Soon - All sales will have to be in Commerce

[jye4ever]

I'm hoping all neon like Batman Forever.

 

[batfan08]

I'd be okay with that if we all get Bat-nipples.

 

[Invictus Sol]

I'm sure look/feel will be fine (agree about light text on dark background, though -- hard on the eyes). Hopefully we'll have more options on colour palette and other display options. For me, the $30.00 fee will be worth it to reduce (hopefully eliminate) any ads.

 

[xphilx]

Dave do you think we can do something about the flippers on this board?

mainly the Rainman, Beto & Iminime flippers.

I'm sure you are well aware of this ongoing growing problem

What does flippers mean?

 

[snoop101]

What does flippers mean?

People that buy figures just to turn around and sell them for a lot more.

 

[SwedishHeat]

He didn't miss read it - INT threads will need to go in commerce and thus whoever posts them will need to pay the fee. Hopefully we'll finally get rid of all those "wouldn't it be cool if [obscure actor no one ever heard of] was made?" and only real potential products will be posted about.

Just to go back to this for a minute, I really don't think the "lack of interest" interest threads are a problem. If there's no interest, the threads sink to the bottom. I think the real problem is people bumping threads with no news, or just bumping a thread to bump a pic that's already been quoted 18 times in the thread already. The recent iminime Last of Us thread springs to mind. Folks bumping a thread just to keep it on top. That just seems unnecessary to me.

I'm pretty sure if the Interest section goes the way Dave is planning, it will only be iminime threads anyways. The only people that will have posting privileges will be those that have already Premium status, and those folks all have similar interests, all these rainman/iminime/beto collectors. It will be a gentrification of the Customs section.

This is a good idea, it will also help to prevent banned members from continually coming back under new names and keep the frauds and scam artists at bay

vBulletin can ban an IP address, which should be able to keep people from making new screen names, but either it doesn't work that way, or IPs aren't being banned, only screen names.

 

[annihilate22]

He didn't miss read it - INT threads will need to go in commerce and thus whoever posts them will need to pay the fee. Hopefully we'll finally get rid of all those "wouldn't it be cool if [obscure actor no one ever heard of] was made?" and only real potential products will be posted about.

Okay there seems to be some confusion - Correct me if I'm wrong but the only difference in what we've understood and what you're saying is the verbatim right ?

In the new forum format, the initial thread is created in the customs section (Which serves as an interest thread) but for actual sales, that portion of the deal will now be ported to the commerce section ?

OR

Is that now even buyers end up having to get Premium Membership because if we're interested in something we can't post in the Commerce Section ?

And what about this,

Does everyone have the privilege to post in the Interest Section, but the creation of a new thread is restricted to Premium Members ? (Which is the unwarranted part that you mentioned in your post)

so can we still ask in our own custom threads(and are prem. member) i, if someones interested in seeing a certain suit or something..and then if there is, move it to the for sale section? that's how i get a lot of feedback for new stuff...so it would be weird changing that around...

That sucks.



I liked the variety that the Interest section brought, but if you have to pay to check to see if anyone else will like something. . . it just kind of defeats the purpose, because people are only going to pay for a sure thing. It'll just be full of Batman and Walking Dead stuff, and Hot Toys replacement parts.

Paying a fee for an interest thread?

I support asking sellers to pay a nominal fee for the privilege of selling their wares. But changing up the forum design to a format and style few will like, and asking interest threads to be subject to a seller's fee is... poor form.

 

[xphilx]

People that buy figures just to turn around and sell them for a lot more.

Thanks for the info

 

[ShortRound]

Thanks for the info

There's nobody here that intentionally buys figures to "flip" them though. So no worries.

 

[Rotfish]

Seems like there are two camps here:

Rich people who are prepared to pay a nominal fee for the privilege of selling to a relatively known community.

And rich people who want something that used to be free to continue being that way because many of them don't even sell customs to begin with.

*ahem* Fixed.

 

[Cheungkinmen]

This forum has helped me grow artistically, I've met friends, buyers, enthusiasts, I've met great talent and I have learned a LOT from other people and I've made GREAT artistic relationships.

Aside from learning and hanging out, I also sell my work here, so for that I'm very greatful to Dave and crew. I once told him that I wanted to donate as a thanks, but told me to hold my horses.

I am not rich, otherwise I wouldn't be working or selling my stuff, but $30 a YEAR is nothing for the priviledge to sell here, where you offer, advertise and sell your items directly to this particular demographic. You spend more on a night out with friends or GF or the missus.

 

[Lejuan]

*ahem* Fixed.

Yeh those people too

 

[EdwardNashton1]

*ahem* Fixed.

Thanks for that.

 

[Boba Ben]

I don't see how the pm space would benefit me. I and probably about 100 others were awarded 2,000 pm space by Dave over a year ago for liking a facebook page. So are my 2,000 pms going to disappear unless I pay the fee or what?

Dave told me in another thread that those people would still have their 2,000 pm space when they're moved over to the other forum.

 

[Niltusk]

This forum has helped me grow artistically, I've met friends, buyers, enthusiasts, I've met great talent and I have learned a LOT from other people and I've made GREAT artistic relationships.

Aside from learning and hanging out, I also sell my work here, so for that I'm very greatful to Dave and crew. I once told him that I wanted to donate as a thanks, but told me to hold my horses.

I am not rich, otherwise I wouldn't be working or selling my stuff, but $30 a YEAR is nothing for the priviledge to sell here, where you offer, advertise and sell your items directly to this particular demographic. You spend more on a night out with friends or GF or the missus.

 

[snoop101]

There's nobody here that intentionally buys figures to "flip" them though. So no worries.

I hope you're joking.

 

[Invictus Sol]

Yep, that's a great post. No-one, IMO, has managed to make a sensible argument for why they're entitled to use someone else's board for unlimited free transactions. A lot of the points raised as reasons for not using other platforms (e.Bay - don't like fees/crooked buyers; Craig's List/Kijiji - too random; another site like Rebelscum - not enough traffic, etc.) only serve to reinforce the fact that Dave is providing access to a fairly unique demographic and should monetize it to recoup some of his expenses.

There's nobody here that intentionally buys figures to "flip" them though. So no worries.

I hope you're joking.

Yes, I also find that hard to swallow. Not that I think there's anything really wrong with it or that it can be policed in any way. Just some of the buy/sell activities in the customs section are kind of annoying to watch, simply because of how fickle the collectors are.

 

[SVantley]

Does anyone know what it cost to run this site yearly?

 

[HODLr]

vBulletin can ban an IP address, which should be able to keep people from making new screen names, but either it doesn't work that way, or IPs aren't being banned, only screen names.

Banning IP's is pointless with proxies and VPN's. I myself use a VPN 24/7 and I can change my IP to any state/country at any time.

 

[Rambler]

Does anyone know what it cost to run this site yearly?