Author: Brian Cluff Date: To: listserv Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] RE: Different Strokes For Different Folks
Jeff Moriarty wrote:
>You said you haven't gotten much value from the site, but you have listed at
>least 30 hits on their site. That means you are using all the work that has
>gone into building the site, you are using their software, using their
>internet bandwidth, using electricity on their servers, and using hard drive
>space on their servers. You are relying on their site to show you were
>caches are to be found, and returning to their site to log your visit as
>part of the experience. Even Snaptek's great site relies on
>Geocaching.com's data to operate. Ask yourself this - if Geocaching.com
>were to vanish then how much fun would this hobby be? Perhaps you value
>the site more than you think, and might want to consider that membership.
>
> Being someone with similar internet obligations as geocaching.com. I can
definitely say, that if I were to sell teeshirts, mugs and other stuff
as well as memberships... I would not care at all which ones someone
went with to support the site, just that they did something... anything
to help support. In the end the money is just as green spent on a tee
shirt than money spent on a membership. There are people that can't
afford to just hand over $30 for a membership that has little value to
the basic necessities, but they could justify buying 3 or 4 shirts,
because they have to buy some shirts anyway to keep warm (not to mention
cover their nipples that society seems to demand covered :) ...at least
in this country).
Before there were memberships, all you could do to support the site was
to buy items, which Jason and I promptly did, the second that the tee
shirts were available. It was great knowing that the tee shirt helped
advertise the site and also helped the site to stay connected.
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