Yep, same issue....endless loop, cannot log in  

Happened as soon as I logged in and tried to view a collection. Then went into the login loop but now it's working OK for me. Weird.

Had no issues just now.

I'm hoping the site comes back to life. I have logged almost 100 games and accessories that are just sitting in limbo. There's at least 50 new games for Switch that I would like to add, but until the stuff I put in back in June gets loaded, I don't see the point. I've reached out to several people including the site support and Jeff himself and heard nothing but crickets. It's disheartening to say the least. I have put in so much time helping that site with Amiibos, Disney Infinity, and Switch and can't get an answer from anyone. That site is what I have talked my insurance company into taking for a value on my collection, so I hate to see it just sit idle like this. Anyone know anyone that can help, send them my way.

Just added Lumines Remastered and Minit for PS4. Strangely, the Switch versions already exist on the site. There seems to be a bias on that site for processing Switch games and not processing PS4/Vita games, as I still have "user created items" going back to June.

It's a shame, that site WAS a nice place to keep a digital catalog of my collection......

Is pricecharting better than gvn at this point?

I think Jeff and GoCollect have a lot of room for improvement on business transitions. It's apparent to me that he is a collector with limited business acumen. I hope that changes through building experience.

I think you’re backwards on this one..... he is a incredible businessman but new to game collecting. And GVN is a drop in the bucket for him.... will never have the passion as Rick but I expect the site to come out with a new design soon. Try looking him up.  
 

There is an admin portal for adding games.  I have been very active trying to keep the Switch database up to date.  Rick was pretty active keeping those up to date as well and had others keeping XB1 and PS4 and others updated.  I don't know if it was him or who the others were, but I would from time to time, see other console's games in the queue.  Since the sale, there has been little to no attention paid to the portal.  The way it works is one of us goes in and adds the details and pic into the queue and Rick or another higher admin would approve them and they would immediately be added to the site.  This is how I got all the Amiibos, Disney Infinity, and a large chunk of the Switch database uploaded.  Right now, as I type, there are 91 games/amiibos/accessories sitting in the queue.  A few weeks ago, someone added a few PS4 games and in the next few days they were approved and added.  Currently in the queu there is one PS1 game, 20 PS4 games, 12 XB1 games, all the newest Amiibos, and the rest is all Switch games and accessories.  The majority of these have been sitting in the queue since the time of the sale.  As I said in an earlier post, I have well over 50 new games that I have on a list to be added, but until someone goes in and approves the ones that are already in the queue, I am not adding anything.  I have reached out to Rick on NA and via email with no reply, which is odd because he is usually so good about getting back to me.  I have also reached out to Jeff through NA, and I have sent 2 emails to support asking for assistance, all with no reply.  So frustrating.  Just say something.  Anything.  Even a "Fuck off" at this point would at least be something.  But no reply just furthers my frustrations.  It sucks too, because GVN is leaps better than Price Charting in many ways to me, especially with how user friendly the collection piece is, to just sit there in limbo like this.  It makes me sad.

 

The site was obviously bought to mine data or to add into Jeff's master plan, it's obvious to me why the site itself has fallen into disarray, and personally I wouldn't help it out, unpaid, at this point

As long as the system as built is still running and pulling recent eBay sales I'll stick with gvn. I've never had the same level of confidence in vgpc's numbers.

I do get the impression we're facing an expiration date on gvn, and NA. There's been almost no engagement from the top since we got through the sales pitch phase. This would have been prime time to fix some of the glaring issues that have been hanging around for years. That kind of thing is what kills an active site.

Anyone notice that the eBay API changed again in the last month or so, and both PC and GVN are reporting inaccurate prices on OBO'd items? The GVN algorithm is broken at the moment.

Also, I'm not expecting much out of new management either.

Actually, I have looked him up. I’m not saying he hasn’t been successful as a big fish in a very small pond.

However, after working for a self made billionaire who started out as a HS dropout tow truck driver and another top paid CEO who has transformed a company several times over the decades, I’ve seen real business visionaries. I’ve seen plenty of acquisitions, including drops in the bucket, and I know how they should be handled. They are definitely not handled this way.
 

I actually created a pricecharting account today - just wish their Neo Geo was done. It's only 148 games!

Yep, you are right and it's not going to happen. From what I can tell everything is staying completly as-is. 

There is really no financial gain to be had in updating this site. However, I can see potential to monetize the tracker beyond using the algorithms internally. I think it's a mistake on that end to alienate users and contributors of the data for that site.

If I was just looking to make money, I'd capture every piece of valuable historic information from this site and then just let it fade away and not waste the money keeping it around.

It's no different than buying competitors and then dumping their employees.

So is gamevalue now working properly? Shouldnit not be used?

I don't understand why he needed to buy NA to get that data, seeing as this is a public forum and all the information that has been gathered here over the years is primarily factual, historical record rather than anything creative that could be copyrighted. Even with original research into like variants or whatever, the word on the page is copyrighted, but the actual facts of what's out there cannot be claimed or owned by anyone.

I've certainly seen enough to know that NA was already spiralling before the buyout, but the buyout itself has done absolutely nothing to arrest that and may even have driven more of us away.

If nothing else, the photos in the database would be copyrighted to NA.
 

He got NA as part of the investment in Dains collection, and it was used for the Database for his website. He just happened to buy GVN around the same time (for the data as well)

So out of curiosity, if/when NA takes its last breath, where is the next best place to go? Is there somewhere where most of us could/would congregate or does it all go to reddit/facebook?

I can guarantee that a member from here would make a new forum to host everyone.
 

I'd hope so because Ive never liked facebook and reddit seems too impersonal. Though it would suck to lose all of the things here, the databases, past Ezine's, transaction records, etc

Fuck facebook!

Exactly.  This scenario has been discussed in many circles and would be a no-brainer if this place were to ever dissolve.