The Pub Discussion Board

Net,

I just happen to have come into some money today, not a fortune, a couple hundred, and planned to use it for Christmas.

Question is, Have you been a good boy this year?

I'd be willing to put in some money, not sure how much right off, probaby $20 or so, but I don't have a credit card and wouldn't put one online even if I did. If you're willing to give me a second way to donate, whether by sending it directly to you or whatever, I'd be willing to send some to help out. I'm not too worried about getting rid of the ads, I've barely noticed them being there anyway.

You have my e-mail. Write to me or post on here if you have a way.

Thanks
-Jeff

come on people if everyone donates  1.00  there are better then 1000 people that have come to the site thats 1000 more dollars

oo  no i didnt im sorry i just got impatient ........ok i will refrain from making a further ass of myself and shut up   buy everyone sould donate anyway even if it sould be 5.00 or more     
         to net i apologize for being impatient my only excuse was i saw new authors and wanted to check em out, sry my bad

Okay, everyone... as I'm sure you're aware, we reached the $100 mark, which means that the site hosting fees are paid up for another year.

Though I'm quite sure you're already aware of this, because the donations have come to a dead halt.

First, I want to say a great big Thank You to those of you who donated.  And everyone else should, too, because you are the ones keeping the site open through 2008.

But guys, I'm serious when I say that LAoW and I really need some financial help making ends meet.  We have debts (medical and otherwise) that total more than an entire year of my income, and those bills are going UP, not down, since our medical expenses are ongoing.

I know that I said $5 minimum donation, but let me just give an example of how helpful you guys could be.

If each of you donated just $1.25 a month (Remember, that $15 / yr. donation for removing the ads?  It comes out to $1.25 a month...), I would receive 91¢ of it.  If everyone on this site (Currently 1550+) did that, it would amount to more than $1400 a month... which would be a TREMENDOUS help to us, obviously.

Do you really not think this site is worth $1.25 a month?  If not, how can I make it worth that? 

I would like to explain to you how a lack of donations reduces the amount of writing I can do.  When our finances get tight, I get to stress over it.  I have to find a way to pay the bills that absolutely must be paid, and have to deal with the fact that I'm not meeting all of my obligations.  That stresses the hell out of me.  When I am stressed, I find it very hard to be creative.  If I cannot be creative, I cannot write, and YOU don't get to read anything from me, because I can't write it.

I promised that The Pub would never become a pay site, and it won't... but if you really want me to return to writing full-force, rather than spending my time trying to find a way to make ends meet, you're going to have to give us a little help.  All I'm asking is that you consider what the site is worth to you, compare that to what you can afford to pay, and then send what you can.

As to the whole "small donation versus large donation" issue: it doesn't make that much of a difference after you get above, say, $10, but let's do the math.

1550 people, sending $1.25 / month:  $1416.31 / mo.
1550 people, sending $15 / yr:  averages out to $1579.34 / mo.

As you can see, making larger payments, even if you ultimately send the same amount of money, can make a significant difference to me in the long run.  But it's entirely up to you.  I'm not going to turn away ANY donation.  We need the help.  I don't like airing my dirty laundry, and this feels disconcertingly like begging, but I've pretty much exhausted all of my other options at this point.

Please, whatever you can do, do it.
Net Wolf