The People's Hero Posted 31 May 2007 Posted 31 May 2007 I've donated £50 in the past week or so to mad fools running and cycling around for various charities so I'm going to hang back and do it when the rush has died down. But I definitely will do it in the future.Mark is a God amongst men for this place. Agreed. I'm unbelievably broke this month for a number of reasons. Some being my fault... but the majority being down to the banks losing over £500 of my money. Down the line, I will donate. Very thankful to Mark for not only the money necessary to run this place, but also for the hardwork required in terms of updates/maintenance etc.
Dames Posted 31 May 2007 Posted 31 May 2007 My first post needn't have been deleted You might or might not realise it but boy you are pure comedy.
Brainy Posted 31 May 2007 Posted 31 May 2007 Can posts from Dannyboy and below be moved to the Donation thread, to make him look a bigger idiot.
lookwhaticando Posted 31 May 2007 Posted 31 May 2007 I don't think there's much danger of "lining Mark's pockets". The running of FoxesTalk is an ongoing concern - so any excess money donated at one particular time will just soften the financial blow to Mark in following time periods. But I'm sure you all knew that already. Well, maybe not all of you...
Webbo Posted 31 May 2007 Posted 31 May 2007 I would contribute more but I've just given a huge donation to the vastly superior EMC forum. It's THE place for SENSIBLE football discusion. Has anyone got a link? I can't seem to find it on the net any more.
Jay Posted 31 May 2007 Posted 31 May 2007 I know nobody likes adverts and things like that but why not set up some affiliates links maybe on the bar at the top nothing drastic but maybe the likes of play.com and Amazon.co.uk I for one spend a fortune at these places every month and I believe they give you something like between 2 and 4% of the sale. I for one would be more than willing to go via foxestalk to make my almost daily sorties to these sites I am sure it would make a few quid and doesn't need to be to imposing on the boards I am sure it would fit nicely between Help and Links at the top
stez Posted 31 May 2007 Posted 31 May 2007 I would contribute more but I've just given a huge donation to the vastly superior EMC forum. It's THE place for SENSIBLE football discusion. Has anyone got a link? I can't seem to find it on the net any more. here
Webbo Posted 31 May 2007 Posted 31 May 2007 here your just worried about being made redundant from Foxestalk. no more big money and flash cars for you.
Brainy Posted 31 May 2007 Posted 31 May 2007 your just worried about being made redundant from Foxestalk. no more big money and flash cars for you. Flash cars? Like ive said before, he drives this
Webbo Posted 31 May 2007 Posted 31 May 2007 Flash cars? Like ive said before, he drives this You havn't seen what I drive.
stez Posted 31 May 2007 Posted 31 May 2007 You havn't seen what I drive. oh, but i have! the last time you parked up next to me in the kwik save car park
The People's Hero Posted 1 June 2007 Posted 1 June 2007 I know nobody likes adverts and things like that but why not set up some affiliates links maybe on the bar at the top nothing drastic but maybe the likes of play.com and Amazon.co.uk I for one spend a fortune at these places every month and I believe they give you something like between 2 and 4% of the sale.I for one would be more than willing to go via foxestalk to make my almost daily sorties to these sites I am sure it would make a few quid and doesn't need to be to imposing on the boards I am sure it would fit nicely between Help and Links at the top Aye. This is what should be done.
Webbo Posted 1 June 2007 Posted 1 June 2007 oh, but i have! the last time you parked up next to me in the kwik save car park Kwiksave?! I'm not a millionaire like you .
Anish Posted 1 June 2007 Posted 1 June 2007 I don't think there's much danger of "lining Mark's pockets". The running of FoxesTalk is an ongoing concern - so any excess money donated at one particular time will just soften the financial blow to Mark in following time periods. But I'm sure you all knew that already. Well, maybe not all of you... I'd still prefer to have the official word from the horse's mouth. I don't mind donating but it would help if we had a general idea how much it costs to run this site, so we can donate accordingly. A bit of transparency wouldn't go amiss and would encourage more people to donate - if they knew how much Mark had collected and how much he needs.
