What has become of this forum...
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Billyhoyle
Im Not Juan Garcia
i'm not sure why you have just dropped yourself in it - at no point did he mention you.
luck_of_the_irish
No longer collecting
i got like that too, too many of the same posts being shown over and over again not bumped just re-made, iv made a few deals lately where i say to the potential buyer make an offer coz then they say what there happy to spend and really im just happy to get rid of the cards
i joined back in 2011 it was like 5am in the morning when i discovered the site i thought it was heaven so many potential buyers/sellers/traders it was a good community now its being over-run by little kiddies who cant speak and cant reply to pm's like stated earlier in this thread id rather list on ebay and put a link up because the people that are genuinly interested will be the ones that bid
i joined back in 2011 it was like 5am in the morning when i discovered the site i thought it was heaven so many potential buyers/sellers/traders it was a good community now its being over-run by little kiddies who cant speak and cant reply to pm's like stated earlier in this thread id rather list on ebay and put a link up because the people that are genuinly interested will be the ones that bid
Billyhoyle
Im Not Juan Garcia
if this is common place and happening regularly please use the report button - there is a thread at the top of every sale/trade forum asking people to keep them to two sale threads at a time.
As I've said before - please use the report button, the more the mods know the more we can deal with it and make the site better for everyone.
It is a sad situation what has happened to the afl section. The respect once members had for each other are gone. My biggest pet hates are members who cannot reply to a PM and members who put up a want list they have no intention of buying/trading.
We cant even fill a case share anymore. It wasnt that long ago that multiple case shares were filled for each series and tracked so everyone know who got the case hit. The community feel is no longer here.
On a side but important note: please do not call out names publicly of members who do the wrong thing. I find this as a form of bullying which will only turn more good members away. Best off to ignore or advise the mods.
We cant even fill a case share anymore. It wasnt that long ago that multiple case shares were filled for each series and tracked so everyone know who got the case hit. The community feel is no longer here.
On a side but important note: please do not call out names publicly of members who do the wrong thing. I find this as a form of bullying which will only turn more good members away. Best off to ignore or advise the mods.
Billyhoyle
Im Not Juan Garcia
I think the other key is try to build the community here as well, what are we all doing to build the community spirit and strength?
Do you invite the good ebayers that you deal with?
There has been things like "A good deed thread" happen in the NBA forums where good deeds were done, so you would send cards to each other as a good deed to help out their collections, maybe something like that or a base card giveaway.
Do you invite the good ebayers that you deal with?
There has been things like "A good deed thread" happen in the NBA forums where good deeds were done, so you would send cards to each other as a good deed to help out their collections, maybe something like that or a base card giveaway.
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Scotty_WCE
West Coast card collector!
Yep I agree if you're not happy about the standard of the forum, do something about it! If you do something then others will follow, there will be a snowball effect and it will be back on track!
I might be doing something soon as I approach my 1000th PC Card
Scotty_WCE
West Coast card collector!
Head over here for Part 1 of the return of the awesome AFL forum
http://www.ozcardtrader.com.au/community/threads/the-footy-card-collection-thread.164924/
http://www.ozcardtrader.com.au/community/threads/the-footy-card-collection-thread.164924/
this is a little bit of change of topic but,
i know this site is more basketball orientated, as i see it. but maybe if we could get select or teamcoach in on this site like panini have in the past the afl section might be able to grow.
also, maybe there could be box/group breaks like in the basketball section?
i am not 100% sure how it is run, but it gets nba collectors involved more in the hobby. so if there were afl group breaks there could be more interest. i was involved in a team case share last year on another forum and it was awesome.
also, maybe when new members join up, they are emailed the rules. as i have dealt with a few new members and some are great, but most i have spoken too don't know the rules and i have had to explain the way to go about deals and other stuff.
i know this site is more basketball orientated, as i see it. but maybe if we could get select or teamcoach in on this site like panini have in the past the afl section might be able to grow.
also, maybe there could be box/group breaks like in the basketball section?
i am not 100% sure how it is run, but it gets nba collectors involved more in the hobby. so if there were afl group breaks there could be more interest. i was involved in a team case share last year on another forum and it was awesome.
also, maybe when new members join up, they are emailed the rules. as i have dealt with a few new members and some are great, but most i have spoken too don't know the rules and i have had to explain the way to go about deals and other stuff.
Love the idea of group breaks. $10-$20 for a team and you have the chance to get some nice inserts (more worth doing during select series 2).
Gets people excited about AFL and the AFL section on here.
Is it possible for us to organize a group break for the select series 2?
Billyhoyle
Im Not Juan Garcia
any group break needs to be approved by @graham so whoever is planning on running it would need to contact him first.
I'm not sure that a team break would work the same as in the NBA as there are not as many inserts etc. so the teams getting the inserts might only be 5-10 teams.
Billyhoyle
Im Not Juan Garcia
Is there enough of a spread of teams?
They had a pretty good formula 1 person per team, but the cards had a set price to cover cost of a case so no one paid the same so if your team had a lot of inserts it would cost you more but still worked out way cheaper than if you were to buy all those cards separately, I had Melbourne and from memory it cost me about $120 after the case was busted, and you also have people put there name down for case cards and redemptions if the person with that team didn't want them
this is just an idea i had last night.
i think it can work the same as the nba group break if maybe you had a mix of 3 boxes - 1 x series 2, 1 x series 1, 1 x teamcoach.
that way you get alot of inserts plus the chance of hitting a decent card. also each person gets a team set from each box.
you could use the same method as the nba - 18 people in, random teams. i worked it out on this years boxes and it would cost each person around $25-30.. that would include postage.
this is just an idea and i am not proposing anything. maybe we could put up a thread with a vote to see if people were interested in doing something like this.
Here are some examples of why I am getting pissed off;
- Thread goes up for SALE/TRADE card. I ask what he needs. I go through what I have and make him a fair and reasonable offer. He sees message, doesn't reply and then lists the card on ebay. Then bumps his thread the next morning. WTF
- WANTLIST goes up, I message, they ask for price, I offer fair prices, no reply, I send question mark, they reply with "Wingard for my Goldstein?" - Wingard wasn't even on their wantlist. WTF
- Another member asks for me to PM a price on some cards. I offer reasonable price. No reply. WTF
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