The website is a complicated thing to maintain and keep up to the minute in a large company with so many things happenning at any given time.(i.e. sales, parts, service, operations etc.) Being at the Montreal office everyday and communicating with the T.O. parts dept. and salespeople daily helps me filter useless info and communicate things that I know will interest you guys and that may not yet be posted on the website.
I still don't understand how such a supposedly internet saavy generation doesn't understand that human beings are still behind the dry & watered down information of certain websites, therefore it can never be totally accurate or up to date and should never be relied on as your only source of information. Talk to competant people instead, that still works and probably will for a while yet. Besides, it can be alot more interesting, and helps to keep us human. The internet is a very efficient way to communicate, but it lacks certain elements that have been part of the way we have been doing business for centuries.
The problem is that some companies don't apply competent dedicated staff to update their websites, they're either using expensive thrd party to update manually (in a non CMS environment), or rely on their "IT guy/gal" who is often competent at network systems, but not marketing (or a marketing person who is not competent at design, etc.)
My business (Third Party Content Creative or integration of Content Management Systems) has been sufering because many of my target market mid-sized and larger companies are investing in dedicated web marketing staff now.
If they don't keep their own website up to date due to the volume of parts/constant changes, then what makes anyone think that posts on here would be accurate and up to date?
Exactly. If they can't be bothered to update their site (they're too busy or its too difficult, why would they update this one? Is their site too complicated for them? Sounds like their problem. There's no reason why their backend cannot be dead simple, simpler than posting a new thread on a forum.
Has someone from Starburst (or is it Playdium?) actually asked permission to post stuff here? If so, good on them for asking. But other pin retailers like PBL, Marco, and BAA seem to have no problems keeping their site up to date.
If this is just another venue for them to market to pinball collectors, then they should pay up. They have the right to earn a profit, but they don't have a right to free advertising. It's just the cost of doing business.
Some people sell pins here for a profit so where do I draw the line? When sales taxes are charged, at that point it's a business sale.
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I personally think that it could only help us collectors to have more information on MAACA from starburst, especially for old parts. I think they sell mostly new machines, so I don’t care about what is for sale in machines, people who want can go to their website for that. I like the older machines so I would look for parts information in their section and for stuff that is not on their site, then I would just call Rob if I needed it. I have ordered PBR parts through the Montreal office and it is so much easier than dealing with all the details of an order from my place.
Moi je suis d'accord avec Ian (Sparky)si ca peut aider les entreprises local et nous aider par le fait meme pour avoir des pieces ses un plus!moi je proposerait de leur donner une section pour essaie, 6 mois ou 1 ans et si ca va bien pourqu'oi ne pas continuer au pire apres essais si ce leur est benifique qu'il deviennent des commenditaires ou un frais fixe annuelle.qui serais gestionner par les admins.C'est a eux a voir, je felicite Sparky Azatotht Splitskull et les autres anciens admins pour s'occuper de maaca un site fort utile pour les amateurs de pinball.et que je crois bien que plusieur personnes en profitent!
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I agree. Why promote favouritism? If they didn't want comments, they are free to post on Craigslist and Kijiji.
I think that for a business to have their own classified space (any business), they should be paying 'SOMETHING' (percentage, monthly fee, maaca member discount, etc) to the owner of the website... After all do you think they would hang a Maaca sign in their showroom? If so, then sure, sounds fair to me. If not they may be taking liberties that they would not offer.
Why not have an additional COMMERCIAL/OPERATORS classified, so we can see who is a hobbiest and who is an operator. Starburst would fit in there without special treatment.
Why not have an additional COMMERCIAL/OPERATORS classified, so we can see who is a hobbiest and who is an operator. Starburst would fit in there without special treatment.
While I hate to agree with you...its not a bad idea. Why not a commercial section, open to commercial subscribers? People like Marco, BAA, Pinball Life, Mad Admusements, Shay Group, Curly's Little Shop of Games, Pinrestore (even if the owner is a wacko), Pinbits, pinballdecals, SRG, Mr Pinball Australia, IPB, Cointaker, Phoenix Arcade, Arcadeshop, Pinball Inc etc. etc. etc....
For something nominal, they can have access to post in a certain section, where no one can reply. Specials or whatever. We are basically the target audience for their products and its a great way to target their audience without all the noise associated with RGP. As well, MAACA is one of the few community boards that has been strong in Pinball all these years across the globe.
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I'm all for helping out Starburst, they're one of the largest distributors of pins in the world. They've also made great strides in the last year or two to really help out the collectors by bringing in many hobbyist-related parts like rebuilt boards and LED's.. they've also setup booths at many trade-shows, and I'm not just talking the Toronto Gameroom Show either.. they were setup at the Homeshow as well. I'm sure they'd have no problem with letting people know about the MAACA site, it's a great community and Starburst is a big part of it. They're also fully aware of our parking lot dealings, and they let us go on with it without any hassle or complaint.
I owe a great deal of my positive experiences with this hobby to Starburst, and I thank them for it.
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