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IMO, It is certainly worth the price. I'm going a step further saying you should get a digital subscription as well as be a supporting member. Here's why I think this. I have now read every issue ever printed. I have yet to view the vidio library but look forward to it. This is an incredible amount of content for the money. This forum is invaluable and I am suprised there aren't more supporting members at just $12.00 a year. I can't imagine anyone not finding the super low cost of $12.00 supporting member and or $32.95 for digital subscription a steal of a deal. This forum is worth much more than $12.00 a year and the digatal subscription is worth every penny.

@Dave Ripp. posted:

IMO, It is certainly worth the price. I'm going a step further saying you should get a digital subscription as well as be a supporting member. Here's why I think this. I have now read every issue ever printed. I have yet to view the vidio library but look forward to it. This is an incredible amount of content for the money. This forum is invaluable and I am suprised there aren't more supporting members at just $12.00 a year. I can't imagine anyone not finding the super low cost of $12.00 supporting member and or $32.95 for digital subscription a steal of a deal. This forum is worth much more than $12.00 a year and the digatal subscription is worth every penny.

Thanks so much for the kind words Dave.  We sincerely hope that other folks agree with you!

Hey Alan!…as always, thanks for keeping the lights on to you and our wonderful sponsors!…

question, …how can you tell if you’re due for supporting member renewal?…thanks!..hope to finally meet you up at York!…I’ll do my best to stay out of jail!..

Pat

@harmonyards posted:

Hey Alan!…as always, thanks for keeping the lights on to you and our wonderful sponsors!…

question, …how can you tell if you’re due for supporting member renewal?

You should get an eMail from Crowdstack.

…thanks!..hope to finally meet you up at York!…I’ll do my best to stay out of jail!..

Pat

@Hot Water posted:

Thank you Jack!

Pat

@harmonyards posted:

Hey Alan!…as always, thanks for keeping the lights on to you and our wonderful sponsors!…

question, …how can you tell if you’re due for supporting member renewal?…thanks!..hope to finally meet you up at York!…I’ll do my best to stay out of jail!..

Pat

As said above, you will receive an email from Crowdstack unless you have auto-renewed.  Take a look at your original receipt for more details.

Thanks!

@OGR CEO-PUBLISHER posted:

Thanks so much for the kind words Dave.  We sincerely hope that other folks agree with you!

Your welcome Alan, I know running the forum and magazine isn't getting anyone rich but more for the love of the hobby. You can't beat $12.00 a year or a dollar a month to see what all these great folks are accomplishing. Just curious Alan, do you know what percentage of the forum viewers are either magazine or digatal subscribers?

@Dave Ripp. posted:

Your welcome Alan, I know running the forum and magazine isn't getting anyone rich but more for the love of the hobby. You can't beat $12.00 a year or a dollar a month to see what all these great folks are accomplishing. Just curious Alan, do you know what percentage of the forum viewers are either magazine or digatal subscribers?

Thanks Dave.  As far as providing a percentage here on the forum, all I can say is that the VAST majority of forum members are not subscribers nor supporting members.

For those forum members that are not either subscribers or supporting members:

Please find a way to support this fantastic resource.

All of us need to keep this forum fully supported.

Something worth having is something worth paying for.

I personally would feel a great loss if this forum were to shut down.

I just checked and have it set to auto-renew along with my print and digital subscriptions.    I couldn't see how to check the Memorial Supporter renewal but I'll auto-renew that as well if someone is able to point me in the right direction.  If not, I'll give OGR a call.

-Greg

@ctr posted:

For those forum members that are not either subscribers or supporting members:

Please find a way to support this fantastic resource.

All of us need to keep this forum fully supported.

Something worth having is something worth paying for.

I personally would feel a great loss if this forum were to shut down.

Absolutely.  This is one of the biggest bargains in the hobby.  Actually, it most likely is the biggest.

I am a subscriber.  Will I get notified when my subscription expires?

Yes. OGR sends up to three renewal notices.

Gents: I just checked and I am set up for auto renewal but did get an email from Crowdstack so should I just ignore the email I did read Alan's message about auto renewal.

