Response to Membership Tier

[Nightmarez]

It’s a shortcut for one click. It’s the box where the slips are in

[Sidewinder]

2 minutes ago, damships said:

Thank you for the info! I'll definitely check this daily. Don't want to miss out. 

 

Educate me...FS is Full Slip. I know what lenticular is. What is OC? Thanks!

OC is One Click, which is usually a box set with all the different editions for a given release. You purchase everything in one click 😄

[damships]

Just now, Sidewinder said:

OC is One Click, which is usually a box set with all the different editions for a given release. You purchase everything in one click 😄

That sounds dangerous for one's wallet lol

[Veum]

9 minutes ago, damships said:

That sounds dangerous for one's wallet lol

 

It is believe me…

 

 

tread slowly on what you choose 😂 

 

  

[Masterblaster]

Hi guys and gals,

 

sorry for the late response but the most of you know us by now and since everything is done manually it does consume alot of time and effort. My wife and I have been busy doing what we can to get some of this traffic out so do bear with us until we come to the bottom of the pile.

 

The tier memberships are hot in discussion at the moment as the Admins have observed different aspects within the last couple of timeframes that could/should be changed.  

 

Im sure the details will become available shortly , but until then all Memberships are extended for this Month. 

 

More info to come.....

 

@ksosk and @deckard99 will be running point for this upcoming cycle . 

 

Take care

 

[Squeegie McGee]

8 minutes ago, Veum said:

 

It is believe me…

 

 

 

tread slowly on what you choose 😂 

 

  

@Veum is accustomed to this 😆 

[Squeegie McGee]

24 minutes ago, damships said:

That sounds dangerous for one's wallet lol

@damships

Some retailers like HdZeta Gold label have unique OCs which have extra goodies in them so the OCs are definitely worth it in some cases!

[InfiniteDoors]

8 minutes ago, Masterblaster said:

Hi guys and gals,

 

sorry for the late response but the most of you know us by now and since everything is done manually it does consume alot of time and effort. My wife and I have been busy doing what we can to get some of this traffic out so do bear with us until we come to the bottom of the pile.

 

The tier memberships are hot in discussion at the moment as the Admins have observed different aspects within the last couple of timeframes that could/should be changed.  

 

Im sure the details will become available shortly , but until then all Memberships are extended for this Month. 

 

More info to come.....

 

@ksosk and @deckard99 will be running point for this upcoming cycle . 

 

Take care

 

[Veum]

3 minutes ago, Squeegie McGee said:

@Veum is accustomed to this 😆 

 

@Squeegie McGee a new leaf has been turned for ‘22… believe me 😂 

 

[InfiniteDoors]

Also, memberships extended for this month!! Quickly, start the Dark Knight GB!

[Veum]

1 minute ago, InfiniteDoors said:

Also, memberships extended for this month!! Quickly, start the Dark Knight GB!

 

[willdebeast]

23 minutes ago, InfiniteDoors said:

Also, memberships extended for this month!! Quickly, start the Dark Knight GB!

 

😅

[C.C. 95]

44 minutes ago, Masterblaster said:

Hi guys and gals,

 

sorry for the late response but the most of you know us by now and since everything is done manually it does consume alot of time and effort. My wife and I have been busy doing what we can to get some of this traffic out so do bear with us until we come to the bottom of the pile.

 

The tier memberships are hot in discussion at the moment as the Admins have observed different aspects within the last couple of timeframes that could/should be changed.  

 

Im sure the details will become available shortly , but until then all Memberships are extended for this Month. 

 

More info to come.....

 

@ksosk and @deckard99 will be running point for this upcoming cycle . 

 

Take care

 

[damships]

39 minutes ago, InfiniteDoors said:

Also, memberships extended for this month!! Quickly, start the Dark Knight GB!

[Whodini]

9 hours ago, ScottVA said:

Proof?

Proof of what? My participation in GBs? It's all on this site. Just search my user name.

[Fortis93]

8 hours ago, InfiniteDoors said:

Also, memberships extended for this month!! Quickly, start the Dark Knight GB!

 

[arrosev]

12 hours ago, Whodini said:

I really believe that the more group buys a member participates in, the higher their chance in obtaining a premium membership.

 

I think they are asking for proof of this because it reads like an accusation rather than what I think you were trying to express which is a suggestion on how group buys should work 

[Whodini]

1 hour ago, arrosev said:

I think they are asking for proof of this because it reads like an accusation rather than what I think you were trying to express which is a suggestion on how group buys should work 

Oh ok. Yeah I totally meant it as a suggestion.

[Basil]

9 hours ago, Masterblaster said:

Hi guys and gals,

 

sorry for the late response but the most of you know us by now and since everything is done manually it does consume alot of time and effort. My wife and I have been busy doing what we can to get some of this traffic out so do bear with us until we come to the bottom of the pile.

 

The tier memberships are hot in discussion at the moment as the Admins have observed different aspects within the last couple of timeframes that could/should be changed.  

 

Im sure the details will become available shortly , but until then all Memberships are extended for this Month. 

