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FORUM NOTICE Member Upgrades -- Silver & Gold

Need Help!

Just tried to renew a Gold with Credit Card and toward the end got automatically pushed to a spanish language paypal page.

Did I get the transaction done via CC, or get scammed? Moderators??
 
I've had that problem before and inquired about it, and the boss informed me that I had to wait for my expiration date before it would allow a renewal. Upgrade is a whole different animal I think, but I guess it thinks your membership is still valid before the expiration date. When I renewed on the expiration date it was simple.
 
After clicking the Upgrade Membership button, I land on a page with the Upgrade Membership button and Donate button.
But, no way to actually renew my membership.
 
To whom it may concern,
I just, willingly, contributed to the website. However, I was surprised that Paypal was involved?? I appreciate all the efforts of "The Elves" who make the site possible and do not have a thorough understanding of what it takes to do that. So, thank you for all your efforts and I hope sometime in the future it won't be necessary to deal with an obviously WOKE organization like the one above.
Tom Alves

Forum Boss: As has been explained before, PayPal is the ONLY financial services software which can communicate directly with this Xenforo forum software. There is no alternative … none. Without PayPal, all upgrades would have to be handled manually. That could add another 700+ man hours per year to my personal workload, which is already over 3000 man hours per year.
 
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OldManTA said:
To whom it may concern,
I just, willingly, contributed to the website. However, I was surprised that Paypal was involved?? I appreciate all the efforts of "The Elves" who make the site possible and do not have a thorough understanding of what it takes to do that. So, thank you for all your efforts and I hope sometime in the future it won't be necessary to deal with an obviously WOKE organization like the one above.
Tom Alves

Forum Boss: As has been explained before, PayPal is the ONLY financial services software which can communicate directly with this Xenforo forum software. There is no alternative … none. Without PayPal, all upgrades would have to be handled manually. That could add another 700+ man hours per year to my personal workload, which is already over 3000 man hours per year.
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Thank you for the explanation and taking the time to explain
TA
 
Mudcat said:
I just went ahead and did the $50 bump....was already a "century" donor anyhow. Good website and dont mine helping to keep it running smoothly and efficiently. Both for the sales forums and the regular forums. If I didnt spend time here, I wouldnt bother, but I do and find the info here to be useful.
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But if you only buy once a year ?
 
My gold not showing up. Ray axley. Captrayj

Forum Boss: Your Gold status is showing. Please refresh your page. Thanks for supporting the site.

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unclebill said:
I don't have a pay pal account, don't want one how do I upgrade? I went throgh this last year, but forgot how to use my credit card to pay
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Click the blue donations link I provided here.

Forum Boss: You can also upgrade via PayPal without a PayPal account, using a credit card. You click on the proceed as guest option after selecting Gold or Silver which takes you to the PayPal start.
 
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Forum Boss said:
We have adopted a new system for Forum memberships. This includes two (2) upgraded membership levels, Silver ($25/year) and Gold ($50/year). We put these in place so we could automate the donation system which all had to be done manually and was taking upwards of 30 man-hours per month.

We also wanted to provide additional benefits to members who contribute to the site.

Silver Members will have unlimited Classifieds posting privileges for one (1) year (12 months starting the day of upgrade).

Gold Members will have a number of special benefits, including unlimited Classifieds posting privileges for one (1) year, custom avatars, and enhanced support. In addition when we have gear give-away drawings, the winners will be selected from Gold members.

IMPORTANT: To Upgrade, please use the larger "Upgrade Membership" button, NOT the small "donate" button. This will ensure your member status will be upgraded immediately and automatically.

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Q: Do I Need to Upgrade?
Forum members who do NOT upgrade will still be able to use all the Forum areas, just as before. However, a basic member will be limited to three (3) FREE classifieds listings per 12-month period (that starts with your first listing). We chose this number as most users post less than three ads per year.

The "power sellers" who use the classifieds frequently can get unlimited classifieds with a Silver or Gold membership.

Q: Should I Upgrade my Account?
We encourage members to upgrade. A Silver upgrade costs just $25 per year or $2.08 per month, less than the price of a cup of coffee. By upgrading your account you can help the site continue to provide services to all our members. Consider this, if you were to sell a $3000.00 rifle on Gunbroker.com you would pay over $110 in sales fees for that one transaction*. We are giving you unlimited classifieds for $25 per year.

Gunbroker.com Fees for just ONE (1) single sold item, by value

$500 sale, fee = $23.75
$1000 sale, fee = $41.25
$2000 sale, fee = $76.25
$3000 sale, fee = $111.25

Note Gunbroker's sale fee for a single $500 item nearly equals our Silver Membership. And for mulitple Gunbroker sales, you pay those fees over and over, for every transaction! With our system you pay ONE SINGLE FEE for 12 months.

* See: https://www.gunbroker.com/auction/calcfinalvaluefee.aspx
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I just tried to become a gold member. For some reason, my credit card was refused. It may be because I do not have a PayPal account. It seemed that I was being forced to sign up for PayPal but then there was the option to pay directly. I filled out all of the information. Then my card was rejected. I have only one card. I use it all the time. If this forum will not accept that card, there is no way for me to pay the $50.

Any suggestions?

Forum Boss: You can mail a check. Click below for the address and info:


Regarding PayPal, you do not need a PayPal account. But the layout can be confusing. You want to select the Proceed as Guest option.

Thanks for your interest in supporting the site,
 
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I have noticed that my Silver membership will expire 12/31/23. How can I renew my Silver membership on line?

I cannot locate the ”renew button”, have been trying to find it for the past week of so

Believe I had a similar issue last year at this time.

Thank you
Walt Schmidlin
 
Walt Schmidlin said:
I have noticed that my Silver membership will expire 12/31/23. How can I renew my Silver membership on line?

I cannot locate the ”renew button”, have been trying to find it for the past week of so

Believe I had a similar issue last year at this time.

Thank you
Walt Schmidlin
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I asked the same question and was told to let the current membership expire…
 
First, we thank you guys for supporting the site.

Because Gold and Silver memberships have a specific 12-month term, the system will not allow a renewal until that 365-day term concludes. You should receive an advisory email that alerts you.

Just wait until the term ends, then click on the orange "Upgrade Membership" button that looks like this.

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It is in the right column on a tablet/desktop. For a cell phone you'll need to scroll down.

That will launch a page that gives you the upgrade options:

 
This am I made a Gold upgrade. very easy. I did it via Paypal. very good method.

Forum Boss: To make an upgrade, click on the orange "Upgrade Membership" button (right column) and then select Silver or Gold.
 
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