That was the buy option, meaning it was the maximum amount we could negotiate
Truth is, he is 30 in few weeks, have been a bust for 4 years, has one year left in contract, huge wage that we can't afford to say "hey , we are going to force you to honour your contract here" and he wants to stay in Villa. Never mind recent performances wasn't encouraging
We had no leverage, 10M would have been great
In short: Site has been functioning great and chat add-on (which is also paid) is also holding up. No crashes in recent year.
Having said that, forum itself barely makes anything through adsense. 15USD per month is pathetic and not enough for up-keep.
And if we can cover the server ourselves I would best take ads altogether.
Price of the hosting company went up significantly and I would appreciate donations: It's time to cover the server for the next 6 months.
https://i.ibb.co/5gz0ymdk/Forum-Invoice.jpg
Members who are able and willing to contribute to maintaining the forum costs are welcome to donate via paypal: bojan@barcaforum.com
Thank you