On Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:15:27 -0400, Keith Nuttle <Keith_Nuttle@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >On 8/14/2013 10:27 AM, singhals wrote: >> Last week, a patron at my friendly local Family History Center was >> spreading the word that he'd heard that "the PCCs will be offered on a >> subscription plan." He named a "UK Archivist and Digital Documents >> Manager" as his source. >> >> I /assume/ he's talking about the PCC Wills, but why TNA would give up >> the steady income of people paying on-spec for each one they want to see >> for a subscription eludes me. >> Being part of the NA's online pay-per-item records hasn't stopped the Medal Rolls appearing on Ancestry so there is presumably nothing to stop other records getting similar treatment. As for the income I'm not sure if the NA are actually allowed to make a profit rather than comfortably covering their costs. >> Anyway, has anyone else heard this scheme and what can you tell us about >> it? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Cheryl in the USA >> >> > >Just a guess. Could it be a matter of economics. The cost of handling >thousands of charges for a couple of pounds, > They have these things called computers now to do that for fractions of a penny. You might have one yourself ? ;-) > >vs the cost of handling the one time subscription fee. >(I am from the US an putting pounds in there was unnatural;-)