Guest axe Posted September 3, 2003 Report Posted September 3, 2003 A serious question here, I've read the thread explaining what you get for Plus membership, but I just can't figure out WHY so many people have already joined !!??! For the price of joining, I can get myself about 5 SPV games .... Looking past that, I would have gotten 10% off for some of my game purchases ... meaning I would need to buy 500$ worth of SPV software, then I would save myself the 50$ [Edit by Paul: £24/39$] from joining .... Now I could be overlooking something very simple and I probably am .. but I just don't see it ... Am I missing out on something really great ?? Or is it just a very expensive way to get your own custom ranking ?
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted September 3, 2003 Report Posted September 3, 2003 I'm not sure why you're so bothered Axe, if you don't want to join Plus, don't! I think the software benefits, namely: - Exclusive free game! Smartanoid by Croccy! - Exclusive free game! Pong by RichieM! - Free suite of DAT group software! (SMS Tools, Ringtone Tools, File Explorer)near the value of the subscription, and with the discounts, - 10% off the fantastic BoxWave minisync cable! - 10% off EVERY SmartPhone.net purchase - 10% off EVERY Handango purchase - 20% off iMov Messenger for a limited period only - An exclusive 10% discount at Alien Wireless. - Setup fee waived on IzyMail online and IzyRoute - AOL, MSN, Yahoo, Hotmail and all your old e-mail accounts to your SmartPhone inbox, and all present and future IzyMail products. - Free Licence for Binarys Task Manager when you register Smart Explorer at SmartPhone.net - 30% Off Add On Models for Smart Strip Poker it's already not a bad deal. When you add the other bits and pieces, - Exclusive MoDaCo Plus merchandise - Custom Ranks (you choose it!) - Banner ad free site - Double chance to win all competitions - Priority registration for future events (we may have to limit numbers in future if we get too many people!) - Access to area for MoDaCo Plus members only I reckon it's WELL worth the money! Ask those 10 (ish) members who won E100s in the last competition. Added to the fact we have other stuff not listed above coming through: SurrealStart (Start Menu Replacement) A great home screen plugin An exclusive SmartPhone IRC client ANOTHER great game it'll soon be bargain of the century! Oh, and don't forget the beta test coming up soon of a fantastic new DAT application, exclusive to Plus... I could go on, but, as I said at the top of the post, if you don't want to join, don't. I'll do my best to make the site great for both members and non members, and to help you all get the most from your smartphones. It's your choice :) P
Guest MoRFLeZ Posted September 3, 2003 Report Posted September 3, 2003 Well .. I just joined plus and I have to say it's ALL worth it. Two games: Pong & Smartanoid (which are both excellent) Edited: Forgot about the free DAT proggies... A few apps which I wont name, cause I haven't heard them named prior to joining plus and they are still in beta .. but one of them is EASILLY worth the fee!!!!! Edited: Damn you Paul and your fast fingers: Oh well Surreal StartMenu is the KING of apps Custom rank - funny and nice but not why I joined 2 entries in competition (EXCELLENT .. come here my lil Mio!!!!) And on top of that .. all the % at handango and elsewhere... Present I think it's well worth the cost .. and the really great thing is .. it's only going to get even better!!!
Guest Gorskar Posted September 3, 2003 Report Posted September 3, 2003 Well its up to you to decide if its worth it or not... I personally think it is DEFINITELY worth it. If you recall the previous competition had 16 SPVe100s for prizes, 8 of them exclusive to Modaco Plus entrants! As a result of this I now have a shiny new e100! Not bad for £24/year :) Theres been a lot of good competitions on this site, with more to follow, and Modaco+ members get at least a double chance of winning! Other benefits that are worthwhile are the free software like Smartanoid (very nice game) and Pong. When I joined back in the day you could also get licences for Smartexplorer and Task Manager for free - something I would have probably paid for anyway! Admitedly the 10% discount on software isn't going to save you the membership fee in all likelyhood, so you should probably look at the other benefits also. If this has persuaded you to join + don't forget to put me as your referer ;)
Guest zeta101 Posted September 3, 2003 Report Posted September 3, 2003 I think you are forgetting the old "by joining plus you are helping to support the site". Just think of all the help you have and you will get from this community, which paul hosts for us. I'm pretty new to the community but im already thinking of joining, ill see :)
Guest Crispy Posted September 3, 2003 Report Posted September 3, 2003 Am I missing out on something really great ?? Or is it just a very expensive way to get your own custom ranking ? I follow you there m8. I don't really know wether its owrth it or not, as don't really buy anything so all the discounts would be rather wasted on me. That leaves what? Some free software and a custom ranking? (And ya then theres the double competition chance, but that would be wasted on me too as I'm the most unlucky bastard in the history of the universe). With that said, Im proberly getting plus at some point anyway :roll:
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted September 3, 2003 Report Posted September 3, 2003 And that's fair enough Crispy. The point i'm trying to make is that Plus Membership IS, and of course always will be, optional. I mean it's not like i'm forcing axe to hand over his hard earned right? :roll: I'd love to give everyone FREE Plus, but unfortunately running the site costs money, and more importantly, organising some of the Plus benefits also costs money. Besides, before I set up Plus, I asked if people wanted it, and they did, and we have many satisfied members. P PS £24 for a year = £2 per month. The cost of a cheap magazine, or 1 pint of beer. I'd pay it for these benefits if it was someone else's site!
