As far as I know right now, The Bitterest Pill Premium is a thing of the past.
The company that I used for the premium system, PremiumCast, has been closed down by it’s parent company Nanocast, and with it the show. <sarcasm>Thanks for the warning. </sarcasm>
Not sure what the full story is yet, so I won’t speculate, but right now it looks like The Premium Pill, and PILLBOX and PILLBOX TOO are currently and indefinetely unavailable.
Obviously, I will continue to record new shows, but I strongly doubt I will set up another premium content system. I will make PILLBOX and PILLBOX TOO available as soon as I can, as well as PILLBOX 3: The Search for Spock, and PILLBOX 4.
This actually feels like perfect timing. Part of me wanted to pull the plug on the whole thing at episode 300. Part of me still wants to make drastic changes to the show. Part of me wants to go all video. Part of me wants to retire. We’ll see which part wins.
I don’t know for absolute sure, but it looks like this is 100% for real and I need to start cancelling everyone’s reoccuring subscriptions in PayPal. Please be patient. Anyone who wants to be refunded their last payment to the show, just let me know. No matter when that payment was made (in the last month or so, not from two years ago!), I will refund it, no question.
So, thanks for your patience. Congratulate me. I wish the person who flipped the off switch nothing but herpes.
I hope to record tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct. 30th) and then take some time off to finish writing a couple holiday stories. I will continue to release the PILLBOX episodes on a more regular, weekly basis.
Dan –
Sorry – my wish for the switch flipper would be the same. Tell this lemming what to do so I can continue to listen. However, do not even think about stopping – I will find you and force you into the drywall box to record. Ha
What the…I am a few shows behind due to circumstances beyond my control…and everything goes to hell in a handcart!
I’d be happy to make a Paypal payment Dan if you want to PM me the details. I am sure others would too.
Surely there is a solution that can be found to get this going again. Having said that, maybe a change is needed to keep things fresh. Whatever, let me know and I’ll be there…
Best wishes
Wayne
First of all – Wayne, I missed ya.
Second – some a*@ flipped the switch on the new Pillboxes?! ARGH! I told my husband I was buying for myself for Christmas if they were out since my last computer took an abrupt dirt nap at the beginning of the year and I lost everything. I feel a Lucy coming on . . . WAAAHHH RICKY!!!
Yeah, HOURS of work putting the PILLBOXes together is down the drain. I basically have NO idea how to get them to people at the moment. They would be a HUGE download as a .zip file. I like that people would end up getting them in a feed that would show up in iTunes. Uggg. Any ideas, let me know.
With regards to a huge download for pillboxes, dropbox.com gives 5GB of storage for free and you could hand out the public link to those that need it. Download overnight. Problem solved.
oi! you can’t just disappear from our lives! i hope we’ll keep hearing from you via podcast!!!
Hey Dan,
I’ve been enjoying the podcast for many years (since well before the premium pill) but never coughed up the coin to be a subscriber – so there’s at least one old cheap listener still around!
If you’ve got a donation link I can send a few bucks your way.
Dan,
I waited a few weeks without seeing what was up, just thinking you got too busy with life for a new show. Sorry to hear that the PremiumCast nonsense was the last straw.
And my apologies for not sending encouragement your way every so often. You’ve been a part of our lives for years now. It’ll be hard to let you go!
Take care and hoping the best for whatever comes next.
John
Hi Dan,
Bummer about the switch flipping fiasco, but thanks for the information.
My PayPal cancellation just showed today, which led me here to check on what’s up. No worries about any refunds here. I just went to iTunes and resubscribed to the free podcast.
Good luck and hope to continue hearing from you down the line.
Congrats on T’s commercial as well.
Cheers,
Nelson
Oh Dan. Sigh.
Thanks for the money back but I would have gladly let you keep it. I miss my shows already. Do you know how many good podcasts there are out there? Not many. I mean I like the informative ones from How Stuff Works but ones that make me laugh? Please don’t make it less one because that was about all I had.
I have listened for a long time. I have struggled some in the past few years with things I never share. Your podcasts kept me laughing even when there was very little to laugh about. You once said “if you are listening to this years later – oh, don’t even think about it.” I did go back and listen to certain ones I knew would make me laugh. When my computer took a dirt nap and I lost so many shows you know it made me upset. If I could pay you what the show has meant to me you would never have to work again.
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