I want my money back, PC...

[Honest]

This thread is mainly aimed to the PC Supporters of this place. You know, those people with the sexy blue usernames? Well, I'm sure that a few of you gave your money for the perks of being blue and awesome, such as blogs, or a bigger avatar or larger PM storage. I want to ask this question to you guys, have you ever felt that you found the spending of that money a waste of time? Would you want you money back, and go back to being regular member? Discuss!

I don't think PC gives refunds...

Also, a side question for those who aren't blue and amazing, would you WANT to donate money, and if so, why?

 

[Cold Fusion]

I am not blue, but I am amazing.

I do want one of the blue names, unfortunately my parents won't let me to what I know of, because every time I pop up that I want to donate they go "Yeaah, whatever, Chris" and leave it at that. But I do want to donate because the fact that I believe that if I'm going to stay on this website, I would like to give all my support to the people who look after the place for giving me a wonderful forum to explore around. All their hard work deserves my money.

 

[Timbjerr]

I didn't donate for any particular perks...I donated just because it was the most convenient way for me to help the community that I loved so dearly and consider my internet "home." ^_^

So no, I wouldn't want a refund because I don;t feel like I bought anything, and I'm certainly not disappointed in the perks I did get. XD

 

[Circuit]

I do want to donate to PC, despite the fact that I'm not amazing xD
I want to donate to PC because I think, the people that have let me have such a wonderful time here, deserve something in return. However, when I bring it up with mes parents, they always say, nah, well, how do you know that you're sending it to PC? So It looks like I'll have to send it by Snail Mail @_@

 

[Nick]

I donated, before you wonder why I don't have a badge, I chose to not have it since it interferes with my lovely s-mod badge. I'm going to answer all the questions asked, promise!

You know, those people with the sexy blue usernames? The moderators? Yeah, I know them. They're all a bunch of power hungry hypocrites if you ask me. I don't find the supporter color sexy at all, even though I voted in favor of the color change. I think pink is a lot better suited for them, personally.
Well, I'm sure that a few of you gave your money for the perks of being blue and awesome, such as blogs, or a bigger avatar or larger PM storage. Not gonna lie, but I donated for the perks.
Have you ever felt that you found the spending of that money a waste of time? Yes, especially considering I made the staff and didn't need to spend the money on donating it. I donated for two others as well.
Would you want you money back, and go back to being regular member? I would gladly take away the supporter status of the members I donated for in a heartbeat if I could, just because they're all staff members as it is and really have no need for it anymore (one of them's on a DLoA, though, so I may seek to do just that). I did kind of take back my supporter status by transferring it over to an alt account I have for the sake of actually using the account. But if I wasn't a staff member, I wouldn't want to go back to being a regular member just for the sake of standing out... which was one of the main reasons I donated to begin with, aside from the ad-free browsing.

 

[TwilightBlade]

I sometimes wonder "what did I donate for again" whenever a database error occurs. lawl

Oh well, PC donating means more to me than to the average member, I guess. Donating is more of a friendly thing. A good friend donated $10 to my account. Then, I donated $10 to another good friend's account. We gifted each other without the hassle of buying a present, mailing it, blah blah. Either way, we can show off our names and say hey, someone cares about me! Shame the other 2 are inactive. They're like siblings to me. :(

Oh, he donated for me because I (was not mod and) kept crying for the perks like secret forums and blogs. Alas, supporters know how meh those can be. XD

In short, I desire no refund.

 

[Zebeedoo]

I donated to be a Tier 1 for the blue username in March, then a few days ago a good friend of mine donated for me and made me a Tier 4. :D I'm happy she did, 'cause I can finally have a larger avatar and larger PM space. I don't think a refund is really that necessary. xD

 

[Elite Overlord LeSabre™]

Well, I'm sure that a few of you gave your money for the perks of being blue and awesome, such as blogs, or a bigger avatar or larger PM storage.
PC was the first Pokemon forum where people weren't treating me like a second-class citizen, so I was happy to donate. The perks are just welcome extras.
Have you ever felt that you found the spending of that money a waste of time?
No, never.
Would you want you money back, and go back to being regular member?
I've gotten so used to being a supporter that I couldn't imagine going back now.

 

[Ayselipera]

Even though being blue and amazing sounds really tempting I'm perfectly happy being whatever random color each theme makes me and boring. :D

To be honest though I haven't donated because there really aren't any perks of being a supporter that interests me. I suppose a blog would be nice, but I have no idea what I would write about. The only other thing that is slightly tempting is being able to have a larger avatar, but I can live without it. Plus I don't have any money that I'm willing to spare with at the moment. I'm also not a fan of italicized blue.

