Something just saying "the person you are trying to pm does not currently have VIP and cant access your pm" would be sufficient.
Of course the receiver would still maintain the option of seeing/responding to the pm at a later date when they do get VIP, as opposed to my email example.
I believe that they do this so those receiving PMs will purchase VIP to read them. As I remember when I did not have VIP it showed me I had messages. IMHO they feel they will generate more revenue this way.
She asked for some way for the sender to be made aware that the receipient can't currently read PMs because they're not VIP. That won't affect how PMs are handled wrt recipients. They'll still see the reminder that they have PMs, which they can't read until they buy VIP... or write a review or two... or file a problem report.
Having that feature would definitely be great. I just noticed that I have two PMs. I can't even see who they're from. I don't want anyone to think I'm ignoring them.
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