The New Card Target Thread

[frankbmd]

Card Target was purchased by new owners over a year ago. Since that time the data on the site has remained. Recent sales for the most part have not been added to the site with a handful of exceptions. It appeared that the site was circling the drain in an inevitable death spiral.

This morning however I clicked on my Card Target link and an entirely new website appeared. I was asked first to sign in using a social media account(?).
I have a couple of dormant accounts and try to maintain as low a profile as possible on such sites. Nevertheless I tried to sign in and was taken to another program, which did nothing but complicate the process and I gave up.

From the tabs on the new CT site it appears that the new site may be offering auction search functions in addition to the price history database from the old site. Whether the price histories have been updated will be updated going forward is unclear. I didn't get that far.

I did send a message from the Card Target website to explain my situation regarding my low profile on social media and why it was no longer possible to access the site without a social media link.

To my surprise in several hours I did get a response. The gist of the response was that the website programmers never considered the possibility that there were actually people who did not have or want social media accounts. They said that they would "look into" adding a traditional username/password option. We'll see.

I have zero followers on Twitter, I have never tweeted and do not consider myself a twit. Linked in serves no function in my retirement. I follow pictures of my grandchildren on Facebook, but that's it.

I am quite sure there are others like me, who value their privacy and identity on the Internet. I am also sure there are others here who are more inclined to the participate in the "wonders" of social media.

So I thought this thread could serve as a place for the forum to post comments on the new Card Target site. Have you signed in? Is the new site a lot different in terms of what is offered? Has the pricing data base been updated? What do you think?