NintendoAge http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner Gamevaluenow's Collection Tracker is ready for Beta testing! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=173198 2019-10-11T13:12:53 -05.00 Hogie1418 629   ]]> Gamevaluenow's Collection Tracker is ready for Beta testing! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=173198 2019-10-10T15:59:29 -05.00 Hogie1418 629
If you are also a seller, then that's "great news". But if you're a buyer, it feels unfair to reference a pricebook for FMV on items, when the owners have a good reason to skew prices in certain cases. Essentially, it's a conflict of interest.

I'm not trying to make the owners of this place look like "bad guys" and, frankly, I understand the strategic purchase and I don't even fault them for it. That said, their listed prices in GVN, or any new tool derived from the data, need to have community involvement and transparency to get around these quasi-ethical issues. ]]> Gamevaluenow's Collection Tracker is ready for Beta testing! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=173198 2019-10-10T15:30:49 -05.00 Hogie1418 629
Maybe the new owner is waiting on some big sales from upcoming auctions or something to help fund it... ]]> Gamevaluenow's Collection Tracker is ready for Beta testing! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=173198 2019-10-10T13:33:21 -05.00 Hogie1418 629 Originally posted by: rlh

The only thing "we" can do is build a better tool. Considering we want a new forum, if you guys build it so the TLD is "generic", then we could build a game collecting/playing community. We could have sub domains like, forum.thegamesite.com, wiki.thegamesite.com, priceguide.thegamesite.com collection.thegamesite.com (for managing collections) or anything else we want to add.

You could even integrate minor pay-for services to generate revenue to keep the lights on, and if all the data is housed in one source, there's a lot of room for growth. I really like GVN. Better than the alternatives, but if it's dying on the vine or being "consumed" into a bigger organization that's self-serving, then I'll hope for an alternative that's driven by a community.

I also want to say that I have nothing against Rick and Dain. These guys made excellent tools and sometimes you just need to get out when you've had enough or a good offer comes. That said, if our overlords were looking to just cannibalize these tools, well, that's their choice and right in a free-enterprise society. That said, I don't have to like it and if they let these services die, I'll remember that (as well as my business.)


Very well stated. Fair and noted 😉 ]]> Gamevaluenow's Collection Tracker is ready for Beta testing! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=173198 2019-10-10T13:08:51 -05.00 Hogie1418 629
You could even integrate minor pay-for services to generate revenue to keep the lights on, and if all the data is housed in one source, there's a lot of room for growth. I really like GVN. Better than the alternatives, but if it's dying on the vine or being "consumed" into a bigger organization that's self-serving, then I'll hope for an alternative that's driven by a community.

I also want to say that I have nothing against Rick and Dain. These guys made excellent tools and sometimes you just need to get out when you've had enough or a good offer comes. That said, if our overlords were looking to just cannibalize these tools, well, that's their choice and right in a free-enterprise society. That said, I don't have to like it and if they let these services die, I'll remember that (as well as my business.) ]]> Gamevaluenow's Collection Tracker is ready for Beta testing! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=173198 2019-10-10T12:31:22 -05.00 Hogie1418 629
GoCollect is getting into video games, and in doing so bought out a price guide tool. Which is more likely, the new owner keeps and maintains GVN, or incorporates it into GoCollect? The writing is on the wall, GVN is dead guys. ]]> Gamevaluenow's Collection Tracker is ready for Beta testing! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=173198 2019-10-10T12:25:48 -05.00 Hogie1418 629 Gamevaluenow's Collection Tracker is ready for Beta testing! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=173198 2019-10-09T22:54:26 -05.00 Hogie1418 629 Originally posted by: Fleck586
 
Originally posted by: Mr. CIB
 
Originally posted by: Fleck586
 
Originally posted by: startyde

It's like everyone cashed out and don't care anymore.



That's been the most surprising thing to me. All that blood and sweat equity and a moderate paycheck comes along and all of a sudden no one cares what happens to all their hard work. I just don't get it. In the meantime, I'm sending a support ticket every day asking for an update or permission to do it myself.

When you sell a business to a new owner.... you are expecting the previous owner who built it, with their blood and sweat....to still work on it? I don't get it is right.... what you are saying isn't valid nor fair to the previous owner. It should be directed at the company that purchased the site and shelfed it. 

He put a lot of time into a product that was FREE. I'm happy he cashed out. 
 



I own a business. I'm not saying that if I sold my business that I would continue to work on it. However, I would make damn sure that whoever took it over didn't run it into the ground. All I think anyone is asking for in either of these situations is a little communication. I've personally put 100s of hours of my own time into GVN. I'm proud of that site and what I have done for it. I did it for free too. It was fun for me. I'm not suggesting that I'm entitled to ANYTHING because of that. All I'm saying is that I am surprised at the lack of care in communication. That's all. I'm just very surprised.
Hey then we are twins..... I own a business as well,
put over a 1,000 of free hours into GVN and was happy to so to help Rick and the user base overall because I believed in what he was doing. I don't think anyone could forecast how either NA or GVN would be handled by new ownership. People can tell
you what you want to hear but will the act on it..... GVN has a whole new design that looks great.... not sure if we will ever see it. My point is Rick left it in great shape and when you are dealing with people with deep pockets they move at their own pace for projects they have no passion for because for them it's just a business unfortunately. 
  ]]> Gamevaluenow's Collection Tracker is ready for Beta testing! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=173198 2019-10-09T22:45:04 -05.00 Hogie1418 629 Originally posted by: Mr. CIB

Originally posted by: Fleck586
 
Originally posted by: startyde

It's like everyone cashed out and don't care anymore.



That's been the most surprising thing to me. All that blood and sweat equity and a moderate paycheck comes along and all of a sudden no one cares what happens to all their hard work. I just don't get it. In the meantime, I'm sending a support ticket every day asking for an update or permission to do it myself.

When you sell a business to a new owner.... you are expecting the previous owner who built it, with their blood and sweat....to still work on it? I don't get it is right.... what you are saying isn't valid nor fair to the previous owner. It should be directed at the company that purchased the site and shelfed it. 

He put a lot of time into a product that was FREE. I'm happy he cashed out. 
 


I own a business. I'm not saying that if I sold my business that I would continue to work on it. However, I would make damn sure that whoever took it over didn't run it into the ground. All I think anyone is asking for in either of these situations is a little communication. I've personally put 100s of hours of my own time into GVN. I'm proud of that site and what I have done for it. I did it for free too. It was fun for me. I'm not suggesting that I'm entitled to ANYTHING because of that. All I'm saying is that I am surprised at the lack of care in communication. That's all. I'm just very surprised. ]]> Gamevaluenow's Collection Tracker is ready for Beta testing! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=173198 2019-10-09T20:15:08 -05.00 Hogie1418 629 Originally posted by: Fleck586
 
Originally posted by: startyde

It's like everyone cashed out and don't care anymore.



That's been the most surprising thing to me. All that blood and sweat equity and a moderate paycheck comes along and all of a sudden no one cares what happens to all their hard work. I just don't get it. In the meantime, I'm sending a support ticket every day asking for an update or permission to do it myself.
When you sell a business to a new owner.... you are expecting the previous owner who built it, with their blood and sweat....to still work on it? I don't get it is right.... what you are saying isn't valid nor fair to the previous owner. It should be directed at the company that purchased the site and shelfed it. 

He put a lot of time into a product that was FREE. I'm happy he cashed out. 
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