UKGyn. Com - is it worth joining?

I agree ukgyn is a terrific sight unfortunatly im not able to visit often due to carreer committments

I used to browse UKGyn, but I think the hefty "donation" is ridiculous. It should be a free community.

I think the way this board manages membership (i.e., requiring some sort of participation before opening the pics/vids/links sections) is a much better approach.

I am with Mashie! Ukgyn is a great site...no enemas4fun, but it has its high points.

I also am a member of ukgyn, dont post too much but i do give karma where karma is due, i love the posts on that site

Hello Mashie, long time no see at UKG 😃

Hi,

Also a member of UK Gyn here (and in the UK too)

Like both boards - the personal ads here are a good idea I.M.H.O.

Regards,

Tim

How do you become a member let me know

thnaks

Jill

Does look tempting tbh - what makes it different from this site though ??

There are more pictures and videos and then two is better than one .... 😉

I'm very hesitant to join any site that requires you to pay. I don't want my credit card number floating around adult sites.

You pay only a time and it is not a payment to an adult site but directly to the admin, so trust me, you will not have any problem.

I didn't know that, I've never joined an adult pay site before. The fact that you don't actually pay the adult site makes me more likely to join.

UKgyn use to be really popular, but in my opinion it has been lacking the last year or so. To be honnest I have often thought it is it worth me checking it for new posts. Its turned more into more of an enema site, and lost its original gyno content. There use to be some serious members who posted daily really good content and they have all disappeared now.

My advice with pay-sites is really to look for CCBill/Ticketsclub or respected billers. I have had on one occassion had fraud transactions, so its worth being wary. I think the safest and cheapest way is to get rapidshare pass and winrar and extract the files and enjoy.

Ditto all the above. No one is getting rich running UKGYN. It is an expensive hobby and the fee is well deserved. I have more posts here than there. My participation is limited here as well as there by the time I have available. I simply choose not to make redundant remarks or take up time and space with too many frivolous comments. I enjoy and look forward to participating in both.

I have a long standing policy of not paying for erotic sites, and I'm not currently willing to make an exception for UK, but I've heard great things about it.

I'm going to have to argue against UKGyn being worth the money, and here's why:

-It essentially becomes paying for piracy... the very nature of that makes no sense. Piracy is free.

-There are very few discussions there, and certainly none that wouldn't be possible here... especially since most of UKGyn's members are also members here.

-Nearly all new stories posted to the site also are posted here.

-Nearly all videos posted on UKGyn are posted here as well, except ones that generally aren't very good.

-Too many restrictions on what can and cannot be posted due to sponsors complaining about copyrights.

-Increasingly annoying ads. Paying for a site with ads? lol As Gob would say, COME ON.

Ultimately, it's up to each individual to decide for themselves. If you had $40, or however much it is, that you just COULD NOT find a better use for and you had a medical fetish, then sure. Why not?

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Gotta disagree with you, Matt.

UKGyn is run by a guy who for years paid all of the hosting expenses and other costs out of his own pocket. For years people did NOTHING to help him offset the costs. Lots of people would become "members" and download tons of content, running up big bandwidth bills, without contributing either financially or with any content. Lots of leaching, lots of trolls. Andy asked for contributions, and most of the leaches and trolls gave nothing. Quite a few of his regular members DID contribute, but costs still outstripped contributions. Finally he closed the membership, and made the "contribution" for new members mandatory. He makes no profit on the site, and still spends more than he brings in. The sponsors help, but not as much as you'd think.

Sometimes you have to contribute something to get what you want, and quite frankly, I'm tired of people complaining about Andy's website.

Doc

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I figured several people would disagree, but it is also necessary to provide another perspective.

I wouldn't really say *years*, because the forum, as it is now, began in 06, since has been purged with mandatory donations for more than a year. Before that, the forum existed on a free hosting site. Whether it is up to the users to help defray the costs of running a website, that's up to each person. That's no right or wrong answer. For me, no. There are alternatives for free (this site, torrent sites, chats, etc). That's also the way it is for most people. I like several tech blogs, Gizmodo, Engadget, LifeHacker, and even though I enjoy the content, it isn't something I'm ready to pay for. When a person spends money online to use a site, they are generally paying for an additional service, not to use the site itself.