 

More info to come.....

 

@ksosk and @deckard99 will be running point for this upcoming cycle . 

 

Take care

 

nice to hear all that one thing i would like to suggest is that its run on a weekend if possible?

rather than turning on at 2am on a tuesday morning.

also hope to hear details will be announced well in advance, rather than here it is go.

 

@deckard99 & @ksosk you guys going to have you work cut out and every members best mate now 

don't know if you think thats a good thing or omg  

 or 

 

basil  

[swish]

vor 2 Minuten schrieb Basil:

nice to hear all that one thing i would like to suggest is that its run on a weekend if possible?

rather than turning on at 2am on a tuesday morning.

also hope to hear details will be announced well in advance, rather than here it is go.

 

@deckard99 & @ksosk you guys going to have you work cut out and every members best mate now 

don't know if you think thats a good thing or omg  

 or 

 

basil  

for reneval there at least 24h to do it so don't see a problem when it get started. not all members are online the same time so there will be time for everyone

[ThereIsNoooSpoon]

Just now, Whodini said:

Oh ok. Yeah I totally meant it as a suggestion.

 

I believe the administration is always open to suggestions, however giving the tier membership preference based solely on those who participate more GBs would not be fair IMO.

 

For example there may be people that participate a lot of GBs but rarely post on the forum. Members who keep the forum alive are also very important as they help the community, keep discussions alive and basically make this a special place where collectors can come and hang out with each other  

 

Also there might be some people who participate all GB's just to sell everything on ebay at higher prices afterwards. Do you really think it would be fair for this person to be given higher priority over a passionate collector who only gets into GBs for a retailer he collects from?

 

Factoring all the criteria to make a 'preference' list to whom would be the first picks for aquiring a tiered membership would be a very time consuming task and unfair for who would be doing it because in the end there will alway be someone who was treated unfairly.

 

Just my 2 cents on the topic  

[5t33lb0y]

I wonder if yearly membership is rising in numbers or do they keep it at same number.

If it's same number then it's no wonder getting in is tough and there are always same ppl who have priority in GB.

Would be fair if number grows proportionaly with site number of users...

[delzeisa]

13 hours ago, Whodini said:

I really believe that the more group buys a member participates in, the higher their chance in obtaining a premium membership.

 

There are Platinum members that I've seen admit that they don't participate in many GBs throughout the year, but they still get the membership to support Media Psychos. I also think some of them get it as a status symbol.

 

In my view, if you really want to support MP, then donate to them without expecting a membership from them.

 

With limited memberships available, my chances of getting a membership myself are slim to none. In the short time I've been a regular member here, I've participated in many GBs. I believe I've earned preference because of this.

 

The more GBs you participate in, and essentially the more you purchase, you're showing more support to MP. Because of this, your chances of receiving a premium membership should correlate. I should be rewarded for that.

 

That's fair. The way it is at the moment, its a game of chance, and that doesn't sit right with me.

 

What do you mean by chance?

 

As far as I know, admins gave warning to when memberships were going to roughly go up. I assumed it was first come first serve at that point (after previous tiers secured).

 

I myself believe in the "early bird gets the worm" mentality and I spent the day refreshing page constantly until I saw it up and was able to snag gold during my this previous cycle. Luckily being the day after I was introduced to this place. Now I'm assuming a good number of people that were not tiers prior also was able to grab membership; I don't pretend to know otherwise so I'll have to make that assumption.

 

I understand your ideals that loyalty to them should possibly stand for something and i wish it was easy to accommodate, but that's just not how the world works I'm afraid. This isn't exactly a huge multi million dollar operation and the logistics of both satisfying current tiers as well as non tiered loyalty would he a nightmare and I assume they would have to pick their poison. Besides, if you believe that many tiered members are grabbing membership for status then that still leaves the GBs open and available and even in that case it still becomes first come first serve anyway.

 

I may have had things to say about this place over the months that may seem like slight jabs here and there, but ultimately I appreciate what they've done for the physical media community.

 

Just my opinion.

Edited January 9, 2022 by delzeisa

[swish]

vor 9 Minuten schrieb 5t33lb0y:

I wonder if yearly membership is rising in numbers or do they keep it at same number.

If it's same number then it's no wonder getting in is tough and there are always same ppl who have priority in GB.

Would be fair if number grows proportionaly with site number of users...

since there are more members that join mp there will be more tiere membership. if that increase only gold or platinum too i can't say. The membership are not yearly almost 6 month, because of covid it was extended to 8 but i think it may go back to 6 month cyrcle. The staff will soon inform us about all that

[Mutantsmiley]

25 minutes ago, 5t33lb0y said:

I wonder if yearly membership is rising in numbers or do they keep it at same number.

If it's same number then it's no wonder getting in is tough and there are always same ppl who have priority in GB.

Would be fair if number grows proportionaly with site number of users...

This is a nice idea and probably the way most members would expect things to "grow" . However,  what we might not take into consideration with this outlook is,  even though our membership grows, our allocation from each vendor probably cannot.  So,  the membership tiers are the only way to distribute the editions.