Outlaw the personal attacks or, better yet, start a separate section for personal attacks. That way we don't have to deal with it in the original thread. It would be like the good old days - "if you two can't get along, take it outside into the parking lot."

Rob M

Not saying it's a bad idea, but if there was a Net54 parking lot, we might need to have a physician on call.:D

Or a MASH unit

Create a section for the best threads of all time, so I don't have to do a long search when I need to relive The Bruces suing themselves.

Thicken up my skin.

Seriously, perhaps introduce a "time out" or "penalty box". When two guys start going at it back and forth or someone is being a bit of a jerk, they would be unable to post for two weeks. During that time they would hopefully cool off and realize this is a hobby and should be fun. :)

Not sure if joking or serious, but ideally free to us, because we buy so much collectively. This audience is very valuable to auctioneers. They pay and he just has a matching system to our wish list to create an alert.

I apologize if there is a way to do this already, but I would love to get alerted when someone replies to one of my comments in a thread.

Also I cant see my sent messages is that normal or is there a trick to checking them. If that is not possible I would love for that to be a feature too

To clarify about the sent messages I can select them in the message section but the area is empty

Pictures
 

Try to find an easier way to upload pics!

1) Agree that pic uploads could be easier.

2) Search function could be dramatically improved.

3) I don't understand all the OT threads. If it is OT then put it in the Watercooler.

4) Miss Wonka's posts, would like to see him back.

5) Not sure about this one but maybe consider a section just on Ebay complaints. I agree with many of them but it does get very tiresome, especially when the complaints are the same or about someone's BIN prices or how they respond to best offers.

6) Still a few members who bump their BST threads too frequently.

7) I would like to see members reprimanded for hazing new or young members who have simply ask a naïve question. After many years I'll never forget the member who tried to harass/intimidate me when I asked a question he didn't like instead of helping or just ignoring me.

8) I know this may not interest most members but I would like a section just on photo id. Some of us collect more obscure teams and players and it would be nice to have a forum for this since it is probably not of general interest to the board.

9) Glad there is less political or religious posts. It oozes in every now and then by a few in particular but grateful it is mostly under control.

I am serious and would prefer a no cost/free option, too. There would be development costs for Leon unless each AH pitches in to cover the nut, which would be like herding cats. Maybe a gofundme approach would get it done. I dunno but there would be at least 150 hours of programming work that would need to be done to tap into each AH's API (if they have one) and present the data in a meaningful and accurate way. Each AH would be a mini project in itself because they are all different and this assumes they want to provide the data feed in the first place. Love the idea but needs funding as nobody programs for free unless Leon is a closet coder. :)


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Actually, it might be cool to have a Net54 calendar that featured a member's card (or group of cards) each month. Maybe have a contest or voting thread to determine which cards gets featured each month.

For example, for the first year we could have a thread where each member submits their favorite card. Then we have a thread where members vote for their 3 favorite cards from the thread and the top 12 vote getters are featured in the calendar.

To provide diversity, each month could be designated for a certain set or style of cards (E cards, T cards, N cards, etc.). Portions from the sales of the calendars could go to a certain charity or charities. Leon (hi, Leon ;) ) could sell them in his booth at the National.

+1.

I agree with every one of these.

With regards to eBay, I think it should just be a general eBay section with questions, complaints, rants, notifications, etc. Sometimes I feel like at any given time eBay related posts make up 25% of the front page.

I also like the idea of sanctions against bullying. New members can't possibly be expected to use the (less than stellar) search function before asking questions that have undoubtedly been answered previous to them joining. This hobby can't afford to alienate enthusiasm.

2) Search function could be dramatically improved. Agreed on this one.

3) I don't understand all the OT threads. If it is OT then put it in the Watercooler.

Leon has stated that if a person is usually on point and is a good contributor, they get a slight leeway in this. And sometimes the OT posts leads to other good discussions. I'm fine with an OT post now and then (and I have done a couple myself)

4) Miss Wonka's posts, would like to see him back.
Agreed -- and I also miss Jim Crandell's posts and I wish we could have Bruce back for some of his posts. When Bruce was on point he was great I'd love to see Jim B too and it's always great to see archives to see some of their posts

5) Not sure about this one but maybe consider a section just on Ebay complaints. I agree with many of them but it does get very tiresome, especially when the complaints are the same or about someone's BIN prices or how they respond to best offers.

6) Still a few members who bump their BST threads too frequently.

7) I would like to see members reprimanded for hazing new or young members who have simply ask a naïve question. After many years I'll never forget the member who tried to harass/intimidate me when I asked a question he didn't like instead of helping or just ignoring me.

8) I know this may not interest most members but I would like a section just on photo id. Some of us collect more obscure teams and players and it would be nice to have a forum for this since it is probably not of general interest to the board.

9) Glad there is less political or religious posts. It oozes in every now and then by a few in particular but grateful it is mostly under control. L

Leon and I have talked about this on many occasions. The less political or religious posts on any board the better. To me, the only religious posts should be about celebrating Christmas, Easter, Ramadan, Rosh Hashanah, etc. And political posts should be -- even more limited.

