The other Forum strikes again! | O Gauge Forum (2024)

I had heard of such shenanigans - ah well, their circus, their monkeys….and their loss.

I promised I would not talk about that forum ever again. They make it tough though!!

Dave

The administrators over there certainly try to keep their forum un-friendly.

Bill

Not surprised at all. I don't even visit there anymore. It's amazing how quickly you can lose interest in a site that's poorly managed. Aside from my many differences with that site's management over the years, I found the site largely unusable after they moved the search-function behind the subscriber/member curtain as well.

They do seem to go out of their way to make the place inconvenient.

There is always a way.

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I agree completely here!!! They are not in it for the hobby, just for the money & limelight IMO.

I don't know about rest of you all, but I haven't been able to for sale/wanted or even search for about a year or so. now other topics yes but can't reply

Ditto, now they are hurting members by not allowing outsiders to see what’s for sale. Just when you think they can’t stoop any lower. I would get contact info from a memeber, ohwell not anymore

IMO forgetting for a moment about past personal grievances, the root issue is the difference between how a for profit forum operates versus a not for profit forum regardless of what the acronym may happen to be.

If one accepts the premise that the appeal and strength of any forum is the value to their members and prospects that they deliver making the Buy/Sell/WTB Forums only viewable to members makes a lot of sense.

It takes no particular skill to find complaints about Ebay fees/prices/rules/accuracy of item condition regardless of what is offered for sale.

Consequently any viable alternative to Ebay which offers lower prices/seller fees, reasonable expectation of seller accuracy in description and appropriate buyer performance is attractive. Add to that the personal familiarity of buyers and sellers to one another within these forums or user groups and you have something of considerable value for both parties.

If you have a robust Buy/Sell forum thread you have marketable value.

By making the Buy/Sell private any for profit forum/user group will prevent nonmembers from circumventing member fees as they contact their member pals directly because of past/current contact knowledge or having their member friends provide contact info of the seller.

Again IMO the only surprise is that it has taken this particular forum this long to wise up.

Once again Cyndi Lauper is right, money does change everything.

Ding! Ding! Ding! - We have a winner! You hit the nail on the head. If they keep this up, the nail will be in their own coffin. So disappointing. What was one a great thriving place has become such a difficult place to deal with. It's off my radar too.