 

[Amaruuk]

Well the perks aren't anything to gush over for me personally, but I did think it'd be nice to have more control over my profile's appearance (I didn't even consider the blog until a month or so ago). That was part of why I donated the first time last year, but the other part was that I'd been a part of PC so long I felt I kind of owed it something for being such a nice hangout.

Just recently I bumped it up with another 5 bucks so now I guess I can have a bigger avatar, but I haven't bothered with it yet. I guess I mostly just felt like 'Hey, I've got a few more dollars I can spare to PC' and that was that.

No, I don't want to take back the 15 bucks. It's not much in the long run and PC's worth it to me anyway :3

I like the blue. I'm glad it isn't pink.

 

[poopnoodle]

the perks don't motivate me, and i find the italicized blue unappealing. if i the had money to spare, i'd donate anonymously and for the sake of a better server.

 

[Kura]

I ADDED UP ALL THE AMOUNTS.

It's freaking ridiculous.. and PC still gets DB errors?

YOU WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT $6628.80 WOULD'VE DONE AT LEAST -SOMETHING- WITH THE DB

>___> That's a LOT of money.. Like.. an insane amount.. and it's not even to a good cause.

I would never be a "supporter" and I would rather give my money to people who I know actually need it to live.
My grandmother had a stroke a while ago.. and it costs her $2200 roughly a year just for DIAPERS for my grandmother. But what are we going to do? Let her sit in her own excrement? I'm not saying give the money here or anything.. but there are people out there who find a lot more MEANING to all that money.

>_> It's ridiculous.

 

[jigglyppuff8]

You know, those people with the sexy blue usernames?

That's why I donated for an alt. :>

Well, I'm sure that a few of you gave your money for the perks of being blue and awesome, such as blogs, or a bigger avatar or larger PM storage.

100KB avatar leads to fun gif shenanigans. Having the blog lying around is nice too.

I want to ask this question to you guys, have you ever felt that you found the spending of that money a waste of time?

The money I donated was birthday money, and I'm not a man bent up on wants (everything I want is more expensive than what I have anyway), so I have no regrets.

Would you want you money back, and go back to being regular member? Discuss!

What would I do with $15 of credit anyway? Also, alt etc. :<

 

[Livewire]

Being a person with a sexy italicized blue user name, I can say that my $15 was well worth it, and I'm glad I donated. It's the least I could do to repay this place for the year and a half of awesome I've been given. Itn was the right thing to do.

 

[PlatinumDude]

If I could donate money (I'm not sure if my parents would approve), I'd do it for having a blog. I was a semi-active blogger at my old forum before getting banned, and would like to continue blogging here.

 

[Melody]

I'm one of the few supporters that can authentically say "I'm a 'Original' Supporter" who donated way back when the only real perk was a green italicized username. Back then that's all the perks anyone got. Naturally as the donor system flourished, I donated again to make T5, mainly because I felt the community was making progress in giving a few more perks to the donors.

Naturally any donation I give is a heartfelt contribution to the community. The perks that come along are merely a nice bonus.

 

[King Gumball]

I would like to donate and have a smexy blue name, but my parents wont let me.

 

[Captain Hobo.]

I will never take my donation back. I love being blue and having the 5 tier bar. I also like having a blog.

 

[Tater Tot]

Who the frick DIDN'T donate for the perks...

It was fun at the time, now I rarely even use PC so it's not that important. But I definitely wouldn't say I want a refund. It's fun. :D

 

[Ho-Oh]

Would you want you money back, and go back to being regular member? I would gladly take away the supporter status of the members I donated for in a heartbeat if I could, just because they're all staff members as it is and really have no need for it anymore (one of them's on a DLoA, though, so I may seek to do just that).

But... the advertisements. ;____;

...yeah basically, Nick donated for me nearly 2 years ago. If he chose to take away the supporter status, then that's his choice, just would mean that the VIP forum would be more dead, lol. Oh and I like larger avatar--wait do staff have 150? /is unaware of staff & supporter perks. Even still, if Nick took it away, then I guess I'd get over it. It was such a surprise back then, totally didn't expect it. XD

In conclusion, I can't really fully answer this, considering I didn't donate, but yeah being just a supporter for almost two years of my PC life was fun - I just wish i didn't ask for perks so often and gave supporters a bad name. Oh well, the past is the past.