All of you who are complaining about him getting a free basic membership...
A "refund" usually means that you give the item back, and then you get the money back. So, he would give up his membership and get his money back.
Or at least thats what I gathered.
gee, thanks for the clarification on what a refund is.
No one's complaining about him getting a free basic membership. in fact, we're contemplating chipping in and helping him out with a custom title as well.
he's pissed off quite a few people because he's a prick who thinks that because he upgraded to basic, he should have won the contest. however, if he won simply because he upgraded, it wouldn't be a contest now, would it? It would be giving eely a free knife for upgrading to a basic membership.
he's a jerkoff, and cheap at that.

and my apologies for this post in advance. I'll gladly take the infraction for language or personal attacks or both. it was well worth it.
Dave, thanks for the contest, although i didn't participate, it is always fun to see them posted, and it is nice to see the generosity of people on bladeforums, especially in light of all the crap that's been going on lately. I've been gold for three years (I think 3) because the people that are paying members keep this forum open for all of us.
pete