why cant we discuss EF "problems"?

[George Spellwin]

i became plat because i was sick of pop-ups, and wanted to be able to use the search.

hey zyg, i wish since im platinum, i could have my old email addres of "KINGKONG69@ELITE" back. i lost it due to inactivity.

also, why since im platinum do i still have to sign into my new elitefitness email every 3 weeks or loose it.
the 11 bucks a month should cover email, and secure it for you whether you check it or not.

The email is run by Hush if you upgrade, they will resurrect your old account. I will personally help you if there is trouble dealing with them. FYI, we are working to get the guys at Hush to participate here more often. And thanks for your support of the boards.

 

[George Spellwin]

I agree with Riker, I think the main two complaints are the Search restriction and that problem with ex-platinum accounts getting locked.

My only gripe was with the search limit because I don't like to feel like I'm being forced to join as platinum. I mean the best posts are already moved to the Best of Elite in the platinum section, so there's already a limit on what people would search for. Why even further restrictions?

Maybe for plat members expand on current features offered to the board. Like the free web sites for example. Normal users get 3mb of space, what about increasing that size for platinum members? This really shouldn't be too big of a hit on disk space since not nearly all members will actually make a web site, but for those that do it could be beneficial.

Ok maybe that last suggestion is a little weak, but I'm sure someone else more creative than me will think of something good.

We will give anyone more space that needs it at no charge -- it just needs to be for a non-comercial fitness site.

 

[jubei]

1. I think having various levels of paying memberships is good ie silver, gold, and platinum. Increase the benifits of each level to entice people to join.

2. Allow people to go platinum and then if for some reason they are unable to stay platinum let that person keep their handle. This is 1 reason I refuse to go plat.

3. Platinum access to scientific studies/literature on AAS. This is easy to find on the net, but can be a pain to go all over the net to find it. This not only attracts new members, but will improve the quality of posts made on the boards.

4. EF is still the best fitness site on the Net, no question.

 

[Rio 2001]

Quantities

Great post Rio 2001,

This is what we need -- ways we can make the site better. Comments.

1. Great idea -- any ideas on how we could do this?

I'm not sure, but universities often use el sevier...Medical societys usually offer to their affiliates a Med line link through their web sites .
http://www.sciencedirect.com/
http://www.medline.com

2. We have a great chat room and we could schedule chats here -- I have wanted to do this for a long time. Who would you like to chat with in particular?

J. Antonio, Yessalis ( and other MDs with AAS experience), Lee Priest, Flex Wheeler, basically any pro you can get your hands on lol...And some of your own moderators like Huck and macro.

3. We do this now -- Each month you get an $11.97 Platinum Discount Coupon for EliteFitnessNutrition.com discount brand-name supplements! Order once a month and your membership's free -- if you order more than that, it's like were paying you to be Platinum.


4. I'm not sure we could have cheaper memberships. It's only $8.98 a month when you join for 3 months and get one month free. That's the cost of a movie and most folks spend much more than 2 hours here each month.

P.S. Mr. Spellwin, if you really liked my post then...
GIVE ME SOME KARMA!!!!!

 

[George Spellwin]

Re: Quantities

P.S. Mr. Spellwin, if you really liked my post then...
GIVE ME SOME KARMA!!!!!

Sure!

 

[Juice Authority]

1. I think having various levels of paying memberships is good ie silver, gold, and platinum. Increase the benifits of each level to entice people to join.

2. Allow people to go platinum and then if for some reason they are unable to stay platinum let that person keep their handle. This is 1 reason I refuse to go plat.

3. Platinum access to scientific studies/literature on AAS. This is easy to find on the net, but can be a pain to go all over the net to find it. This not only attracts new members, but will improve the quality of posts made on the boards.

4. EF is still the best fitness site on the Net, no question.

Great ideas. I agree wholeheartedly with all the above. The only one thing I would add is that the highest paying level of membership should have access to lab reports on new products that EF would provide through the proceeds. That would be invaluable information for making the right decision on which brand and lab to go with.

 

[jubei]

Excellent idea. If EF gets lab reports then its all over, nobody else can compete with that. Also I'm sure if they do a certain amount of volume they can get special discounted rates, especially if they stick the labs name somewhere on the boards.

 

[mvmaxx]

You guys can call me out and criticise me all you like but if I wasnt here chances are you wouldnt have even gotten the explanations you have and your threads would still be locked/closed/deleted.

