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Sorry for another one of my long posts...

There's quite a few things about Beckett.com that a lot of people in the hobby don't agree with. I wasn't very active on the boards when I started on the site in 2005, but from what I hear it was quite busy. But then there was a site design change and a lot of people were upset. One, there were a lot of problems with the site, a lot of people didn't like the new forums, and many other problems. Then we started requiring people to put their cards in their organize and use the trade tools to trade and sell, and a lot of people didn't like this, so they left. Then, as the old hardware started to crap out and the site was going slower and slower or didn't work at all (and some things still didn't work, there's a story behind that too) more people left. Then there came the last site change and it was delayed a few months. Then after that there were migration issues as well as other problems with the site. Then there came the charging to use the Organize if you had more than 100 items in there. I've talked with people on other sites as well as people who use this site along with others and they've said they don't like having to put their thousands of cards in Organize (we don't require all cards in Organize, but if you say you have one for trade, it should be in your organize) to trade, they'd rather use lists so it's easy to go between sites. They don't like not being able to promote their ebay sales or links to other collecting sites. They don't like how strict us mods can be trying to keep the place PC for all ages. They don't like being charged to use something that used to be free. And other reasons. I personally prefer this site over all others I've seen, and I've explored. I'm not saying this because I'm a moderator, but I wouldn't have accepted the mod-ship if I didn't think this site was the best available and had the potential to grow.

I'm still in hopes that some people will start coming here and realizing how great it is. But you can't promote this site on other sites, so you've have to individually talk to other people and try to convince them. I also wish Beckett had more promotions for the site in their magazine, on dealer's and manufacturer's websites, and anywhere else. As a mod, I'll be busy as heck, but I'd love it. I just wish I got paid for it so it could be my full time job. lol.