Armslist requiring premium?

[Tyler-The-Piker]

I fear another onslaught in here.

You are correct, sir

 

[churchmouse]

You are correct, sir

Girding my loins.

 

[Ggreen]

I fear another onslaught in here.

Lots of site supporters would be a good thing. You will need more modmins deleting the bumps

 

[Joniki]

Armslist has just jumped the shark...

 

[Ggreen]

Armslist has just jumped the shark...

Hey now

 

[hoosier21]

I wouldn't object to a small fee when posting an item for sale, but don't know as I'm on there enough to pay monthly. Some of the sellers ads have the contact info already in the listing.

 

[Route 45]

You are forgetting that armslist has notoriously bad information security. They were a lucrative data mining target before, now people will be putting checking account info on there to get the better rate making the site an ever bigger target.

Why in the world would anyone enter checking account info? Is it required? That would be a deal breaker for me. I do everything with a credit card. I'm not overly concerned if someone gets my credit card number. It's happened before, just a minor inconvenience to get the fraudulent charge removed and get a new card issued.

 

[Ggreen]

Why in the world would anyone enter checking account info? Is it required? That would be a deal breaker for me. I do everything with a credit card. I'm not overly concerned if someone gets my credit card number. It's happened before, just a minor inconvenience to get the fraudulent charge removed and get a new card issued.

Because it saves 48 dollars a year. Micro charges incur processing fees with the big credit companies. Would I do it, no possible way. But that half price incentive will lure some.

 

[OurDee]

I would like to see the site supporter fee for those under 50 posts to go up here. Just me.

 

[churchmouse]

Because it saves 48 dollars a year. Micro charges incur processing fees with the big credit companies. Would I do it, no possible way. But that half price incentive will lure some.

Tripping over $5 bills to pick up quarters. Makes no sense.

 

[T-DOGG]

 

[JettaKnight]

$3 CC fee?

 

[Ggreen]

I would like to see the site supporter fee for those under 50 posts to go up here. Just me.

Why? That 20 does more to keep ingo up than 50 pics of men holding guns.

Tripping over $5 bills to pick up quarters. Makes no sense.

People scoff at 20 a year here. 5 a month is 3x that

 

[Sigblaster]

Y'all know we have a classified section here, right?

This is like complaining to your wife that your girlfriend isn't putting out.

 

[mcapo]

[h=4]Dear Armslist User,[/h] [h=4]I hope all is well.[/h] [h=4]You may be finding yourself having some difficulty navigating the site. We thank you for your patience as we upgrade our infrastructure in an effort to reduce scams, and improve the overall user experience. As you may know, we are facing yet another lawsuit from the anti-gunners at Brady United. In an effort to offset the mounting legal costs, we have created a new paid account type: The Premium Personal Program. While it's still in it's early stages, our roadmap for the program includes some exciting new characteristics for our users including exclusive discounts, exclusive deals, and a plethora of new site and account features in the months to come. If you'd like to give it a try, click here. You still are able and always will be able to browse the site for free.[/h] [h=4]Thank you again for your continued patience and support as we experience these growing pains. We hope to offer a vastly improved experience soon.[/h] [h=4]Best,[/h] [h=4]J. Gibbon[/h]

 

[Bosshoss]

I fear another onslaught in here.

Yeah it is going to suck for the mods dealing with them.
Oh wait never mind.

 

[Clay Pigeon]

So $4 a month will make folks mad enough to not play on one of the biggest playground in the world.

Yeah that makes a butt load of sense to me.

Some folks think businesses should loose money endlessly and stay in business..

 

[Sigblaster]

On a serious note, I usually have the INGO Classifieds and Armslist open in my broswer everyday. I refresh them from time to time and check to dee if anything listed jumps out at me as a deal I can't pass up. If there's something specific that I know that I want, I'll check the classifieds here, Armslist, Gunbroker, Brownells, MidwayUSA, the manufacturer's wesite, and the other major vendors.

Armslist can be fun, but I haven't bought and sold enough there to pay $84 a year for the privelege, and I'm definitely not giving them any of my checking acount details to get a cheaper rate, especially if I'm just going to buy.

Here's how I handled it. I politely asked them to delete my account, which they did. Then I deleted my bookmarks for their site. Then I bought a paid subscription on INGO, finally. Time to quit freeloading.

 

[Sigblaster]

Some folks think businesses should loose money endlessly and stay in business..

Listing or selling fees would be a better way to go about that. Having to pay a membership fee to buy is going to drive off a lot of buyers, but listing or selling fees only wouldn't deter me off as a seller.

 

[Audie Murphy]

I was getting that message also but I found that if you don’t log in to Armslist, if you have an account, and just start a listing, it will still let you. I did use a different email to do so but it still allowed me without it telling me to upgrade. Maybe they send that message for free account holders and use that email in the account.