PokerCharts.com will charge soon

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When I went to log on to PokerCharts.com tonight the following message came up. I guess they need to start making some more money. I'm now stopping loging my sessions, I have PokerTracker anyway. It was a good program while it was free...

"Member Notice
Poker Charts moving to a subscription model

Since 2002, Poker Charts has been kept free for members through the collection of advertising fees and the very occasional donation. Neither source of revenue has been able to adequately support the development and operation of the site, especially as the site has become more and more popular. Furthermore, we found the advertising to be super cheesy and detract from the usability (ergo, usefulness) of the site. As one member candidly put it to us in email, "All of these ads on the site suck. It makes using the site a drag."

So last summer we made the decision to let all of the advertising run out, stop taking donations, and support the site by collecting a nominal rake from the membership. Since then we've been steadily making improvements, and now we are ready to enact a new subscription policy. We think you will find it very reasonable. The policy will go into effect next week, but as you will see you won't need to worry about it for another month or so.

Here are the prices and other highlights:
- $7.95 for 3 months, $11.95 for 6 months or $19.95 for a year.
- For new members the first month is free.
- For current members, the first month is free from the first time you login after we've fully enacted the policy.
- We will accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover.
- We are looking into adding Neteller, PayPal and Firepay.
- We will NOT automatically charge your card when your time runs out unless you instruct us to.
- Anyone who has donated in the past (a small club) will get a lifetime free ride.
- At anytime you can bail out and use your stats elsewhere by exporting them to a spreadsheet, even after your membership expires.

We hope you will find this pricing more than fair, especially considering the features and design of Poker Charts, and the fact that we are constantly improving it. We will resist the temptation to throw out the Sy Sperling line, but one of the reasons Poker Charts is so great is that every member of the development and design team uses it. With your continued support this application will only get better faster.

As always, we value your feedback and would like to help you with your questions or concerns. You can contact us using the link to the left or you can post a message (anonymously, if you like) in our open discussion forum.

Regards,
The Poker Charts Team

P.S. See the discussion forum for the latest upgrade notes - lots of features have just been improved and added.
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