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Posted: 7/19/2021 7:41:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jlficken: Did I not say that I went to log out of the site. It's kind of hard to do that without going to the site on all of the machines I was logged in on. You should try reading  ETA: Don't forget to tell Frank that I posted here again as I'm doubting he found this thread on his own. Lol you don’t need to log out to not be on a site but good thing you did. And I am sure you will still get the email notifications on your departing thread so you can see everyone grieving your leaving lol And how is someone supposed to know people aren’t happy if no one tells them? I told him about this thread and the one at Accurate Shooters that was eventually locked. What the matter are you upset the person you were talking about saw it? 😉 |
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Posted: 7/19/2021 7:48:51 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Firestarter123]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rob01: Lol you don’t need to log out to not be on a site but good thing you did. And I am sure you will still get the email notifications on your departing thread so you can see everyone grieving your leaving lol And how is someone supposed to know people aren’t happy if no one tells them? I told him about this thread and the one at Accurate Shooters that was eventually locked. What the matter are you upset the person you were talking about saw it? 😉 Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rob01: Originally Posted By jlficken: Did I not say that I went to log out of the site. It's kind of hard to do that without going to the site on all of the machines I was logged in on. You should try reading ETA: Don't forget to tell Frank that I posted here again as I'm doubting he found this thread on his own. Lol you don’t need to log out to not be on a site but good thing you did. And I am sure you will still get the email notifications on your departing thread so you can see everyone grieving your leaving lol And how is someone supposed to know people aren’t happy if no one tells them? I told him about this thread and the one at Accurate Shooters that was eventually locked. What the matter are you upset the person you were talking about saw it? 😉 I never subscribed to the thread and have no idea what's been posted after I said I was out. It doesn't really matter to me what more he has to say. I posted in the thread on SH and started one here because it seemed dumb to me and I thought others might want to know about it as it took me by surprise. I guess you feel the need to report threads criticizing your BFF's actions? I find that weird but you do you. ETA: I didn't realize they had a forum so thanks for that info :thumbsup: I went and found the thread and like this one I didn't see a problem with it. People can be critical of decisions made on other public forums. |
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Posted: 7/19/2021 8:02:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jlficken: I never subscribed to the thread and have no idea what's been posted after I said I was out. It doesn't really matter to me what more he has to say. I posted in the thread on SH and started one here because it seemed dumb to me and I thought others might want to know about it as it took me by surprise. I guess you feel the need to report threads criticizing your BFF's actions? I find that weird but you do you. You have been on the Hide that long and didn't know that when you post in a thread it subscribes you? You can opt out but most don't. Not reporting but giving the full view of the opinions of the actions of the change. Isn't that what you wanted? Or did you just want to come here and cry? Well you do you. LOL And you had been on the Hide long enough to know that when people throw temper tantrums and say they will never be back they usually are. Hell Greg has left more than a half dozen times "for good". See you at the Hide in a few months. LOL |
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Posted: 7/19/2021 8:07:09 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Firestarter123]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rob01: You have been on the Hide that long and didn't know that when you post in a thread it subscribes you? You can opt out but most don't. Not reporting but giving the full view of the opinions of the actions of the change. Isn't that what you wanted? Or did you just want to come here and cry? Well you do you. LOL And you had been on the Hide long enough to know that when people throw temper tantrums and say they will never be back they usually are. Hell Greg has left more than a half dozen times "for good". See you at the Hide in a few months. LOL Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rob01: Originally Posted By jlficken: I never subscribed to the thread and have no idea what's been posted after I said I was out. It doesn't really matter to me what more he has to say. I posted in the thread on SH and started one here because it seemed dumb to me and I thought others might want to know about it as it took me by surprise. I guess you feel the need to report threads criticizing your BFF's actions? I find that weird but you do you. You have been on the Hide that long and didn't know that when you post in a thread it subscribes you? You can opt out but most don't. Not reporting but giving the full view of the opinions of the actions of the change. Isn't that what you wanted? Or did you just want to come here and cry? Well you do you. LOL And you had been on the Hide long enough to know that when people throw temper tantrums and say they will never be back they usually are. Hell Greg has left more than a half dozen times "for good". See you at the Hide in a few months. LOL Subscriptions with a notification icon is standard when you post or create a thread however, email notifications require you to turn that on when you click the Watch button at the top of the thread on SH. You are right though. I should have know that Frank would throw a tantrum as that's what he does whenever anyone disagrees with him....just like the move to Scout...which was a complete disaster. Don't worry though as I won't be going back. Feel free to keep checking my profile on SH though just to verify. |
