Gift Memberships
Due to popular demand we are making it possible for you to give access to DaveOsborne.com to your friends.
A gift membership to DaveOsborne.com is a one time payment for either a three month membership or a year and is activated when your friend first starts using it. If you buy a year gift membership and tell your friend about it, that year's access to DaveOsborne.com would start when your friend first uses it in two months, for example, and lasts 12 months after that first access (14 months after you purchased it).
Dan (my brother and webmaster) wrote the software (and fully tested it!) so you can say exactly when your friend is emailed with the Gift Certificate. You can have the email automatically sent on his birthday or on Christmas or any other holiday. Or, you can choose to have the Gift Certificate emailed to you so you can use it yourself or email it to your friend yourself.
The three month gift membership is a one time payment of $39.95, which gives your friend three months of free email access to Dave and full access to DaveOsborne.com (including all articles, all plans, dictionary and newsletter) starting when your friend activates the Gift Certificate. The year gift membership is a one time payment of $69.99, which gives your friend an entire year of free email access to Dave and full access to DaveOsborne.com (including all articles, all plans, dictionary and newsletter) starting when your friend activates it.
You can specify when you want your friend to be notified of your gift. An email will be sent to your friend at the time you select, which will contain full instructions on how they can access the site and acknowledges you as the giver of the gift.
Your friends are welcomed as full members of our site for the entire period that you purchase for them.
You have the choice of using your credit card (Visa or MasterCard) through our own very secure payment process or using your account at PayPal (if you have one or would like to create one), which also has a very secure payment method used by over 100 million people. If you'd rather pay by bank check (cheque) or money order click here for more info on paying for Dave's Shop by check.
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Hi, I'm Dave Osborne. With over 50 years experience as a journeyman carpenter, foreman and contractor in heavy construction I enjoyed working with apprentices and sharing the tricks of the trade that others shared with me. Now I get emails from Members all over the world and we include many of my answers in our Free Monthly Newsletters. Some of my answers include drawings and instructions specific to a project, but may also answer your questions. I use correct construction terminology, so you can confidently inform your building supply dealers or contractors exactly what you need.
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