And one of mine -- I know Leon is not a big fan of "stickie" posts but I think a couple of them would be nice. One would be the new member introduction. Many boards do that before you can post on other topics. I'm in favor of the new member intros and think that should be adopted as a sticky.

This isn't a slam towards you guys, but I find this site one of the easier ones to upload pics to.

I upload from my camera, they get saved in a picture folder, I go into folder, edit pic to make it 50% smaller, on exit I hit save. From there, I go back in, right click on my pic, choose "send to" to which I send to "My documents" From there, I click on leon's "Manage Attachments" right below every post you start or participate in, click "choose file" click "documents on the left side, click on the pic, click open, click Leon's upload, close window, submit reply.

Maybe this seems like a lot, but I honestly don't know anyway quicker nor easier, and besides, once you get use to it, it takes no time at all.

If an auction house agrees to fund it, they take 1% of all revs in perpetuity on the platform. Sell equity in the functionality.

Have an annual "cards for orphans" charity. These kids do not have parents to buy them cards, but these orphans like baseball too. The cards may create some excitement for them. Just a passing thought.

Completely agree with the easy to upload pictures.

Kind of combining a few ideas. Tiered memberships. Bronze ($10 a year) gives you access to autograph/grade opinions from Leon and other trusted members. Silver ($25 a year) gives you bronze access plus group grading specials. Gold ($50 a year) gives you bronze, silver, and VCP. Maybe throw in one of the levels the ability for a couple of mods to be intermediates in highend trades where the members do not feel comfortable shipping directly to each other.

Endless quantities of top shelf champagne, raw oysters, caviar, Beef Wellington and Baked Alaska served by scantily clad hostesses at the Net54 National dinner. All to be paid for by members who made obscene profits last year selling their Clemente, Koufax and Rose rookie cards. You know who you are.

Its not. Everything is too large. I can literally post to every other site but here. If its me thats fine but thought I would bring it up anyway.

How would "an only Net54 auction houses feature" be an improvement on the variety of wishlist/aggregator tools that have been out there for years?

Don't get tiered menberships, never one to pay for supposed value. Probably because memberships, to me, detract from value.

Besides, decided I was not the joiner type of guy since country club memberships and the 1971 draft taught me otherwise.

I would love an aggregate search of all open auctions minus eBay. It there is one please post a link. I have a VCP subscription, btw. Am I missing something?


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1) is it possible to search for posts which contain two words? Lets say, for example, T206 Cobb. If I type T206 Cobb in the net54 search, I get all posts with EITHER "T206" or "Cobb". Can I finds all posts that have BOTH T206 and Cobb in them?

2) I guess I'm in the minority who finds the picture upload very easy. Click "manage attachments", select picture, click upload. What could be easier? I guess drag n drop could be easier? If its a size issue, I guess two options are for the user to save the picture in a smaller size, or for net54 to reduce the size on upload. I never upload pics from a cellphone (don't own one) so perhaps that's a different process?

3) Bring back Wonka and Dewolf. Lifetime bans should only be for scammers.

1. Maybe it is the OCD in me or maybe I just enjoy browsing through every catalogue, but I wouldn't use an aggregate search function of all auctions.

2. If the goal is to grow membership, I think a paid subscription model is not the best idea. There has been talk for years about the possibility of a nominal fee for major sites such as Twitter and Facebook and there are reasons it has never come to pass. Bottom line is that a large number of people are opposed for various reasons. Too cheap, can't afford, concern of having credit card information stored etc. Sure, many who are here may pay initially, but new membership will be deterred and I suspect would be a shrinking business model. I for one am thankful Leon has kept it free and hope he can keep it or make it profitable through use of advertising.

D@vid L@m0nt

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Charge a yearly fee

I could not DISAGREE more! Ted's hobby knowledge far outweighs any squabbles he may have, though I bet a lot of them are warranted on his part.

Of course, I've never been on the receiving end...

Viva Ted!

- and respect your elders. If you don't, you will regret it someday.

signed,
Raymond Culpepper
self-admitted cramudgin (and, no, spell check didn't help with spelling)

Isn't that #4 of the Ten Commandments here, thou shalt not speak ill of tedzan, barrysloate, or frankbmd :D? Seriously, I have never seen any reason to.

That ship has already sailed.:(

Agreed. With how vitriolic the past few election cycles have been (and possibly further back than that, I'm just not old enough to remember), it's been nice to have one place on the internet that politics doesn't seep in to.

Don't insult Ted and Barry by grouping Frank with them. :D:D

Lots of wonderful ideas in this thread. Here are my two cents:

-- I agree with others here that some kind of feedback system for transactions would be nice. I think it would help new users feel more comfortable making deals on this site and could only help us grow in the long run.

-- Asking prices should be required when putting something up for sale in the BST section. I'd say scans should be too, but due to too many images/people having difficulty adding images to their post, I don't think that one is really feasible.

