since RCU started I received under 100 donations totalling less than $3,000 altogether. This is equal to 45 days of hosting fees. Regardless of this if ebay has the right to charge for auctions what LOGIC dictates that RCU does not have the right to do so? I simply don't understand this logic. RCU was never designated as an official charitable company by the IRS. If I applied for charitable status I don't see how we could get them to approve it.

If we cannot get a charitable status from the IRS then we must run this as a busines just like ebay does. Servers, content, manpower cost money. Donations don't cover it. Advertising alone does not cover it. RCU is free for everyone except sellers and at 1/2 the price of ebay we are the best deal in town or you can spend 50 cents for those under $30 ads or post as many as you want for a $20 fee.

When you buy motor mount screws they cost over a buck.

If RC businesses have no right to charge shouldn't hobby stores give their stuff away for free or at least for cost? They wouldn't be around long since the rent and utilities would overtake them or they would starve feeding their family.

I'm sure some will understand this logic while others have their own way of seeing things. Enjoy RCU for what it is and what it will become. Signups have been at record levels since the transition so to those who didn't get set in their ways on the old site this redesign is well received. Try spending a week on it until we get the bugs out and you learn your way around before you pass judgement guys.

thank you for your continued support and understanding.