I see that www.coinpeople.com can't be accessed today.

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by Aidan Work, Jun 10, 2005.

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  1. sylvester

    sylvester New Member

    Coinpeople was a victim of it's own success. This has happened to coin sites before now and i'm sorry to say it'll probably happen again. CP was a good site though and it's removal is a loss to the coin collecting fraternity.
     
    sylvester, Jun 11, 2005
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  3. Tiffibunny

    Tiffibunny New Member

    Tiffibunny, Jun 11, 2005
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  4. rnealw

    rnealw loony bin Material

    My world is shattered what shall I do. . . . . no more post wars!!!
     
    rnealw, Jun 11, 2005
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  5. Peter T Davis

    Peter T Davis Hammer at the Ready Moderator

    Crying shame. :(

    I just hope CoinPeople doesn't go out like NumisAddict.com did. That would be even worse.
     
    Peter T Davis, Jun 11, 2005
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  6. rnealw

    rnealw loony bin Material

    The Areas for silly post and General post ans Debate made it unique among Coin site and The Social life of the site was very special to so many and we will miss the Auction Area. I hope Art survives that one. . .
     
    rnealw, Jun 11, 2005
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  7. josemartins

    josemartins Member

    ...really sad... :(

    Jose
     
    josemartins, Jun 11, 2005
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  8. SilverDollarMan

    SilverDollarMan Collecting Fool

    Can't they delete everything and try vBulliten 3.0.7? Just asking. :)
     
    SilverDollarMan, Jun 11, 2005
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  9. Bacchus

    Bacchus Coin Duffer

    With his reference to "limited budget", I wonder if this is something that could be fixed if we all sent in a donation. Does anybody have an idea of what kind of money this would take ? I don't.

    I suspect he's dejected over losing all of those posts and history. However, when he gets over that shock he might be interested in restarting if he had the resources.

    People here who know him much better than I will be able to give a better idea of whether this is feasible.
     
    Bacchus, Jun 11, 2005
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  10. Dan769

    Dan769 Junior Member

    Was thinking along those same lines about raising cash for the site. Let me see if I can contact him and see what he says.
     
    Dan769, Jun 11, 2005
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  11. Peter T Davis

    Peter T Davis Hammer at the Ready Moderator

    I made that suggestion to Stu a couple of times. The software is $160 retail, though. That's before the time you put into it and server fees (both of which go with whatever software you're using). It's hard to understand the server issues until you're getting tons of traffic like Stu's forum did, and whether you have vBulletin or phpBB you still have to admin the server.
     
    Peter T Davis, Jun 11, 2005
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  12. Bacchus

    Bacchus Coin Duffer

    I've got coins worth that much (almost). If only a hundred people who used his site frequently each sent in $10, he'd have $1000 to get started. I would think there would be a hundred people for whom $10 would be a bargain for what they get back in return. I'd send him $10 and I only made about four posts total over there, but I enjoyed reading the other posts.

    Makes you appreciate what you've got. Thanks, Peter, for making this site available.
     
    Bacchus, Jun 11, 2005
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  13. Peter T Davis

    Peter T Davis Hammer at the Ready Moderator

    Hehe, in fact I've been funding CoinTalk by selling off bits of my collection. I don't know if Stu's interested in taking donations from CoinPeople members, but it's an honorable thing to do, IMO.
     
    Peter T Davis, Jun 11, 2005
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  14. sylvester

    sylvester New Member

    Somehow i don't think Stujoe would accept donations. It'd be worth a try but i can't see it happening.
     
    sylvester, Jun 11, 2005
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  15. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    GDJMSP, Jun 11, 2005
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  16. rnealw

    rnealw loony bin Material

    rnealw, Jun 11, 2005
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  17. Peter T Davis

    Peter T Davis Hammer at the Ready Moderator

    Good suggestion Rodney, the site not coming up is just because its in the middle of a DNS update (meaning Stu switched the domain to point at a different server). When it perculates through the net, everyone will find it works.
     
    Peter T Davis, Jun 11, 2005
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