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Post by sandbachhatter on Mar 1, 2020 21:09:21 GMT
Evening all.
Most of you should be aware by now, but one of the many advantages of signing up to County Heaven, is that the site is advert-free for our members.
However, this is not without cost, and, to give you all an idea, it works out around £5 per month to keep those pesky adverts away, so that everyone can enjoy the forum without hindrance.
Although we organised a fundraiser a few years ago, to amass sufficient credits to keep the site without adverts for some time, it has come to the attention of the admin team that we ran out of money a while back, and Gazz has been funding the forum out of his own pocket ever since.
I think we all therefore owe Gazz a massive thank you for this gesture, not to mention his efforts in keeping the forum ticking over generally.
More than that, it's not right for one member to be funding us all, and I'm therefore proposing that we gather together to try and raise enough money to keep those adverts away for a good while.
In saying that, I want to stress that no one should feel pressured into contributing, and if you do not want to, or cannot afford to, that's absolutely fine. It will not affect your membership in any way whatsoever.
If you can spare a few quid though, please send me a PM with how much you feel able to contribute, and I will let you have my bank details in order that I can gather the funds and upload the credits to our account.
I'll then report back in the next week or so, to let you know how much we have raised, and realistically how long it will be before we need to top up the account again!
Thanks everyone.
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Post by another_ruined_saturday on Mar 2, 2020 19:02:36 GMT
thanks sandy, and a special thanks to tinkerman beyond the call of duty that mate - cheers.
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Post by archie on Mar 3, 2020 10:20:15 GMT
Well played Sandy. @gazz
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Post by countyfan on Mar 3, 2020 12:15:31 GMT
Absolute amazing gesture from Gazza. Thanks so much mate.
I'm not flush with money at the moment unfortunately but my idea might work. I'm sure we've got more than 12 heaveners willing to contribute but if we can get 12 members willing to pay £5 per year that will keep us going indefinitely, for example I'll pay every June, Sandy every July and so on (just using you for an example Sandy).
Also, how long has Gazza been paying for? Again, I dont mind chipping in to reimburse him for his generosity over the past however many months.
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Post by gazz on Mar 3, 2020 13:34:41 GMT
Absolute amazing gesture from Gazza. Thanks so much mate. I'm not flush with money at the moment unfortunately but my idea might work. I'm sure we've got more than 12 heaveners willing to contribute but if we can get 12 members willing to pay £5 per year that will keep us going indefinitely, for example I'll pay every June, Sandy every July and so on (just using you for an example Sandy). Also, how long has Gazza been paying for? Again, I dont mind chipping in to reimburse him for his generosity over the past however many months. That's a decent idea, mate, then it's not going to cost anyone that much. I really don't want to say how long I did it for or why I had to stop, but I do want to let everyone know that I'd have happily carried on had circumstances allowed me to. Thanks for all the kind words here, but they really aren't necessary, as I did it totally by choice and was more than happy to do it. Many thanks to all those that are able to help with this, but to those that are unable to, please do not feel that you are in any way letting us down, as that is absolutely not the case. Cheers, all.
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Post by sandbachhatter on Mar 3, 2020 15:24:39 GMT
Absolute amazing gesture from Gazza. Thanks so much mate. I'm not flush with money at the moment unfortunately but my idea might work. I'm sure we've got more than 12 heaveners willing to contribute but if we can get 12 members willing to pay £5 per year that will keep us going indefinitely, for example I'll pay every June, Sandy every July and so on (just using you for an example Sandy). Also, how long has Gazza been paying for? Again, I dont mind chipping in to reimburse him for his generosity over the past however many months. Good idea, CF, but one to perhaps sit on for a bit, if that's ok, as I'm already getting some payments in and the amounts pledged so far should keep us ad-free for quite a while. I'll report back when I have all the funds together and the credits can be added onto the site. Cheers
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Post by countyfan on Mar 3, 2020 15:30:31 GMT
No worries mate.
Good news on the donations so far. I get paid on the 15th of every month so I'll message you in a couple of weeks and donate myself.
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Post by ceefer on Mar 4, 2020 17:54:26 GMT
I ll contribute. Cheers Gazz.
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Post by gazz on Mar 4, 2020 20:09:58 GMT
Cheers, Ceef!
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Post by sandbachhatter on Mar 13, 2020 14:04:06 GMT
BUMP!
Last call for contributions please, before I add the balance of the money to our ad-free account.
Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far.
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Post by forzablue on Mar 16, 2020 11:38:49 GMT
Sorry for my tardy reply, but I've only just got round to reading the thread. I think all respect, and thanks should go to Gazz. I appreciate all of you efforts. Of course, count me in.
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Post by gazz on Mar 16, 2020 12:12:11 GMT
Sorry for my tardy reply, but I've only just got round to reading the thread. I think all respect, and thanks should go to Gazz. I appreciate all of you efforts. Of course, count me in. Cheers, forza, that's very much appreciated, mate!
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Post by sandbachhatter on Mar 17, 2020 13:45:06 GMT
Afternoon, Heaveners.
Firstly, thank you very much to everyone who has contributed to keeping County Heaven ad-free for some considerable time. Your generosity never fails to amaze me.
Having collected all the funds, and having added the credits to our account, I am pleased to confirm that we have enough funding to keep County Heaven ad-free for the next 31 months! By my reckoning, that means I won't be pestering you all again until October 2022!
Well done, one and all.
Sandy
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Post by hatter_in_macc on Mar 17, 2020 14:46:56 GMT
Great stuff, Sandmeister - and, of course, us fellow Heaveners!
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Post by dudleyhatter on Mar 17, 2020 14:48:41 GMT
Well done all, and thanks to Gazz! Remember we’re all in this together
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