Webbo Posted 1 June 2007 Posted 1 June 2007 I'd still prefer to have the official word from the horse's mouth. I don't mind donating but it would help if we had a general idea how much it costs to run this site, so we can donate accordingly. A bit of transparency wouldn't go amiss and would encourage more people to donate - if they knew how much Mark had collected and how much he needs. I'd like to know just for curiosities sake, however I don't think it's necessary to encourage you to donate, it's really Mark's business. If it did 'line' Mark's pocket I wouldn't begrudge him, I've had some good laughs and good rants on here since I joined, it's worth every penny. Hope that doesn't sound like crawling.
davieG Posted 1 June 2007 Posted 1 June 2007 Following requests from Anish and others I've asked Mark about the running costs and what was needed to take the forum to the next level, I attach his response: The cost of the forum is £280-300 a year. Since it all began I've had to pay that and buy the forum software (which also has to be renewed every 6 months for upgrades) so I've spent about a £1000 altogether, and chose not to make a single penny through advertisements, subscriptions as I felt it wouldn't benefit people's use of the site.As for taking it up to another level of server, if that was a possibility I'd love to. Search would be on all the time and there won't be any server busy messages! But the prices are totally out of my reach. The server that a site as large as ours needs would cost at least £150 month, probably pushing more towards 200. I don't think it's a possibility so don't know if that would be worth mentioning? Even if some people say they will donate, I can't expect people to keep providing money and take the risk of having to pay £150 a month towards it myself. At the time of asking Mark has received 7 donations.
Mark Posted 1 June 2007 Posted 1 June 2007 Huge thanks to everyone that has donated so far. They'll be no lining of pockets, whatever is donated goes towards paying for this site, and in doing so takes the pressure off me a little. I've never looked to make money off here, this site is about as user friendly as you get! . I know nobody likes adverts and things like that but why not set up some affiliates links maybe on the bar at the top nothing drastic but maybe the likes of play.com and Amazon.co.uk I for one spend a fortune at these places every month and I believe they give you something like between 2 and 4% of the sale.I for one would be more than willing to go via foxestalk to make my almost daily sorties to these sites I am sure it would make a few quid and doesn't need to be to imposing on the boards I am sure it would fit nicely between Help and Links at the top Great idea, I'll look into setting this up in the near future.
Sly Posted 1 June 2007 Posted 1 June 2007 Huge thanks to everyone that has donated so far. They'll be no lining of pockets, whatever is donated goes towards paying for this site, and in doing so takes the pressure off me a little. I've never looked to make money off here, this site is about as user friendly as you get! . Great idea, I'll look into setting this up in the near future. If you could get that sorted I'd use this site as my hyperlink to the likes of Play, Amazon etc
JoeyB Posted 1 June 2007 Posted 1 June 2007 If you could get that sorted I'd use this site as my hyperlink to the likes of Play, Amazon etc Who wouldnt! Maybe ebay to?
Mark Posted 2 June 2007 Posted 2 June 2007 I know nobody likes adverts and things like that but why not set up some affiliates links maybe on the bar at the top nothing drastic but maybe the likes of play.com and Amazon.co.uk I for one spend a fortune at these places every month and I believe they give you something like between 2 and 4% of the sale.I for one would be more than willing to go via foxestalk to make my almost daily sorties to these sites I am sure it would make a few quid and doesn't need to be to imposing on the boards I am sure it would fit nicely between Help and Links at the top The Amazon link is up on the new shopping page. I'll try and get more links on there eventually but for now, remember to visit Amazon through Foxestalk when buying from there.
AoWW Posted 2 June 2007 Posted 2 June 2007 The Amazon link is up on the new shopping page. I'll try and get more links on there eventually but for now, remember to visit Amazon through Foxestalk when buying from there. Great stuff! I'll definitely use it... and no doubt others will too.
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