New Subscription Policy

[Supe]

Maria,

If the page really looks now like a ghost town (tumbleweed and all) I am prey to some persistent spammers that you may assurdedly have.

Don.

[mariab]

Hello Don,
Any specific spammers in mind? ;-) I'm probably coming off as a difficult customer, first I was complaining about the ads slowing down the loading of the pages, now the pages are all depressingly bland.
By the by, I hate to pry, but your posting in this thread makes me assume that you're still part of the Examiner editorial team in a big way? (Please, say “yes“!!)

[Adam Went]

IMO, the new idea is an excellent one and i've no doubt it will be fully appreciated in time by the subscribers to Examiner.

However, I personally wouldn't be worrying so much about holding money back to refund others who want their money back, cancel their subscriptions, etc. If, for instance, a subscriber receives 3 issues out of their 6 for the year and then decides to cancel, what kind of "person" is going to demand their $4.50 back that would otherwise have been going to a charity?!

I'd be very shocked and disappointed if anybody stooped to the level of doing that. If you spend your whooping $9 on a year's subscriptions, then it should be non-refundable anyway, I'd say....

Looking forward to the new format of CE.

Cheers,
Adam.

[Chris]

However, I personally wouldn't be worrying so much about holding money back to refund others who want their money back, cancel their subscriptions, etc. If, for instance, a subscriber receives 3 issues out of their 6 for the year and then decides to cancel, what kind of "person" is going to demand their $4.50 back that would otherwise have been going to a charity?!

I'd be very shocked and disappointed if anybody stooped to the level of doing that. If you spend your whooping $9 on a year's subscriptions, then it should be non-refundable anyway, I'd say....

As I now realise, Ally was talking about the possibility of having to refund subscribers if the Examiner stopped publishing, not if they cancelled their subscriptions and wanted a refund. But I'm relieved to know that I wasn't the only one who misunderstood.

[Garry Wroe]

Many people donate to Casebook in the form of Premium Subscriptions, and in return they don't have to deal with any of the advertisements, a necessary evil in funding a website. A $50 donation would (I believe) be worth an entire year without advertisements.

The Premium Subscription is just shy of thirty-five dollars, Ally, or twenty-one pounds in proper money.

[Adam Went]

Hi Chris,

Ah, good! Thanks for that. Good thing I stopped short of launching into the "This is what's wrong with modern society..." rant that I had lined up!

Cheers,
Adam.