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Forum outage that was brief this morning

BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited September 21, 2018 6:26PM in U.S. Coin Forum

That was unsettling when the forum was down earlier today, particularly after the recent damn news

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  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,142 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If they must shut down anything....With the Supreme Court decision on collecting sales tax, it would make more sense to shut down all the BST sites, unless PCGS is willing to follow ebays way of handling it.

    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,822 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Related?

  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @OPA said:
    If they must shut down anything....With the Supreme Court decision on collecting sales tax, it would make more sense to shut down all the BST sites, unless PCGS is willing to follow ebays way of handling it.

    I don't see how it would be PCGS's responsibility to collect sales tax despite having the BST sub-forum.

  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I experienced that this morning !!! :'(

    Timbuk3
  • RedneckHBRedneckHB Posts: 19,693 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Baley said:
    That was unsettling when the forum was down earlier today, particularly after the recent damn news

    Out from under my rock.....what news?

    Excuses are tools of the ignorant

    Knowledge is the enemy of fear

  • KccoinKccoin Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭✭✭

    b&m traffic at all time high today lol

  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,056 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It does raise the question: in the event this board is nuked, where would we all regroup? ....

  • renomedphysrenomedphys Posts: 3,827 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @cohodk said:

    @Baley said:
    That was unsettling when the forum was down earlier today, particularly after the recent damn news

    Out from under my rock.....what news?

    DH Terminated at PCGS

    Empty Nest Collection

  • 3keepSECRETif2rDEAD3keepSECRETif2rDEAD Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ...I thought I was toast for sure ;)

  • RedneckHBRedneckHB Posts: 19,693 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @renomedphys said:

    @cohodk said:

    @Baley said:
    That was unsettling when the forum was down earlier today, particularly after the recent damn news

    Out from under my rock.....what news?

    DH Terminated at PCGS

    Interesting.

    Excuses are tools of the ignorant

    Knowledge is the enemy of fear

  • HallcoHallco Posts: 3,676 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @SeattleSlammer said:
    It does raise the question: in the event this board is nuked, where would we all regroup? ....

    I asked the same question in some damn thread and never did get a straight answer! :tongue:

  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    We need to have 'insurance plan' ;)

    @SeattleSlammer said:
    It does raise the question: in the event this board is nuked, where would we all regroup? ....

  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sleepy Hollow.

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,765 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cointalk? Is anyone a member there?

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,765 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Awesome!

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  • GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,765 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 21, 2018 9:16PM

    I have been getting the PM notice (e-mail) about 16 hrs after the fact,,,,,, anyone else?

    GrandAm :)
  • TiborTibor Posts: 3,693 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I post infrequently at "Coin Talk". The "newbie"
    situation is quite different. The "Is this error valuable?"
    is at times overwhelming . Similar to the "1883-O BMP"
    thread here. Not every coin you examine is an error.
    99% of the time it is PMD. I am sure Fred Weinberg
    and John Sullivan can elaborate on this issue, and much
    more diplomatically and politely than I.

  • JohnFJohnF Posts: 340 ✭✭✭✭✭

    IMO a public message board like this poses complicated issues for a public company like PCGS. For example, at what point do you censor comments that can be construed a libelous to others, other companies, your competitors? If you censor some and not others, have you become complicit? It's complicated and, for that reason, I'd understand if PCGS decided better of having a general discussion board like this with a lot of venting.

    John Feigenbaum
    Whitman Brands: President/CEO (www.greysheet.com; www.whitman.com)
    PNG: Executive Director (www.pngdealers.org)
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,835 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Baley said:
    Sleepy Hollow.

    This name has been applied to the NGC forum, but of late, it’s seemed more like a graveyard. They have consolidated a lot of their categories to perhaps make seem like there is more activity over there, but seems like it’s slower than ever.

    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • ldhairldhair Posts: 7,351 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The newbie thing on CT is out of control. Half of the post on the site are about doubled die coins and PMD. Half of them want to argue when they get the bad news. Less and less members are even trying to help. It's a mess.

    Larry

  • TiborTibor Posts: 3,693 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Idhair 1+

    Well said !!

  • TiborTibor Posts: 3,693 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've been over at CT for the last few years. On a daily basis,
    I receive an E-mail from them on some of the popular questions
    on different forums that they have. A large portion of the
    questions pretain to "How much is it worth" supposed
    errors. After awhile it gets annoying. Sometimes I think its
    trolls trying to anger the rest of us.

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,256 ✭✭✭✭✭

    i got some message about the cloud blocking my screen name due to security. its fine now

  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,329 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @cameonut2011 said:

    @OPA said:
    If they must shut down anything....With the Supreme Court decision on collecting sales tax, it would make more sense to shut down all the BST sites, unless PCGS is willing to follow ebays way of handling it.

    I don't see how it would be PCGS's responsibility to collect sales tax despite having the BST sub-forum.

    This. It's strictly a buyer-seller thing.

    theknowitalltroll;
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,329 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JohnF said:
    IMO a public message board like this poses complicated issues for a public company like PCGS. For example, at what point do you censor comments that can be construed a libelous to others, other companies, your competitors? If you censor some and not others, have you become complicit? It's complicated and, for that reason, I'd understand if PCGS decided better of having a general discussion board like this with a lot of venting.

    Read the rules. It's their board. IMO you have no expectation of unlimited freedom of speech when you post here. Their failure to remove something that you or someone else may find offensive does not constitute approval on their part.

    theknowitalltroll;
  • TaurusTaurus Posts: 27 ✭✭

    @Tibor said:

    . A large portion of the

    questions pretain to "How much is it worth" supposed
    errors. After awhile it gets annoying. Sometimes I think its
    trolls trying to anger the rest of us.

    Coin Community has the same "problem" . The vast majority of posts are related to supposed error coins.

  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,196 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JohnF said:
    IMO a public message board like this poses complicated issues for a public company like PCGS. For example, at what point do you censor comments that can be construed a libelous to others, other companies, your competitors? If you censor some and not others, have you become complicit? It's complicated and, for that reason, I'd understand if PCGS decided better of having a general discussion board like this with a lot of venting.

    Google: Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act

    Basically an internet forum owner cannot be held libel for anything posted on their forum, except if the internet owner also participates in the same posts.

    If this law wasn't in effect, there would be no internet forums, or Facebook, Twitter, Disqus, Reddit, etc, etc, etc.

    So actually, it's not complicated at all. :)

  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,111 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Oh boy
    Reading @JohnF's post is like having your corn flakes pi$$ed on in a drive by

    "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso

  • specialistspecialist Posts: 956 ✭✭✭✭✭

    maybe it was a hint they are finally shutting this place down....I dunno why anyone would miss it. Don't people have lives?

  • JohnFJohnF Posts: 340 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Swampboy said:
    Oh boy
    Reading @JohnF's post is like having your corn flakes pi$$ed on in a drive by

    Lol. I considered this and reread my post and I totally agree with you. I wasn't trying to rain on anyone's parade. I was only trying to consider the thought process management might have in weighing the value/risk of hosting this forum. I won't go into it further. It's not my web site.

    John Feigenbaum
    Whitman Brands: President/CEO (www.greysheet.com; www.whitman.com)
    PNG: Executive Director (www.pngdealers.org)
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @specialist said:
    maybe it was a hint they are finally shutting this place down....I dunno why anyone would miss it. Don't people have lives?

    A few members have gotten banned and later come slinking back, while others could never be accused of slinking anywhere.

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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,618 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 22, 2018 7:16PM

    @Kccoin said:
    b&m traffic at all time high today lol

    Yup. People still trying to peddle _____.



    Caveat emptor !

    ``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

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