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Anybody else miss the "buy me a beer" feature?

by George Wright
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Hi All,

The thank you button at the end of each post does the trick I guess but as I was clicking it a day or two ago I thought to myself, "I'd buy that guy a beer if the little mug were available."

Then I remembered how good it felt when the occasional beer would come to me. Ahhh! Refreshing!

Does anyone else miss that feature?

George Wright
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  • Profile picture of the author Fernando Veloso
    George,

    I wasn't a member to enjoy it but I'm with you: I'd buy some beers almost every single day.

    That and some acid pills on the opposite

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  • Profile picture of the author WinsonYeung
    Yeah, I miss that function as well. Just a buy me a beer button beside the Quote will definitely help to freshen up the warriorforum a bit.
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  • Profile picture of the author mmurtha
    Hey GW,

    Yeah, I miss it too. There's a Mod that Allen can get for this forum. I use it on mine, and it works well. And this Mod even allows for cokes too.
    Anyway, I know it would be good for WSOs and thanking people for help.
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  • Profile picture of the author michaelmac
    Yeah i miss the button also. it's nice to reward people who offer free and informative information with a few bucks that you might have to search for yourself or spend a lot more to acquire!
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  • Profile picture of the author DougBarger
    Yeah George,

    You're not alone. I miss being able to send someone a little special reward for
    an outstanding post just to 'make their day' or be a blessing.

    The times when I received one too gave a sort of warm and fuzzy feeling also.

    They were fun on the wso's too.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jeff Henshaw
      Yes, I think that it was a nice touch too.

      I'd certainly like to see it brought back.

      Jeff.
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  • Profile picture of the author Hackbridge
    I saw a Warrior with a "Buy me a beer" link in his signature. Sure enough I clicked on it and it went to Pay Pal with $0.00 to pay.

    I've always wanted to be able to do something like that. How's it done?

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    • Profile picture of the author John Sullivan
      I miss that function also think it was great for rewarding someone with a great post and now I am in need of a beer while I think about it.

      John
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    • Profile picture of the author mmurtha
      Originally Posted by Hackbridge View Post

      I saw a Warrior with a "Buy me a beer" link in his signature. Sure enough I clicked on it and it went to Pay Pal with $0.00 to pay.

      I've always wanted to be able to do something like that. How's it done?

      Brian

      Hey Brian,

      a couple of people used to sell a couple of different "Buy Me a Beer" scripts that you could put on your server that did the job. I know WordPress has a plugin that serves this function too if that helps you any. Oh, and that VBulletin Mod that I mentioned earlier if you have a VB forum.

      Either type of script would work for something like you want. Just set it up, and then put the hyperlink in your sig file.

      Hope this helps ...
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    • Profile picture of the author mmurtha
      Originally Posted by Imran Naseem View Post

      I miss it too..
      Dang Imran, that looks D*MN good to me right now. I can almost smell it over here.
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    • Profile picture of the author kswr123
      Originally Posted by Imran Naseem View Post

      I miss it too..

      Before that post I honestly thought you were a muslim :p

      Anyway, the feature was nice, and the possibility of monetary rewards MAY bring some great posts back into the forum - I know that I'd buy Moffat a beer. Not because of the great thread as such, but because his $100 contest added the 'spark' that the WF was missing.

      Y'never know - you may even make a full time income from having people buy beers for you
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  • Profile picture of the author J. Barry Mandel
    It was nice to be able to give and get.

    But, there's something I miss even more than that...

    It was that cricket/chirping sound you got everytime you logged on and got a PM. It was like an announcement letting you know you had a small gift waiting for you in your inbox
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    • Profile picture of the author mmurtha
      Originally Posted by Justin Mandel View Post

      It was nice to be able to give and get.

      But, there's something I miss even more than that...

      It was that cricket/chirping sound you got everytime you logged on and got a PM. It was like an announcement letting you know you had a small gift waiting for you in your inbox

      Hey Justin,

      Although it isn't the same exact sound, you can set your options in your user cp to have a pop up making a noise come up when you get a PM. So miss that gift no more.

      Now back to the Buy Me a Beer ...
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    "BRING BACK THE BEER...BRING BACK THE BEER...BRING BACK THE BEER!"
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  • Profile picture of the author gyar29
    George,

    I do miss being able to reward excellent posts.

    But unlike Doug, I do not miss it as a way to pay for WSOs.

