Premium Member, Signed In with ADS to the RIGHT
Jun 24, 2008 | 12:02 pm
#17
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I understand this but also it was part of the purchase deal. I'm not sure what the future plans are in this regard, but note that many of us cannot stand the ads and one way or the other, its an option for no ads or very limited FT time. At least that's my approach.
Jun 24, 2008 | 12:24 pm
#18
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Members paid for a service they are not getting... unless someone is saying the "gratis courtesy" is no longer going to happen.
Jun 24, 2008 | 12:32 pm
#20
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I feel I purchased the ad-free aspect and Inside Flyer, which I intend to ignore, was thrown in gratis.
Jun 24, 2008 | 4:02 pm
#22
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Jun 25, 2008 | 2:52 am
#23
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Jun 25, 2008 | 7:01 am
#24
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We do seem to have ad creep though - apparently some forums are now sponsored When on the directory pages, there are little ad icons in some of the forum headers....
When on the directory pages, there are little ad icons in some of the forum headers....
Jun 25, 2008 | 7:04 am
#25
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/claim_subscription.php
... which makes it sound like FlyerTalk Premium is a paid-for benefit of Inside Flyer magazine subscription.
Jun 25, 2008 | 7:58 pm
#26
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I've willingly paid for FT premium and happy to continue to do so to remain ad-free, but if ad-free doesn't mean free of ads then IB is just encouraging me to use (free) technical ways to block the ads.
Jun 26, 2008 | 10:13 am
#27
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I don't like this "sponsored by" ad creep either. I paid for ad free and it should remain ad free.
Jun 30, 2008 | 4:33 am
#28
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This definitely needs to be fixed.
One way or another, regardless of the backend accounting, ad free was promised to members and isn't being delivered.
More importantly, ad free needs to be an option, whether through Inside Flyer or through IB directly. And once someone has paid for ad free, IB needs to not place ads on that member's screen.
This is just the sort of thing which degrades trust in a company and turns off loyal eyeballs (and leads one to think that a company must be savvy enough to realize this, and thus must be calculating that those eyeballs aren't worth much, and you can imagine how those eyeballs feel at the thought ).
One way or another, regardless of the backend accounting, ad free was promised to members and isn't being delivered.
More importantly, ad free needs to be an option, whether through Inside Flyer or through IB directly. And once someone has paid for ad free, IB needs to not place ads on that member's screen.
This is just the sort of thing which degrades trust in a company and turns off loyal eyeballs (and leads one to think that a company must be savvy enough to realize this, and thus must be calculating that those eyeballs aren't worth much, and you can imagine how those eyeballs feel at the thought
).
Jun 30, 2008 | 11:55 am
#29
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Apologies to all:
Glad to see that the temp ad problem was corrected.
I'm not sure what the ad creep (sponsored by...) is all about and it has obviously changed from its intent and purpose when started some time ago. As I no longer have 100% control of these things, I'm certainly happy to fully refund (not a pro-rated thing) 100% of your $12 if the current ad creep is any concern to you and leave you to any other solution that might work for you with my apologies. For me, I really didn't notice the "sponsored..." thing until someone pointed it out to me and it doesn't seem to interfere with my viewing so the basics of the ad-free still seem in place to me, but I wanted to offer any member not fully satisfied of their $12 annual ad-free solution a solution, since for more than a year i have had no control or responsibility of the nature of actual ads on FlyerTalk.
But if things are OK now, then thank you.
Glad to see that the temp ad problem was corrected.
I'm not sure what the ad creep (sponsored by...) is all about and it has obviously changed from its intent and purpose when started some time ago. As I no longer have 100% control of these things, I'm certainly happy to fully refund (not a pro-rated thing) 100% of your $12 if the current ad creep is any concern to you and leave you to any other solution that might work for you with my apologies. For me, I really didn't notice the "sponsored..." thing until someone pointed it out to me and it doesn't seem to interfere with my viewing so the basics of the ad-free still seem in place to me, but I wanted to offer any member not fully satisfied of their $12 annual ad-free solution a solution, since for more than a year i have had no control or responsibility of the nature of actual ads on FlyerTalk.
But if things are OK now, then thank you.