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Posted: 7/19/2021 8:10:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jlficken: Subscriptions with a notification icon is standard when you post or create a thread however, email notifications require you to turn that on when you click the Watch button at the top of the thread on SH. You are right though. I should have know that Frank would throw a tantrum as that's what he does whenever anyone disagrees with him....just like the move to Scout. Don't worry though as I won't be going back. Feel free to keep checking my profile on SH though just to verify. LOL ah the spin. Yeah it was Frank's tantrum. LOL And no I will not be checking as I have more important things to do but I can just permanently ban you if you like so you won't have the itch to come back in a month or so as you know you will. LOL Your call. |
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Posted: 7/19/2021 8:14:15 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Firestarter123]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rob01: LOL ah the spin. Yeah it was Frank's tantrum. LOL And no I will not be checking as I have more important things to do but I can just permanently ban you if you like so you won't have the itch to come back in a month or so as you know you will. LOL Your call. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rob01: Originally Posted By jlficken: Subscriptions with a notification icon is standard when you post or create a thread however, email notifications require you to turn that on when you click the Watch button at the top of the thread on SH. You are right though. I should have know that Frank would throw a tantrum as that's what he does whenever anyone disagrees with him....just like the move to Scout. Don't worry though as I won't be going back. Feel free to keep checking my profile on SH though just to verify. LOL ah the spin. Yeah it was Frank's tantrum. LOL And no I will not be checking as I have more important things to do but I can just permanently ban you if you like so you won't have the itch to come back in a month or so as you know you will. LOL Your call. I can stay away on my own. It won't be a problem. ETA: Reading fail on my part...sorry. |
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Posted: 7/19/2021 8:16:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jlficken: I can stay away on my own. It won't be a problem. I find it funny though you're talking about banning me on SH for what is being said here like there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Not banning you because of what was said and actually not banning you at all. Maybe you need some reading help too? Was asking if you wanted me to so you wouldn't have the temptation so you can stay a man of your word. LOL |
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Posted: 7/19/2021 8:19:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rob01: Not banning you because of what was said and actually not banning you at all. Maybe you need some reading help too? Was asking if you wanted me to so you wouldn't have the temptation so you can stay a man of your word. LOL Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rob01: Originally Posted By jlficken: I can stay away on my own. It won't be a problem. I find it funny though you're talking about banning me on SH for what is being said here like there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Not banning you because of what was said and actually not banning you at all. Maybe you need some reading help too? Was asking if you wanted me to so you wouldn't have the temptation so you can stay a man of your word. LOL You're right...my bad. I won't be going back...no worries there. |
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Posted: 7/19/2021 8:33:24 PM EDT
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For anyone interested here is the Accurate Shooter's forum. I guess I had an account but I don't remember signing up for it or that forum :shrug:
It's $25/yr for the Silver Contributor status and here's the description: Upgrade to Silver Contributor status to receive unlimited Classifieds listings for 1 year. I paid for my membership. $25/yr is fine and I happily pay that here every year as well. |
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Posted: 7/20/2021 10:51:20 AM EDT
