# Please place all SDMB subscription complaints in this thread, you cheapskates! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 18, 2004, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-place-all-sdmb-subscription-complaints-in-this-thread-you-cheapskates/235100 "2004-03-18T22:30:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-place-all-sdmb-subscription-complaints-in-this-thread-you-cheapskates/235100/321 "2004-03-23T02:45:34Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > I’m glad I haven’t ponied up my $9 yet (it’s only $5 for Americans. Us Canadians are going to have to pay about 40% more.) The coin of the realm in Soviet Canuckistan is valued at .75 USD today – so a year’s worth of SDMB goodness is available to us for a mere $6.59. Cheap! And the colours are back to normal, too. Come on in, the water’s fine! ---
**Author:** ![LilShieste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@LilShieste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilShieste)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-place-all-sdmb-subscription-complaints-in-this-thread-you-cheapskates/235100/322 "2004-03-23T02:52:32Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > All the graphics have gone missing, and the posts have turned an extremely hard-to-read dark blue. The same thing happened to me (randomly it seemed). I haven’t subscribed yet either, though… maybe it’s something else to motivate us to subscribe. 😉 LilShieste ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-place-all-sdmb-subscription-complaints-in-this-thread-you-cheapskates/235100/323 "2004-03-23T03:48:53Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > **Yookeroo** , I can see everyone’s location. Are you not able to? Only the paid members. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-place-all-sdmb-subscription-complaints-in-this-thread-you-cheapskates/235100/324 "2004-03-23T03:52:25Z")
> [@erislover](#): > > But you knew that, just as you know Angel and Buffy belong together. 😃 You take that back! That’s a vile thing to say about me. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![LilShieste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@LilShieste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilShieste)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-place-all-sdmb-subscription-complaints-in-this-thread-you-cheapskates/235100/325 "2004-03-23T04:16:54Z")
Ok, I’m going to issue another complaint here now… I haven’t subscribed (yet… I suppose), but I was under the impression that the 30-Day “Trial” Period basically gave you all of the options available to subscribers for 30 days. Is the Search feature _exclusively_ for subscribers (and not guests, during their 30-day trial period)? If so… I have to say that I’m already not impressed with the changes. LilShieste ---
**Author:** ![Sassafras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@Sassafras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassafras)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-place-all-sdmb-subscription-complaints-in-this-thread-you-cheapskates/235100/326 "2004-03-23T16:18:49Z")
I definitely feel more motivated to post now to get my five bucks worth. Perhaps more of us long time lurkers be posting and adding some new opinions and thoughts to the boards. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-place-all-sdmb-subscription-complaints-in-this-thread-you-cheapskates/235100/327 "2004-03-23T16:47:52Z")
> [@Sassafras](#): > > I definitely feel more motivated to post now to get my five bucks worth. Perhaps more of us long time lurkers be posting and adding some new opinions and thoughts to the boards. Hmm! That’s something I hadn’t considered. I hope more lurkers _do_ sign up. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![beajerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@beajerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beajerry)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-place-all-sdmb-subscription-complaints-in-this-thread-you-cheapskates/235100/328 "2004-03-23T16:48:06Z")
I love this message board. But I will not pay, based on my personal priniciple that the internet is free. Fuck the SDMB subscription fee. I’ll be sad to not be able to post anymore. I’ll probably still read everyone’s wonderful posts now and again. I understand the SDMB’s right to charge and don’t hold much against it, except that it cuts out the “teeming” and the “millions” and replaces them with the “sluggish hundreds”. I still love you Sluggish Hundreds! May your gods bless you! ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-place-all-sdmb-subscription-complaints-in-this-thread-you-cheapskates/235100/329 "2004-03-23T17:11:03Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m not ignoring the fact that posters are leaving. I’m not even ignoring the fact that some of those are prolific posters. I’m just not ready to claim that because posters X, Y, & Z are leaving that it’s going to “ruin” the board to the point I won’t like it anymore. I agree with this statement. I’ve been around long enough to see a lot of really great posters take their leave, whether because they were banned or because their feelings were hurt or just because they had better things to do. There are some posters that I occasionally wonder about ( **neurotrashgrl** - I think that was her handle - I wonder where she went to??). Yeah, there are some cool people who are leaving, but there will be others. I’m often amazed when I glance at someone’s join date, and realize they joined 6 months ago, when it seems like they’ve been around forever. As much as we see evidence to the contrary, there’s no shortage of intelligent, interesting people in this world and I’m sure at least a few of them will be drawn here. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-place-all-sdmb-subscription-complaints-in-this-thread-you-cheapskates/235100/330 "2004-03-23T18:10:07Z")
> [@C3](#): > > There are some posters that I occasionally wonder about ( **neurotrashgrl** - I think that was her handle - I wonder where she went to??). I’ve never posted this before, and I’m not going to post any details because I do keep secrets pretty well I think, but it’s been long enough that I will say at least that several months after she vanished, **NTG** , who I had never had any contact with at all aside from being on the same Board, mailed me out of the blue with a long and horrifying story. I will only say she did not leave because of anything to do with this Message Board or (to the best of my knowledge) anyone on it. I sent a check-up mail to her soon afterwards, and did not get a response, nor to any other “are you OK” mails. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-place-all-sdmb-subscription-complaints-in-this-thread-you-cheapskates/235100/331 "2004-03-23T18:30:09Z")
> [@Una Persson](#): > > I’ve never posted this before, and I’m not going to post any details because I do keep secrets pretty well I think, but it’s been long enough that I will say at least that several months after she vanished, **NTG** , who I had never had any contact with at all aside from being on the same Board, mailed me out of the blue with a long and horrifying story. I will only say she did not leave because of anything to do with this Message Board or (to the best of my knowledge) anyone on it. I sent a check-up mail to her soon afterwards, and did not get a response, nor to any other “are you OK” mails. I’m sorry to hear that and I hope she’s doing ok. If you ever hear from her again, let her know that she’s thought of and remembered fondly. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-place-all-sdmb-subscription-complaints-in-this-thread-you-cheapskates/235100/332 "2004-03-23T18:44:33Z")
> [@LilShieste](#): > > Ok, I’m going to issue another complaint here now… I haven’t subscribed (yet… I suppose), but I was under the impression that the 30-Day “Trial” Period basically gave you all of the options available to subscribers for 30 days. Is the Search feature _exclusively_ for subscribers (and not guests, during their 30-day trial period)? > > If so… I have to say that I’m already not impressed with the changes. > > LilShieste Yeah, that was one of the initial complaints people had - that guests can’t search for answers and will be reposting questions that have been answered repeatedly. Let’s call it the “GRY Effect”. (as in how many words end in GRY?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-place-all-sdmb-subscription-complaints-in-this-thread-you-cheapskates/235100.md?page=16)