    I frequently would not buy a WSO because the wso owner would use that function for payment. Why the hell would you make me buy you a beer, then wait for you to send me a link in an email to download the product I purchased. An email that I had to keep an eye out for until you got around to sending it and that I probably would have to search my spam folder for.

    Yeah I know, bumped thread, implied social proof, yada yada yada. That is all well and good. But I'm your customer. Give me the product that you've described. Allow me to obtain it immediately, and I'll then decide whether or not I want to be a member of your sales force. God I hated that "Just by me a beer and I'll send you the download link" in WSOs. Don't miss that at all!

    Gene
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    • Profile picture of the author George Wright
      Thanks for the input Gene,

      I agree and also disagree.

      If the buy me a beer feature on a WSO was used badly as you describe I totally agree with you, however...

      Some of the most exciting (for me anyway) WSOs were when the buy me a beer feature was used "correctly." (my definition of "correctly" follows)

      First way, there was a script that allowed instant delivery of the product.

      Second and most exciting for me.

      My WSO would go something like this "Buy me a beer, I'll be here 24/7 to see that you get the product right away."

      I know Warriors bought purposely at 4am, 2am, etc. my time just to see if I was really up 24/7.

      Here is what I would do. I set the WSO up to be paid through a gmail account that was set up only for that purpose. I'd set my gmail notifier to go off when ever a sale came in. I turned my speakers up so the bell would wake me up.

      "Ding, Ding, Ding," I would stumble to my PC open the paypal notification of payment, Paste the "thank you message" with a link to the product add "Dear First Name" to the top of the message and press send.

      All this would be within a couple of minutes from payments. I still remember some thought I was using a super script and wanted to know what it was.

      Of course this is not for everyone and many would think it a bother but I loved it. "Ding, Ding, Ding," Those were the good ol days.

      George Wright


      Originally Posted by gyar29 View Post

      George,

      I do miss being able to reward excellent posts.

      But unlike Doug, I do not miss it as a way to pay for WSOs.

      I frequently would not buy a WSO because the wso owner would use that function for payment. Why the hell would you make me buy you a beer, then wait for you to send me a link in an email to download the product I purchased. An email that I had to keep an eye out for until you got around to sending it and that I probably would have to search my spam folder for.

      Yeah I know, bumped thread, implied social proof, yada yada yada. That is all well and good. But I'm your customer. Give me the product that you've described. Allow me to obtain it immediately, and I'll then decide whether or not I want to be a member of your sales force. God I hated that "Just by me a beer and I'll send you the download link" in WSOs. Don't miss that at all!

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      • Profile picture of the author gyar29
        Originally Posted by George Wright View Post

        Thanks for the input Gene,

        I agree and also disagree.

        If the buy me a beer feature on a WSO was used badly as you describe I totally agree with you, however...

        Some of the most exciting (for me anyway) WSOs were when the buy me a beer feature was used "correctly." (my definition of "correctly" follows)

        George Wright
        George,

        I agree and also disagree.

        When warriors with the knowledge, experience, and integrity -such as yourself- chose to use the BMB function as their preferred payment method. Then no problem, no worries, no hassles and here's my money.

        Unfortunately, for many the use of the BMB function was not a choice but a necessity. They did not have the knowledge or experience to set their payment system up any other way. Nor did they have the knowledge or experience to know that their WSO should not have been offered at all.

        My point is that for many of those warriors that should have acquired a bit more seasoning before they offered a WSO, the BMB function was the tool that gave them the ability to offer up their less than adequate WSO in the first place.

        IMO this forum should make it more difficult for those with minimal knowledge and experience to offer dreck, not easier.

        I understand that gaining the knowledge to offer a WSO without the BMB function takes minimal effort. That the current system does little to weed out those less than stellar WSOs. That part of the learning process for anyone attempting to become an IMer is to recognize crap when they see it, and that newbie warriors frequently have valuable insight to offer.

        I suppose my biggest issue with the BMB function being used as the payment method for junk WSOs is that the forum itself became the de facto facilitator for the offering.

        Of course one could argue the forum is ipso facto the facilitator of the offering just by the WSO forums very existence.

        Oh man, with that last sentence I just argued myself right out of my own position. I hate it when I do that.

        Allen, I agree 100% with George. Please bring back the BMB function. Please give us back the ability to financially reward deserving post authors. Please allow us to purchase WSOs via the BMB. We'll separate the wheat from the chaff on are own, and let those that can't chalk their poor purchase decisions up to experience.