[Last Edit: lazyengineer]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SteelonSteel: Agreed, that site isn’t going anywhere. If it didn’t die when it sold to the web board conglomerate guy, it isn’t dying. Frank was always decent to me the few times I had cause to interact with him. I had a good time and got great info on the older version, pre the period of the other site owner. Great experience in the old crew. I just never got back in to it in the later years. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SteelonSteel: Originally Posted By Rob01: Every change the Hide has ever made there have been nay sayers saying the site is going to die and it's still here as strong as ever. I have been on the site for 21 years now and seen a lot of change. Not stressing this change. Agreed, that site isn’t going anywhere. If it didn’t die when it sold to the web board conglomerate guy, it isn’t dying. Frank was always decent to me the few times I had cause to interact with him. I had a good time and got great info on the older version, pre the period of the other site owner. Great experience in the old crew. I just never got back in to it in the later years. Heck, I didnt know it didnt die. It used to be a really cool place, got bought or something with a complete redesign and they killed off some of the best threads. And basically became lame and useless, so much so I stopped going there years ago. Best gun forms today are AR15.com. 65Grendel, and Bullpup forum. Good to hear apparently Snipers Hide got better again (or at least for a while); I dont really have any drama baggage there either way. And yes, the $240/yr fee will kill it. Nobody is paying that, and the few that do won't have enough critical mass of traffic for it to continue to be viable. Sounds like a rookie play someone echo-chambered themself into thinking was a good idea. Oh well - life has a way of self-regulating. |
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Posted: 7/20/2021 11:19:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lazyengineer: Heck, I didnt know it didnt die. It used to be a really cool place, got bought or something with a complete redesign and they killed off some of the best threads. And basically became lame and useless, so much so I stopped going there years ago. Best gun forms today are AR15.com. 65Grendel, and Bullpup forum. Good to hear apparently Snipers Hide got better again (or at least for a while); I dont really have any drama baggage there either way. And yes, the $240/yr fee will kill it. Nobody is paying that, and the few that do won't have enough critical mass of traffic for it to continue to be viable. Sounds like a rookie play someone echo-chambered themself into thinking was a good idea. Oh well - life has a way of self-regulating. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lazyengineer: Originally Posted By SteelonSteel: Originally Posted By Rob01: Every change the Hide has ever made there have been nay sayers saying the site is going to die and it's still here as strong as ever. I have been on the site for 21 years now and seen a lot of change. Not stressing this change. Agreed, that site isn’t going anywhere. If it didn’t die when it sold to the web board conglomerate guy, it isn’t dying. Frank was always decent to me the few times I had cause to interact with him. I had a good time and got great info on the older version, pre the period of the other site owner. Great experience in the old crew. I just never got back in to it in the later years. Heck, I didnt know it didnt die. It used to be a really cool place, got bought or something with a complete redesign and they killed off some of the best threads. And basically became lame and useless, so much so I stopped going there years ago. Best gun forms today are AR15.com. 65Grendel, and Bullpup forum. Good to hear apparently Snipers Hide got better again (or at least for a while); I dont really have any drama baggage there either way. And yes, the $240/yr fee will kill it. Nobody is paying that, and the few that do won't have enough critical mass of traffic for it to continue to be viable. Sounds like a rookie play someone echo-chambered themself into thinking was a good idea. Oh well - life has a way of self-regulating. It was probably a dealer that suggested that. |
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Posted: 7/20/2021 11:47:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fxntime: It was probably a dealer that suggested that. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fxntime: Originally Posted By lazyengineer: Originally Posted By SteelonSteel: Originally Posted By Rob01: Every change the Hide has ever made there have been nay sayers saying the site is going to die and it's still here as strong as ever. I have been on the site for 21 years now and seen a lot of change. Not stressing this change. Agreed, that site isn’t going anywhere. If it didn’t die when it sold to the web board conglomerate guy, it isn’t dying. Frank was always decent to me the few times I had cause to interact with him. I had a good time and got great info on the older version, pre the period of the other site owner. Great experience in the old crew. I just never got back in to it in the later years. Heck, I didnt know it didnt die. It used to be a really cool place, got bought or something with a complete redesign and they killed off some of the best threads. And basically became lame and useless, so much so I stopped going there years ago. Best gun forms today are AR15.com. 65Grendel, and Bullpup forum. Good to hear apparently Snipers Hide got better again (or at least for a while); I dont really have any drama baggage there either way. And yes, the $240/yr fee will kill it. Nobody is paying that, and the few that do won't have enough critical mass of traffic for it to continue to be viable. Sounds like a rookie play someone echo-chambered themself into thinking was a good idea. Oh well - life has a way of self-regulating. It was probably a dealer that suggested that. I hadn't thought about that. I suppose it could be possible. I wonder how long it will take people to just start reusing old ad's since you can just replace the title and all of the contents of the original post. Then you could just go delete any