and when do u decide when enough has been chipped in etc for a particular mod ?

Decision is up to mod developer. They do not have to open chip-in if they do not want to.

I have tried to run some chip-ins unsuccessfully, and personally I don't like to see vB.org managing money, since we have our problems I think money will worsen everything...

and some coders, most of them, became 'speculators' and you know what happen when u speculate like on Wall St ;)

I wonder how many board will be still alive if they do not run some google advertisment or any other way of pouring income in.

Along with that it is quite funny to be against paid work with script developement.
I choosed vbulletin over non-paid script for reason. And what is behind this reasons? Of course money. The allow vbulletin stuff to make this script happen.
I just want to see the same chance for mods. Thats all.

I know there will be some nice guys willing to work free of charge. But you need to expect that many of them are not able to do this for ever and I do not expect this from them.
I see chip-in methond as a good alternative.

It has to have some rules of course and it wont be 100% perfect solution for every case.
But I am conviced that it can be better then now.

If you get stuck with your board, because of using dead and buggy mods, maybe you will start to think about it as I do.

after thinking about this - i have decided that its quite a good idea esp if a few of us want the same hack so we all chip in to pay for it.

COunt me in.

the current setup is just fine ;)
do a google search for "paid vbulletin mods" if your looking for the paid supported mods :)

The resources needed to implement such a suggestion are extreme: when money becomes involved into the function of the site, we're talking about more than just a site run by volunteers, especially the legalities that would have to be worked out and moderated throughout.

I'm getting a migraine just thinking about it :D

I already use paid mods, and I personally prefer paid mods over non-paid vbulletin mods.

However the chip-in is for different aproach from developers. It is not really business plan, it is just to make things happen.

And having it at vb.org is more effective then build them somewhere else.
Plus not every mod developer is seeking to make biznis out of the mod and go throug marketing hassles.
They just needs to be compensated for their dedication to mods...

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So, lets figure this out in easy way. I have suggested www.chipin.com. They have most of what is needed...