Bingo! I don't agree with a lot of the shit that's been going on with Elite either but let's not start getting on mods like Zyg about it. He's been nothing but helpful to this site.

My biggest complaint is former platinum members that have paid into this site losing their usernames after their membership expired. genarr3 and Golfer18 are two that come to mind but I know there's more.

Also, users shouldn't lose their username because of inactivity. People often leave for extended periods of time but come back. It's nice to see vets from the past. They shouldn't have to reregister after everything they've contributed to this site.

Many of these guys helped build this site and have supported it over the years with cash. To lock their usernames is just plain wrong and will eventually push all the knowledgeable vets to other sites and all you'll be left with is the kids on summer vacation.

Also, I know I've heard many EF mods ask this but you want to know why people are so obsessed with Elite and you see constant bitching on other boards about it? It's because we see this site going downhill and we don't want that to happen (minus the few that were banned and just like to plain bitch). Most of us got our start on this site and hate to see it turn that way.

my 2cents

 

[George Spellwin]

Bingo! I don't agree with a lot of the shit that's been going on with Elite either but let's not start getting on mods like Zyg about it. He's been nothing but helpful to this site.

My biggest complaint is former platinum members that have paid into this site losing their usernames after their membership expired. genarr3 and Golfer18 are two that come to mind but I know there's more.

Also, users shouldn't lose their username because of inactivity. People often leave for extended periods of time but come back. It's nice to see vets from the past. They shouldn't have to reregister after everything they've contributed to this site.

Many of these guys helped build this site and have supported it over the years with cash. To lock their usernames is just plain wrong and will eventually push all the knowledgeable vets to other sites and all you'll be left with is the kids on summer vacation.

Also, I know I've heard many EF mods ask this but you want to know why people are so obsessed with Elite and you see constant bitching on other boards about it? It's because we see this site going downhill and we don't want that to happen (minus the few that were banned and just like to plain bitch). Most of us got our start on this site and hate to see it turn that way.

my 2cents

The real danger is not in Elite going downhill but in Elite not being able to afford to remain online -- and I will never let that happen.

So we were forced to try to compel the non-Platinum members to upgrade -- by making some of everyone's favorite features Platinum. When a Platinum Membership used to consist of only "extras" we had a hard time getting members to upgrade. And because of this, we had to make parts of our content Platinum only. And it's working, because we now have people talking about Platinum Memberships that never considered one before because too much was free.

We have worked hard to get our revenues in line with our costs and our Platinum Members are making it possible for us to keep the largest bodybuilding archive that has ever existed in history online and available.

If there is a perception that we are losing members, it is just that, a perception. In fact, we have never had as many daily visitors as we do at this present time -- and we watch our traffic stats very closely. The generosity of our paying members support make all of this possible.

 

[mvmaxx]

The real danger is not in Elite going downhill but in Elite not being able to afford to remain online -- and I will never let that happen.

So we were forced to try to compel the non-Platinum members to upgrade -- by making some of everyone's favorite features Platinum. When a Platinum Membership used to consist of only "extras" we had a hard time getting members to upgrade. And because of this, we had to make parts of our content Platinum only. And it's working, because we now have people talking about Platinum Memberships that never considered one before because too much was free.

We have worked hard to get our revenues in line with our costs and our Platinum Members are making it possible for us to keep the largest bodybuilding archive that has ever existed in history online and available.

If there is a perception that we are losing members, it is just that, a perception. In fact, we have never had as many daily visitors as we do at this present time -- and we watch our traffic stats very closely. The generosity of our paying members support make all of this possible.

I appreciate your response but I think you missed my point entirely.


I wholeheartedly agree with you trying to make money off of this as #1 - it's a business and #2 - it cost a shitload of money to run a site like this. I'm in the business so I know.

Now my point wasn't that you're losing members as I am sure that you are getting new members by the truckload now that school is out. My point is that you're losing the knowledeable and contributing members. The kind that draw other people to this site and had made Elite #1.

Now I think this can be rectified fairly simply.

Just stop locking ex-Platinum users username's after they decide to cancel or their cc expires as was my case. And #2 don't lock out usernames after inactivity for 3 weeks. There will almost always be times where some of the biggest contributors to this site have to be off for more than 21 straight days. It will be a shame to eventually lose all that helped build this site.