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Trying to revive the beast., Need your input TCC
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Dec 13 2014, 10:50 AM
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Nerdgaming74859
Posts: 21,496
Joined: 20-July 07
From: Okemah, Ok
First Name: Shawn
Transactions: 607 (View: Pending | Failed)
Restrictions: Must Send First
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So I am making 2 New Years Resolutions this year. 1 is personal, the other is my TCC Resolution. We are on the right path towards getting this site back to where is should be! But we need your help. I want your input, ideas, suggestions, gripes, complaints. I want anything that you think will help out! Here are some things that I am going to start really working on: Trader of the month: I tried to bring this back, but had some home issues and work issues that have kept me from being as active as I would like. Starting January 1st, I am going to bring back trader of the month and I am going to try to pull some nice prizes together to give away! Contests and Giveaways: I am going to bring back the Pack Pull of the Month, Box Break of the Month, Break Host of the month, etc. I am still working on all of the details, but we need to start getting some achievements added to some peoples names I am also going to start back my Points Contest. However, the points will be a little different and it will be a quarterly contest. The winner will earn the title of Most Generous Member for that quarter and will receive a better prize than I was giving before. Recruiting: We need some recruiting ideas. A few of us have been recruiting at shows, shops, and through box breaks. I want to expand. Maybe a youtube channel for TCC where we do monthly Video News that can be linked and posted on facebook and such to help spread the word. Again, back to prizes, maybe host a new member giveaway and a "Most Recruited" title Many of you know my story, and therefore you know why TCC is so important to me. For those of you that don't, TCC helped me through some of the toughest times I have ever dealt with. I was deployed to Iraq shortly after joining this site. I not only made a life long friend in RGBII (Richard) but we began hosting a Contest and Giveaway thread that was unlike anything this site has ever seen! No matter how bad my day was or who we lost that day, I could return to my own little world and, as Richard would say, COLLECT HARD! To many this is just a hobby, to me this is a passion.
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aceecards |
Dec 13 2014, 12:53 PM
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Legend
Posts: 74,703
Joined: 23-April 05
First Name: Steve
Transactions: 1068 (View: Pending | Failed)
Awards: 2014 CZT of the Year
2015 2012 & 2009 Battle Royal Champion
2009 Best Autograph Card
2008, 2009 and 2010 Best Overall Collection
2007 Trade of the Year
Trader of the Month - Oct. '05, Aug. '06, Aug. '07, Mar 15 (TIE)
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Shawn and rest of team.
Im happy where we are today.
I miss the glory days too.
But lets face the facts, In a world of choices , we are just a small fish in a big pond.
We cannot compete with Beckett or blowout, we've got nothing to offer like they do! We don't have price guides, we don't have a warehouse of unopened boxes. We are not "the voice of the industry" like Beckett.
Facebook and their groups have become the second tier in my opinion of forums , and that really isn't the right word cause it is not.. but that is where the trading had gone to!
We remain muddled up as a "last choice" in a third tier of family friendly forums, like Hi, TCZ, SCF, the bench, cardboard connection, freedom cardboard and so on and so forth.
The reason we are the last choice is we are rudderless and ownerless, floating downstream . We cannot upgrade, we cannot even add member thru the registration system and who knows how long that has been going on. Everyday I get inundated by hackers and scammers looking to be validated, new real members NONE for weeks.
Contest and giveaways are like passing the last piece of bread between castaways on a deserted island in my opinion! Useless cause sooner or later the bread is gone and the castaways die off!
Trader of the month.. what we reward the two people who completed a trade this month? Ok 4 people..My point is...
recruiting - if our registration system doesn't work , why bother, just makes us look stupid.
Now.. until our captain/owner returns we cannot fix problem 3 and that will make us the bottom of the barrel choice for collectors who like action.
Shawn, Im not bailing and Im not giving up. I just want to dampen any enthusiasm because we cannot fix what is broke with positivism and enthusiasm.
But that being said, I still see that third tier struggling. Hi doesn't not have near the participation it once had, TCZ is no different than us, a few good members (mostly ex TCCers) that keep it afloat. SCF is still a happening site and cardboard connection looks stable.
Again Im willing to set here and do whatever is necessary to keep talking to my friends for as long as they wanna stay here and talk to me and that is my bottom line decision for staying! Ill do whatever youd like to do but what we really need to do is focus on getting Bob Williams back here to fix problems, give us the keys FIRST!
