[brannat2]

OK, I feel the need to weigh in here now....maybe this is not the spot to do it, but this is where I am right now so here it goes...

I struggled through the trials and tribulations on the old site and kept my mouth shut on the boards regarding all of the inefficiencies as there was enough people there complaining and enough people jockying for mod positions (IMHO) defending beckett....I kept up to date on IT Guy's (can we get a real name for you btw) and can almost guarantee that no one in this world hates their job more than that guy did back then (and probably still)....my beef is not with the IT guy....honestly to me, he might as well be the President of Beckett because he is the ONLY beckett employee conversing with any of us on anything!!

I do this as a hobby....although over the past 3 or 4 months I have been on this site every day adding to my organize / checking things out and making trades with some great people and I have thoroughly enjoyed this aspect of the hobby...However I have been a "member" here for many years, had the OPG last year for 6 months, then when the site started going wacky, I cancelled because I couldn't justify paying for something that I couldn't use whenever I needed or wanted....like a lot of other people I am sure.....so even though I wasn't a "paying" customer for the past while....I stuck around and contributed to the community in a positive way as much as I could....my intent was to wait for this great new site that was promised and renew when it was operational....now the site is not operational and they are charging MORE for the OPG....Not only that, but this HELP forum is in total disarray....why is there not stickies at the top of this forum explaining what has been fixed and how you need to fix certain things by yourself such as the time? It's an incredibly easy fix that I had to spend an hour reading through crap to find out how to do it on the 15th (or whatever page) of a thread....there should be a sticky at the top of this forum by now that says...TO FIX YOUR TIME DO THIS....I understand Exstream put a post up there that he will be updating....GREAT! But a beckett employee should be taking care of this because as he states, he has a job and a life....this IS the job of a Beckett employee!!

Lpearce7 above stated that he is thinking of leaving the hobby.....which is a crying shame...because after I read that I wonder how many other collectors are feeling the same way...

I can tell you this....as I stated, I consider myself a "moderate collector" for the last while, I have been excited EVERY DAY to go home after work haul my cards out, hop on beckett and just do "stuff" anything!! I have not even looked at a card in the last week....and for that I thank Beckett

That's the end of my one and only rant....