Society Exclusives will Premier at chat tonight

Ditto!! Mombo's infinite wisdom is only exceeded by her wonderful common sense!

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I agree with Bill O'Brien's comment: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

I'd have to vote for keeping the membership the way it is. The free pieces are the only part of the collection I can hope to own all of.

Well, everyone has an opinion, and I guess in this case mine is the minority. The nice thing about these boards is that I can post it without really worrying about being majorly flamed, or called an idiot, or worse.

Guess the free pieces are here to stay. I get the feeling after reading all the posts, that if the "free" piece was to disappear, memberships might actually decline. I would be in the majority when I say we really don't want that to happen.

Don,t worry Naders, no flaming goes on here. They just have me BURY you!!!

Getting a free HL by joining as a member of the Collector's Society is a great perk. In the words of one of my old buddies, Jerry Zundell, "Cheap is good but free is better!"

Bob

Maybe I am somewhat biased based upon my location, but I have to say that I am very happy with the "freebie" piece, simple or not. As a matter of fact, the Cold Spring Harbor piece was part of why I joined the Collectors' Society this year. I'm thrilled to be getting a Long Island lighthouse for free with my membership...especially one that is essentially one of the lost lighthouses of Long Island. It was abandoned by the U.S. Coast Guard and moved from its original location on a shoal at the entrance of Cold Spring Harbor to the lawn of a private residence nearby in 1965. This has really become a forgotten lighthouse, and I commend HL for remembering it in a way that many others will take notice.
You can view a historic coastguard photo of the lighthouse at the following link: http://www.scroope.net/uscgphotos/coldspringharbor.htm

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I may think differently than many of you other collecters but I feel good about every piece that I get.I don't feel that I have a collection of light house replicas rather I have a collection of little pieces of history and when I look at them they remind me of my times at sea when they were depended upon much as street or directional signs.I can remember when I went to my grandfathers in Nova Scotia as an 11 year old and went with some of the fishermen on sword fishing trips.Later my time in the navy in the English channel and up in the north sea and baltic and down the Elbe river to Hamburg germany.from there up the coast of Norway to Bergen and trondhiem after that
I did a few years with ESSO on tankers in the carribean and a trip around south america thru the straits of Magellan and back thru the canal.at another time thru the med and suez canal to the persian gulf to abadan and ras tanora.looking at these pieces of history brings back memories of these times past and many memories.Bill O'Brien oseabee

I have to weigh in and join those in favor of keeping the Society exclusives as they are - free. I also joined the society mainly for these lights. These are lights that I may not have purchased if they were priced as a LE. This way, I learn about a light that I was not familiar with and get a nice piece to boot.

HL shouldn't change a thing....after all this society has been very successful for 10 years.

KYKEEPER - Pat

I like receiving my "free" gift. The way I see it, it is definitely worth every penny of $30. Perhaps the reason for choosing the society gift lighthouse as a "plain jane" is that if it was a LE, it might not be special enough on it's own to warrant being made, but as a free gift, well, it's wonderful. I happen to think that Cockspur is one of the nicer pieces and I love my little Baltimore.

Joanne

I must weigh in on HL keeping the Society set-up the way it is currently. Not only is it great for me, but at the price I can give a membership as a gift and the recipient gets not only a membership but a neat "free" lighthouse as well. This may encourage him/her to start a collection.

Keep up the great work, HL .... and thank you!

Iris

I agree with Joanne- I too love my Cockspur and my Baltimore. Knowing that I got something of real value when I joined the collector's society was a real incentive for me to join. I too agree with keeping it the way it is.

chris g