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Member vs. Junior Member
- Thread starter Kittle
- Start date
Just the number of posts. I think its around 25 posts (or so) and then the software makes you a member.
Oh yeah, members get one official "get out of jail free" card.
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes"
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Oh yeah, members get one official "get out of jail free" card.
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes"
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Rich Lucibella
Staff
Membership requires 15 posts on TFL (DC's correct in that the default number is 25...we recently lowered it). Not my idea...it's built into the software.
Rich
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Rich Lucibella
Staff
Sorry guys. Fresh out of decoder rings.
Rich
Rich
Jeff Thomas
New member
OK, so, no decoder rings. Then ... WE WANT T-SHIRTS! Please.
Thanks for the information. I guess I'll have to post more so I can get one of those decoder rings. No, I want one of those GET OUT OF JAIL CARDS. I've seen times when one of those would come in real handy.
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"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself......
To insure peace, security and happiness, the rifle and the pistol
are equally indespensable...... They deserve a place of honor
with all that's good......" GEORGE WASHINGTON
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"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself......
To insure peace, security and happiness, the rifle and the pistol
are equally indespensable...... They deserve a place of honor
with all that's good......" GEORGE WASHINGTON
Rich Lucibella
Staff
This T-Shirt thing:
If I front the $2-$3 *thousand* dollars for a hundred T's, plus art, logo and printing...am I gonna see interest dry up when I have to charge $15-$20 per? That money could go a *long* way to promoting this site.
Rich
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If I front the $2-$3 *thousand* dollars for a hundred T's, plus art, logo and printing...am I gonna see interest dry up when I have to charge $15-$20 per? That money could go a *long* way to promoting this site.
Rich
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Rich -
A thought on the money side of t-shirts. Post the final design/logo for 30 days, requesting orders. For all who are interested get your money in, with sizes, and number requested by the 35th day via check or money order. Then order the shirts. If insufficient numbers respond, to get the posted deal, you can either call it off or raise the price. Again post the question for replies. You can handle the money, by holding the checks, and only cashing them when the order is ready to go in.
This process is longer, but saves capital, and lowers the risk to you financially.
By the way, sign me up for 2 XXL, 2 XL, and 3 L. They will make great gifts to my shooter friends who do/have done me favors (plus remind them to get signed up with TFL )!
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Freedom is not Free
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A thought on the money side of t-shirts. Post the final design/logo for 30 days, requesting orders. For all who are interested get your money in, with sizes, and number requested by the 35th day via check or money order. Then order the shirts. If insufficient numbers respond, to get the posted deal, you can either call it off or raise the price. Again post the question for replies. You can handle the money, by holding the checks, and only cashing them when the order is ready to go in.
This process is longer, but saves capital, and lowers the risk to you financially.
By the way, sign me up for 2 XXL, 2 XL, and 3 L. They will make great gifts to my shooter friends who do/have done me favors (plus remind them to get signed up with TFL
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Freedom is not Free
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Jeff Thomas
New member
Rich, you've probably already considered this, but I have had great luck getting things sponsored in the past. IF you'll be accepting advertising on TFL someday, perhaps there's a company or two (or ten) who would just love to help us with the t-shirts. TFL logo on the front, advertising on the back? Perhaps a slogan on the front 'TheFiringLine.Com - take your best shot!' or some other cute / clever eyecatcher, with your graphic in the middle of the back and surrounded by company logos for H&K, Sig, Glock, Busmaster, Colt, Para-Ord and so on. For those companies this would take a miniscule investment.
It would be a pain in the a** for you, but ATM's idea could work as well. On the other hand, perhaps a t-shirt company you could trust would handle the admin?
Whatever you decide, don't take on this additional brain damage if it doesn't fit with your plans for TFL. The last thing any of us want to see is for you to get discouraged with this site. You and your crew have created a very special meeting place here. Thanks again.
It would be a pain in the a** for you, but ATM's idea could work as well. On the other hand, perhaps a t-shirt company you could trust would handle the admin?
Whatever you decide, don't take on this additional brain damage if it doesn't fit with your plans for TFL. The last thing any of us want to see is for you to get discouraged with this site. You and your crew have created a very special meeting place here. Thanks again.
Rich Lucibella
Staff
ATM-
A worthwhile suggestion....I've already enlisted some resources to help look into the project.
Jeff-
Thanks. I had a discussion with a marketing guy at SHOT yesterday who is interested in taking over the Home Page project...he also did The *outstandng* BlackHawk site. Anyway, he got on me about turning TFL into a commercial enterprise....again.
I've concluded that this just isn't going to happen, unless it becomes a *real* financial strain. While I'm a needy capitalist like everyone else, and I embrace the profit motive, it would require commercializing the site. I'm dead set against that, even though others, including BladeForums.Com and GlockTalk have done it quite tastefully.
We'll see about the T's.
Rich
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A worthwhile suggestion....I've already enlisted some resources to help look into the project.
Jeff-
Thanks. I had a discussion with a marketing guy at SHOT yesterday who is interested in taking over the Home Page project...he also did The *outstandng* BlackHawk site. Anyway, he got on me about turning TFL into a commercial enterprise....again.
I've concluded that this just isn't going to happen, unless it becomes a *real* financial strain. While I'm a needy capitalist like everyone else, and I embrace the profit motive, it would require commercializing the site. I'm dead set against that, even though others, including BladeForums.Com and GlockTalk have done it quite tastefully.
We'll see about the T's.
Rich
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Rich Lucibella
Staff
Welcome, Jim...and don't make me crazy! .
15 posts.
Rich
.15 posts.
Rich
I know this isn't the place for a chat but speakin' of Kangaroos on T-Shirts.... Remember when WE won the Americas Cup ?
A real doozy of a shirt was a Kangaroo having a (how can I say this politely?) "social intercourse" with a Bald Eagle !
Now that was a T-ShirtBig
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"The Gun from Down Under !"
but speakin' of Kangaroos on T-Shirts.... Remember when WE won the Americas Cup ?A real doozy of a shirt was a Kangaroo having a (how can I say this politely?) "social intercourse" with a Bald Eagle !
Now that was a T-ShirtBig
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"The Gun from Down Under !"
Jeff Thomas
New member
HS, I appreciate your fondness for Para-Ordnance, but I could have lived a long, happy and productive life without knowing about that particular t-shirt!
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