If you say so.
Hardly. A gift is something given to someone without payment If you have to pay monies even in a roundabout way, then it is not by definition a gift. A perk of donating would probably work.
We haven't said if you donate there is a perk or a gift, it is simply that if you donate there is a skin available, to those that have donated, no mention of it, therefore it is a Gift or Perk or Bonus, whatever you want to call it, it's all the same .
The only thing we state that you will get by donating, is for adverts to be removed from the board and access to the VIP area for 30 days, again this is because many don't like the adverts, therefore by directly supporting us to cover our server costs, we can remove the adverts for those members.
If we advertised that there is a "gift, perk, bonus" in the VIP area if you donate, then it is no longer a gift, perk or bonus is it.
There sure isn't any revenue for forum operations, maintenance, and downloads in fta receivers anymore. Explain this to people where they can understand it and they will be more likely to participate.
Not sure there ever has been, we need members to donate to keep the infrastructure in place. This is explained in the image release posts.