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#2531329 30-Jul-2020 12:41

kiwifidget:

I shop quite a bit from there, but just usually go straight to the website via a bookmark bar shortcut.

So if I come here first and then use your MA link, and shop as normal, this works out for you?

That works, thanks - or you can update the bookmark to the link I have here.

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#2531331 30-Jul-2020 12:44

@Dynamic:

freitasm: I have now finished with my (previous) employer... I am back full time on Geekzone until I find another position available for me. As above, using any of these resources always help

I hope you give yourself a week or two to relax and recharge with your family before plunging too deep into GZ-related stuff.

Perhaps remind us what sort of positions you are open to considering? I did search TradeMe Jobs for 'BDFL' in case something interesting was listed that I could forward to you, but weirdly there were no results...

Wife is working and daughter at school - so we just missed the school holidays. Might have to plan something for later... Looking for any digital marketing role - here's my LinkedIn profile (welcome to add me too).

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#2531582 30-Jul-2020 18:27

Just in: from now until 23 August you get $15 (and I get $5) when you register for Sharesies using my Sharesies aff code.

You have to register and complete the identification process to get the $15.

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#2540506 13-Aug-2020 19:59

Subscribed via PP would have preferred to do it straight into your bank account. Hope you and the family are managing through the crisis and only just realised you are a local rather than a faceless entity.

Am an unlikely subscriber but I learn something new every day on the site and chuckle at many of the comments, so I see you as an investment in staving off dementia :)

Best Wishes.

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#2540507 13-Aug-2020 20:02

Thank you!

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#2549409 25-Aug-2020 12:37

The promotion has finished but Sharesies investments in USA shares is now open to everyone. If you use my registration link I get a $5 referral: https://gkz1.co/Sharesies

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#2679216 23-Mar-2021 12:22

Hi folks, here is an update...

It's been a year since I've created this thread - I know it because many of you attended the call and subscribed to Geekzone and yesterday I started seeing some of those subscriptions being renewed.

Again, thanks for your support.

"Sometimes things change and these come with little or no warning. One of these changes is about to fall on me so I need a bit of help from the community at large."

When I wrote these words back in March 2020 I had just been informed that my position was being made redundant. It was also just before the whole world changed due to COVID-19 and we had no idea what was coming up.

Because of COVID-19 the company I worked for asked for a bit more time and kept me on their employment for a few more months - the role was needed after all. But the decision to reduce costs had been made much earlier so it had to go. July 2020 was my last month with them.

Since then I have been searching, talking and applying for jobs but it seems all roles available around here either don't pay nearly as close as my experience would demand, or don't exist at the level I can offer (there's also the alternative that they already have people lined up for some positions so the listings are just a requirement for the process).

Anyway, while I have some time in my hands I decided to add and change features here on Geekzone - some of you might have received the email I sent a couple of weeks ago list some of the work I have been doing - if not, check my blog post here.

So I will renew the same request I made a year ago. The request is simple: if you use an adblocker while visiting Geekzone, please consider whitelisting our site.

If you don't want to, or can't whitelist, please consider a Geekzone subscription - $25/year or $125/lifetime and you can have Geekzone without ads.

Another way to help is by using our affiliate links. They are present in all pages (at the top) and updated ones on my signature. Below are the current ones:

If you are planning on opening an investment account with Sharesies, please use my Sharesies referral code and I will get a $5 credit to my account. Sharesies allows you to trade NZ and US shares and funds (and soon Australian shares as well) - also their kids accounts are now free.
Or if you are planning on buying anything on Mighty Ape, consider using my Mighty Ape referral code.
If you are planning on switching broadband please check the Glimp broadband comparison site - and you check CompareBear Electricity comparison too.
For other price comparisons, you can always use Geekzone Price.
If you are looking for a new computer, check the Lenovo lineup and if you are looking for AV/firewall/VPN software, check the discounted Norton 360.

Thank you to everyone helping Geekzone - and special thanks to our moderators doing their volunteer work here.

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#2679221 23-Mar-2021 12:31

I am happy to renew my subscription, even though I am lifetime. Can I still donate via press patron?

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#2679225 23-Mar-2021 12:34

Rikkitic:

I am happy to renew my subscription, even though I am lifetime. Can I still donate via press patron?

Thanks, I wouldn't want any more than a lifetime subscription though. Yes, you can do it via Press Patron - or use any of the listed affiliate links when browsing around.

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#2679230 23-Mar-2021 12:42

freitasm:

Thanks, I wouldn't want any more than a lifetime subscription though. Yes, you can do it via Press Patron - or use any of the list affiliate links when browsing around.

I have looked at the affiliate links but these days am unlikely to use any. I much prefer to just keep paying my subscription so $25 headed your way. Thanks for maintaining such a useful and enjoyable site.

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#2869178 15-Feb-2022 21:15

Hi folks.

The donation link is still active. Subscriptions are temporarily unavailable.

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#2869264 15-Feb-2022 23:22

freitasm:

Hi folks.

The donation link is still active. Subscriptions are temporarily unavailable.

Hi Mauricio,

I don't like Paypal, which wants my address even if I pay by credit card so I have donated via Press Patron. Hope that helps.

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#2869334 16-Feb-2022 08:04

The new subscription is live now and I will email everyone soon. The only changes are terms and price.

I am retiring the $25/year and $125/lifetime subscriptions. I am introducing the $5/month subscription.

The $25/year subscription was really a token value. I am updating to a $60 value that is paid on a monthly basis - the price of a cup of coffee per month. This also gives subscribers the ability to cancel subscriptions as needed for their reasons but restart sooner if they can - unlike the old yearly one, which would affect revenue for us.

Current subscribers have to wait until their expire date before creating a new subscription.

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#2870029 17-Feb-2022 07:33

140%...seriously ?

“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.” -John Kenneth Galbraith

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#2870030 17-Feb-2022 07:35

Yes. A cup of coffee a month. That's terrible.

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