Leon, what do you have against nationalsportscards.com?

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Posted By: Brian McQueen

A couple of points from the "Moderator" point of view....

My goal, as is Leon's, is to strengthen our own Net 54 board. When you start mentioning site's that offer cards for direct sale, basically exactly what our BST section does, it weakens the section of our forum that we have created for this purpose. This is also a big reason we've objected to starting a running thread each month for BST -- you're basically "watering down" all the pages that we've already set up to do the exact same thing.

Also, I've also noticed the average board member's distaste for having to check multiple BST sections or locations....I think many prefer to just keep everything in one spot.

Another thing, Leon and I have been slammed with questions along the lines of "Why do you guys allow "this" but not "this"?". We feel that the fair thing to do is remain "equal-opportunity" if you will, and not let anyone promote their site over anyone elses. Leon keeps pointing to the Vintage Links page and that's exactly why we have it. We don't mind threads about a brand new site selling cards or whatever when it starts out, but when we see a thread about it every few days, it wears out its welcome.

One thing though, not sure how Leon feels but I'm not against individuals posting a larger group of cards for sale in BST. I think if I checked in one day and saw a huge list of 200 cards, that might be a little silly but I don't want to deny dealers or anyone else a chance to part with their cards. I feel that people make the BST section stronger by listing a good sized number of cards. It increases the number of people that may acquire something they've been looking for and would be happy with. That kind of experience would bring people back and encourage them to check back for additional visits. I also feel that, like the Chatroom, the BST pages are ways that individuals develop new "contacts" and/or friendships in the hobby - leading to a stronger forum and community.

Just my two cents....