Dedication To ELITEFITNESS.com

[Abbaddon]

I look at it completely differently. First of all, and I speak for myself here, I'm not here to look at pictures. Secondly, for those who are, pictures take up disk space and bandwidth which costs money. I think $12 per month is more than reasonable for people who need to see pictures. For those of us who don't, the other boards (Chat, Anabolic, Training, Diet, Supps, etc...) remain free for anyone who wants to use them.

Thats kinda what I was talking about bro there isnt a big selling point to just missing out on the pics when the pics are normally on another free site and I do like the boards that are still free so why should I pay if its free

I didn't pay for the Platinum thing so I could gawk at pictures. I paid because, as someone who works in the IT field, I know what it takes to run a site like this. I also know the value of the information I've received from some of the people on this board. There are some EXTREMELY knowledgeable people on this board from whom I've learned a great deal. So, to me, that's more than worth $12 per month.

Bro that means your saying you paid without having to. You are basically paying for nothing then. I am not flaming you as I have been a big fan of your posts for awhile and truly admire your knowledge. If you ask me people that contribute as much as you do with your knowledge shouldnt have to pay because you earn your keep here

I know there are some who can't afford it or who think it's unreasonable. For them, most of the boards remain free. But for those who bitch about Platinum, I have one question for you: Since this is primarily a chat board and not a picture board, how can you complain when you've still got access to all this fitness information for free? No one is forcing Platinum on anyone.

I wasnt bitching about platinum bro I was simply saying almost what you did, that the important parts of the board are still free which doesnt give much of a selling point for platinum. I have nothing to bitch about because I do not miss out on anything that is important to me.

Later

 

[gymtime]

Sorry man, I guess I missed your point. I just don't think the Platinum thing was ever intended as a selling point. They must have known that as soon as they start charging for something that was free up to that point, that it would piss people off.

For me, I know that the money I'm spending for Platinum is wasted in the sense that I could do exactly what I normally do on this board for free without it. But I didn't do it for that. I did it because I wanted to help support something that has helped me out a great deal. That's it. Many don't look at it that way and that's fine. The fact remains that, as you said, you now have to pay for something here that other boards offer for free. That's a simple supply-and-demand kind of thing. I can hardly knock someone for chosing not to pay for that.

Anyway, no offense intended there bro.