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What do you think of membership charges

No charges are acceptable. Very Bad idea.
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A small monthly or reoccuring fee would be acceptable.
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An appropriate one off fee would be acceptable.
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A charge per download would be acceptable.
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Re: What do you think of membership charges? Have your say h

Postby Daniel755 » Sat Mar 02, 2013 10:29 pm

All I know is that I just paid 10 dollars to download some rom's and nothing changed. I still can't download anything. Yes, I was logged in when I donated. Did I just lose 10 bucks??
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Re: What do you think of membership charges? Have your say h

Postby Hot Trout » Sat Mar 02, 2013 10:51 pm

This topic is not really the place for support questions, dont worry noone has ever wasted $10 here :)
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Re: What do you think of membership charges? Have your say h

Postby Kherr » Sat Mar 02, 2013 11:28 pm

Daniel755 wrote:All I know is that I just paid 10 dollars to download some rom's and nothing changed. I still can't download anything. Yes, I was logged in when I donated. Did I just lose 10 bucks??


Did you log out after donating and then back in again so that the site updated your new unlimited status?
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Postby PrincessMilissa » Mon Jul 01, 2013 1:44 am

I have done that my self before it is a pain in the ass when we forget that! :oops:
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Re: What do you think of membership charges? Have your say h

Postby Digons » Thu Jul 11, 2013 3:54 pm

this is the best site for mods out there....wouldnot mind paying a little something monthly....as long as the speed is good and downloads ad-free(stress on little though :) )
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Postby txsizzler » Wed Mar 26, 2014 4:28 am

I just paid for my unlimited membership! Great site!
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Re: What do you think of membership charges? Have your say h

Postby Kherr » Mon Jun 30, 2014 5:11 am

I've said it before and I'll say it again. A monthly sub to here would destroy us, not only because of legal reasons but because 99% of people that actually use emulators will just find alternatives to a cost for ROMs that have been free since they came out. A one off fee for an "unlimited" account as a donation is the only way to keep the charges legal as we're not selling the ROMs or content on the site, we're selling the account.

That being said, I think the cost for the Unlimited account needs to be increased by $5 USD. Help us to better afford our monthly rent as we keep adding more and more content.

I've personally given quite a bit of cash to the server (before and after I was Global Moderator) and I plan to continue donating periodically for the foreseeable future. :hi:
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Re: What do you think of membership charges? Have your say h

Postby silent sniper » Tue Jul 01, 2014 5:42 pm

before i discovered some other places the old computer was the "go to place" for me,sometimes on a daily basis.

i never payed for roms before,never,seen as how HT is really a fan of retro gaming and how the old computer trying to bring as much old consoles love back to the community I'll say it's 10$ well spent.

the members here are mostly nice fellows, who help around when asked for.

now days I'm more busy so i get less time to enjoy my retro gaming,still do so on weekends when i can.

and i gotta say no to the idea of a subcripston,this might "seem" like a good idea in the short run but in the long run it will backfire on the site.

one time fee is fine and dandy by me,HT can also add some ads (if need be),by me.
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Re: What do you think of membership charges? Have your say h

Postby Hot Trout » Wed Jul 02, 2014 12:31 pm

I take all of this on board and appreciate everyone's perspective. I have to say that I will avoid adverts at every cost. I hate them, always did and I now love that we are 100% advert free. Its faster and less hassle. I also do think that we could increase the fee to $15 minimum although saying that most people are kind and already donate a little more than $10.

Subscription is not on the cards but if we can work out the system, a way of donating small amounts for benefits may be the idea. Again I will stress, we will always allow everyone access to as much as possible for no cost. Where cost is an option there will be some benefit for those that can afford to and who actually want to support us.
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Re: What do you think of membership charges? Have your say h

Postby skyranger » Mon Aug 18, 2014 11:50 pm

Is it me ?

I joined this site as it said i could download a complete rom set ?

all i can see is single roms , surely you don't expect me to download each one individually ?

can you advise please ?

i need a full set of up-to-date roms for mame that's all :)

many thanks
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