replies you made. It would work great also if people just stopped posting "I'll take it" type replies. At $200/yr it's totally worth that trouble. If it was only ~$20/yr like other forums it wouldn't be worth the trouble as a user (to me at least). Before I left I looked at the first several pages of the EE there and I mostly saw old ads being bumped rather than new ads being created. There were 4 or 5 that had the "Site Supporter" or whatever it's called tag so they are paying the $20/mo fee (they may have had it before for the Online Training membership..I don't know), however, the first several pages were either dealer accounts or already existing ads being bumped. Time will tell though. If people want to pay that much to sell things then that proves it's a viable business model. If not then either the price will be reduced or the EE will die on SH. If the last upgrade cost Frank $60K like he stated then that would take 300 people paying the discounted rate of $200/yr at the current price. If it was $20y/r for a "Seller's Membership" (if such a thing existed) then it would take 3000 people to cover the cost. I could totally see 3000 people paying $20/yr for EE listing privileges and I would have been one of them. He's said for years that he hates the EE being there so it could just go away altogether as well. |
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Posted: 7/20/2021 2:26:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lazyengineer: Heck, I didnt know it didnt die. It used to be a really cool place, got bought or something with a complete redesign and they killed off some of the best threads. And basically became lame and useless, so much so I stopped going there years ago. Best gun forms today are AR15.com. 65Grendel, and Bullpup forum. Good to hear apparently Snipers Hide got better again (or at least for a while); I dont really have any drama baggage there either way. And yes, the $240/yr fee will kill it. Nobody is paying that, and the few that do won't have enough critical mass of traffic for it to continue to be viable. Sounds like a rookie play someone echo-chambered themself into thinking was a good idea. Oh well - life has a way of self-regulating. The Scout time went bad and Frank got it back but it still was fine during that time. Still the Hide and still lots of info and manufacturers you won't find easy access to elsewhere. Site has been going over 21 years now and still keeps going. And no the fee to sell will not kill it. You can still go there and do everything you want including buy from the EE but not sell. That's why I don't see why everyone is getting their panties in a wad over as the selling is the only thing that changed. Guess it shows why some people went there. |
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Posted: 7/20/2021 2:26:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fxntime: It was probably a dealer that suggested that. It was not a dealer. |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 8:46:29 AM EDT
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Yeah, the $20 a month seems really steep to people like me who may only sell 3 or 4 items a year (and each item only being a couple hundred bucks). No way I'm paying $20 for that.
If there were an individual listing fee, or an annual fee for an upgraded account (like the bronze, gold, and platinum membership levels here, and at similar price points) I'd be much more likely to pay. I do understand him wanting to cut down on complaints, and I do understand how a pay wall helps address that, but $20 seems excessive to me. |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 8:50:28 AM EDT
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Smith & Wesson forum does this if you list too often.
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Posted: 7/24/2021 12:15:07 AM EDT
[Last Edit: mc556]
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I am definitely put off by $20 per month for something that I would use one or twice a year. Thing is that once or twice per month would be for specific things. Like a med Palma proof prefit for Origin action.
Was planing on posting it there as it’s also where I purchased it. Stuff like that normally doesn’t sell here very well. If anything the snipers hide deal stagnates things for guys like me who dip their toes into that world but aren’t players. I’ve bought quite a few things that got me started from just regular guys not the near vendor types. The more I think about it more disappointing I am. Oh well his site his rules |
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Posted: 7/24/2021 12:24:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mc556: I am definitely put off by $20 per month for something that I would use one or twice a year. Thing is that once or twice per month would be for specific things. Like a med Palma proof prefit for Origin action. Was planing on posting it there as it’s also where I purchased it. Stuff like that normally doesn’t sell here very well. If anything the snipers hide deal stagnates things for guys like me who dip their toes into that world but aren’t players. I’ve bought quite a few things that got me started from just regular guys not the near vendor types. The more I think about it more disappointing I am. Oh well his site his rules As frank put it. Take the 20.00 onto the price of the item. Then cancel the membership after the month of the sale so it doesn't renew. |
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Posted: 7/27/2021 6:50:16 PM EDT
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I've seen this movie before. What once was a great forum will die in 12 months.
