That goes right along with "Free for Life" ...yea right Mike Griffin <griff@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: - > then that's the price you pay to have a free membership. Hmmmmm.... Interesting thought... Free membership, Eh? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Bromley" To: Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 1:00 PM Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Ads on GC.com > - > Jack, > > They gotta pay to keep the lights on somehow. If it wasn't > for adds, the would be no incentive to provide anything for > the members who only maintain a basic membership. If GC.com > thinks they can generate more add revenue, then that's the > price you pay to have a free membership. I'm suprised that > they haven't done it sooner. There is a price for a free > membership and that's the adds that they "hope" you'll click > on. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jack Anderson > To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [GeoStL] Ads on GC.com > Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 10:47:22 -0700 (PDT) > >>If you don't log on the GC.com you are now subjected to >>"Ads by Google" right in among the cache listing pages. I >>accepted the ads along the sides but I think that this is >>going too far. Of course if you log in then they don't >>show up. >> >> What will be next? Will we have to start putting ads in >>our caches for people to see when they find the caches? >> Pretty soon caches will have to be like Rocfish's Bad >>Monkeys Toll Gate (which I thought is a great cache) except >>they will take the toll and keep it and we will have to >>start paying the proceeds to GC.com. >> >> OK, I know that I am going a little overboard here but it >>just reminded me of all the billboards along the roads. >> > > Steve > > > **************************************** > For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this > list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching > Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw > **************************************** For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw --------------------------------- Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us.