This a pay-per-view site now ??

Well it is a annual subscription only for his site, $30/yr. However I know a guy who is starting to make one for the W123, free.

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Jeff M.
Mercedes W123 DIY pages are now located here.
1983 / 1984 300D Sold
2000 CLK430 Cabriolet ~58k Sold
2005 Avalanche 4x4 ~66k

Thanks Jeff - the site is very neat - lots o work

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89 300E
79 240D
72 Westy
63 Bug sunroof
85 Jeep CJ7
86 Chevy 6.2l diesel PU

"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."
Marcus Aurelius

And that guy should get a big-giant pat on the back because he's a great guy and really doing a GREAT service to all of us here!

:p

Thanks, it is in the middle of being reorganized and added to right now. I just emailed Dr. Easley about having my page linking his, whatever I don't have I may just as well link from that page.

Thanks GottaDiesel, as long as someone is making use of it I'll keep expanding it. I just wish I would have knew this a year ago, then I could have valve adjustment, timing chaing swap, oil & filter changes, tranny fluid, rear end, et cetera. Oh well they'll come around again in time.

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Jeff M.
Mercedes W123 DIY pages are now located here.
1983 / 1984 300D Sold
2000 CLK430 Cabriolet ~58k Sold
2005 Avalanche 4x4 ~66k

I checked out BoostnBenz's link and I give it 2 thumbs up!
Too bad Tom's site went pay but I understand that it costs money to keep a site running. I still have trouble with linking up with his site though.

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84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

Well you are a little to understanding then, my site cost $12/yr for 100mb storage and unlimited emails with unlimited subdomains. I can also start a online store or forum and a few other things for free. I bought my domain, www.1baddsm.com for $10/yr, next year it is a dollar or two less. Maybe next year if I get so much traffic and enough web pages I'll upgrade to the $60/yr package which triples everything. Only thing that concerns me right now is the transfer, I get 3Gbs of transfer so that'll be the deciding factor on if and when to change. The only money involved on the site is the batteries, I've been going through them like mad lately. I'm going to buy some Nimh batteries and get a tripod soon. Then perhaps sometime next year I'll buy a camera that actually focuses right. His server gave me problems as well, must not been a very good one. Mine is supposed to be up 99% of the time, I have an hour or two every couple weeks that my emails give me problems but other than that it should be up all the time.

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Jeff M.
Mercedes W123 DIY pages are now located here.
1983 / 1984 300D Sold
2000 CLK430 Cabriolet ~58k Sold
2005 Avalanche 4x4 ~66k

hahaha... and I know somebody even offered him hosting for free with a huge and legit reseller!

Gimmie a break -- let me call a spade a spade -- that was a crap deal, his link was at top as a sticky and then BAM! It goes pay-only.

Yea I got a similiar offer but I want to control it, I don't just want to write them.

Probably wasn't a coincedence.

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Jeff M.
Mercedes W123 DIY pages are now located here.
1983 / 1984 300D Sold
2000 CLK430 Cabriolet ~58k Sold
2005 Avalanche 4x4 ~66k

He would have had his OWN cPanel -- and total control. Just like a regular hosting account, on it was FREE (for him!)

Somebody was saying his original intention with that site was to make it a fee site, so I guess he followed through with what he wanted.

I never asked about the details, they said they'd host it for me.

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Jeff M.
Mercedes W123 DIY pages are now located here.
1983 / 1984 300D Sold
2000 CLK430 Cabriolet ~58k Sold
2005 Avalanche 4x4 ~66k

Thomas had done a very nice job of documenting the work but, I was disappointed in his approach to offering the site as a subscription service after the move to sticky; it felt sort of tricky and underhanded IMHO.

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Unfortunately, in the business world, what he did would be interpreted as "resourceful", "innovative" or as "entrepreneurial zeal". Doesn't make it any better though...

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1982 Mercedes-Benz 300CD
1982 Mercedes-Benz 240D - stick

And, he did it at the expense of a lot of goodwill.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

Very true...

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1982 Mercedes-Benz 300CD
1982 Mercedes-Benz 240D - stick