Transformers Collectors' Club Update: New Store on the Way and Subscription Deadline Extended

Also, we will not be able to reimburse anyone who spent money on expediting renewals to us.

There's an M in there guys... Thanks again for the extra $12 Fedex charge FOR NOTHING YOU DICKS!

I'm embarrassed to admit I renewed after the epic FAILURE of Overrun, which I got and is the only reason I renewed.

Never again.

mattwhite924 wrote:At this point I don't care what they do. Once my subscription expires I won't be renewing it. This whole thing has been an exercise in frustration. I don't care what next year's toys are, it's just not worth it.

Risk vs Reward. IF the club toys next year are worth getting, I'll be shopping at BBTS and Ebay. After the cost of the "Club" membership and the risks of some sort of inevitable failure, it will balance out.

...may kremzeek give you endless worries!!!!

DITTO!
TFCC...fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on ME!
I'll take my chances on the secondary market regarding any future figure promotions. Sorry Savage, you screwed the pooch on allowing this situation to play out the way it did in the first place. Too little too late with just a dab of sugar. The way I see it...we members of the Seibertron forums ARE ALREADY the collectors club.
:p

When every communication sent by the club is rife with typos and misspellings, what did we really expect in the end?

GetRightRobot wrote:

mattwhite924 wrote:At this point I don't care what they do. Once my subscription expires I won't be renewing it. This whole thing has been an exercise in frustration. I don't care what next year's toys are, it's just not worth it.

Risk vs Reward. IF the club toys next year are worth getting, I'll be shopping at BBTS and Ebay. After the cost of the "Club" membership and the risks of some sort of inevitable failure, it will balance out.

Absolutely - I wouldn't have jumped through so many hoops already had I known what an exercise in frustration this whole enterprise has been., and that I could have ordered the from a REPUTABLE source...

Why am I not surprised they aren't doing dick to make up for any of the extra expenditure people went through to get their renewal in on time, then, on the day renewal is supposed to fall they 'suddenly' decide to extend the deadline, and, hey, they 'might' open their new payment portal 'temporarily' to allow some to renew after the FUBAR situation of the last few weeks? Aren't we lucky?!?

For shame, FunPub, for shame!

Put something extra on top, get us back on your side, or at least try to!!!

Sticking a G2 Ramjet (extra shipping free), or something else that you've got clogging your shelves, in with the member exclusive, would go further than you've done lately....

Would it be sooo terrible getting something for free after our treatment?

NaM3L3sS wrote:Would it be sooo terrible getting something for free after our treatment?

I'm not defending FunPub here but let's be realistic, they're not a large company, I doubt they have huge cash reserves, we have no idea how much money they've had to outlay for this new system.

They rely on a very small niche customer base. They fucked up, they're working to fix things. Give them a chance, they may be surprise you, but if they don't, put yourselves in their shoes for a bit.

After all, I doubt any of us will be renewing with FunPub next year.

zodconvoy wrote: I will be joining again next year but I'm guessing the new forums they're going to have are going to be a ghost town.

Good luck to you man. Hopefully this isn't a trend where it gets steadily worse every year.

::Cue movie trailer voice:: Next time on FunPub Blunders.....Pete Sinclair makes the biggest mistake ever and sends all the members personal information to a man who said he would keep it....but never use it!

zodconvoy wrote:I am getting really sick of all the personal attacks on Pete. The few time I've messaged with him over the years, he's seemed like a stand up guy. He didn't personally cause anyone harm and I highly doubt that he has any personal culpability in all this. They got more screwed in all this than any member did.

He seems to be the fall guy though. I don't have anything against him, but the club as a whole is a wash for me. It's not worth it for the hassle. They should want people to join because it offers something special, not just free toys.
It's like someone you want to like you tells you they'll be your friend if you give em some money. Well a lot of people did just that and they got burned. It's gonna leave a scar.

I still believe Hasbro should drop the club and go back to Robot Points and offer special deals like in G1. It was so much simpler. There are so many fan sites now anyway and the official club site doesn't draw a crowd until they are about to be the ones offering exclusive sneak pics like they did with Classics Sunsteaker. All official first time pics should go through the club first, but that doesn't happen. What are the benefits? A couple of toys that if you camp out near your computer you may get. A small savings if you attend Botcon. The magazine is hardly that, you'd think it'd be more than the size of a comic book, especially if it takes 2 months to get a new issue.
Maybe my expectations are too high

I give them credit for upgrading their system, but I have a feeling Hasbro chewed them out and they responded to them more than the members.

NaM3L3sS wrote:Sticking a G2 Ramjet (extra shipping free), or something else that you've got clogging your shelves, in with the member exclusive, would go further than you've done lately....

Might be a tad difficult since G2 Ramjet sold out, perhaps a Dion? Although I doubt they have that many.

I love runnabout and the same will go for runamuck when i get him but i hated every single moment from begining to end of the process,shitting my self incase they sold out to getting my cc hit to did my payment go through its been a few weeks weres mine.

im glad i can say i have a couple of exclusive but from now on ill think ill wait for ebay ,all that shit is not worth it for a repaint/retool for that price they should be putting out a new mould

i honestly cant think of any figure that would make me think twice about next year

the comics shit aswell we should be gettin full comics not 3 pages whatever it is .