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Keith
Mint Joined: 30 March 2010 Location: Derbyshire, UK Status: Offline Points: 1111 |
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Topic: Askmeaboutstamps - RIP Posted: 03 October 2019 at 02:05 |
My renewal for the hosting etc of the askmeaboutstamps website is coming up for renewal and, at £400 inc VAT, I'm afraid I can't afford it on my little old pensioner's income! Given that I've not updated it for at least 18 months and nobody ever seems to mention it or use it I suspect it is a tool that we all welcomed some years ago but which has now passed its useful life So, I've cancelled the contract. It will expire on 5 November.. If you need any info such as the fadcinating text or the images of all the stamps you don't have I suggest you get to the site and copy what you need. Thanks to Steve, in particular, for all his help with the site in the olden days. Cheers Keith
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Daniel
Mint Joined: 30 March 2010 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 1128 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 October 2019 at 07:37 |
Hi Keith, sorry to hear this news. It was an excellent reference source and I used it many times to sort out my relevant collections. It is a shame that it couldn't be added to this forum in some way. I fear that some of the stamps will be forgotten.
Maybe we'll get to see you again at one of our Stampex visits!
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Colin
Unhinged Joined: 29 March 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 2411 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 October 2019 at 22:34 |
Sad news but inevitable and totally understandable.
Websites, like forums, are not a free resource and without regular use and updating interest in them will fade away.
Thank you Keith and Steve Tandy for all your help with helping promote our hobby and the many stamp-makers who were around all those years ago - we were (and always will be) very grateful. |
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Panterra
First Class Joined: 01 April 2017 Location: Auckland, NZ Status: Offline Points: 240 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 05 October 2019 at 01:07 |
Why not put the whole website up (for FREE !) on geocities in Samoa? Why pay 400 quid, when these nice folks will let you have a site free? You shouldn't lose those gems!
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JesperDK
Registered Joined: 21 June 2015 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 63 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 10 October 2019 at 06:49 |
Sad sad news... I still visit the askmeaboutstamps website often and think it is a great page with lots of useful informations...
Will this forum (http://cinderellastampsforum.com) continue or is that part of "the hosting deal"? Thanks for all the great work that has been put into askmeaboutstamps...
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Colin
Unhinged Joined: 29 March 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 2411 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 10 October 2019 at 23:14 |
The 'askme' website and this forum are not connected, and the forum will continue as long as people visit here and support it with their posts and comments. There is little doubt that the ease of mass social media is replacing interest in forums but I have yet to see a platform which is as useful for archiving information. It saddens me to see people making comments on Facebook pages which are gone within a week and not easily recoverable. Alan and I still use the askmeaboutstamps site to check information on our own stamps and we will also be very sad to see it go. Hopefuly other websites will grow in its place.
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jerakeen
Registered Joined: 03 January 2020 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 16 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 13 January 2020 at 22:47 |
Hello, All the best, |
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jerakeen
Registered Joined: 03 January 2020 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 16 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 13 January 2020 at 22:59 |
Mhhh, I believe that in fact it is the folder "http://www.askmeaboutstamps.com/wp-content/uploads" |
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