My supporting Membership is due to auto renew today.

@Greg Houser posted:

I just checked and have it set to auto-renew along with my print and digital subscriptions.    I couldn't see how to check the Memorial Supporter renewal but I'll auto-renew that as well if someone is able to point me in the right direction.  If not, I'll give OGR a call.

-Greg

Greg

Initially last year when the Memorial Membership was setup I had sent  Alan a check.  Since my Supporting Membership renewed today, I went ahead an purchased the Memorial Memberships via my CC card.  I too hope they can make this an auto renew function as well.  It also needs to be a sub menu in the "Supporting Member" link in the blue bar.

It really is worth the contribution to the forum.  It has given me more than I could put a dollar amount on. The friendships, camaraderie, and information is more than anywhere else.  After all when I'll spend dollars on a train, the information I get here saves me money in the long run.  I would also encourage those who use the forum to visit the Forum Sponsors and make purchases there and let them know you appreciate their sponsorship!

@MartyE posted:

It really is worth the contribution to the forum.  It has given me more than I could put a dollar amount on. The friendships, camaraderie, and information is more than anywhere else.  After all when I'll spend dollars on a train, the information I get here saves me money in the long run.  I would also encourage those who use the forum to visit the Forum Sponsors and make purchases there and let them know you appreciate their sponsorship!

Well said!  I couldn't agree more!

-Greg

It really is very gratifying, both personally and also professionally in my role with the magazine, to see many of our most loyal followers willing to help support our efforts with the forum and the magazine. It would certainly be great if the numbers were greater, but I just want those who do regularly contribute to know that they are valued and greatly appreciated. Our aim is to have the #1 magazine in this segment of the hobby, and to maintain our status as the go-to online forum for information and entertainment. You folks are a BIG part of making that happen!

Maybe this is not good to say here but why would a supporting membership not be required to join this forum? Or at least once they get a month or so in be required to become a supporting member to keep their membership? $12 a year is nothing. I was suprised to hear the vast majority are not supporting members. Personally this forum has been life changing for me by helping me get into this hobby again after having trains as a kid. I would spend much more than a $1 a month for the great information and advice I have gotten on this forum and I don't even have a nice layout. Just some track going around the base boards of my man cave. 😄

Can someone please tell me how the digital subscription works incase it is something I am interested in?

Thanks

Brad

@B rad posted:

Can someone please tell me how the digital subscription works incase it is something I am interested in?

Thanks

Brad

Basically a Digital Subscription is like a paper subscription but without the paper

Plus

• You get to see the magazine earlier than paper subscribers.
• You get bonus content such as a larger set of photos on many of the layout stories.
• You also have access to every issue ever printed, on line.
• You can download all of the past, present editions to keep on your own device.
• Access to the Video Digital Library.
• I'm sure I'm leaving something out.

@MartyE posted:

Basically a Digital Subscription is like a paper subscription but without the paper

Plus

• You get to see the magazine earlier than paper subscribers.
• You get bonus content such as a larger set of photos on many of the layout stories.
• You also have access to every issue ever printed, on line.
• You can download all of the past, present editions to keep on your own device.
• Access to the Video Digital Library.
• I'm sure I'm leaving something out.

Thanks Marty, is that accessible within the forum or something seperate? I typically access the forum with my cell phone so I rarely see the forum homepage if it is there. Usually goes straight to the topics.

Brad

Part of cleaning out my storage unit was going through 26 plastic crates full of train magazines dating back to the 1930's.  While there are several publications that are out of print that I decided to keep, getting an online subscription to OGR and some others allowed me to recycle 20 crates of said magazines.

Great resources, but get enough of them and they take up a ton of space.  That alone is worth the digital subscription for OGR and I haven't even gotten to the content part of it!

The forum supporting membership is just a no-brainer.  $12.00 a year?  It is a great value.

@B rad posted:

Thanks Marty, is that accessible within the forum or something seperate? I typically access the forum with my cell phone so I rarely see the forum homepage if it is there. Usually goes straight to the topics.