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Posted: 7/27/2021 6:52:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By rlltd42: I've seen this movie before. What once was a great forum will die in 12 months. Doubt that. It's been around for a very long time and the marketplace wasn't what kept it a float. |
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Posted: 7/27/2021 6:56:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By rlltd42: I've seen this movie before. What once was a great forum will die in 12 months. LOL you obviously know nothing about the Hide. |
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Posted: 7/27/2021 7:11:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rob01: LOL you obviously know nothing about the Hide. I hope you're right because I like it there, but I've been around internet gun forums for a while (and so have you) and can remember a whole bunch of sites that were once very active and then shriveled up & died after "small" changes were made to increase revenue. I went to SH years ago to sell some niche gear & ended up sticking around, was a paying member for about 12 months mainly for the training section. Truth is a lot of people go to forums to buy/sell stuff, so choking off those new users seems counter-productive. |
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Posted: 7/27/2021 7:12:28 PM EDT
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I seriously don't understand this. People over there don't bat an eye at having multiple guns with 2-5k optics on each gun and sell said optics and have a problem spending 20.00 a month to sell an optic for 2k, then selling an action for 1200, then a barrel for 600 or a set of rings or mounts for 300 to 400. That hobby makes this hobby here look cheap in comparison.
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Posted: 7/27/2021 7:17:22 PM EDT
[Last Edit: rlltd42]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tarheel7734: I seriously don't understand this. People over there don't bat an eye at having multiple guns with 2-5k optics on each gun and sell said optics and have a problem spending 20.00 a month to sell an optic for 2k, then selling an action for 1200, then a barrel for 600 or a set of rings or mounts for 300 to 400. That hobby makes this hobby here look cheap in comparison. Yeah it's kind of like night vision in that regard...definitely a buy once, cry once hobby. I've gotten good deals there too though. Next time I have something that is better suited to sell there rather then here, I'll just pay the $20 and then cancel before it renews. |
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Posted: 7/27/2021 8:46:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By rlltd42: I hope you're right because I like it there, but I've been around internet gun forums for a while (and so have you) and can remember a whole bunch of sites that were once very active and then shriveled up & died after "small" changes were made to increase revenue. I went to SH years ago to sell some niche gear & ended up sticking around, was a paying member for about 12 months mainly for the training section. Truth is a lot of people go to forums to buy/sell stuff, so choking off those new users seems counter-productive. Yup there have been sites like that but the Hide won’t be one. The fee is only to sell so people can still go and buy without issue. And as mentioned someone can come in and join for a month and sell what they want. People are making this into a way bigger issue than it actually is. |
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Posted: 7/27/2021 9:25:21 PM EDT
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that site seems to be slowly dying ever since Frank changed servers to that sports server site that he eventually dropped. It just never seemed the same, not as interesting.
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Posted: 8/4/2021 12:51:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tarheel7734: As frank put it. Take the 20.00 onto the price of the item. Then cancel the membership after the month of the sale so it doesn't renew. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tarheel7734: Originally Posted By mc556: I am definitely put off by $20 per month for something that I would use one or twice a year. Thing is that once or twice per month would be for specific things. Like a med Palma proof prefit for Origin action. Was planing on posting it there as it’s also where I purchased it. Stuff like that normally doesn’t sell here very well. If anything the snipers hide deal stagnates things for guys like me who dip their toes into that world but aren’t players. I’ve bought quite a few things that got me started from just regular guys not the near vendor types. The more I think about it more disappointing I am. Oh well his site his rules As frank put it. Take the 20.00 onto the price of the item. Then cancel the membership after the month of the sale so it doesn't renew. What a pain though. His site his rules and all. The EE on that site is pretty cool and I really do think it will hurt the site at least to a point. It definitely wouldn’t go under its to unique. |
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Posted: 8/4/2021 12:59:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tarheel7734: I seriously don't understand this. People over there don't bat an eye at having multiple guns with 2-5k optics on each gun and sell said optics and have a problem spending 20.00 a month to sell an optic for 2k, then selling an action for 1200, then a barrel for 600 or a set of rings or mounts for 300 to 400. That hobby makes this hobby here look cheap in comparison. There are plenty of those guys, but for everyone of them there are 3-4 that can only do one and have to save up for it. I would love to have ZC and NF Atacr’s on my rifles but I have more than one hobby and I just can’t justify it. Personally I think it’s the idea of yet another monthly style subscription based deal. I’d rather pay a yearly membership like on this site. I have a overwhelming amount of paperwork to keep up with each month without remembering to stop and start a sales thread. The EE is pretty good here so for me I’ll post here first. It would be nice if the precision rifle subfourm was more active here. Maybe it will benefit this site. |
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Posted: 8/5/2021 9:57:55 PM EDT
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Site should have a lower paid tier for EE sales.