        Now I'm going to see if I can't find a way to lose a friendly disagreement with someone else. Aah, I think I hear my girlfriend stirring around upstairs. Gotta go...

        Gene
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  • Profile picture of the author rashamba
    Should start a petition I guess. I never used it, but saw a WSO video talking about it....
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  • Profile picture of the author Scott Ames
    I do miss it a bit. I've purchased beers for several. Look at my signature, that's one way you can do it for yourself, but not everyone will.
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  • Profile picture of the author Paul Buckley
    Yeah. I miss that "buy me a Beer" mug too. I used it often and I occasionally received a beer for a good post. It never amounted to much but it always put a smile on my face and a spring in my step when it happened
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    100%...bring it back!
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  • Profile picture of the author DougBarger
    Some great feedback here guys. Nice system George!
    Oh, yeah, Gene, I remember those that weren't used so savorly too.
    Justin that pm sound was cool and thanks Mary for the tip on how to turn it back on.
    Yes Paul, spring in the steps is always great!
    Cool Scott.

    Wasn't Mike Lantz of WarriorPlus working on a new widget for warriorplus members
    that came with that feature brought back a few months ago?

    I had noticed a post about it on his blog here but didn't read it yet: http://www.warriorforum.com/blogs/mi...back-free.html
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  • Profile picture of the author Diana Lane
    You won't remember Clever Trevor
    It's as if he never existed
    You will have blotted out the trauma
    But your memory is twisted

    He was a respected Warrior
    The first to help on every thread
    And was rewarded for his efforts
    By a golden beer with foaming head

    Now he's a forgotten poster
    And he'll no longer answer first
    'Cos they took away the beer button
    And he's gone and died of thirst

    So don't forsake his memory
    Let's not repeat this sorry tale
    Keep reminding them of Trevor
    Until they reinstate our ale

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    • Profile picture of the author George Wright
      Hey,

      There's a poet in the house. Let me buy you a ..... oh wait, no mug/button.

      Nice poem though.

      George Wright

      Originally Posted by Diana Lane View Post

      You won't remember Clever Trevor
      It's as if he never existed
      You will have blotted out the trauma
      But your memory is twisted

      He was a respected Warrior
      The first to help on every thread
      And was rewarded for his efforts
      By a golden beer with foaming head

      Now he's a forgotten poster
      And he'll no longer answer first
      'Cos they took away the beer button
      And he's gone and died of thirst

      So don't forsake his memory
      Let's not repeat this sorry tale
      Keep reminding them of Trevor
      Until they reinstate our ale
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      • Profile picture of the author Diana Lane
        Originally Posted by George Wright View Post

        There's a poet in the house. Let me buy you a ..... oh wait, no mug/button.
        I'm still asleep, and this is a nightmare. I've wound up in the forum equivalent of The Betty Ford Drying-Out Clinic. Help!
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  • Profile picture of the author jaggyjay
    I'd like to see that feature brought back - it was very cool.
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  • Profile picture of the author Loren Woirhaye
    Yeah. I hate buying my own beer. It tastes better when
    somebody else buys, preferably because they want to hear
    my super-intelligent blathering.
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  • Profile picture of the author George Wright
    For those who don't know this is what the little drink mug looked like.

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  • Profile picture of the author John Atkins
    I wasn't here at that time when the "buy me a beer" feuture was available. But, it will definitely be a cool feature.

    I would also like to see the feature mentioned by "Kenstrong" @ the 3 post.

    Nice one
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  • Profile picture of the author bizideas
    Originally Posted by George Wright View Post

    Hi All,

    The thank you button at the end of each post does the trick I guess but as I was clicking it a day or two ago I thought to myself, "I'd buy that guy a beer if the little mug were available."

    Then I remembered how good it felt when the occasional beer would come to me. Ahhh! Refreshing!

    Does anyone else miss that feature?

    George Wright
    Hey George, it looks like I missed the party! I wasn't a member when you guys had that feature. Sounds like fun actually, although I can see some drawbacks per some of the posts in this thread.

    Why was it removed anyway?
    There must've been a pretty good reason. Right?

    Anyway, I did a search and found a couple of similar posts where it was discussed. Forgive me if my info is out of date. Looks like you you guys drank up all the suds before I got here.

    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...e-returns.html

    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...where-now.html
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