Seconded, to a degree. There might be a very few people who actually know me. Add to that the fact that I am too paranoid to pay by any of the options. Very sorry. I will miss you all.
To try and get this train wreck back on track, put my name in the ‘no subscribing’ column. I know it’s not much money, but I don’t own a credit card, and don’t like putting info on the net anyways. Something about paying to discuss things doesn’t sit right with me anyways. I feel I’ve supported the enterprise - I own all the Straight Dope books, but I draw the line here.
As many others have said, I am more of a lurker than a poster anyways, and I doubt my particular absence will be missed. Looking at this thread though, I realize how many people (often people with high post counts) we are losing, and it makes me think the boards will be entirely different.
You’re one of the Enterprise Dopers so I of course recognize you. For what it is worth, I’ll miss your input.
me neither sniffle
- I read way more than I post.
- When I do post I either get ignored or draw rude responses.
- I surf the free stuff and stay out of pay sites.
- I go weeks and months at a time without checking in.
- I spend too much time in here anyway - good excuse to get more work done or watch more hockey.
Ya’ll have fun.
Hey Mod, screw you! Do you really think I care? For sure, I certainly wouldn’t pay for your abuse thru spin!! Been on these boards almost as long as you have. You said “subscription plan”, not me, so shove it! I’ll be back, if I want, on another IP and screen name in 5 minutes …
I would like to keep on posting, however, I have no credit card. My parents don’t use their credit card online at all. I am but a poor university student otherwise. 
Too bad though… I guess I’ll go back to lurking !
I, for one, definitely know who you are, BuckleberryFerry. You enjoy commenting on geeky things like Star Wars and LOTR, and you say funny things. In fact, you’re one of my favorite dopers.
Max (Can I call you “Max?”), you are one of the sweet ones who I shall miss. You’ve touched my just now, and I appreciate it.
Waitaminute, whaddaya mean ‘geeky?’
::head to desk::
Touched me.
Damn. That sucks. I don’t think we’ve ever talked, but I always read your posts. I love your name.
Gonna miss you, BBF.
And I hear what you’re saying about the options. I have recently put a credit card number up for Ebay, and sometimes I find that I’m not sleeping well at night.
It ain’t the money… five bucks isn’t much… but I’d be disappointed if I paid the fiver up front, only to find that the reasons I keep coming back to the SDMB are no longer around.
If I can be permitted to open an account via snail mail, I’ll try it. If it works out, I’ll stay.
If I am not permitted to do so, or if the board tanks, well, it was nice knowing you all. Hope you liked the stories.
Of course, I’m going to pay it. It’s $5 for the year. I pay nearly $15 a *quarter * for Delphi Forums. Now if after the first year, it goes up to something like 50 bucks, I might reconsider.
I can’t subscribe, because A) my parents are internet-phobes and I actually have to Dope at school and B) because I have no allowance and no job and therefore have not even five dollars.
sigh
I know you too BF and enjoy your posts.
I was going to mention how sad it’ll be to lose another LOTR geek. You won’t hit me or anything, will ya? 
Hey Mod, you injected yourself into this thread and used the term “subscription plan.” You banned a member who joined 11/00. As I read it, there was no way he was hijacking this thread. Is this what we are to expected after we pay good money to join these message boards?
It’s been a pleasant surprise to see you folks come outta the woodwork, so to speak. I’m really going to miss you all. But I’m not going to turn this into a “teary good-bye” thread. I’ll bow out gracefully now, and possibly blubber in another place.
Thanks for the fond memories, and the multitudinous reasons to start a sentence IRL with “these folks on this amazing message board I’m on…”
~Ferry, a fan
Nah. I’m not gonna subscribe. I hope it works, but I think it’ll be a mixed bag.
There’s another board I post to, and they do not charge to post, and it’s a really good board because of all of the great information from really good sources. From time to time, they discuss the issue about charging to post, as a kind of catch-all solution to all kinds of problems - trolls; financing; can’t think of other reasons right now, but always, the end result is that the owner simply will not (and will probably never) charge for access, for all kinds of reasons: charging for posting privileges establishes a commercial contract, bringing a whole bunch of new headaches to deal with, no matter what you think going into that situation. Additionally, half of that site’s members have indicated that they would not pay to post, that they’d simply lurk for the info they go there for.
But I don’t even know if I’ll lurk here since I don’t believe newcomers will be enthustiastic about paying for access and the lack of “fresh blood” could dull the brilliance of some of the thread discussions here. People who have been here a while and have memories will be gung-ho about subscribing, but if you don’t have that kind of vested interest in maintaining your “community”, you aren’t going to be thrilled about paying for what is really JAFIBB. (But one of the best, make no mistake.)
Someone recently signed up here who uses the screen name of someone whose written some of my favorite books - I presume that it is indeed this author (I have no reason to doubt it, and his posts were really obviously intelligent). If this were a paid access site, why would he drop in and post just like that for $14.95?
In other words, there won’t be the same depth of minds and experience.
I could change my mind at the last minute, but I really just think I won’t be able to do it, since, as others have said, I’m opposed to the principle of paying to have a conversation, there are a lot of other options/message boards, and I need to spend less time on message boards, as well! Also, I like the (relative) anonymity and freedom of the internet, and using my credit card to pay for access would destroy that for me.
But I’m crossing my fingers that this takes off! Go SDMB!
I’m not **TVeblen ** but did you miss the part whe he was being a jerk?
Sorry, missed that. Specifically, him or the mod, and what?
LifeOnWry wanders in and ignores the fighting
I won’t be staying on, I don’t think. It isn’t the money, or even the principle, it’s just that I have a notoriously short attention span. I wander in and out of here on whims, and if I were paying to be here, I think I’d feel OBLIGATED to be here, if that makes sense. I will perhaps lurk - not sure I could get along without periodic infusions of some of my favorite Dopers.
Cheers, all!