Financial Situation For CCF... Members Should Be Informed...

Well, not to blow my horn but I have had a couple lots for sale on here and the buyers were to pay CCF and not me, and I paid the shipping. I have also sent in a small contribution. Done this numerous times over the years and was a Supporter most of the time I have been active on the forum. Maybe there's a way for members to sell some extra numismatic items they have and ask the proceeds to be sent to CCF?
There are a lot of inactive members who get free advertising in the banner/link at the top of every page that shows their ebay items they have up for sale.

They came here long ago, linked ebay to their profile and wandered off.
Perhaps to have the link advertise the sales of members, maybe they should be Supporting members?
I mean why not? It would be another "perk" for being a Supporter and the dead beats who don't even come here would not have their items pop up, so yours would show more often.

The forum gallery has some awesome coins inside but same thing. Some members have not visited CCF for a very long time but the space is free. I have a ton of images posted there and I would be willing to pay for the space I use. There are other forums for other subjects I have belonged to and they would give you a "gallery or albums" only if you were a supporter.

I hate to see Bobby get disrespected like he did in the other thread. Sometimes I am convinced he is actually a real human being behind the curtain. I would not have the patience he has and that guy that posted the name calling would have been banned in a heartbeat.
My hat also goes off to the moderators. The best ever, I mean try another site and see how they get pushy and big-headed. All puffed up with ego mania better than you know-it-alls.
The mods we have are amazingly humble and seem to always be on the job, yet behave themselves as one of the family. Without the label under the name, you would never suspect they had a badge.
Priorities Bobby and Susan. Take care of yourselves first.... and thank you.

Even when removing any content related to those subjects it will not let me post.

Coconutjoe, Thank you for giving this attention. It is good for us to be aware of a situation like this. In the other thread, bobby sites the ebay affiliate program as a main source of income for CCF. How exactly does this program work? Is it a CCF link for ebay where CCF gets a portion of anything purchased from that link, or something like that?

There is a movie collectible forum where I used to be an active member which I supported not only by becoming a "premium" member but also by using their Amazon link every time I visit Amazon.com. That link is saved in my bookmarks bar in my browser. If it was the same type of thing with CCF and ebay, that would be a good way for members to support the forum.

Right there on the left with a big yellow Donate button under Be a Site Supporter in the left column on most every page.

Looks like it is membership time. No lifetime membership?

Amazon link sounds like a good idea too. I buy lots of stuff from them both personal & for my business. I'm sure many of members use them too.

Thank you for the donations everyone. I really appreciate it. Just to reiterate though, the forum is not in danger of "going under" since we resigned ourselves to the fact the house can't be saved, we've stopped paying the mortgage.