But overall $20 isn't that bad to keep the site running and the other options when you compare it to other things. $20 for a box of ammo. Compared to the cost of a $2,000 rifle. A range fee. Etc. |
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Posted: 8/23/2021 3:25:05 PM EDT
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I've never bought or sold anything on the Hide.
I do, however find it a great resource for precision rifle/ long range shooting. If I had to guess, I'd bet that a large percentage of the headaches that come from operating a forum such as that, come from the buy/sell forum. |
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Posted: 8/23/2021 3:36:07 PM EDT
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Doubt they killed it. It's the place to shop for things $1,500-$20k.
I haven't been over there awhile, but the last time I was it was like they combined all of the EE sections and it was a mess. Haven't been back sense. |
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Posted: 8/23/2021 3:54:58 PM EDT
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Yup still there and going strong over a month after it was said to have been killed. Lol
The combo PX is a little tougher to get around but if looking for a scope then click on the blue optics tag and it gets rid of everything but optics. Same for others too. |
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Posted: 8/26/2021 11:03:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rob01: Yup still there and going strong over a month after it was said to have been killed. Lol The combo PX is a little tougher to get around but if looking for a scope then click on the blue optics tag and it gets rid of everything but optics. Same for others too. Scammers going strong for sure. |
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Posted: 8/26/2021 11:59:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ARShooter91: Scammers going strong for sure. Yeah, I've lost track of how many hijacked accounts I've seen with "too good to be true" EE deals this week. |
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Posted: 8/27/2021 8:58:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ARShooter91: Scammers going strong for sure. And anyone with a WTB ad that gets an unrealistic sale price in a PM and takes it really needs to be a little smarter. Scammers are on every site. We ban them when reported. |
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Posted: 8/27/2021 3:48:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rob01: And anyone with a WTB ad that gets an unrealistic sale price in a PM and takes it really needs to be a little smarter. Scammers are on every site. We ban them when reported. Lol, that's not the same as a long standing member with good feedback getting hacked and the scammer listing a decent deal. |
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Posted: 8/27/2021 4:28:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ARShooter91: Lol, that's not the same as a long standing member with good feedback getting hacked and the scammer listing a decent deal. The oldest member this has happened to has been about 3 years on the site and all have been banned. It happens and is dealt with. If you or anyone else has a secret to it not happening then pass it on to Frank. |
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Posted: 8/27/2021 8:15:01 PM EDT
[Last Edit: tctlrld]
[#38]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rob01: The oldest member this has happened to has been about 3 years on the site and all have been banned. It happens and is dealt with. If you or anyone else has a secret to it not happening then pass it on to Frank. I don't have any secret methods but from an incident response standpoint it would be very interesting to investigate. But you don't have any cyber IR retainer contracts I imagine. But I'd start by comparing the hacked users original hashed passwords to see if there was anything there. I think you should very publicly issue a statement where you strongly encourage all users, but especially supporters to enable 2FA for their accounts. |
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Posted: 8/27/2021 9:01:52 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tctlrld: I don't have any secret methods but from an incident response standpoint it would be very interesting to investigate. But you don't have any cyber IR retainer contracts I imagine. But I'd start by comparing the hacked users original hashed passwords to see if there was anything there. I think you should very publicly issue a statement where you strongly encourage all users, but especially supporters to enable 2FA for their accounts. As I said go tell Frank aka Lowlight the site owner. |
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Posted: 9/9/2021 2:50:15 AM EDT
[#40]
I don't see how it won't have a negative effect on the site. As its been mentioned, there are a lot of folks who visit different sites solely for their EE's, but still migrate out (and contribute) to the other discussion/tech forums. Years ago, the GON.forum had one of the largest (if not the largest) EE's here in Georgia.
They went to a "pay by listing" format (I think the first couple were free each month), and traffic absolutely plummeted. I'm not sure how the discussion/tech forums are doing, I haven't been there in a long time, but their EE is an absolute shell of what it used to be. |
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Posted: 9/9/2021 7:54:26 AM EDT
[#41]
All discussion forums are like they were before the change. No issues.
