posted on October 9, 2004 08:25:11 PM
I've never been charged, and I don't do anything here but post. This is a nice place and all, but I wouldn't pay just to post messages...
Friends don't let Friends say stupid things like Friends don't let friends vote Republican!
posted on October 9, 2004 08:37:43 PM
It sounds like they may be moving toward making the boards a "Vendio users only" site. I've long suspected that they would do this some day. They'll likely "grandfather" all present users.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
posted on October 9, 2004 08:50:16 PM
I checked the Help link at the top of the page and found this:
What services require fees to use? What services are free?
Payment is required for our auction management services such as Sales Manager, Tickets Manager, Image Hosting, Watermarking, Customer Manager, Vendio Stores, and Vendio Gallery. All other services, including unlimited search, Community and news & information are free to use.
posted on October 9, 2004 08:55:50 PM
Just out of curiosity - on what thread are you reading this... where are these "some saying so"? I saw one person ask if there was a charge but I have not seen a single person say that you do. Now some rarely ever heard from person says that some are saying so and suddenly a veteran poster thinks that it "sounds like they may be". Good lord people... This is as bad as poor Sanmar who read some idiots "i read it on the internet, it must be true" post and started to worry that PayPal was declaring bankruptcy.
God forbid Chicken Little ever post here
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
[ edited by fenix03 on Oct 9, 2004 09:25 PM ]
posted on October 9, 2004 09:17:12 PM
Fenix,
Jackswebb posted here about a week or so ago what he was told by Vendio when he inquired about dropping one of his accounts. Maybe you should direct your question to him, as he seems to have the most recent information from Vendio.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
posted on October 9, 2004 10:22:05 PM
Someone that joined Vendio just to use the community boards talked about that in the RT and they said they had to have a valid credit card and then they wanted to know if they would be charged.
In order to post on the community boards you have to have a valid credit card to show proof of who you are but they do not charge.
posted on October 9, 2004 10:31:09 PM
I'll find out for sure shortly. I need to set up another special purpose account on Ebay, so I'll be opening another Vendio account to match it. I'll set it up first as a lurker/poster only and see if they charge me and report back. It'll probably be next week.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
posted on October 9, 2004 11:50:34 PM
My most precise question to them about ending my current membership was, Will I still be able to post on the boards? I was told.........If you end this current status and you desire to return in the future you will pay a $2.95 a month fee. Your current status is a pay as you go.(as sparkz says, Grandfathered) No listing, No fees, any pictures you currently have ARE charged for on a monthly basis, and that is true, they bill me, I write it off as a Goodwill that I be able to act out my fantasies here, hahahahahah...........thinking, I was talking to WHOLE world, realizing now 4 years later there about mmmmm, maybe 100 of us? perhaps even less,,A real Archie Bunkers Corner Bar...
posted on October 10, 2004 12:07:00 AM
O.k.! On the row again, I just can't wait ta get on that, row again, The life I love is waking swapmeet rows again, and I can't wait taget on that row again,,,,,,,,,,,, HEY! it's late! I gotta get up 4 a.m. On the road ta LB car swapmeet.........GN! Click.
posted on October 10, 2004 10:32:22 AM
OK, so new posters do have to pay, and everyone else doesn't.
[quote]This is as bad as poor Sanmar who read some idiots "i read it on the internet, it must be true" post and started to worry that PayPal was declaring bankruptcy.
posted on October 10, 2004 11:06:07 AM
Not as difficult to understand as you seem to find this:
My most precise question to them about ending my current membership was, Will I still be able to post on the boards? I was told.........If you end this current status and you desire to return in the future you will pay a $2.95 a month fee.
posted on October 10, 2004 11:07:44 AM
In other words, there is no fee to post, but there is a monthly fee that applies to new Vendio users... even if they only want to post on the board.
posted on October 10, 2004 11:14:28 AM
Well, the reason I asked this in the first place is because I saw a post by former AuctionWatch poster Twinsoft, who logged THOUSANDS of posts on this board, who said that he had to sign up for Vendio services and PAY in order to get an ID on Vendio's board again.
posted on October 10, 2004 11:53:44 AM
At the beginning of the month I wrote Vendio and asked:
"At times I post images on the board with my kiara account and use the vendio image hosting for them. Will I now be charged for doing that? If so, please let me know so I can remove the images I have stored there."
Their answer was:
"It is possible that you could be charged for images now, if you never use this account for anything else."
So.......... I assume that I will not be charged to post on the boards since I've removed my images.
New users may have to pick a plan to sign up but if they never use it they won't be charged? But then it says they will be charged a minimum fee of $2.95 for a plan. Yet their other message says that the community is free. How do they get to the community without choosing a plan first? Or..... maybe if they pick the free trial and then cancel they won't be charged? Confusing? Yes, I think so because it confused me writing this, but then I get confused easily at times.
posted on October 10, 2004 12:55:27 PM
I didn't take time to read all of the messages, but to get the correct info, go to the Vendio board. I may be in the minority, but why shouldn't nonusers pay? After all we that use the services are supporting the boards. I don't have huge bills, but I have used this service since its inception, so I guess I have the right to voice my opinion.
