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sorry to burst your bubble koll, but we blow up cheap little servers like that. it is cheap to register a domain name, it is cheap to printou ta few flyers, it is not too expensive to pay for a few reservations here and there,and servers that can support our volume are not terribly expensive, but once you add all that stuff up it is actually a lot of money.
it's not liek we are trying to run this site for a profit, we are jsut trying to run it so that it pays for itself and leaves a few extra bucks to support cool events and activities for our memebrs.
to cover the costs without charging the members for every little thing we do takes advertising sposnors. we can't have people taking advantage of the site for free and expect someone else to pay, that would be a bad business move for any potential sponsor and prevent the club from getting any help.
our charges reflect our position of jsut wanting the club to support itself too. we only charge $25/month or $250 prepaid for a year to provide a ton of benefits for anyone who cares to support us. does $25 a month to advertise sound like too much to ask of someone who parts out about two cars a month worth a few thousnad dollars in parts on each? especially when it is obvious that advertising would provide increased visibility and generate more sales.
believe it or not, many of us do actually support the companies that support the club and sites they participate in before non-sponsoring companies.
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