Lifetime Membership - sigh!

jonokimber · Lifetime Member Joined: Oct 03, 2003 Posts: 36

I see thank you. I was reading a 'foreign camera' thread and picked it up on that.

I'm afraid that having to be a subscriber (to qualify for lifer status) will now probably discourage me from contributing to the database as previously. Even though i only managed a few a year on average probably.

I understand it is probably a quality issue that drove this decision

To DennisN i am very aware that i can no longer download fresh updates and am stuck with my last download. Strangely though, if i think about it rationally, the fact that i very rarely came across a camera that would have qualified me for lifer status (if submitted) means that with the routes i tend to drive my current out of date database isn't as much of a setback as some may imagine.

Add that to the fact that I don't drive like a complete idiot, especially in unfamiliar territory and i'm fairly safe. I would benefit from a new database for sure, but its not the major problem it is sometimes purported to be, especially for my habits.

Jono

gluey · Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:51 pm Post subject:

Hi All,
I agree with Jonokimber that if there was a way to inform you if you are the first to submit a location.
My subs have ran out and i did submit cameras but don't know if they are awaiting to be verified for me.
(I did Email darren but unable to give me a reply).
I know you can't reply to each query but if i was to qualify then i would like to know.
We need some way to have an email to be sent when when submit to say Yes or No.

So do i wait longer to find i did or did not qualify or pay up.
Kev

Darren · Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:17 pm Post subject:

Sorry guys but this isn't gonna happen anytime soon.

By way of explanation, statistics show that those who report cameras continually are those who most often get the award. Take a look at the Lifetime Awards post each week and you'll see the same names regularly popping up even though they already qualified.

Holding back on reporting or renewing isn't really in the spirit of the whole thing and so we're not about to make it easier for you to do so.

If you renew it costs you £19.99, if you then get the Lifetime Award does that really matter given you now have a lifetime of free updates? If it does then I'm afraid you've misunderstood the ethos of the whole system.

The offer is fair and genuine, approx 20 members each week secure the award so there is no catch and the terms are clear and simple. At the end of the day, if you have submitted a camera that qualifies you will find out when we award you the Lifetime Subscription. Until then if you value the database you ought to be subscribing and reporting. It's give and take.
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falkirk81 · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:42 pm Post subject:

@ Gluey

Which area did you submit cameras in? I do the Verifying in the North East of England!

Steven
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DennisN · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:14 pm Post subject:

gluey · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:16 pm Post subject:

Hi Steven,
I submitted a mobile van on the A690 near to sunderland town centre.
I will get full details later for you.

I will continue to input new locations when i find them as thats the way it works.
I just thought it would be good to get some kind of feed back to say if you were the first to input that location even though it needs to be verified.

Thanks
Kev

gluey · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:19 pm Post subject:

Hi Steven,
I see you have sent more info while i was replying from first post.
I will look at the map again.

gluey · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:27 pm Post subject:

Hi Steven,
When i look at the map it shows a 30 mile sign where i input the mobile.
I need to check my input location but iam not at home to check them yet.

falkirk81 · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:31 pm Post subject:

The A690 in Sunderland? I believe I have already verified that one. There are NO pMobiles in the city centre currently as at writing this reply.
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gluey · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:38 pm Post subject:

Hi Steven,
The Pmobile site i submitted was
Pmobile 60029@30
N54 54.130 , W 1 23.608

falkirk81 · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:54 pm Post subject:

@ gluey

I sucessfully (i think Confused

) verified that location about 2 months ago. MaFt will have to confirm its status, but as long as i said 'yes' to it, then it will require a further 2 independent submissions to make it to the main database and to get you your lifetime subscription. Assuming you were fully paid up at time of submission! Very Happy

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gluey · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:05 am Post subject:

Thanks for the info. That helps alot.
I just wanted to know one way or another if i was the first to submit it.
Each time i loooked on the map it first showed as pending mobile and now shows a 30 sign.

I understand the length of time to confirm etc but i was not sure if i was the first. Thats all i was asking for.
Cheers and keep up the good work.
Kev

grahama41 · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 26, 2008 Posts: 6

I entered 10 camera sites in Belgium and Holland on April 19th last year. If I look on the map when I'm logged in I see red boxes with a cross through the middle at the coordinates of my submissions and therefore I assume I am the first to post these locations. But .... none have been validated yet and just like the original post, I am at the end of my years subscription.

Please, please can foreign sites be validated more quickly. I've seen written on this forum before that there aren't many validators in some countries but these cameras are on major roads to Zeeland in Holland and so they must be passed by others on a regular basis.

Just to clarify .... I was a fully subscribed member of pocketgps when I sent in these camera locations. If I don't resubscribe this year and these cameras do finally get validated, I will get a free subscription for life???

By the way, the TomTom camera database is fantastic in Holland (not surprising I guess!) and the PocketGPS one is very poor. Sure, in the UK it's the other way around but I can't afford both so I'll have to make the choice.

MaFt · Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:22 pm Post subject:

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