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Personally, I would go away from this forum if fee is requested for membership.
Despite the fact that it costs a lot to maintain this site, we are still (well, most of us) amateurs and we are here to learn and to offer our knowledge to others
That means, in principle, no money should exchange hands for sharing information, ideas and experience.
Maybe I am wrong, but it is my impression that my contribution to this forum was useful for some (possibly even financially, I will never know that and I don't really want to know) - so how about if I start charging for this in the future?
I am more than sure that many other contributors to this forum would feel the same about the issue should something like this is ever introduced.
Classifieds section might be treated differently, though.
Perhaps a small percentage of the selling price should be contributed to the forum to help offset the cost of running it? However, this will be Mike's decision.
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