I have been getting this a lot of complaints today about this, and I can only really answer it one way ...

"Let's call it a one month experiment - their ad agency contacted F-150
Online as a participant in that campaign - and what else can I say but, 'I
have to pay the bills.'"

The first part of the year is incredibly slow with advertising (ie 1,000,000 ad impressions *may* equate to $1000, my
monthly cost in running the site now is almost that) and they are willing to pay me for this...if I get enough
complaints, I will certainly remove it.

All I can ask that you please hang in there and don't leave.

Steve

 

Oopps sorry,
I just started a thread in GD about this. https://www.f150online.com/f150board...ML/000520.html

 

I'll never leave Steve.

 

I guess its not so stupid after all

 

Well Steve, to me, this is a form of spamming, and I HATE spamming...BUT...I LOVE this site, and I understand about making ends meet. If you need it to help pay the bills, then do what you have to do. I can live with minimizing it when it pops up...and I'm sure everyone else can too. So much for the "advertising" huh?

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1999 F-150 4x4 SuperCab, Deep Wedgewood Blue, ORP, 4-Wheel ABS, Loaded, Flowmaster 50 series, K&N, Tint, Super-White headlights, Westin Nerf Bars, Toff Spray-On Bedliner, Pioneer DEH-P3000 and TS-A6815 speakers, ADS PQ/8 amp.

 

Don't sweat it Steve.

In my book, you can do no wrong.

 

He's just covering expenses, so let's all "Punch the Monkey"

 

OK I'll stay too then.

 

Whew! I thought I was doing something wrong I didn't pay attention and I had 17 About windows open!! They were minimizing automaticaly. Now that I know why, no problem. I'll stick around. This is a great site and way to helpfull to abondon. Just a minor inconveniase.

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1999 Harvest Gold F-150 4x2 SuperCab XLT Styleside, 4.6, Auto, Tow Pkg, Alarm, Snug-Top Hard Tonneau cover(painted to match), LINE-X spray on bed liner, 6-disk Pioneer CD changer, Kenwood Tri-Band Ham radio (2m,440,220), Billet Grille, Bug Deflector.
Planned Mods: FIPK, Gibson Exhaust, Headers, Chip, 2/3 inch lower, tint front windows.

 

UPDATE!

Here is the copy I sent to the add agency this morning that was handling this campaign...

PUNCH THAT MONKEY!!

 

I've smacked that damn monkey around to do my part, In fact I feel a can of whoop-*** starting to open.

Think I will kill it this time.

Mike J.

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1997 F-250 HD (old style) Supercab 4x4 w/ 7.5l 460. Jacobs Electronics Ceramic 2000 plug wires, Side-gapped Autolite plugs,Synthetic Oil, K&N air filter,Cab/Clearence lights,Tonneau cover and bedliner are my only upgrades so far.

 

Steve,
Can you delete my thread in the GD section (the locked one "About.com") as I can no longer see what useful purpose it serves.

 

Steve,

I fully understand about paying the bills and soon realized what the problem was.

Probably the main complaint is that such a window is more like a "Big Brother" watching and we certainly have enough of that today in government.

I personally would much rather click on your advertisements voluntarily every time I access F150online and have done so many times in the past. I am sure most of your other regular people would prefer do this also on a regular volunteer basis. And the pop up window is certainly not a reason to leave F150online at all.

A reminder to us all on the main page for a voluntary "click advertisers/pay the bills" would probably be met with good results and better attitudes.

Either way I am here for the duration!!

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Dunbarton "The Middle Aged Kid" '99 XLT SC SB 4x2 4.6 auto 3.55 ls The occasional Z-71 Eater! Wedgewood & Denim, SuperChipped, Airaid FIPK, Rhino Liner, Extang Classic tonneau cover, Mobil 1. Man, I got it all! (New Jersey)

 

Just slaughtered another monkey for ya steve! Felt kinda good.

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'97 XLT Reg. Cab, 4.2V6, 5spd, Superchipped, K&N Air Filter, Lund Deflector, Dash Mat, MagnaFlow Muffler, Hellwig Rear Sway Bar, Edelbrock Shocks, Duraliner, Extang Saber Tonneau, Painted Tailgate Handle, Bell-Tech 2" Rear Drop, Amer. Rac. Atlas Wheels Clad in 275/60/17 Eagle GTII. Likes straightaways, loves twisties.

 

This is also one of my #1 sites to ck out. The pop up ad was starting to give me the flips. I would pay 10.00 to 20.00$ a year for a membership to keep it going and not have to put up with the popup. As for now it looks like monkey brains for dinner again

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99 F150 xlt s/c orp auto 5.4 soft tonneau, rubber maid bed mat,mud from the dirt bike(YZ250)