• NOTICE: Starting March 24th, we've shifted to a mandatory user Account upgrade (donation) to post here. Once you've created an account, see the SITE SUPPORT section at the bottom on how to upgrade. This is to help try and cover site costs, and reduce redundant and argumentative posts. Search and read before staring a new thread, most topics are well covered here. We still require ONE post in the Intro section (bottom of the main Forum section list) to introduce yourself: NO QUESTIONS THERE - THEY WILL BE DELETED. Small $ donations via our link above will not be considered. Also to NOTE, the owner here lost his home in the LA Wildfire storm in January; See the USA section for more details. Your compassion, consideration and understanding on use of this site is expected. It's NOT a free social media platform - decades of time and money went into this site. We have a zero tolerance policy on attacks. Do NOT write us direct and ask questions unrelated to the Forum, we do not offer Tech support direct, they will be deleted.

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This is a privately owned website, supported in part by you, the User. It is NOT a free social media site. For full site access, including Ask the wrench, Classifieds and Downloads, a donation to the site via "Account Upgrades" can be made by clicking on your profile name at the upper right when signed in, and you'll see the window pop up as seen below. This will also get you occasional Seasonal discounts to our online STORE (linked above always also).
For payments processed via PayPal; We CANNOT cancel subscriptions, only YOU can via YOUR PP portal.
We DO NOT/CANNOT charge your card. Please just email us if you want a refund. DO NOT DISPUTE the charge as that costs us $.

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*BUMP*

Alright y'all. I'm not a huge poster here or even a huge lurker, but this site has always been a help when I've needed it to. This site is an invaluable resource to all motorcyclists, but especially us Guzzi lovers. I implore all of you: if you haven't already given to support the site, please consider it. I just upgraded my account on the principle that good things like this need to be supported, especially if we want them to stick around. The fact that Todd is in the red for providing this service is a damned shame; I think we all can spare $5 to support someone who is not only providing a fantastic forum board resource for us all, but is also designing and providing TOP notch products and support (I have sought his help on many things and have bought many of his services and they are all far above what is expected in this industry).

So, please, pull out your cards, and sign up. Use this as a justification to give up one Starbucks a month and you'll even walk away with a net profit.

Rock on and Ride Hard.

~Zack
 
I have found this site to be very helpful and the members here seem to be willing to assist other Guzzi riders with a minimum of BS. If you find the site useful, as I do, how about ponying up a donation? For what it costs to get a couple cups of coffee at Starbucks, you can help Todd keep this forum going. Thanks!
 
decotriumph said:
I have found this site to be very helpful and the members here seem to be willing to assist other Guzzi riders with a minimum of BS. If you find the site useful, as I do, how about ponying up a donation? For what it costs to get a couple cups of coffee at Starbucks, you can help Todd keep this forum going. Thanks!
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Thanks Alan, much appreciated.
 
there's 3 different account upgrades $25,$50 per year and $100 other than price of donation is there different access? whats the difference?
 
B.Avant said:
there's 3 different account upgrades $25,$50 per year and $100 other than price of donation is there different access? whats the difference?
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No difference in access. Donate however much you feel you value the info and use of the site.
 
This "donation" thing caught me out totally unawares. I had no idea I needed to make a donation to view certain forums. And it wasn't just classifieds and downloads, I was blocked from "Ask The Wrench". (There may be others as well.)

I'm holding out judgement for now, but this came to me as a bit of a rude surprise.

I understand that this website has a full contingent of loyal followers and who knows, I may become one myself. And I also understand that websites don't just fund themselves. But as a new Guzzi owner, I was kinda bummed and will need to give this some thought.

doc
 
I hate to be critical of this website, as I have gotten some very good information from it. Knowing that my contribution from last year had expired, I logged in this morning to donate for another year. Just so you know, I am a self-described cheapskate. Not so much that I'll end up as a subject on reality TV, but I try to be rather frugal with my spending.