Guest MoRFLeZ Posted September 3, 2003 Report Posted September 3, 2003 I don't really know wether its owrth it or not, as don't really buy anything so all the discounts... Well of course it comes down to a lot of personal preferences, but let me put it this way: Before Plus: It took me +10 seconds to open my "Games" folder in my startmenu After Plus: It takes 1 second MAX to open any folder in my new Surreal StartMenu This to me, along with the other great apps and games is totally worth joining plus! Oh - and if you're curious about SurealStart - you can check it out here: >>SurrealStart
Guest Maverick Posted September 3, 2003 Report Posted September 3, 2003 I joined PLUS because this forum needs all the support that it can get. Recently, there was this news about some other MS smartphone site branching out to include Symbian and Palm Smartphones because they just couldnt afford it... I dont want that happening here !!
Guest Will Posted September 3, 2003 Report Posted September 3, 2003 Plus is not and never was compulsory. it's your choice to pay! I joined it to support the site, and to test the paypal signup process! But if you think how many hours you spend on the site, and how many times it's possibly fixed your phone. It's probably a LOT MORE time than you have spent playing 5 games. Ah well constructive criticism is good! and provided everyone a great oportunity to promote plus.. Paul, in addition to PLUS why not have a simple donate box. if people want to help the site running costs, but don't feel $39 is justified.. they can chuck $5 or whatever in. Will
Guest dogbomb Posted September 3, 2003 Report Posted September 3, 2003 I joined for one reason... to support the site. I joined BEFORE I owned a smartphone, so the software benefits held nothing for me. I like a site, then I support it. Many times by simply visiting and inviting friends, other times by donating. Oh, and did someone mention... IT'S OPTIONAL! No-one forced me. I didn't have to try and rationalise it to myself (If I don't sign up to modaco, I could have bought myself...), I simply made my own choice.
Guest Posted September 3, 2003 Report Posted September 3, 2003 I'm in the same boat, really. I joined plus to support the site, due to the above normal effort put into it. It's helped me a lot with my phone, and many of the things people have asked the site to be, have happened. My knowledge of the techy stuff is minimal, so a lot of it is over my head, but to keep a site like this going, the price is very low, and keeping it going is worth it in my eyes.
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted September 3, 2003 Report Posted September 3, 2003 Yep everyone will take more from this site than they put in because without this site we would all be struggling on how to do simple things like decert and SIM unlock. I joined to support the site and proud of it (and to be the first to sign up :) )
Guest nickcornaglia Posted September 4, 2003 Report Posted September 4, 2003 P is for the PLEASURE this site gives me. L is for the unnatural LOVE I have for Smartphones. U is for UMBRELLA. S is for the financial SUPPORT I am more than happy to give to this site in return for all of the information, support and entertainment that it has provided to me....filling my empty little life with JOY! If MoDaCo is the church...then Plus is the donation basket that's passed around. Only here...you cant put in an empty envelope! The future of MoDaCo is the future of the Smartphone platform itself. My membership is my way of saying Thank you Paul. Thank you Moderators. Thank you MoDaCo members one and all. God Bless MoDaCo....and God Bless my little dead hamster, PotatoChip! :) So if you don't join MoDaCo Plus for any of the reasons above...join to preserve the memory of poor little PotatoChip. rant>
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted September 4, 2003 Report Posted September 4, 2003 Get a Straight Jacket for this man! ;-) Well put tho encece! :) P
Guest atonks Posted September 4, 2003 Report Posted September 4, 2003 Thanks Axe. I've been thinking the same as you for a while now. But... reading the responses to your question has convinced me to join. Just done the credit card thingy, and waiting for someone to open up my access to the Restricted Access area. Cheers :)
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted September 4, 2003 Report Posted September 4, 2003 OT: Who's PotatoChip? Read encece's post again :) And Encece my daughter's hampster died last week as well ;)
Guest axe Posted September 4, 2003 Report Posted September 4, 2003 did I say anywhere that I was being forced to do this ? no .. I was merely asking if there was something I overlooked in the deal. Can I just ask those of you who have joined, have you ever paid money for any other website ? (be it porn or otherwise) Coz I havn't so for me 39$ just seems like a lot for a website ... (If I want to join, I'll have to save money for like 4 weeks ... that means no new games for 4 weeks) but I guess reading most of your responses, if you find a site you like, you are likely to support it with some money ... Thats just a little weird for me .. I've never paid for any website before, but I come to modaco almost every day so maybe I should change that.... You all sound quite convincing ... I'll think about it ...
