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To: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) who wrote (104)	11/11/2013 1:54:52 PM
From: John	1 Recommendation Recommended By Tom C Respond to of 1604

Edit: I read your second reply to my previous message. Thank you. --- How long will SI be around if I pay for a lifetime membership? When I joined the site back in 1996, I was given a free lifetime membership. Today, a lifetime membership is apparently differentiated into two groups; a paid lifetime membership and a free lifetime membership. Now, if I decide to upgrade my free lifetime membership to a paid lifetime membership, I think that it is a fair question to ask how long SI will be around to honor my paid lifetime membership. Moreover, if I do pay to upgrade my free lifetime membership to a paid lifetime membership for the privilege of excluding all ads, how long would my lifetime membership allow me to exclude ads? If the site is sold again, would the new ownership honor the existing paid lifetime memberships to exclude ads, or do some exclusions apply? My concern is that at some point the site would either go away, negating my paid lifetime membership, or, a new premium tier of membership would be introduced, which requires another payment to exclude all ads. Any insights are kindly appreciated.

To: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) who wrote (104)	11/11/2013 2:14:18 PM
From: Snowshoe	3 Recommendations Recommended By John marcos Mario :-) Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1604

>>What makes you think we are closing?<< I'm more concerned about my favorite posters drifting away from SI because of all the changes, especially the crappy ads. Why is the option to pay for opting out of ads expiring on December 1st? Why not keep it as a permanent option? Why is there no way to opt out of ads on the new "Market" section? Why would I use it when I have various other ad-free sources for that info, such as my broker's website?