Brad

It has a separate login but you can access via the blue bar at the top of the web page screen or on at least the iPhone a drop down menu (3 lines), under Digital Portal.

I am very happy, was wondering why I didn't get a reminder to renew, looked at my account, I geniously signed up for auto renew! (might be a genius for doing that, but don't have the memory to back it up *lol*)

Definitely become a supporting member, and I highly recommend the digital subscription. The value of the information you get from the forum far exceeds the $12.00 donation. With the subscription, you get bonus content that isn't in the printed issues, plus you don't have to take physical space storing old issues and you have virtually instant access to old articles without searching through boxes of old magazines.

Great value!

Great product!

Great group of Forum members!

Great deal considering the benefits of being a Supporting Member and Digital Subscriber.

Here's something else that will come in handy for all you digital subscribers. It's the All Time OGR Index!

The index contains information about every article that has appeared in the pages of OGR, from Run 1, published in June of 1969, through the current issue! Digital subscribers can access every issue of OGR in the OGR Digital Library.

Rich,

I don't see a way for Digital Subscribers to see an article after a search without paying for it (with the "BUY" button)

EDITING MY ORIGINAL POST, because I didn't read YOUR POST closely enough...

Bruce, you are correct that if you try to access an issue FROM THE INDEX, it will direct you to the page where you would have to purchase that issue. That's a good catch, and I had not thought about that when I originally built that index. I will have to see if I can fix that little bug.

If you have an active (not expired) digital subscription and you’re logged into your account at SimpleCirc, you can access every issue of OGR in the OGR Digital Library for free. You can either view the issue online or download it.

@Rich Melvin posted:

Here's something else that will come in handy for all you digital subscribers. It's the All Time OGR Index!

The index contains information about every article that has appeared in the pages of OGR, from Run 1, published in June of 1969, through the current issue! Digital subscribers can access every issue of OGR in the OGR Digital Library.

That's the ticket Rich!!! 

What a great feature to add to the Digital Subscription.

Kudos to the team that put it together!

@Allegheny posted:

That's the ticket Rich!!!

What a great feature to add to the Digital Subscription.

Kudos to the team that put it together!

At the risk of breaking my arm as I pat myself on the back, I’m the “team.”

Thanks, Kazar.

Received notice that mine auto-renewed yesterday.

Neal Jeter

Nifty feature, I put a link to that on my desktop.

Alan,

I have received notice that the August/September 2021 issue is my last issue and my subscription has expired.

However, I submitted payment for both print and digital subscription renewals 6/20/21 but my account (s) is apparently not credited. I tried several times to call but got no answer and no returned phone call.

O Gauge Railroading - DIGITAL

Your order has been processed.

Order Number 312234546

Account ID 85451422

Processed on Jun 20, 2021 02:08 am EDT.

Thank you for placing your order with OGR Publishing

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O Gauge Railroading - PRINT

Your order has been processed.

Order Number 312234422

Account ID 85451422

Processed on Jun 20, 2021 02:05 am EDT.

Thank you for placing your order with OGR Publishing.

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How can I get my account(s) reviewed and corrected so that I can continue to receive this wonder magazine in both print and digital formats ?

Once this is resolved then I will become a forum supporter by purchasing a membership.

Thanks !

Eddie Mullins

I renewed my  Forum Supporting Membership just yesterday.

A bargain at only $12 for the enjoyment I get from the Forum

When trying to use the OGR searchable index today

https://ogaugerr.com/index/

nothing appears.  The link fails to return the page and then fails with a 504 Gateway timeout error...

wouldnt take my card # and i use it weekly

How many of us would be lost without this resource?  How many of us would be in this hobby without this resource.  One last question.  Could you imagine trying to fix or find anything?

I'm in. I really believe in supporting those who support you and OGR does a lot of that. The Forum, the DCS dinner, the grandstand, Thursday at wherever, etc., etc. Thank you OGR!

Gerry

I don't understand why the subscription process isn't handled in encrypted https fashion.  Am I missing something or are payment details encrypted without https?

My mistake, the URL in my browser was not displaying the https until I used the cursor key to move the cursor to the far left.  I'm all signed up.