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Does MyCollect have a tutorial?
FrankH
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I'd like a replacement for Collective Coin that seems to lose a feature per day. 
Is your "collection" considered to be "My Inventory"? Even when it isn't for sale?
I don't do "sets" but that seems to be the only other place an existing collection could be listed.
I did a blog one time but it's not as easy as having a place to .....store.... images and data.
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I have my certified coins up there and it will be just inventory that you can see or allow friends/public to see if you set the privacy. But the sets are all registry sets. None of my coins are for sale so they just sit in my inventory. A lot of coins I have aren’t in sets, either.
I just set up a Word file that can insert images. Seems no way to find a drag and drop procedure to ANY coin record file or site. "Insert Picture* is a very involved procedure to create a Word doc with several images.
I will miss Collective Coin forever.
And, of course, only certified coins with MyCollect right now. Yeah, a lot of things will end up being ad hoc solutions or stuff you create on your own. I have a simple spreadsheet that I maintain a few extra details in and also for insurance purposes. Coins, in spite of their cost and risk, really just want to be on a shelf or curio or something that you can look at every day.
Yes, I saw only certified coins. Combine that with other shortcomings and it's of no use to me.
oh goody...
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@FrankH
I sent Todd at MyCollect.com a message to see if what you are asking can currently be done.
Will let you know what the reply is when he responds.
Wayne
Kennedys are my quest...
For me Collective Coin has always had a very limited features and after STACKCS acquisition, nothing has been done to make it anymore useful. I always had like the Custom Registry at NGC ... if one is not interested in Registry Competition you can load almost anything into it for inventory management with photos for record keeping. Unlike CollectiveCoins, you can have different reports generated.
In the end my good old Excel Spread sheet does it all and I can customized it as my interested expanded. I load images and web links into the fields to complete the information about my pieces.
PCGS/ CAC/ and Mycollect all have restrictions with loading your collection into the the system and then limited in sorting and reporting.
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OH yes I forgot ... if you realy want an online version for records - do not forget Heritage Auctions web site. If you have log into the web site with an account, you have access to their MyCollection® where you create your own inventory and create your own sets. When I was active I used it offend and when you look at the coin record you view all the Heritage links to prior pieces sold , their display of the TPG population reports for the type etc. You can print off reports as well
OMG ... My Mother was Right about Everything!
I wake up with a Good Attitude Every Day. Then … Idiots Happen!
Why not just use the PCGS registry? You don't have to setup registry sets but you could do two showcase sets one for your collection and one for items you are selling.
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
You are right! Removed it and it supposedly sent it. Hope so.
Just an update. I have not heard back from Todd as of yet but I know he viewed my pm.
Will update when I get some info to share.
Wayne
Kennedys are my quest...
To all
Response from the programmer:
Adding sets or inventory defaulting to "public". Currently there is no way to change the default, you need to manually set friends/private if you don't want them public. We do have a ticket re: the default privacy since it should be a user preference.
Once sets or inventory is added or edited to "private" (or any other settings) then that's it, we do not change user settings.
Changing a set to private does not change any inventory privacy, the user needs to edit the inventory separately to manage their privacy.
not mentioned but I can imagine following on from (3) above is how to bulk-change the privacy on a lot of inventory. Currently that's not possible, they will need to edit each one separately.
re: the not-for-sale question. I don't follow. If the inventory is private no one will see it. If they are public/friends then individually each coin has a flag for whether it's for sale - the default is off so unless they toggled it on for every coin then they're not for sale.
I hope this helps.
Wayne
Kennedys are my quest...
you cannot load NGC nor ANACS ...only PCGS
OMG ... My Mother was Right about Everything!
I wake up with a Good Attitude Every Day. Then … Idiots Happen!
You can load them into your inventory here just as you can on the NGC registry. I can work around the holder issue and show any coin on the NGC custom registry sets, maybe that is not doable on the PCGS showcases.
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
Are people actually using that silly website?
http://ProofCollection.Net
No.
I had high hopes, but in all of my groups it became increasingly obvious I was basically talking to myself.
So I left. Presumably no one noticed.
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
We now also allow raw coins at MyCollect.
While no exact tutorial in the articles if you browse the MyCollect official articles you will see the How To guides.
https://www.mycollect.com/articles/category/23/MyCollect-Announcements-MyCollect-trade-Official
mycollect.com is constantly improving.
Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc
I use it to upload videos (it produces a high resolution shareable link).
GTG is also very useful.
I'm not sure what a benefit MyCollect would be for me, but for the last 6 years(ever since the last online storage flop occurred) I've used Excel. I can't imagine anything I would need to have that excel doesn't supply. I like the mouse over photos that can be stored in each and every slot. I keep purchase date, cost, bids if so, seller, grade, holder the list can go on and on. I keep the files on my pc and on a portable disk. Probably an important factor with me, is that I don't stay on my cell phone, when online it's on my pc, so that might be cumbersome for constant cell phone users. JMO
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
MyCollect allows me to inventory all of my 823 graded coins, so that is the one I use. They also now allow non TPG coins, but I have a database program at home so adding them there would be redundant and tedious. I am no excel fan so I keep clear of that outside of work. MyCollect has fixed all the misses I have mentioned to them except one, so that is going pretty well and as noted is improving. I have no interest in competitive sets, so my inventory does not list the points or rank columns for the inventory and for the sets I have.
As the issues I pointed out to Todd several months ago have not been addressed, I would have to disagree.
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
I messaged you the other day to see what issues you are talking about. Please let me know.