I see that in order to do a one time contribution to this site, the only option available to me comes in at $100. To do my usual $25 deal, or $50 for that matter, I now have to subscribe, allowing automatic yearly charges to my payment account. I really hate to allow automatic charges to any of my accounts, and avoid them as much as possible, unless I am given considerable savings. Another thing I factor into my decision is the ease of cutting off an automatic payment, should I decide to do so. I am not seeing a link on this website to simply click to unsubscribe. Am I missing it?

Again, I do value the information on this site. I am also not very likely to purchase much from Todd's store, mainly due to my being very satisfied with the bike as designed. With this in mind, not to mention the current worldwide crisis, I am going with the $100 option, with the hopes that we'll be able to use this resource long into the future. I would really like to see that Unsubscribe button next year, when it's time to renew.
 
FrankZ said:
I hate to be critical of this website, as I have gotten some very good information from it... I am going with the $100 option, with the hopes that we'll be able to use this resource long into the future. I would really like to see that Unsubscribe button next year, when it's time to renew.
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I don't have control over everything all of the time. The $100 is set to be a one shot deal (see below). I do *NOT* have the recurring box checked. I suspect it may be something on the side of PP. You should be able to easily cancel it via them, not me or the site here. Much appreciate the donation! Site costs here are through the roof because of the size of the site and bandwidth usage. All donations go to support the site, not me personally.

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GT-Rx® said:
I don't have control over everything all of the time. The $100 is set to be a one shot deal (see below). I do *NOT* have the recurring box checked. I suspect it may be something on the side of PP. You should be able to easily cancel it via them, not me or the site here. Much appreciate the donation! Site costs here are through the roof because of the size of the site and bandwidth usage. All donations go to support the site, not me personally.

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It could be my lack of technical experience when dealing with the online world causing me to not easily see an unsubscribe option. Like you said, it may be something I would have to do through PayPal. I've never done a subscription deal through them, therefore I've never had to look for a way to unsubscribe. As I said in my previous post, I avoid those recurring subscriptions as much as possible, too easy to forget about them, don't like surprise bills popping up in my accounts.

Thanks, Todd.
Frank
 
Fleuger99 said:
Is PayPal the only method for payment?
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They are just the card processor. Per below, you can select Donate with Debit or Credit Card. If not, we have Venmo (also PP owned), Zelle or Stripe. Email us for Zelle or Stripe; Info @GuzziTech.com

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Done via the link above on your account...

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So I set up to donate but I use to contribute a set amount per year, it wants a monthly donation and so I did get close to the original amount. It doesn't seem to allow you to do a yearly on PayPal anymore only monthly.. Thanks for the site
 
dragonknee said:
So I set up to donate but I use to contribute a set amount per year, it wants a monthly donation and so I did get close to the original amount. It doesn't seem to allow you to do a yearly on PayPal anymore only monthly.. Thanks for the site
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Hmm. I think you accidentally must have clicked the monthly box because I have donated a one-time fixed amount I chose with no problem.

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Whats weird is that I was a yearly donator and went back to do that. It had no place to say yearly just make it monthly. When I first did it 3 years ago it had me pick how much a year and there was no problem.. I guess its all good because its set up to donate monthly and it works out to be more... Which is good for the site.
 
Thanks Hugh Durham for costing me $15, and taking me take one step closer to the higher fee tier on disputes. I tried to reach out to you, but you didn't respond at all after numerous attempts. Once disputed, I cannot do anything outside of accept the dispute and refund with the associated charge to me.
Guys, I have no problem refunding donations if you accidentally checked or didn't see the annual checkbox on your donation here. Do not email and yell at me for charging you, as happens far too often. As stated in the first thread here; WE DO NOT AND CANNOT CHARGE YOU FOR DONATIONS. ONLY YOU HAVE CONTROL OF THIS. EMAIL US FOR A REFUND BEFORE DISPUTING THE CHARGE.

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