So, generally, everything you said is true, but irrelevant. The point of the thread is not to defend Andy's decisions, nor to criticize how he does things. The point is to give an opinion, one way or the other, as to whether UKGyn is worth whatever the price of admission is now. I can honestly see no reason to spend money there because of the points I listed. Take a look at the site, what is there is here--for free.

Might have said yes a couple of years ago but now not so sure. The caht room is a waste of time never anybody in there except 2 moderators who must be bored to death. Think you can find much better im sure

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-Increasingly annoying ads. Paying for a site with ads? lol As Gob would say, COME ON.

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This is what would me me think twice about joining and paying for a site which has ads for which I'm assuming the the site receives compensation for, thus why are members asked to donate money? just my two cents

Brittany,

I share your fear of having my credit card on any adult site. What I've done is to purchase a " re-loadable " credit card from Rite Aid. There's no name / address attached and I only place enough money into the card to cover my expenses. No more fear of who gets the credit card number because the only money that's in it is what I put it.

Respectfully,

Del From Michigan

Its not bad to join but to be honest I think this site is better and more interaactive.

Ive not heard of it but I'll look it up as Im from the UK.

I was a member for 2 years before Andy, the moderator, starting charging to join. To be honest there are a lot of creepy people who are just looking for porn, some don't even care if it has anything to do with a medical fetish. There are also many legitimate people with good intentions, but most of them use this site now. There are also sections on the site that go way off topic, like rape stories.

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Dociny,

Really, spending hundreds of dollars a month? I highly doubt that, and with the advertisements Andy makes almost enough to live off of. If I remember correctly you were one of the moderators, do you get a cut of the earnings too? It would make sense.

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Ukgyn is a great forum for subject material however if you're interested in meeting ppl on any level be it online or in person this site is def the way to go!!

My experience with UKGYN.

On 1/13/07, and again on 7/27/07 I applied for and was granted membership, with supporting activation links. As with my previous efforts at membership in the time frame of 2004 - 2006, when I went to log in and contribute as per site criteria, I received the following message every time..."Sorry, but no such user exists." .....The one exception being a two month period in mid 2006, where I was able to make a number of posts and interact with others via post/reply interaction.

I have sent over a dozen e-mails to admin regarding this,with absolutely no reply of any kind. Eventually, when I went to the URL it had the requirement for a paid membership, as a result, I have given up on the site. For me, it is has been a "thumbs down" experience not worth further effort on my part, if things were to change, I might consider it again.

G.N.

I've been a member of UKgyn almost since its first day.

When Andy first asked for donations, I gladly made one.

I donate now, about every 8 - 12 months or so because I feel that it's worth it and I know that the site is a labor of love.

I have never been asked to donate, let alone forced to do so, probably because I contribute something from time to time; however, I am, by no means, one of the larger contributors.

When you donate, you are donating to Andy personally and you're doing it through a well know CC processor whose reputation is impeccable. Doing so is absolutely safe.

This site is a much better site to socialize and chat. UKgyn is a better content sharing site (quite a bit of which is original content). Choose to join UKgyn or not, accordingly.

Andy, aka xamminer

I've tried UKGYN sometimes, but when I click on the link to donate, it doesn't work....

Can anybody help me?

thank you.

I'm the same as ninainj. Tried several times to join UKGYN but whenever I click on 'Donations' it gives me a '404 not found'

I have to say this puts me off a bit because if such a crucial part of the site (the only way for new members to join) is left broken like that then what else is left broken! Not a good impression to give when you're asking for money to join.

And how do we get in touch with 'Andy?'

Thanks for your comments, everyone!. As others said before, I have never paid for content, but it is so hard to find good stuff that I don't really know what to do...