What if Google buy Pictures Of England.com?

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Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA	Posted at 15:19 on 7th October 2008 The fee could be minimal per person. It might not cover all of the operating costs but certainly it would help? My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Ron Brind Posts: 19041 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England	Posted at 15:28 on 7th October 2008 Chris and Sarah have been asking for help for quite a while now Diana. No matter where you go on the site there is a 'donate' and ''please support this website ' opportunity. Perhaps some members have already donated, I don't know, but I hear little bits of conversation now and again and frankly I'm glad I'm not the one responsible for the bills. Perhaps also, this opportunity to discuss what might happen if the 'big boys' came in was appropriately timed, although I have to say not deliberate. So fellow members are we all up for a fee? My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Jason T Posts: 7421 Joined: 14th Apr 2004 Location: UK	Posted at 15:32 on 7th October 2008 I've never noticed the donate bit Ron, but i wouldn't have a problem with it. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
L Posts: 5656 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: UK	Posted at 15:38 on 7th October 2008 I honestly think it's a backwood step sorry, I don't think people would pay to become a member in reality. Friends Reunited charged, and that was taken over eventually by a bigger more impersonal company, from what started out in a spare bedroom in just an ordinary couples house in England. They've now had to drop the charges as no one wanted to pay to belong to it, as there's so many other free sites they could join that more or less does the same thing. If you placed a charge and not relied on the generosity of people donating (I may not have paid much but I HAVE donated) I really think it would put people off. Anyway whats stopping someone else from starting up a site very similar for free?? These are just my thoughts thats all, and I may be wrong. It's a tough world out there! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Jason T Posts: 7421 Joined: 14th Apr 2004 Location: UK	Posted at 15:42 on 7th October 2008 Yeah i think you could be right Lyn, i think it really could be up to us, the ones that use it the most to help fund it!! a fee might just stop other people joining, and like Lyn says there are plenty of free sites out there, and people really can be pretty fickle when it comes to money. I haven't donated, but have no problem with it, and will now! i use it enough!!! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA	Posted at 15:46 on 7th October 2008 If the options came down to Sarah and Chris closing the site because they could no longer afford the operating costs and me paying an annual fee to help them keep it afloat, then I'd be willing to pay the fee. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
L Posts: 5656 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: UK	Posted at 15:52 on 7th October 2008 On 7th October 2008 15:46, Diana Sinclair wrote: If the options came down to Sarah and Chris closing the site because they could no longer afford the operating costs and me paying an annual fee to help them keep it afloat, then I'd be willing to pay the fee. Thats ok if everyone thinks like that Diana, but if there's only half a dozen members willing to pay then the site won't be worth running surely? Anyhow I have to go, will pop back later and see how this discussion is going LOL My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Jason T Posts: 7421 Joined: 14th Apr 2004 Location: UK	Posted at 15:56 on 7th October 2008 She's right you know! its a sad fact people don't want to put their money where their mouth is, there is a handful of us that use this forum ALL the time, i would pay for that, but people who only nip in might not want to. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Krissy Posts: 15430 Joined: 8th Jul 2008 Location: USA	Posted at 15:57 on 7th October 2008 I would do whatever I can to keep this place running. I don't want to lose it. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA	Posted at 16:01 on 7th October 2008 I am certainly not saying that I have the answer; I a can only voice my own humble opinion. But there must be an answer to this problem. We are a family here and Sarah and Chris are the "parents" of this little family no child worth their salt leaves their parents out in the cold when hard times come. That's NOT an accusation against anyone here btw, I am just thinking out loud. I am also acutely (and even embarrassingly) aware at how little my donation turns out to be once the conversion from dollars to pounds takes place. I suppose I feel guilty that I haven't been able to do more. Which doesn't mean that I won't continue to try. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions