Transformers and G.I.Joe Collectors' Club Store Updates

Ridiculous. Who's running the club store website, a 10-year old with an Apple IIe in his bedroom? Or maybe they're writing all the code from scratch... in binary. Or maybe someone knocked over the pile of punch cards that runs the site and they have to put them all back in order. The entire internet was built in less time than it's taking FunPub to get their store online.

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GuyIncognito wrote:Ridiculous. Who's running the club store website, a 10-year old with an Apple IIe in his bedroom? Or maybe they're writing all the code from scratch... in binary. Or maybe someone knocked over the pile of punch cards that runs the site and they have to put them all back in order. The entire internet was built in less time than it's taking FunPub to get their store online.

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Okay, sorry Guy, but I think that's funny

El Duque wrote:Fun Publications, the parent company of both the Transformers Collectors' Club and G.I.Joe Collectors' Club has issue the following update regarding their club stores:

This quick update is going out to all members of both clubs.

It will still be a couple more weeks (we don't know exactly how long as we are waiting on the host to finish their work) until our dedicated store server is online.

Once it is ready to go, we will let you know that products in the store have be made active and you will be able to order items from the clubs again.

We do not anticipate that all items will be available in the club stores on opening day so please have patience as we finish the migration from the old e-commerce site to this one.

In addition, to try and avoid a denial of service issue (because of the volume) we will only bring one set of products online at a time.

We will email you when we are going to bring the products online. We are anticipating being ready to go the week of July 23rd, but that could change.

Thanks to both groups for your patience and the two great conventions this year!

Brian

Awesome! Sounds like I am getting my membership worth this year!

They wouldn't have to fear DoS if they'd go with a more robust server setup. Seriously TFCC, get your heads out of your butts and use a system that can handle the expected (or even UNEXPECTED) volume that your services demand. Yeah, maybe it seems like it's expensive to pay a ton on servers when they're only stressed once or twice a year, but weigh that cost in the long run vs how many members you're undoubtedly losing every time this crap happens and I'm sure you'll see it's worth shelling out the extra cash and you'll still turn a profit.

In fact, if you want to cut down on costs, I for one would be more than happy if you quit producing the club magazine. I never find it informative as all the info it contains is already months old before we see it in the magazine and I'm pretty sure that everyone who does join the club only does so for the 'free' (~$40) figure, for Botcon and *maybe* to buy some non-exclusive figures at a discount (assuming your discount prices are ever lower than major retail or the other online retailers).

xyl360 wrote:They wouldn't have to fear DoS if they'd go with a more robust server setup. Seriously TFCC, get your heads out of your butts and use a system that can handle the expected (or even UNEXPECTED) volume that your services demand. Yeah, maybe it seems like it's expensive to pay a ton on servers when they're only stressed once or twice a year, but weigh that cost in the long run vs how many members you're undoubtedly losing every time this crap happens and I'm sure you'll see it's worth shelling out the extra cash and you'll still turn a profit.

In fact, if you want to cut down on costs, I for one would be more than happy if you quit producing the club magazine. I never find it informative as all the info it contains is already months old before we see it in the magazine and I'm pretty sure that everyone who does join the club only does so for the 'free' (~$40) figure, for Botcon and *maybe* to buy some non-exclusive figures at a discount (assuming your discount prices are ever lower than major retail or the other online retailers).

I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF, OR AGREE MORE ON ALL YOUR POINTS MENTIONED. TAKE NOTE TFCC.