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Ok, so I lied...the message board is not closing down but it is in danger of doing so for one very good reason: we can't afford it!!! Our last month's web hosting bill came to over CAD$500. The reason for this sky-high cost is that our bandwidth usage (ie: the amount of pages + images we've delivered to you) has been over 50GB.
Advertising revenue is offsetting this cost BUT we can't keep these advertisers if you don't click through and visit their sites and actually call them for price quotes, info, etc. and mention BC4x4 by name.
Obviously, we can't tell you who to buy from but it would help us immensely if you gave the sponsors on our site the opportunity to compete for your business.
Also remember that when it comes to soliciting door prizes and support for various local events, everyone talks to local businesses. But when it comes time to buy, everyone talks about buying direct from US companies. Kind of hypocritical.
Basically, it's a 2-way street. If you want their support, you should support them, too. And likewise, if you want to keep this FREE MESSAGE BOARD going, it is necessary to start clicking-through to our sponsors' websites (both on the message board and website) and giving them the opportunity to compete by contacting them and seeing what they can do for you. You'd be surprised at how competitive they can be.
...lars
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Advertising revenue is offsetting this cost BUT we can't keep these advertisers if you don't click through and visit their sites and actually call them for price quotes, info, etc. and mention BC4x4 by name.
Obviously, we can't tell you who to buy from but it would help us immensely if you gave the sponsors on our site the opportunity to compete for your business.
Also remember that when it comes to soliciting door prizes and support for various local events, everyone talks to local businesses. But when it comes time to buy, everyone talks about buying direct from US companies. Kind of hypocritical.
Basically, it's a 2-way street. If you want their support, you should support them, too. And likewise, if you want to keep this FREE MESSAGE BOARD going, it is necessary to start clicking-through to our sponsors' websites (both on the message board and website) and giving them the opportunity to compete by contacting them and seeing what they can do for you. You'd be surprised at how competitive they can be.
...lars
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19911995409993004:144444.103512.58274
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