[Seth Kinast]

...or British...

/me runs

[Max]

Very tempting, but right now I'm trying to save up for a new car (as a birthday present from me to me ).

I think it's a bit problematic if no upgrades will be possible though, especially for the bandwidth. If you worked out some kind of a system that would allow for upgrades it might have a bit more of an appeal.

[jaseone]

Yeah I was kind of wondering what happens if you get Slashdotted or Digged and use all your bandwidth?

[-ASO- Tim]

Very tempting, but right now I'm trying to save up for a new car (as a birthday present from me to me ).

I think it's a bit problematic if no upgrades will be possible though, especially for the bandwidth. If you worked out some kind of a system that would allow for upgrades it might have a bit more of an appeal.

Well, I suppose you can upgrade from the Lifetime Small to the Lifetime Medium, if you'd like. And I figure bandwidth addons for a month should be possible. Actually, I'll add that in now...

This post has been edited by [ASO] Tim: 20 December 2005 - 11:47 PM

[grimholtz]

Oops. That last post was me. Can you provide the cost for upgrading from Lifetime Small to Lifetime Medium?

[Matt Light]

$300 - $150 = $150

... that's my bet.

[swanienufan]

I don't really see a downside to this, am I missing something?!? I'm coming up on my renewal next month and I'm going to get me one of these. The break even point is 30 months, and even if my primary site needs an upgraded plan before then, I have plenty of stupid projects I can run off of this plan and I can do it for the rest of my life..

[grimholtz]

I don't really see a downside to this, am I missing something?!?

Lifetime anything is rarely "lifetime". Think of the "lifetime guarantees" sold with many infomercial products. Whose lifetime? Yours? Tim's? ASmallOrange's? What happens if Tim gets hit by the proverbial truck? Will his successor honor lifetime plans? What happens if Tim shuts down ASO? What happens if Tim sells ASO to another company--will they honor the lifetime plans?

That said, I still want a lifetime plan myself because I don't think any of these things are particularly likely in the next 30 months

This post has been edited by grimholtz: 21 December 2005 - 08:44 AM

[-ASO- Tim]

I don't really see a downside to this, am I missing something?!?

Lifetime anything is rarely "lifetime". Think of the "lifetime guarantees" sold with many infomercial products. Whose lifetime? Yours? Tim's? ASmallOrange's? What happens if Tim gets hit by the proverbial truck? Will his successor honor lifetime plans? What happens if Tim shuts down ASO? What happens if Tim sells ASO to another company--will they honor the lifetime plans?

Lifetime of the company is implied, but I suppose I'll say that explictly, too. However in either my, the company's, or your case, the remaining time left in each lifetime is at least beyond the 2.5 year mark (I would hope).

[EngEx]

Hey, can lifetime buyers get a special orange symbol? -- maybe a really wrinkled one ! lol

[-ASO- Tim]

I was figuring something like an "ASO4EVA!" badge.

[nezermundy]

Tim' date='Dec 21 2005, 1:52 PM' post='37683']
I was figuring something like an "ASO4EVA!" badge.

That makes it so tempting.....

[-ASO- Tim]

[Matthew]

okay i'm british yes, But WHICH member?

[gary]

Tim' date='Dec 20 2005, 3:37 PM' post='37617']
Because I would be selling shares of me. ASO is a Sole Propreitorship. I am, in essence, the company. That makes me fully responsible for what happens to it (good or bad).

Eesh. I'm no lawyer, but with the capital outlays it sounds as if you're making, I'd consider an LLC. I hear it's fairly easy and inexpensive to set up, and I'm pretty sure that means if you go bankrupt they don't take your house.

</doomAndGloom>

[-ASO- Tim]

I'm pretty sure that means if you go bankrupt they don't take your house.

Exactly. I'm 100% responsible for the company, good or bad.

[z3rb]

If i weren't so hopelessly poor, i would SOOOO buy this.

[kate]

Yikes, I just signed up for a year 2 days before this deal was posted.

So I guess the procedure is to ask for a refund, then re-sign up with the lifetime option?
There doesn't seem to be any way to do that through modern bill. I guess I will e-mail support.

I had a lifetime hosting account with an ISP in the mid-90's. The deal disappeared after the phone company bought them up. Not much you can do about that. So I'll just be optimistic and figure this will pay for itself and then some. A lot can happen in just a couple of years in cyberspace. (See, I used a mid-90's word that nobody even says anymore.

Go ASO!

[-ASO- Tim]

So I guess the procedure is to ask for a refund, then re-sign up with the lifetime option?
There doesn't seem to be any way to do that through modern bill. I guess I will e-mail support.

Yep, that's something billing has to do. You can just place an order for the lifetime account and we can take care of the rest. Submitting a support ticket actually shouldn't be neccessary