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Dec 14 2014, 05:57 PM
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HOF
Posts: 7,800
Joined: 20-April 11
Transactions: 248 (View: Pending | Failed)
Awards: Member of the Month Jan 15
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QUOTE(aceecards @ Dec 13 2014, 12:53 PM) Shawn and rest of team. Im happy where we are today. I miss the glory days too. But lets face the facts, In a world of choices , we are just a small fish in a big pond. We cannot compete with Beckett or blowout, we've got nothing to offer like they do! We don't have price guides, we don't have a warehouse of unopened boxes. We are not "the voice of the industry" like Beckett. Facebook and their groups have become the second tier in my opinion of forums , and that really isn't the right word cause it is not.. but that is where the trading had gone to! We remain muddled up as a "last choice" in a third tier of family friendly forums, like Hi, TCZ, SCF, the bench, cardboard connection, freedom cardboard and so on and so forth. The reason we are the last choice is we are rudderless and ownerless, floating downstream . We cannot upgrade, we cannot even add member thru the registration system and who knows how long that has been going on. Everyday I get inundated by hackers and scammers looking to be validated, new real members NONE for weeks. Contest and giveaways are like passing the last piece of bread between castaways on a deserted island in my opinion! Useless cause sooner or later the bread is gone and the castaways die off! Trader of the month.. what we reward the two people who completed a trade this month? Ok 4 people..My point is... recruiting - if our registration system doesn't work , why bother, just makes us look stupid. Now.. until our captain/owner returns we cannot fix problem 3 and that will make us the bottom of the barrel choice for collectors who like action. Shawn, Im not bailing and Im not giving up. I just want to dampen any enthusiasm because we cannot fix what is broke with positivism and enthusiasm. But that being said, I still see that third tier struggling. Hi doesn't not have near the participation it once had, TCZ is no different than us, a few good members (mostly ex TCCers) that keep it afloat. SCF is still a happening site and cardboard connection looks stable. Again Im willing to set here and do whatever is necessary to keep talking to my friends for as long as they wanna stay here and talk to me and that is my bottom line decision for staying! Ill do whatever youd like to do but what we really need to do is focus on getting Bob Williams back here to fix problems, give us the keys FIRST! Couldn't say it better myself, as the same as you Steve, to many friends here to just leave
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northicehero99 |
Dec 14 2014, 10:25 PM
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Legend
Posts: 40,163
Joined: 4-April 05
First Name: Brian
Transactions: 1581 (View: Pending | Failed)
eBay: northicehero99
OpenChecklist: northicehero99
Awards: Trader of the Year - 2007, 2008; Trader of the Month - Aug. '05, Oct. '06, Jan. '07, Jul. '07, January 2010 Pack Pull of the Month
Member of trhe Month March 2012
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The easiest explanation is life happened, just like it does for the rest of us. Things change for all of us and some things are more important than cardboard or sites about cardboard.
My honest thoughts are that you can try all you want, but those that have moved on have found the greener pastures that they are comfortable with and it is a little late to try to get them to come back.
Contests are nice, but even the ones run here only get the same few people responding, and some of those that come only respond in that topic. I have been guilty of that as of late as well, as I have lost interest in the hobby. No real sets that draw my interest and the thought of spending money on cards I can't get much back from, really has me moving on to other hobbies. Kids today don't care about cards the way we did. Today they have kindles, Ipods, xboxes, playstations, etc. and all of that is way more fun or interesting that a piece of cardboard with a players picture on it.
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Rabs |
Sep 20 2017, 06:03 PM
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Brian Orakpo/Sean Taylor/Craig Kimbrel Super Collector
Posts: 5,210
Joined: 12-April 05
From: Land O Lakes, FL
First Name: Ryan
Transactions: 214 (View: Pending | Failed)
eBay: hollamv7
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I'm always willing to trade or buy/sell. This just this isn't the place to do that anymore. I wish it had traffic like it used to.
I belong to many other forums that I still make trades on fairly often.
My Sports Card Album - use drop down box to view other albums I collect: -Brian Orakpo, Sean Taylor, and Craig Kimbrel Super Collector!-Lucky 13 RCs from Ultra (2004-2007) all versions -Texas Longhorns alum RCs/GUs/AUTOs in college uni -Miami (Da U) Hurricanes alum RCs/GUs/AUTOs in college uni -Virginia Tech Hokies alum RCs/GUs/AUTOs in college uni -University of Virginia Cavaliers alum RCs/GUs/AUTOs in college uni -Washington Redskins RCs/GUs/AUTOs -Atlanta Braves RCs/GUs/AUTOs -Roger Federer RIP Sean Taylor #21 - Gone but never forgotten.
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