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Discussion in 'Customer Service' started by lurking, Jan 3, 2007.

  1. KesOne

    KesOne BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 11, 2005
    Nueva Jersey
    Nat'l Team:
    Peru
    This is what I see

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    Now thats enough for a bar fight :D
     
  2. Sakuragi

    Sakuragi Member+

    Mar 23, 2005
    Club:
    Club América
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
    God, dang it. I should have never wasted $15 on a premium account. :mad:

    I don't need ads, I don't want ads. I ain't buying the crap you advertise. I'm here for the futbol.
     
  3. The Jitty Slitter

    The Jitty Slitter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Bayern München
    Germany
    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
    Club:
    FC Sankt Pauli
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium

    Agree about that. I think it might have been a good idea to announce it first with the reasons.

    Just out of interest - i thought the premium people do not get this - but you seem to say you do?
     
  4. Oscar

    Oscar Member+

    Nov 30, 2001
    Holland
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    Don't they get ads based on the amount of people the site gets (more people on a site, more people would see the add, advertiser would give more) so essentially even people who don't pay have a right to complain since their presence alone already contributes to the site financially?

    Meh. Just get a good browser, right click, block content = bye bye ad.
     
  5. Huss

    Huss Member

    Aug 1, 1995
    New York, NY
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    If you are platinum you should not see ads. if you do, contact the helpdesk
     
  6. JeremyEritrea

    JeremyEritrea Member+

    Jun 29, 2006
    Takoma Park, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If the ads don't exist how would anyone see them?

    Please explain how a freeloader's mere presence contributes to the site financially.

    This ought to be good.
     
  7. Oscar

    Oscar Member+

    Nov 30, 2001
    Holland
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    ¿Are you saying the number of people who visit a site has no influence on companies/people willing to pay to put ads on said site?

    If not, I'll go make a homepage right now which nobody visits and get Nike to pay me money. Yeah baby, living it large from now on! :D
     
  8. JeremyEritrea

    JeremyEritrea Member+

    Jun 29, 2006
    Takoma Park, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm people who don't pay for this site have no reason to complain about ads.

    Good luck with that.
     
  9. Oscar

    Oscar Member+

    Nov 30, 2001
    Holland
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    "Nuff said". :D
     
  10. The Jitty Slitter

    The Jitty Slitter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Bayern München
    Germany
    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
    Club:
    FC Sankt Pauli
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    oscar is of course right

    an example banner rate from my own experience with forum advertising would be $10 per 1000 views.

    So my freeloading reading and posting alone on this site could easily generate the owners up to $100 p/a by my rough sums

    it could of course be a lot more or a lot less :D

    For instance lots of the ads are adsense ones which are CPC not CPM
     
  11. YOUNGSTARS87

    YOUNGSTARS87 Yellow C@rd Bandit

    Dec 21, 2005
    Oscar he must no know that sites are paid by advertisment companies by the amount of traffic the site gets. So the "freeloaders" are getting the site revenue through there "freeloading", more traffic = more money.

    That's why paying members don't get ads and non-paying ones do.

    JermeyEritera, please do your research or atleast know what your talking about before you post next time.
     
  12. Oscar

    Oscar Member+

    Nov 30, 2001
    Holland
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    But...but...if people who don't know what they're talking about stop posting, how will I still be able to look smart? :(
     
  13. white riot

    white riot Member+

    England
    Apr 27, 2005
    Southampton, England
    Club:
    Southampton FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    I had a dream about those boots last night, it was horrible, there were thousands of them and they were all chasing me and I kept running up dead ends.
     
  14. Reycd

    Reycd Member

    May 6, 2003
    HONK!! HONK!!
    Club:
    Real Maryland
    Nat'l Team:
    Tahiti
    If you ran into a dead end... how did you end up running into multiple dead ends?
     
  15. FoxBoro 143

    FoxBoro 143 Member+

    Jan 18, 2004
    MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Im pretty sure he can run into up to 11 dead ends with those boots.
     
  16. JayRockers!

    JayRockers! Member+

    Aug 4, 2001
    Did Nike just pay for a "second post in every page of a topic" ad? I got one here.

    Thx,

    Jay!
     
  17. Visca...

    Visca... Member

    Sep 13, 2004
    ATL
    Nat'l Team:
    Peru
    yep. posts #17
     
  18. Ali_reza

    Ali_reza Member

    Mar 1, 2006
    Now the add apears in the second post of every page.

    This nike add is worse than a virus :p.
     
  19. 96Squig

    96Squig Member

    Feb 4, 2004
    Hanover
    Club:
    Hannover 96
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    Yeah, it is really annoying. Too bad I just renewed my membership...
     
  20. Visca...

    Visca... Member

    Sep 13, 2004
    ATL
    Nat'l Team:
    Peru
  21. leg_breaker

    leg_breaker Member

    Dec 23, 2005
    Why pay for membership of a site where they'll pepper you with adds and where mods can troll you then punish you when you respond?

    If they want to be paid they should offer better customer service.
     

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