And again, you can still buy from the PX without paying so anyone jumping around wanting to buy will see no change. Also you don’t have to be a paying member forever. If you want to sell something or a few things, which would be smart, then joint for the $20 and do it and then let it expire. |
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Posted: 9/23/2021 2:03:59 AM EDT
[Last Edit: crashburnrepeat]
[#42]
I'm bummed about the change. I went there every day to check for stuff and they were really active forums. Then I'd flip over and check what was going on in the normal forums.
As a lefty it really sucks cause that was one of the most active left handed classified in the shooting world. The classifieds have died and I find a rarely go there anymore. If web forums survive on traffic, that's going to hurt them. Yes I could pay for one month membership but for someone who sells stuff two or three times a year, not really worth it. And with the wildly reduced traffic, probably not worth it anyway. I may sign up at accurate shooter if their classified forums are any good. 25 a year would be reasonable. 200 isn't really for the average guy not running a business, just looking to swap parts around and clean out the gun closet |
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Posted: 9/23/2021 8:48:12 AM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By crashburnrepeat: I'm bummed about the change. I went there every day to check for stuff and they were really active forums. Then I'd flip over and check what was going on in the normal forums. As a lefty it really sucks cause that was one of the most active left handed classified in the shooting world. The classifieds have died and I find a rarely go there anymore. If web forums survive on traffic, that's going to hurt them. Yes I could pay for one month membership but for someone who sells stuff two or three times a year, not really worth it. And with the wildly reduced traffic, probably not worth it anyway. I may sign up at accurate shooter if their classified forums are any good. 25 a year would be reasonable. 200 isn't really for the average guy not running a business, just looking to swap parts around and clean out the gun closet And yet again, you can still buy there and look around the forums and do everything you did for FREE except sell. And when you did want to sell you just join for the month and sell and then cancel. Simple. |
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Posted: 9/23/2021 9:02:44 AM EDT
[Last Edit: esa17]
[#44]
Frank reminds me of a dude that would bitch about a BJ.
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Posted: 9/23/2021 9:52:09 AM EDT
[#45]
Again you all can start your own site and we will see if it’s still up and running 21 years later.
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Posted: 9/23/2021 7:32:43 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rob01: And yet again, you can still buy there and look around the forums and do everything you did for FREE except sell. And when you did want to sell you just join for the month and sell and then cancel. Simple. I get that. They're just far less effective now. Way less traffic, less stuff, less of a draw. What's forum traffic pattern overall the last three months? Your have access to that data? I'm guessing it's down noticably |
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Posted: 9/23/2021 8:19:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By crashburnrepeat: I get that. They're just far less effective now. Way less traffic, less stuff, less of a draw. What's forum traffic pattern overall the last three months? Your have access to that data? I'm guessing it's down noticably It’s not. The site is as busy as always. Plenty of people still there and posting. |
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Posted: 9/23/2021 10:52:52 PM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rob01: It’s not. The site is as busy as always. Plenty of people still there and posting. Well that's good to hear at least. I suspect that's your regulars and you have less transient users. It may not affect growth over time but I suspect it will. Who knows From a business side it makes some sense, you can buy off a lot of click revenue for twenty bucks. But I also suspect he'd make even more charging say 25/year for posting rights or something. With the change the PX has basically gone dead, which is just kinda sad |
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Posted: 9/24/2021 1:08:43 AM EDT
[#49]
Public traffic data says it's impacting.
Down 6% unique visitors in 90 days Down 27% page views. That's significant, it will depend on how much add revenue he generates vs subscriptions, but even if subscriptions cover short term revenue, with page views dropping, less visitors, hell get less paid subscribers. Those will spill over to other sites who have a chance to convert free users to paid subscribers. Be interesting to see if this slide continues Traffic stats |
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Posted: 9/24/2021 6:11:30 AM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By crashburnrepeat: Public traffic data says it's impacting. Down 6% unique visitors in 90 days Down 27% page views. That's significant, it will depend on how much add revenue he generates vs subscriptions, but even if subscriptions cover short term revenue, with page views dropping, less visitors, hell get less paid subscribers. Those will spill over to other sites who have a chance to convert free users to paid subscribers. Be interesting to see if this slide continues Traffic stats Yup the Hide is dead. Lol Those stats never shift at all. I wish I had a nickel for every time people screamed the Hide is dead after he has made changes. Lol |
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