Marketplace Subscriptions

[2pods]

Seems OK to me.
I have donated and had my thank emails, but I think £20 a year is a small price to pay even just for BC itself.
I mean, if there was no BC, I would have to actually talk to people

[Raggy]

Very happy to pay the £20 fee. Good show old chaps.

[graham1945]

I'm staggered that only 4% of market place users make a donation, if Basschat wasn't here it'd be e bay, and don't get me started on that! £20 a year is fine by me - I'll save money!!
Graham

[Guest]

No problem with it here, good work chaps and erm....keep it up.

[ezbass]

I'm surprised that so few people donate after flogging something, especially given the fees for a certain alternate method. As I bung something the site's way after a sale, paying up front won't make any odds to me, it'll just be the timing that will be different.

[LiamPodmore]

I'm happy to pay the 20 quid even though what I'm planning to sell is under 50 quid. I reckon most users of BC pay less than that for a set of strings.

Liam

Edited March 3, 2013 by LiamPodmore

[Westie9]

Like others, I find the figure of 4% making donations disappointing. Basschat is a great resource, so lets keep it in the family. £20 is fine by me.

What about some form of fee / subscription for joining up as fully fledged member? Only a suggestion.....

[edstraker123]

Hi,
No problem with the charge at all especially with the fixed yearly fee. Having just seen my ebay fees for the previous month £20 is a bargain. Just wondering what will happen with all of the goods currently advertised, can they be bumped forever or will they have a finite life ?
Presumably the mods will remove any Fodera's advertised at £49.99 + £5000.00 postage.

[Hamster]

[quote name='edstraker123' timestamp='1362419582' post='1999438']
Hi,
No problem with the charge at all especially with the fixed yearly fee. Having just seen my ebay fees for the previous month £20 is a bargain. Just wondering what will happen with all of the goods currently advertised, can they be bumped forever or will they have a finite life ?
Presumably the mods will remove any Fodera's advertised at £49.99 + £5000.00 postage.
[/quote]

The pre-subscription items advertised for sale can carry on being bumped as it would be unfair to introduce the subscription retrospectively. I would be looking though for activity from the seller with bumping within the guidelines. We will be watching for sale threads where a pre-subscription Fender becomes a post-subscription Musicman! - All the Moderation team can see all previous posts - even if they have been 'deleted' by the poster. Any threads for items marked as sold/traded will be closed. They will not be 'deleted' as is often the request. We will see how it all goes, but I guess I might introduce a rule where if there has been no activity on an item for more than 28 days I might close it.

Any Fodera's for £49.99 will be bought by the moderation team and collected in person!

[icastle]

[quote name='edstraker123' timestamp='1362419582' post='1999438']
Presumably the mods will remove any Fodera's advertised at £49.99 + £5000.00 postage.
[/quote]

Oh yes indeedy.

[rushbo]

This is good. Seems even handed and very fair. Now, if only BassChat were to make some stickers.....

[icastle]

[quote name='rushbo' timestamp='1362425731' post='1999626']
Now, if only BassChat were to make some stickers.....
[/quote]

'Honk if you like Precisions'

'My other bass has flatwounds on it'

[rushbo]

"My other Guitar is a Bass"

"Bassists do it lower"

"Guitarists are failed Bassists"

"Honk if you can spell Pastorius"

[cheddatom]

I've never sold anything but have donated several times

However, I do have an interface up for sale at the moment for £100. Will this listing be taken down at some point... how does it work for existing listings?

[ped]

Existing listings will be left as they are

[Clarky]

£20 sent. Bl**dy good VFM

[ped]

Thanks guys

Forgot to mention, the 'sell anything' forum is yet to arrive, it'll be here soon so you can flog your soiled undergarments etc

Cheers
ped

[discreet]

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1362494805' post='2000122']
...it'll be here soon so you can flog your soiled undergarments etc.
[/quote]

Finally!

[cheddatom]

ok, nice one. I think i'll do the £20 anyway

[fumps]

I honestly cannot see a single point that can be argued against here.

I'm planning on selling a few items that will be probably below £50 but will still pay the £20 fee as I want to help the site live on.

[KiOgon]

£20 sent - not looking at selling anything in the marketplace right now - but because "you're worth it"

Cheerz, John

[ped]

Thanks a lot for the support everyone. Sorry about the site outage today. Please direct fellow low enders to the new 'support BC' tab at the top of the site.

Cheers
ped

[Badass]

Is there somewhere where we can see out subs? Even if it is a reminder as to when it is next due....

[jezzaboy]

As soon as paypal decide to give me the funds that have been placed in my paypal account for several items I have sold on here (something to do with being a new memeber of pp-bulls*it if you ask me), I shall be sending the 20 quid over to yourselves. Even if you don`t intened selling anything, it is worth it!

In case I have missed it, how do you donate the money? Is it just through the donate button as normal?

Forget the last statement. Ped answered the question as I was typing.

Edited March 5, 2013 by jezzaboy

[ped]

[quote name='Badass' timestamp='1362499087' post='2000217']
Is there somewhere where we can see out subs? Even if it is a reminder as to when it is next due....
[/quote]

I don't think there's anywhere on site - we were careful not to produce a system where you could identify those who have paid and those who haven't, however you could always keep your PayPal receipt as a reminder.

Also remember we'll have a card payment gateway in the next week or so.

Cheers!