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I left here months ago after being jerked around, so watching as many are now being jerked around is no surprise to me
I came here for three reasons....
I use classic detectors, and do very well with them I might add, so when I need a lower, a coil, a back up machine, whatever, I very likely am looking for a used unit, and I would much rather give my money to a member here than someone I don't know from Adam on eBay.
So the classifieds is one reason.
The second reason is this forum uses vBulletin software.
State of the art software is what is needed for a forum like this and vBulletin is the very best forum software available.
I know vBulletin software really well, and I have "a lot" of experience posting on forums that use it, it's hands down the best.
The third reason was the content, there is plenty of good content here.
I went over and looked at Liberty, the software is MyBB, that is Free software and for free it is great, but as we all know,......."You Get What You Pay For".
So here's the problem,
You can shift members from a site with clapped out free software to vBulletin and they are besides themselves with how well things are laid out,..................
But you can't do it the other way around, everyone will be upset.
The best way to describe it is to think of free forum software as a two bedroom apartment, and vBulletin as a nice two story house with a pool.
Moving from an apartment in a beautiful house,.... good thing.
Moving from a beautiful house into an apartment,....not such a good thing.
Now if Liberty was also built using vBulletin software that would be different, I doubt anyone here would care very much because every bit of content, all the post counts, photos, heck even the messages could just be slid over to the new site because the software is the same, members already know how things are laid out, they know their way around, and so no problem.
"But", vBulletin software is expensive, just like the two story house with the pool.
Carol & Vlad put in a ton of time and effort in keeping this site rolling, and they pay the bills....................
So, if you want vBulletin software over on the other site I suggest the members hold a fund raiser and pay for it.
Carol & Vlad already know vBulletin, and they know it's vastly superior to any of the free forum software so should be no problem there.
See,.... problem solved, I leave this place for a few months and it falls apart,....LOL
As for me, I won't be posting on either one of these sites, because I was jerked around here, and MyBB is not so good, that's why it's free, (big surprise).
For all you people that are not so experienced with forums, on any forum just scroll to the very bottom of the page and the maker of the software is stated there.
So take care everyone, I hope you all find plenty of good stuff.
SandFisher