Although I appreciate the many offers I get every week to purchase 10mm-firearms.com, I have no plans to sell it. The new trend is for a group or corporation to buy as many forums as possible, load them with advertisements, pop-ups and sponsors and make as much money as possible. While I respect capitalism in its many forms, I have no desire to make money from this website, either through selling it or by taking money from corporate sponsors.
This website will always be free of advertising, pop-ups, or paid sponsors. We will never have membership fees or a "paid members" area.
Thank you.
AMEN! Thanks Reaper.
Grim Reaper a BIG Thanks for your dedication of this site...I appreciate it very much! It has been the go to site for 10mm stuff these days! I see the activity dwindling or only sporadic activity on the other sites.
The site is steadily gaining memberships daily showing good healthy growth. ;D
Thank You Grim Reaper!!! 8)
Way to go Grim Reaper! 8)
I am sick of all the popups on some of the other sites.
Thank you for providing and maintaining this site.
I keep it open all the time and visit a couple times a day. Great bunch of guys with excellent knoledge to share.
OK on memberships, but I'm sure you have bills as a result. What about donations to help offset some costs?
CW
Like CW, I am fine offering either money or redundant hosting to help defray costs as well. My server doesn't have five 9's of uptime, but could certainly help load balance, etc.
Reaper:
I just recently found your site but not the 10mm. It is by far the best forum I am associated with due to no advertisements and popups. Yes I know it costs you money to maintain it and I for one would like to personally thank you for the great site where we can all come and share info and learn from others. I hope I can contribute as much as I take. May be hard to do as there are some really good and smart 10mm people on here. Thanks to you all.
Thanks everyone for being a part of our website. Keep spreading the word so we gain membership. Unlike the sites that compete with this one, my reward for having members is not money, its the knowledge that people actually enjoy it here as much as I do. It costs less than $10 a month to keep the site going. That's about a half hours work at my job so I won't need money from our members. Thank you all.
Makes running this show an act of love....and we DO appreciate it, believe me! ;D
Want to add my thanks for the site.
Another reason to appreciate this site, greater privacy. Personally, I don't believe a gun oriented website should pass visitor info to Google and others. One can look at the HTML of a lot of gun sites and see those popups and links go to Google and several dozens of other companies.
There are literally hundreds of sites that collect information on visitors to websites. Amazing how some gun website owners allow those links in their web pages.
If you don't like the ads, use the Adblock Plus plugin. It works. I never see ads, especially the google forced redirection pages. The plugin doesn't just "hide" them, it prevents them from ever loading, which includes the scripts they can run while you are on the page.
I would like to add thanks for this site! I never see ads as I am either on my iPad or iPhone using tap talk
Belated thanks-Grim Reaper.
Like the Shadow says, this is a go to site for inform re 10 mm. Very informative. Please keep it up.
Good for you.
It is the downfall of many quality forums when the advertisements take up more space than the information.
Grim Reaper
I have just joined but your words are music to my ears. No pop , no ads to keep bothering you it is
great thank you for your service to the 10mm people. Cheers NM
The pop ups are what has killed me visiting a few sites. One with a certain GM pop up 99% of the time used to get most of my time.
I'm pretty sure I know the website you are referring to. Wouldn't be half as bad as the fact the same popup ad didn't pop up EVERY single time you go to a different page.
Thank you. It is refreshing to have a site that is ad free and quite speedy. I belong to a couple of forums that have ads and preferred membership options that run like they are dail-up. This place is great. Thanks again.
Bravo....you need a "LIKE" button for posts like this!
Two thumbs up.
Any chance you might run for president Mr. Reaper? You would have my vote!!
GREAT JOB, thanks,
al
Grim Reaper,
Thank you for resisting the monetary lures of the large corporations, as they always make enough changes to try and "improve" something and making it crap, like the way Microsoft does to their operating systems.
Very appreciative, Sir!
RkyMtn10mm
Thank you.
Grim Reaper,
Thank you for keeping this site a true member's forum. This site is young but already contains an enormous amount of amazing information.
thank you again,
Jon
In the famous words of Doctor Evil... "One Hundred Billion Dollars."
Great to have a forum thats for and about the members and not the money.
Thank you
John
Thank you reaper.
Thanks Reaper. Sounds like my kind of place.
Thanks Grim.... This site has really grown into an authority for 10mm stuff if you ask me. Lots of us came over from Glocktalk's 10-Ring / 10mm Reloading forum which has helped .... and I know that many of us still visit both... but honestly, this site has the least amount of rif-raf and the most longtime 10mm shooters I would guess.
Great job, btw.
Nick
Yep Nick, we are truly lucky to have this place. I never did get into Glocktalk, AR15, or the others but when this place came online I knew it was for me. There are some very dedicated devotees here and I love them all (except for 1 or 2). GR and staff do a wonderful job and more tolerant than I would be at times and that's why I like them so much.
You deserve a lot of credit to give up corporate greed and pressure..
Rick10mm, welcome to the forum!
