Thanks for keeping an eye out! 

Thanks for the solidarity! She's one of my favorite artists; especially her sugar skull covers! If I happen to come across that issue, either irl or online, I'll be sure to let you know!

looking for issues 17-20, still sealed in the original shrink wrap preferably.

Quote from: appletini on December 17, 2012, 04:59:44 PM

The reason there are so many out right now of the crystal wave, (it's at almost all walmarts btw so no worries on just your one) is because the two new waves, wave 5 and wave 6, will be out within the next month and are replacing four. From what I've seen they've been selling just as well if not better since this is the first "all crystal" set out there making it special from the other sets. (and three if you still find them lol) The stores are clearing out their remaining inventory, so if you still need wave 4 I'd suggest now would be a great time to go shopping. 

The only problem is that, if walmart doesn't get rid of these fast before the next wave... we won't -see- the next wave.... 5 boxes of the same wave is not a good sign here a lot of the time I:

I would agree.  It does tend to push the stocking of the new one, (and if not stocking, putting out on the shelf) later than should be. My guess is with five you're looking at a month or so later release.  But, some good news is that mine had five two, and with two left they just put out two wave five boxes and it only took a few weeks to get down to that and I'm in a fairly small town so  chin up it shouldn't take too long. 

I am apart of a gaming forum and it hasn't had any activity in forever. I want to get activity back to it, I really like it there the staff is really nice. However I have never really tried promoting forums or getting members to a forum.

Any tips to keep a gaming forum from dying?

lol that's a tricky question. Gamers are very fickle and their attention tends to drift fast from one thing to the other, (at least me and my friends were when I was heavily into games) and it's hard to revive a near dead/dead forum if only because of the "been there done that" attitude that people get when seeing a dying forum, whether they were apart of it or not. Also a lot of Gamers, and probably forumites in general, tend to think that if a forum died off, it did for a reason and that can give people negative thoughts right off the bat.

I guess your best bet would be to start a bunch of modernized discussions on recent games. That was always the biggest thing for the group I hung out with. No one wants to read or discuss games from even six months ago, unless they were absolutely incredible or their favorite game of all time or the site is specified to older games. The biggest thing for revival I would have to say would be keep it up to date and modern.  If the site deals with all different systems (xbox/playstation/etc) this can be hard lol

The best tips I can offer for bringing a little life back would be to add

1. Discussion of modern games.

2. Discussion of favorite genre of gaming/game of all time.

3. Gaming companies; which ones are doing it right and which ones aren't?

4. What do you want to see in/from future games/genres/companies?

5. cheats/glitches found in games.

Hope this helps some. I'm not the heavy gamer I once was, but these were the hot topics back then and they never seem to go out of style. And don't beat yourself up to much about it, sometimes forums just die and there isn't anything that can be done. It sucks, a lot, especially when you love the site, but sometimes it's just the end for that forum.

As for bringing members in, I can't help you there. I would suggest going to other very big sites or popular gaming sites and posting a little ad there, but again I'm not really that good at that type of thing either. 

Sorry to hijack the thread and pull it off topic for a second, but when is the next mlp fair? 

Since this sort of on topic... What about dyes in general? Are there any dangerous dyes? Like maybe some plushes are dyed with some bad chemicals too? Just curious.

D': Is there any 100% "safe" toy? Or is it all like 99.9% safe.

Not sure about the rest of your question, (I know there are dangerous dyes, just not which ones or in what) but I can say there is no such thing as a 100% safe toy. Everything has something in it that is harmful, if you take it to the extreme, eating any kind of food or even breathing is technically detrimental to your health. The one has the potential to be riddled with either natural or man made chemicals, while the other causes you to take in continuous small amounts of carbon dioxide.
Neither ever really effect you but as you can see it sounds as if each one is killing you off right away and it needs to be fixed or else, "Oh noes! You'll die faster!"
I would say almost all toys that pass for being put on shelves (almost mind you, not all) are as safe for play as your going to get. As someone pointed out earlier, even wood toys contain their own hazards. It's about moderation and smart thinking. The only times those toys will be dangerous are if you melt them into a puddle and then suck up the air they give off or if you chew it into oblivion. Even then, you'd have to have a good amount for it to leave a permanent mark.

I am trying to find certain questions to ending your subscription to your Ebay store. I'm searched all over Ebay and can only find conflicting answers and vague answers from Ebay.

First off, I only have buyitnows, but I have a LOT of them. I would like to know what is going to happen when I close the store. Some older pages on Ebay say they will immediately be charged the full amount to list. Some older sources also say they will end immediately.

Then I see some sources say they may be subjected to further fees. Wth? Can I please get an answer from someone who has experienced with closing their Ebay store. I see many people speculating but it seems like no one has an actual experience with doing it.

Basically, I have so many buyitnows, that it would cost me lots of money to close the store if this were the case. When I choose "Close Store" on Ebay, it tells me to choose if I want to end the listings or keep them on. But they don't specify what will happen when I choose one or the other.

First off you cannot close your Ebay store until after forty five days from your last sold listing having ended. If you sold something recently you have to wait a couple months in case the buyer decides to open a dispute against you. There is no way around this rule.

When I shut mine down they make you end all listings beforehand. Provided no one has bid on any of them, (in your case buy it now's) they don't charge you anything beyond the listing fees you agreed to when posting them. Again you can't get around this rule so if you close it up early no matter what they charge the 10 cents or whatever per listing. (at least when I stopped mine a couple years ago that was the case.)

That's pretty much it. Once you end it, you have two weeks where your store still stays online in case you change your mind before it finally disappears.

So in short,

You must wait 45 days till after your last sale happened.
You must pay the listing fees once you stop all of your current listings.
Two weeks waiting time before your account is disabled after you ask for it to be removed.


Hope this helps some. I'm afraid I can't remember if they made you pay the fees right away but I'm pretty sure that yes, they did. If it's going to cost you a lot I would suggest slowly downsizing into nothingness. Also when they say "extra fees may apply" it doesn't really mean jack. They need to write it in case they charge you for the fees or for previous fees you still owe them and you try and dispute it. It's purely legal mumbo-jumbo and you won't have any actual "mystery fees" popping up.