"ty" <ty@ty.ty> wrote in message
news:h2ghl2trrtfbrej8eoepaacc5tjd8gfdbh@4ax.com...
: On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:55:17 -0000, "GrnOval"
: <simonk@merlion-consultants.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
:
: >
: >"ty" <ty@ty.ty> wrote in message
: >news:erehl21qf4717l5riqb5o8ijnro63fsqf0@4ax.com...
: >: On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:05:58 -0000, "GrnOval"
: >: <simonk@merlion-consultants.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
: >: >
: >: >2) Join the discovery owners club (
www.discoveryownersclub.org) cos I
: >think
: >: >the kent section are planning on some laning on sunday
: >: >
: >: Never joined. Found their decision to limit use of the forum to people
: >: paying them twenty-odd quid somewhat counterproductive to the idea of
: >: one-make clubs generally doing their best to get 'their' product in
: >: front of as many peeps as possible. Yeah, obviously all clubs need
: >: funding but there doesnt seem to be much accountability for the subs,
: >: and somehow or other the other clubs can provide forums without
: >: needing to pay. Call me a cynic, but I dont go in for extortion...
: >
: >interesting views, and each to their own - you should try the horse
world -
: >its £10 a month for some of their forums - and that doesn't include
: >insurance cover for indemnities at events.
: >
: >And club off road europe is £40 a year to join, and they charge you £2 to
go
: >laning as a member
: >
: >so like I said, all relative
: >
: >but as I am only a humble member of the DOC who finds it quite useful,
and
: >the fact that I have saved over £300 in discounts in the last 12 months
(not
: >a bad return on a £27 family membership I feel), well its my view and i'm
: >happy with it
: >
: >Si
: >
: Well I would assume that the hoss world provides something _over and
: above_ membership for their fee, and No I dont mean "discounts" with
: suppliers - from my experience, these are _always_ provided by the
: supplier free in exchange for getting his name in front of the masses.
: From what I can see, access to information (which is, lets not forget,
: provided by the _members_ of the forum, so hardly something copyright
: to the domain owners) is the only genuine benefit of membership and
: the cost of providing that resource is equivalent to less than three
: annual members. So... cough.... where exactly is the _rest_ of the
: money?
I wish the horse world did - but its £10 a month just for the right to post
to a forum! nothing else
like I say - each to their own
Si