I paid to become a Forum Sponsor. This website is amazing and the wealth of information is priceless. The members here are exceptional! I felt the need to support it, having no ads is a bonus treat.
I have to mention one thing, I did notice that when you pay it does make it that you're automatically billed every year. There should be an option not to have that incase one does not want to be re-billed each year, but rather get a notification from the site it self in say an automatic PM or through Paypal that the one year payment will be coming up for renewal soon to extend another year as a Forum Sponsor.
Just an idea..