Replies to post #24516 on The Question and Answer Board (IHUB)

[Mattu]

>>Why does ihub charge money for # of posts and spell check and private messages when it is free on most other boards?

What sites are offering our premium feature set for free, in our specific market? RB doesn't offer anything compared to what our premium offering includes. SI charges just to post. MF charges just to view. Yahoo and RB are a joke.

>>Where is the added value?

Those are only two of the upgraded features you get when subscribing. You have to look at the whole package and evaluate if those extra features are important to you. If not, you still have a pretty impressive feature set and a slick interface to use even as a free member.

>>Seems most who come here to post about their investment are rather unhappy with the format in its present format.

I haven't heard anybody complain about the site or the features. Please send them my direction if they have questions or suggestions.

MB

[Bob Zumbrunnen]

PM's are free on most boards? I thought very few even had them available, let alone free.

Seems most who come here to post about their investment are rather unhappy with the format in its present format.


Show me where these people are. This is the first I've heard this particular statement, yet you say "most" people are of this opinion.

[WTMHouston]

Why does ihub charge money for # of posts and spell check and private messages when it is free on most other boards?

Speaking for them, and in a way they probably would not, it is very simple: because this is a business and businesses do not continue as ongoing entities unless they make money. The basic motive of allowing free posting is to give people a taste (but not the whole meal) so that they will spend their money to buy the full meal. If they get the full meal for free, there is no reason to spend any money.

Seems most who come here to post about their investment are rather unhappy with the format in its present format.

You may be sincere, but it sure sounds like you (and your mystical "most who come here to post") are only unhappy about not having the premium features you have not paid for: that is, unhappy that you are not getting the full meal for free.

Try buying the full meal and see if you have the same questions. I suspect that you will not.

Edit: now that I think about it, Bob has gone even further and made the full meal available for free during select periods -- happy hours. I do not know the precise timing of the happy hours, but you can try some (if not all) premium services for free during those times.