GrimReaper has provide this avenue for us and it is what we as 10mm enthusiast make to be. Yes it has become the best to date place, to share information, bounce ideas off each other, and just socialize or plain showcase our stuff. ;D
Yeah I know of only one other forum for 10mm. They don't hold a candle to this one, plus the 10mm section is only a small part of it. This one is MOSTLY 10mm.
I think I learn something new almost everyday here.
Great site!
Thank you for allowing us a place discuss all our 10mm topics
I own a couple forums, and no one wants to buy mine. I'd sell mine. lol
Badass!
Thank you very much for not selling out. I have been a long time lurker. I just recently joined up here. Another forum I was a longtime member of was ruined when it was sold and went corporate. >:D
Another thank you for a great commercial free site.
Although it has recently cost me a bunch of money for a GP-100 and a Clement's conversion. :)
I think this is an Awesome forum , and everyone has been very helpful , and pleasant . I know some of the questions I have asked are probably stupid , but no one treats my like an idiot .
This forum is Awesome ,Thank you for creating It .
Quote from: Tomcat 10 on May 18 2015 01:57:43 PM MDT
I think this is an Awesome forum , and everyone has been very helpful , and pleasant . I know some of the questions I have asked are probably stupid , but no one treats my like an idiot .
This forum is Awesome ,Thank you for creating It .
Screw you idiot! (Nah, just kiddin.)
I think it is one reason I really enjoy this forum.
I left another forum over personal attacks. This forum has been great and many here have helped with problems I've had with my guns.
Quote from: 10mmfan on June 10 2015 12:45:31 PM MDT
I left another forum over personal attacks. This forum has been great and many here have helped with problems I've had with my guns.
Yeah? Yo mama made you ugly!
Once again, just kidding! ;)
$1,000,000,000 My Final Offer! :))
Really, good job on not going corporate! :D
Grim Reaper- that name rings a gong another time ago in what competition? I thought it was so appropriate then.
Glad to be back. Lee
I am new to this forum and I had to get on it as soon as I scrolled through the topics. This site is great! I have picked up some new information and I am glad to see that there are others who love the Big Ten like I do. Thank you for not selling out.
Quote from: Hunter on March 21 2013 06:38:06 PM MDT
Good for you.
It is the downfall of many quality forums when the advertisements take up more space than the information.
there is one regarding a plastic pistol that comes to mind.
well, that's part of it's problem.
First Manchu, Welcome to the forum! Glad you like it so far, it does have a lot to offer that you do not find on others!
Best regards! :D
This is a great site Thank You so much for keeping it pop up free and the annoying ads i have not been on this site long but is one of my favorites.
I want to say thanks too, that's some serious dedication.
That's good to hear, nothing bloats a site more on mobile than ads and pop ups. Thanks!
thankyou. the adds are killing the internet. pages literally get smaller and smaller as adds get bigger and bigger
Quote from: Patriot on March 13 2013 04:31:09 PM MDT
Thanks everyone for being a part of our website. Keep spreading the word so we gain membership. Unlike the sites that compete with this one, my reward for having members is not money, its the knowledge that people actually enjoy it here as much as I do. It costs less than $10 a month to keep the site going. That's about a half hours work at my job so I won't need money from our members. Thank you all.
BRAVO!!!
I like the smileys lineup and the general old-school format, the only thing I'd like to see added would be a vote of approval that we could click to show appreciation for the content. But only if it is part of the forum controls already LOL!!! I am getting lots of good info here, and plan to extend my Handgun and PCC arsenal with more Mighty 10mm AUTO!
Thank you for appreciation...being ad free does have some advantages other than bringing in revenue to sustain the site. Patriot has been very generous with his providing us this forum to communicate, share, exchange and just have this as a continuous resource and knowledge base for all the learn from! It continues to expand even though activity is slower at times.
It is the membership here that keeps things moving along so feel free to share experiences and information... 8)
Patriot, thanks again for putting this forum in place and maintaining it. I have, and will continue to learn a great deal.
Thank You!
Have you ever thought of offering membership sponsorships. Yearly, Three year, or lifetime sponsorships?
Well the owner expressed his feelings some time back as the forum didn't require much finances for its up keep!
If I recall he accepted some donations for the Forum's Logo Header in the past...
So in all of this time the forum has remained ad free & uncluttered since it's inception!
Thank you,
For everything.
Patrick
Not for sale? That's refreshing. Thank you!
Thanks for being a "Stand Up Guy". The forums are a mess with pop ups.
I also had a 10mm site, and I regularly had advertisers writing to get ads there. I nicely told them thanks but no thanks.
I REALLY appreciate sites like this one not bomparding us with adverts.
Thanks,
Gary
Definitely appreciate this site and would have no issue donating.
Quote from: gnappi on June 14 2020 10:37:39 PM MDT
I also had a 10mm site ....
Gary:
Was that the old "10mm Page" ?
If I recall Gary's page was Guitar Salon or something to that affect
Glad I found this group. Happy to be a part of it now.
Awesome. So glad you are keeping it the way it is!