The New Card Target Thread

[Leon]

Thanks for the update, Bob. I always thought CardTarget was the best of the pricing services out there. Good luck and keep us updated.

Originally Posted by bwiller

Greetings, and Happy Holidays to everyone. I am one of the new owners of Card Target and I wanted to say Thank You to everyone who has used and supported the site in the past, and for all the feedback and comments on the new site. For those users who have used CT in the past, thank you also for your patience as we built out the new site (and all the underlying "plumbing" that makes it all possible).

I appreciate the feedback both here on the board and that I have received via our feedback channel - my goal is to make sure the site provides a valuable tool for the card collecting community - and specifically those who collect (and appreciate) vintage cards.

I wanted to provide some quick feedback on a couple of the questions and comments we have received so far:

1. There has been quite a bit of feedback around the use of social media accounts for logging in. Unfortunately there seems to be a little misunderstanding around this - while social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) are certainly options, you can also use your Gmail (Google) or Microsoft (Hotmail, Outlook, Live, etc.) accounts - so they don't need to be "Social" logins per se. As some of you noted I did add the ability to use your own email address and password as well.
2. I am happy that some of you have noted the expanded content - by default, we catalog and analyze all four sports through 1989, although our focus is on the vintage side. We also analyze and report on non-graded cards which is also new. If you follow our Twitter feed or keep an eye on the News section of the site I will provide more detail on where we are at from the "review" process that we are using to tune our catalog and matching algorithms. (We will also use Twitter to update everyone when we add new sets to the catalog)
3. If you tried using the site in the first couple days and it did not respond, this issue has been resolved - it actually took longer to find the root cause than it did to fix it. If you tried the site and gave up, please have another crack at it.
4. Finally, as some of you have noted, we are still in the process of migrating the vast history of sales information over from the old site. While the old CT site only reported on a small percentage of sets, they were collecting information for all 4 sports and - so we are processing through that and adding data back every day.

So again, thanks for the feedback and patience. If you have some time this holiday season, I hope you check out the new site and provide some feedback.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year,
Bob

[sreader3]

Hi Bob,

I have always appreciated the CT data-- especially T206.

I know the former owner spent countless hours over several years meticulously reviewing and editing the computer-generated T206 data to make sure pricing for every front/back combo was correctly reported.

As a "free" service, I have no expectation this practice will resume (reporting of even raw computer-generated T206 data has been largely dormant for the last 12-24 months) -- but it is a hope.

CT was once a great resource and it would be wonderful if it could reclaim its once exalted status.

Scot Reader

[pokerplyr80]

Frank, if a social media connection is necessary and you don't want to tie card target to your google or any other account you could always just create a profile on facebook or some other site with fake information. It should only take a couple of minutes.