Hi everyone, when the new Vacuumland went live nearly 45 days ago I gave all members who logged in and were not already upgraded 45 free days to check out and use all of the upgraded features. On this coming Friday night the first round of trial upgrades will expire and those who are not upgraded will see the site change a bit.
If you are wondering how many upgraded days you have left in your account simply look here...
First and foremost I want it to be clear that everyone is welcome here whether you are an upgraded member or not. An upgraded membership is not a requirement in any way to view threads, make postings in the threads, see the member collection photos or view the Vacuum of the Day, you will still be able to do all of this as a non-paying member. Again I want to stress that whether you decide to become a donating member of Vacuumland or decide to just have a free membership everyone is welcome. If you decide to upgrade, the $12 yearly donation is used to pay for the ever rising costs of running Vacuumland and it certainly would be appreciated, but again it's not a requirement.
The main difference between the free memberships and the upgraded donating memberships is the difference in site features between the two accounts types. Free accounts have less extra features, see advertising, cannot access the Miscellanea Forum and the site runs a bit slower. Please click here to see the upgrade page and view the chart that describes the difference between the free membership and the upgraded membership.
Another thing to remember is that come Friday night the Miscellanea forum will be closed non-upgraded members and all Junior members.
If you decide to upgrade, unlike the old system under the VCCC, the new system has now been tied directly into Paypal, so as long as paypal is sending donation information instantly, your account's upgraded days will update within a few minutes after the donation is processed. Under the old system it used to take days for it to be updated as it was a completely manual system.
Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this change. Thanks everyone and we do appreciate your support of the work we've done here to make Vacuumland a central town square for all vacuum cleaner experts, collectors and aficionados.
If you are wondering how many upgraded days you have left in your account simply look here...
First and foremost I want it to be clear that everyone is welcome here whether you are an upgraded member or not. An upgraded membership is not a requirement in any way to view threads, make postings in the threads, see the member collection photos or view the Vacuum of the Day, you will still be able to do all of this as a non-paying member. Again I want to stress that whether you decide to become a donating member of Vacuumland or decide to just have a free membership everyone is welcome. If you decide to upgrade, the $12 yearly donation is used to pay for the ever rising costs of running Vacuumland and it certainly would be appreciated, but again it's not a requirement.
The main difference between the free memberships and the upgraded donating memberships is the difference in site features between the two accounts types. Free accounts have less extra features, see advertising, cannot access the Miscellanea Forum and the site runs a bit slower. Please click here to see the upgrade page and view the chart that describes the difference between the free membership and the upgraded membership.
Another thing to remember is that come Friday night the Miscellanea forum will be closed non-upgraded members and all Junior members.
If you decide to upgrade, unlike the old system under the VCCC, the new system has now been tied directly into Paypal, so as long as paypal is sending donation information instantly, your account's upgraded days will update within a few minutes after the donation is processed. Under the old system it used to take days for it to be updated as it was a completely manual system.
Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this change. Thanks everyone and we do appreciate your support of the work we've done here to make Vacuumland a central town square for all vacuum cleaner experts, collectors and aficionados.
