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<blockquote data-quote="RocketCowboy" data-source="post: 381300" data-attributes="member: 25095">There are no items for sale in that post/thread. The only Nikonites items for sale that I'm aware of are posted in <a href="http://nikonites.com/site-news/1024-nikonites-t-shirts-cards-hats-mugs.html#axzz3JcueVfkg" target="_blank">this thread</a>, which is in an open forum.Becoming a contributing member is discussed <a href="http://nikonites.com/content/423-become-contributing-member.html#axzz3JcueVfkg" target="_blank">in this article here</a>. The admin has chosen to provide some extra benefits/features to members who decide to financially contribute to the site. You are entirely correct, there are more ways than just financial to contribute to this site. That said, running an online forum of this size also brings along with it some fairly hefty financial obligations, so both sides of the equation must be met for the site to survive. At times, the admin may decide to solicit input from members who have taken that extra step to contribute financially to the website, in the same way the admin may decide to solicit input from the membership at large. It's not a matter of trying to alienate anyone, or discredit the viewpoints of others, but rather to target the request to a narrow demographic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RocketCowboy, post: 381300, member: 25095"] There are no items for sale in that post/thread. The only Nikonites items for sale that I'm aware of are posted in [URL="http://nikonites.com/site-news/1024-nikonites-t-shirts-cards-hats-mugs.html#axzz3JcueVfkg"]this thread[/URL], which is in an open forum. Becoming a contributing member is discussed [URL="http://nikonites.com/content/423-become-contributing-member.html#axzz3JcueVfkg"]in this article here[/URL]. The admin has chosen to provide some extra benefits/features to members who decide to financially contribute to the site. You are entirely correct, there are more ways than just financial to contribute to this site. That said, running an online forum of this size also brings along with it some fairly hefty financial obligations, so both sides of the equation must be met for the site to survive. At times, the admin may decide to solicit input from members who have taken that extra step to contribute financially to the website, in the same way the admin may decide to solicit input from the membership at large. It's not a matter of trying to alienate anyone, or discredit the viewpoints of others, but rather to target the request to a narrow demographic. [/QUOTE]

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