FORENN

You signed up for RL over a decade ago and you don't know how to PM a moderator?

Oh wait, then you couldn't engage in public drama. Sorry, I get it now.

991999R

good advice here is to just take a break for a while. in lieu of anything new to discuss, smart ***-ery will dominate. i find it amusing but if i do find it getting stale, i just step back. i don't expect a linear daily return from my membership investment. life is good; you're driving a porsche

hawc

Seriously.

A moderator has offered you a full refund. Take the money and leave.

And don't let the door hit you on the way out.

VIC_50th

Neither, unless of course it doesn't have the 7MT nor the PDK.
But don't forget to tick the HSW box! - unless of course you live and drive in a climate controlled garage.

MJBird993

Unfortunately, I've seen this happen to other forums as well. Things change, the people flow in and out, and when it's something as large and as popular as this forum, a lot can happen. I concur that the majority of unhelpful posts come from non-paying members, many of whom don't own a Porsche. And there are folks like me who only pay for membership when it directly benefits me (such as when I need to sell something). Otherwise, I figure that all of the ads pay to support the forum, so why should I give them any money? The companies that run these things make a huge amount of money. However, making everyone pay to contribute does tend to keep out the riff-raff.

I don't think that the offer came from a moderator. Moderators tend to be, you know, more moderate.

STG

I was never aware that one had to pay for a membership to participate in this forum.

I still don't understand what the criticism is for those who aren't "paying members" vs. "paying members". I really think that has no bearing on the quality of posts from either group. As you can see, this great educational post was started by a "supposedly paying member".

I though forums like this operated by selling advertising and having company sponsors.

david

I can assure you that there are many people here that pay the "big bucks" to play in this sandbox and who inject worthless comments at every juncture, so it is not just the "users" who bring the level of discussion down to the LCD.

As someone suggested, PM a moderator and perhaps they will agree to a refund or perhaps you should play it forward and pay for a membership for a "user" who adds high value to the discussions?

Better yet, think of this as an opportunity to demonstrate how to communicate in a forum of this nature and perhaps some of your outstanding abilities will rub-off on the not-so-fortunates.

Team Plutonium

I have very high hopes for this thread. At least I pay good money to dispense my uniformed opinions and I will try to amp up my insults.

Regards,
Philip

P.S. If you need me... I'm at your mom's house.

Grunty

The poster went of the deep end about some light hearted comments that were not disrespectful or personally insulting in the "what's this for" thread.
Clearly he was having a bad day or something because his reaction was totally off kilter in relation to the 'offense".
Chalk it up to a bad day and move on. It happens.

FORENN

I tried very hard to not be amused by this ... but alas, I must admit defeat. Hilarious.

Sincerely,
Paying member who still appreciates juvenile insults when properly delivered

Vise

Exactly. The whole situation reminded me of this immediately... no offense to the OP of course.

Team Plutonium

Thank you and you're welcome. The real joke of course is to complain about a $30-something annual fee for a forum for $100+K cars. It's so retarded it is melting my brain.

LexVan

Only $16. It's $32 for 2 years.

Your brain just melted a little more. Oooouch.

Team Plutonium

LOL! Dear lord... I gotta chime in on the other membership benefit thread...

draxa

I'm just loving this thread.......not quite as lively and cutting as the pre-Presidential-election ( Obama #1) OT forum banter but if it simmers away for a few pages, who knows??

Used to get really lively on the 997 forum five/six years back (pace OCBen, BlueJay.....) about any number of topics, most of which someone could nudge into a contentious exchange. I miss those days, guys.