-- Just trying to spitball ways to get even more discussion going on here, but maybe have a weekly topic thread stickied to the top of both the pre-war and post-war forums. Examples would be like T211, Ty Cobb, and T206 Plank on the pre-war board, and 1949 Leaf, Hank Aaron, 1952 Mantle on the post-war board. Not only would these be great places to learn and ask questions as they are happening, but once we have enough of them they would be a great point of reference for anyone just looking to learn more about the hobby. You could even have a poll every Sunday to pick the topic of the thread to be created on Monday.

Overall, you run a pretty good ship, Leon. Thanks for all the time you put in to give us crazy assholes a place to hang out!

Fight Club
 

I agree with starting a separate page for a "Fight Club." I know many people are not interested in the internicene bickering that occassionally goes on. But instead of banning it, I say let them vent it in a controlled environment instead of ruining other threads. Keep the old rule of having to put your name to negative posts on this new page. Maybe add a few other rules.

Then the people who hate this kind of on-line fighting NEVER have to click onto the "Fight Club" page. While those with grievances, vendettas, agendas, or simply the desire to "witness" a disagreement/spectacle can have their needs met also.

curmudgeon!

If I owned the forum, I would not allow AH's or anyone else promote their auctions in the main section.

I would create a separate section for all to advertise their wares free of charge.

Thanks- I am further enlightened. :eek:

It's Time....
 

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...it's been 100 posts since a pre-war baseball card was seen in this thread ; it's time...Yankees have always worked for me....

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I can take a picture on my phone and upload it, where other sites just give me errors.

If you use these functions, which most members do, it gives you a group discount vs buying individually.

I would love to see every auction house listed who sells cards. The auction report reminds me when auctions are about to end. I think if we had a section just for auction houses and their auction dates, that every member would check it daily.

I guess if we are adding to the website and our two cents;

1. I would like to see a realized prices section, where people can post actual sold prices for things that VCP doesn't cover.
   
2. I would also like to see a bad ebay/Forum trader page, like blowout has, where people could post their NPB and the such & or scammer alerts.
   
3. I think member feedback is a great idea, although I have only posted one item in the BST; I may start though.
   
4. and lastly a separate section for show off your collection or the monthly pickups, and maybe a suggestions for improvement section.

If I owned the forum I would have probably run it into the ground a long time ago, so I guess its good I'm not in charge.

Other than that pearl of wisdom I got nothin new to add.

VCP has a wishlist feature that includes eBay and some of the auction houses (not sure which ones)

Collectibles Central tracks all of the auctions that use the SimpleAuctions platform. They also had a wishlist feature when I last checked many years ago so I assume they still have it.

Collectable tracks most auctions that advertise here and includes the largest sports auction houses (Heritage, REA, Goldin, etc.) independent of what platform they use. They also have a wishlist feature.

(1) Enhance the "Albums" feature, to encourage more members (such as yours truly) to make use of it.
(2) Enhance the spreadsheet list of "Net54 Vintage Collectors" by adding columns for collecting focuses and phone numbers (for those that wish to include this info) and proactively encourage more members to have their names included. I feel this could be a much greater resource.
(3) I am a big fan of Show & Tells. Begin each week with a new Show & Tell thread on the Main Board for a specific HOFer. Do this alphabetically, starting with Aaron and ending with Yount, a few years later. Include a link to the player's bio in the first post in each of these threads. Keep each thread open for only one week for members to post pics of their cards, photos, other memorabilia, comments, etc. for the "HOFer of the week." Perhaps do the pre-War HOFers on the Main Board, and do the post-War Hofers on the Post-War Board.

Do you really mean that I have to wait until 2024 to show you my "Yount"?

Thank you. Links bookmarked.

Agreed, sometimes I want to search for a member to find his/her ID and all I know is his first name or last name and those fields are rarely filled out and I don't see a way of searching on them anyways other than going page by page.

Yes Frank, whether your "Yount" is raw or slabbed, I don't care to see it any sooner than 2024, if I have to see it at all! :D

Being serious for a second, this is why I ended my post with the probably-better suggestion to "perhaps do the pre-War HOFers on the Main Board, and do the post-War Hofers on the Post-War Board." By doing this, if I don't bother to read the Post-War Board, I'll never have to look at your "Yount." :p

Val- Forget the Younts. If we do this I am sure you will be looking at a lot of collectors Johnsons!!

i agree. i think Hockey with its long history is deserving of its own section.

Right on, Pete!

Highest regards,

Larry

Second that!

Best wishes,

Larry

Agreed!

Regards,

Larry

Ted is a great asset.

Best wishes to all,

Larry

Yeah, that stupid spell check didn't help me with COVFEFE either. :confused:

Yes, and if this is your first time clicking on "Fight Club," you have to fight.

The search function could definitely be improved upon, I totally agree with this.

And I wish Wonka and Rob could come back. Also the Kevins (Mize and Quinn). Probably not Adrian, though.

Having Wonka back would be sweet.

What about an Archive, the best threads could be stored there and rekindled whenever. I know Leon hates, I mean fricken HATES adding new adding new sections but it would easy and sweet.

Hahaha. Try corpseman and 57 states and see if either one works.

+1 billion

Thanks for all of the feedback guys. Everything will be considered.