACK CONCERNING BUYERS AND SELLERS! Such posts are ONLY allowed as replies to classified ads posted by the specific member involved in a specific issue with you.

View Poll Results: Should I set up a 24 hour pass for $1 to the BOI for posting rights?
Yes 9 21.43%
No 33 78.57%
Voters: 42. You may not vote on this poll

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 01-25-2006, 07:10 PM   #1
WebSlave
1 day pass for the BOI?

I guess the most common complaint I have heard about the paid membership requirement for posting on the BOI is that even $10 is too stiff for someone to post a one time query or good guy thread about someone. So I've been trying to think of a compromise solution to address this failing.

What do you all think of this? How about if I set it up so that a member can sign up for a 24 hour pass to the BOI for $1? It is about as cheap as I can make it (PayPal takes a cut of every transaction) while still maintaining some semblance of credibility for the people making posts on the BOI. I know there probably isn't any real way to see if this will work except to go ahead and try it, but I'm looking for feedback to see if there are any glaring negative aspects of this that I may have not thought about.

Thanks.
 
Old 01-25-2006, 07:40 PM   #2
dragonflyreptiles
Well, I say no. I just feel that this site is worth the minimum $10 a year for any posting so posting on the BOI is included in that.
 
Old 04-01-2006, 08:26 AM   #3
INSANE CANES
Arrow

Quote:
Originally Posted by dragonflyreptiles
Well, I say no. I just feel that this site is worth the minimum $10 a year for any posting so posting on the BOI is included in that.
I would have to agree with you there.
If they can afford the $1.00 they can afford the $10.00.
 
Old 04-01-2006, 08:41 AM   #4
jglass38
This is a tough one. In my case, I am a new breeder just starting out and have made sales to a few people that are not Fauna members. While I would have loved to have their positive feedback on the BOI, I couldn't very well ask them to spend $10 to do it after they have already spent a ton of money to acquire an animal and the proper housing/husbandry requirements. I guess the question would be, what is their good guy thread worth to me? In my opinion, its worth a lot. It would be nice if Rich could come up with some way to work around this. In hindsight, I should have probably just paid for the $10 membership for them as the positive feedback is worth more than that to me, now and in the future. Does this make sense?
 
Old 01-25-2006, 07:41 PM   #5
Bill & Amy
I think that option would also make it worth it for trolls to come in and make a circus of the BOI. The BOI is well worth the money it costs to join!! Lets be honest, $10 is less than I spend to go watch a movie or go out for dinner. When I found this resource, I didn't even think twice about paying the money. $10 for a year of service, where else can you find that? Especially when you're talking about saving hundreds even thousands on a bad transaction!!
 
Old 01-25-2006, 08:00 PM   #6
PaulSage
If someone has been accused of something, I'd question the legalities of charging them to defend themselves in a manner consistent with the way the accusations were posted. If you still offer the 30 day pass for someone to defend themselves free of charge, I don't really see a need for a 24 hour pass that costs a dollar.

I agree with what Bill said regarding a dollar being cheap enough for a troll to wreak havoc. If implemented, I wouldn't be surprised to see bogus posts similar to those made when a non-contributing member account had access to post on the BOI.

Just my opinion.
 
Old 01-25-2006, 09:22 PM   #7
Cat_72
I have to echo the sentiments already posted. You are already more than generous offering the 30 day pass for those who feel the need to defend themselves, and as I've said time and time again, the $10 minimum needed to post for a full year is well worth it. I think the option of a 1 day pass would just open a whole new can of worms....but that's JMO.
 
Old 01-25-2006, 10:05 PM   #8
WebSlave
I can't fault the logic of the arguments presented. But is there some way I can do this that would be fair to those people who want to just post a one time "attaboy" for someone? Yeah, the problem is how to lower the fence low enough for those people without making it too low to defeat what I wanted it to do. I think many people will have enough incentive to post a bad guy post to pay the $10, but I think the good guy posts may suffer because of the restriction just from lack of suitable incentive to pay the membership. How many transactions will the average Joe Buyer make in a year's time? Maybe not enough to be worth paying that yearly fee for....
 
Old 01-26-2006, 12:29 AM   #9
KathyLove
Hmmm...

I can see both sides. Is there a way that you could have a particular "one time positive report" form that non-members could report a good experience on? Maybe it would just have a few buttons to click(kind of like the trader form for negative and positive deals) with only a short space for a few words. But it would only be for positive remarks, so would not attract trolls. If they want to report a bad deal, it would have to be the usual way.

But I have no idea if that type of thing would work on your forum, or if it would be worth your while to try to set it up.
 
Old 01-26-2006, 01:05 AM   #10
Dennis Hultman
What about the one-dollar fee to post a trader rating instead? I don’t know how easy it would be to give access to that part of the contributor perk and not the rest, but would keep the unwanted stuff off the BOI and still allow that person to say “attaboy”.
 
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Save someone...please read this and pass it along... Sandi Lonely Hearts Club Forum 5 02-15-2007 01:47 PM
What gives -- Does dennis dynes get a pass??? Jim O FaunaClassifieds Site HELP & Feedback Forum 49 11-19-2005 09:05 AM
A Deal You Can't Pass Up.... Ringneck_Man1 Other Snakes 2 10-05-2004 08:21 PM
A Deal You Can't Pass Up! Ringneck_Man1 Other Snakes 1 09-13-2004 10:49 PM
Tarantula Package, don't let his pass you by... ArachnidFiend Insects and Arachnids For Sale/Wanted Ads 0 04-28-2003 04:29 AM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:17 AM.







Fauna Top Sites


Powered by vBulletin® Version
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Page generated in 0.05630302 seconds with 11 queries
Content copyrighted ©2002-2022, FaunaClassifieds, LLC