The House of Blue

With all of the options out there....that gives YOU the option. If you want to play...you have to pay.

Why does everyone feel they should get entitlements at someone else's expense?

I'm fixing to sign back up for a few months through signing day etc but I see what the person that starts this thread is getting at. It's very annoying for the ones that aren't VIP to start to read a thread then every response after the first few become VIP then people get disinterested. I'm really lost and confused at the staff here for not realizing that this is a issue.

How is it confusing? It's EXACTLY like this in my profession. In healthcare, if you wish to search for the most up to date research regarding treatment for a condition, you dont get it for free. You do get a tidbit..maybe an abstract at most. But if you want to access the full text article, you pay a fee. Why should the guys who spend countless hours finding out the most up to date information, give it out for free?

I am a new subscriber...but am a very happy subscriber. I respect how much time these guys give of themselves to make this site what it is. Therefore, I pay and dont complain.

I have to agree, but Cats pause will do and should do what they deem best for themselves. I will say though, this used to be the first place I would look for info because it seemed to be more legit than other sites. Then, every thread seemed like it turned VIP. Now, I find out free info on other sites, info that has been tweeted, and is public knowledge, only to find the thread about it over here is VIP. There's nothing wrong with having a paid VIP site with premium info, but there is something wrong with trying to hoard public info and call it premium. I'm not saying cats Pause is trying to hoard info, but it does feel like it to someo of us sometimes.

Obviously, it's a timing thing, because what may have been premium yesterday becomes public knowledge today. I often wondered if it wouldn't make sense for a site like this to open up the VIP post to everyone once the knowledge has become public. The VIP's would still pay, bcause they want the info asap, and it would also put thei free info on par with the free info of other site's. In fact, it would actually even give non paying members a glimpse of what VIP is like, and as a result, may even develop some new paying customers. Just an idea. From my perspective, If all things were equal, I'd prefer to read this site, but instead, I find myself going elsewhere because public knowlege is more accessable onother sites.

People have to make money somehow and they are being rewarded for their hard work. I have no beef with that. The info just doesn't come to them...

CATSPAUSE 247 is by far the best 9 bucks I spend on sports related things period. The inside scoops Josh,Matt,Chris and the gang deliver are well worth 9 bucks TO ANY UK fan. If you dont want to pay..just wait a couple days/weeks to read it in newspaper or watch on local news.

You know, I hate to bring this up again because you locked a thread referencing it, but if you had a separate area for VIP stuff you wouldn't have these sorts of issues.

I'm currently a paying member but this place needs to go back to a separate board for non paying members. When I wasn't a member it really turned me off of this site for a long time. Nothing worse than to be reading a thread and then to have posts that are VIP sprinkled in. Dumb concept.

While it may be minimal compared to what paying members contribute, Cats Pause still makes money off free users by internet hits, and advertisemsnts. I promise you advertisers would not be as willing to pay for a spot if all of us free members went away. Some of you guys get your panties in a wad to easily, but none of us are saying we are entitled to info for free. Were merely suggesting what we think would make it more valuable to ALL if it's members.

You are wrong about the threads though. There have been several threads here lately that were VIP that were talking about what was public info, and it was the only thread about said info. Moreover, it was started after that info had been made public. Like I said, Cats Pause will do what it feels is in it's best interest, but I guarantee you they care about the non-paying members also. Otherwise, it wouldn't be an option.

Thats their only only source of income, besides the fees for insiders info, is showing advertisers the number of hits so that they can see how many people will see their product or service. But while you feel they get from us, don't we get from them? I mean all the sites have the same goal, make money to stay in business and entertain the fans with info about their favorite team. What we fail to recognize is that we get info from anyone who comes on this site with a rumor or fact, and we don't pay a dime for that. Now one thing does happen it seems, guys who use their phone actually put the thread on VIP by posting and not realizing that they have done that. That is one area that maybe the tech guys can correct so that it doesn't happen but besides that this is a nice site for UK sports.

Honest question for non-VIP posters. Honest.

Is it better to be able to most of a thread, or none of the thread at all? On this site, you don't have to pay to read or post.

Other sites, you have to pay to read and post. Can't read any of it free. Can't post free. Is that really better than occasionally maybe possibly having some VIP posts sprinkled in - posts that are made VIP by the users themselves - whether staff or non-staff?

It allows folks to get an idea of the content, the conversations, etc. Can test drive for a bit and see for yourself. At other sites, it's paywall, paywall, paywall, paywall. Wanna see what's here? Start your 7-day free trial.

It's asking folks to take a much bigger leap than we are IMO. Even if there are some VIP posts sprinkled in, at least you have an idea about the topic and where the conversation is going. Then, if you run into a VIP post you have a much better idea as a consumer in your decision-making process.