Guest spacemonkey Posted September 4, 2003 Report Posted September 4, 2003 $39 or £24 might sound like a lot, but that's a years subscription... don't most porn sites charge like $6/month or something? But the bigger point is the free stuff you get. You could choose not to subscribe, but then buying the software you get free would cost most of what you'd save. At the end of the day, subscribe or not... it's a free world. I certainly don't think anyone is getting rich off this deal, it's about supporting this site and hoping it continues on. did I say anywhere that I was being forced to do this ? no .. I was merely asking if there was something I overlooked in the deal. Can I just ask those of you who have joined, have you ever paid money for any other website ? (be it porn or otherwise) Coz I havn't so for me 39$ just seems like a lot for a website ... (If I want to join, I'll have to save money for like 4 weeks ... that means no new games for 4 weeks) but I guess reading most of your responses, if you find a site you like, you are likely to support it with some money ... Thats just a little weird for me .. I've never paid for any website before, but I come to MoDaCo almost every day so maybe I should change that.... You all sound quite convincing ... I'll think about it ...
Guest MoRFLeZ Posted September 4, 2003 Report Posted September 4, 2003 Can I just ask those of you who have joined, have you ever paid money for any other website ? (be it porn or otherwise) I have never paid money to any website, granted I've never visited a forum this helpful and productful before either. My main reason for joining were the benefits ( I know .. scandal!!! ). But now that I've joined and seen how well worth my money it was, I would definitely donate money in a more "support the site" manner.
Guest Gorskar Posted September 4, 2003 Report Posted September 4, 2003 Nope - never subscibed to any other pay for website. You get sites such as fileplanet.com which cripple their free download servers to try and get people to subscribe to the pay for ones, but I don't see anything like that going on here. Apart from the Plus and Dat group boards (which arent anything special) everyone has the same full access to the boards, so I can't see any "them and us" culture developing. At the end of the day I've gotten a lot more out of Modaco than I've put into it (e100 for starters :) ) and plus is a little way of showing that appreciation.
Guest nickcornaglia Posted September 4, 2003 Report Posted September 4, 2003 I have never paid for a site either. I, too, have never found another site to be as valuable as this one, nor have I ever spent as much time on another site as this one, where I would even consider paying. And a nice thing here is that no one is begging you for money to help keep the site going. Non-Plus subscribers get 99.9% of the same knowledge and benefits as Plus subscribers....including entries in the cool giveaways that are going on all of the time. Here, you actually get a few nice extra benefits as a thanks for your support. We're all part of the same community. We're all the same band of Smartphone enthusiasts. The only difference is, Plus-Subscribers get pissed-off alot more when they don't win a giveaway contest! (Especially when a Non-Subscriber wins!) :)
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted September 4, 2003 Report Posted September 4, 2003 Nope I have never paid for a site before either.
Guest Deemon Posted September 4, 2003 Report Posted September 4, 2003 my first paid web subscription too.....I had the same thoughts as you Axe...i even aired them on the forum....enece raised a couple of very good points.... I mean, if you have a problem with your phone...whats the first thing you do...same as most people id have thought.....load up IE and click on the modaco link (or keep it as your homepage like me ! ) The support for the spv on this site is second to none...without it most of us would have been screwed at some point in the last year. I subscribed last weekend...since then Ive got 2 new very cool games and a new app which im about to download and install.... Its worth every penny and with more exclusive stuff on the horizon will only become better...
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