Hi Folks Here is the contributors list for the new year. Yes, it's April 3, and I usually do this on New Years Eve. Late last year, I pinched nerve in my neck, and it was murder to sit in this office chair for very long.. long enough to answer the daily emails was about it. That subsided here in about Mid March, so back to normal, I was just reminded yesterday that I had forgotten to put up this years thank you thread of our contributors. AS of now, the site is completely funded by users, and is advertisement free, and will be for the balance of 2020. This site is hosted by a professional internet hosting company, and we lease our own state of the art server for this board. As such, it has excellent up time and speed. This is not inexpensive.. current hosting fees and related expenses are just about 5K per year, and I like to kick 1K to our always on call 24/7 troubleshooter, who also does all the hard core programing on the site, and has since it's inception. I figure $2.73 a day is pretty cheap for someone I can call 24/7/365 to get up back up and running. The site has never been about revenue, and as such, our policy/enforcement on vendor fees has always been pretty easygoing. A word on high volume sellers. If your in business, or a high volume private seller, then you should be supporting this site, as at least a Gold Level contributor. Do the right thing, don't abuse our generosity providing you a free place to sell your parts. Nothing is free, someone is always paying. That someone is me... and although I have always said I will pay the whole thing if I have to, I have been lucky enough thru the years that you guys have picked up a good portion of the tab on this deal. That means a lot, and makes this thing not so much a chore to keep going. So thank you to all of you who help us keep V8Buick.com your number one community for those of us who love Buicks with V8 engines. To Donate by paypal= hit the donate button on the top of the forum home page or to do it directly from paypal, our paypal address is jim@trishieldperformance.com With a CC, we take all the major cards.,.. give me a call at the shop, I am typically here most of the time, since the shop is 200 feet behind my house, and I have a shop extension that rings in the house here.. so feel free to call anytime between 7am and 10pm any day... Weekends, Holidays, whatever.. I'm easy.. 320-629-8999 Send me a PM if your looking for the postal address for snail mail. Our donation "year" is from DEC 1- 2019-Nov 30 2020 Here the list for 2020: Founders club ($200 and up) Chucknixon Specialwagon65 ToddsGS RTV72 gsfred Mike Sobotka Briz gszinny Topcat Platinum Contributor ($100-199) timinihan dukec BYoung 2manybuicks Harold Prouty Bruno '72 SkylarkCustom 4BBL Wolvenweb Cutlass Buicksky Snakedriver Larry Gibson Buickbarr Gulfgears Dan Gerber Stage 2 Iron Paddy455 Jim68Skylark 71 Rivera BP714speedgsrag Colonel1964 cjp69 Gold level ($50-99) efogs400 Freakazoid Bills auto Works labdad toolman4537 2nd Gen Buick Fan mineseats9 underdog350 Rich Skylark 70Sportwagon gokitty tubecat gs Mart StfSocal Nailhead Deogi2 Brian Albrecht BuickStaged breakinbuick11 waterboy bigboytea Mrolds69 ragtops Dana/Beth Andrews Hector Joe Blog 73Electra225 Silver Level oldgoldbuick delo 1 Jamie Carnes PGSS Storm 1 72skylarkconvt 1969BSGS Upstaged1970 firstbuicknut 1972mach1 mrolds69 wallypep pete g bballsam 68skylark cust FreighTer Jim 69GS&M21 gs66 Benny56 71GS455N25 2dtrac Mule larrybpsu Schurkey oldskewl59 Thanks again everyone..!
This year, since a bit of time as passed since the 2020 donations have started to come in, I might be missing a name or two on the list. The paypal stuff should be pretty solid, since I download a report for the those folks, but if you called me and gave me a CC, or sent me a check, that might be a bit more dicey. The amounts go in the accounting program, but just under a general "site donation" heading.. with no names... I my defense, I had a sticky note with names and amounts on it, stuck to my desk for a long time... then the GF decided to have some of her friends over the other day, and decided she should do me a "Favor" and clean my desk off.. Yup, you know what happened... I am sure that note is here somewhere... So if you have contributed since Dec 1 2019 and your name is not on this list, just shoot me an email, and I will take care of it asap. jim@trishieldperformance.com Thanks all JW
Nah, it keeps the complaint desk quiet... Thanks, fixed it. you think after 20+ years I could quit making that mistake.. JW
Updated with missing names and new contributors, as of the date and time of this post. Thanks guys JW
My understanding was that there had been a deal made with some advertiser that would fully fund the board and donations, while accepted and appreciated , were no longer needed. As always I'll be more than happy to renew my annual contribution. Cant believe I just typed that with no spelling errors! Sending my donation now. Thanks Jim!
Jim, good morning and hope all is well. Wanted to verify you received my contribution in late Jan/Feb? Sent it via us mail - And, I understand the neck thing - glad you are doing better. Thx, byron
This is the second time I'm writing about this as Jim here is very forgiving,leaving the giving to us.Must of us do give Jim money,but some big sellers,with a lot money,with the excuse that Jim was supposed to get money from advertisers that never did happen.with that notion they think that its all right not to contribute their share for using this board to sell their stuff..Should we really stay quiet? Rant over.Bruno.
Jim, Understand the neck issue they affect so much of what we need to do. Thanks again for the board its a great place and I appreciate you making it available to us.
Thanks Tony and Bruno... Yes, Byron, your name was on that piece of paper that got "cleaned" away. Briz.. ya, I wish.... thanks for helping. JW
Bruno, I think you are correct about big sellers here on this board should help support Jim and all of us who enjoy all the perks that Jim has provided to this board. I think one of the first steps Jim should look at is selling Vehicles. I think there should be a price set, maybe anything above a certain dollar value, you send a 2-5% back to pay for this board. That's a very small price to sell your Buick to the most Buick enthusiasts on the web in my opinion. Then Jim can move on to parts if he chooses. Just my thoughts! Let's all help Jim help us!!! Jim Thank you for all you do for all of us!!! Ron