I can say unequivocally that I pretty much quit contributing completely for the same reasons Skip has, and largely because of the same group of people.  I don't even download the weekly updates and haven't for a very long time because I get tired of having to fix most of my profiles afterwards because of all the errors in those updates.

There is, in my opinion, simply no reason for allowing that kind of garbage into the database.  Far too many people try to bend the rules to favor their own particular preferences and the rest be damned.

I would love to be able to start contributing again, but I see no incentive to do so, and what little I do contribute will be limited to the odd cover that is missing or to replace one that is not a production version.

Another damn re-run.

I really hate that.

Quoting hal9g:

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Another damn re-run.

I really hate that.

You'll have to admit, it's been a while and therefore we should have seen it coming. Things already started to become calm, some sort of sir was obviously needed.

How long we give it this time...?

After a nice and friendly period here, things starting to get worse again.

Is it so hard to be more friendly ?
is it so hard to sometimes stfu and not be all egomaniac ?
Is it so hard to not always have the last word on every issue ?
Is it so hard to admit a mistake from time to time ?
is it so hard to realise that oneself is not the center of knowledge in the universe ?

Is the only option a friendly user has to put several others on ignore ?

Maybe those few who are constantly starting trouble here should think about the questions I raised.

cheers
Donnie

We have discussed the SRP being off by a few cents. Most people that check internet know that retailers state the SRP xx.99 and some xx.95. Nobody should be complaining about that.
When I see a SRP of released DVD is at the sale price at a number od retailers and at the price I paid for it at their SRP I know it's wrong. Or on a re-released title change the cover and SRP to reflect the lower re-released SRP.

I pre-order almost all of the newly released DVDs I buy. When I pre-order I check a number of sites for the price, UPC and other date to build a profile.

I track in the notes section when I ordered a title, yyyymmdd and thr order number. When it is shipped and charge to me I set the purchase date. At Amazon I pay the yearly $79.00 fee for no shipping fee and 2 day delivery.

Sorry I I don't have to pinch pennies like some of you may have to. That is why I have almost 12,000 or will have when I get ambitious enough to fix and update my PC. My DVD drive kidnapped a DVD last week and it took awhile to ransom it back. I've had a replacement for weeks, but been collecting the data for Windows upgrade before I take the PC down.

When somebody wants to change a case type, when I know it first came out with a slip cover, because I got the title the day it came out or before in some cases. I didn't pick it up a week lor month later at some local store. I haven't bought a DVD in a local store un 10 years. I haven't got the time to waste searching through bins and bins for a particular title, when I can get delivered, no tax, to my front door. I seldom buy on a whim, I know what I want and when it will be released.

You're the Collectors' King, Srehtims! 

This thread's title definitely does NOT apply to your collection!     

Quoting DarklyNoon:

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After a nice and friendly period here, things starting to get worse again.

Is it so hard to be more friendly ?
is it so hard to sometimes stfu and not be all egomaniac ?
Is it so hard to not always have the last word on every issue ?
Is it so hard to admit a mistake from time to time ?
is it so hard to realise that oneself is not the center of knowledge in the universe ?

Is the only option a friendly user has to put several others on ignore ?

Maybe those few who are constantly starting trouble here should think about the questions I raised.

cheers
Donnie

It really isn't about being so egotistical as to think my contributions (or Skips, or anyone elses) are the best.  What it was about for me was that I enjoyed doing them, and I spent a lot of time doing my best to make them as accurate as I could, and trying to follow the rules to the best of my ability.  But, when you do that, and then get somebody picking it apart because it doesn't meet their criteria for what they want in their database and then voting no, or raising such a stink about some aspect of the rules they don't like that makes it impossible to not have problems with a contribution, all the enjoyment just goes away.  It is a very short step from there to the nasty comments about a contribution or about who one's friends are, and arguments about the rules that go on forever.  It simply isn't worth the effort anymore.  I know I'm not the only one who feels that way, and I know that is why quite a few besides me have stopped contributing.

Quoting Rifter:

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It really isn't about being so egotistical as to think my contributions (or Skips, or anyone elses) are the best.  What it was about for me was that I enjoyed doing them, and I spent a lot of time doing my best to make them as accurate as I could, and trying to follow the rules to the best of my ability. But, when you do that, and then get somebody picking it apart because it doesn't meet their criteria for what they want in their database and then voting no, or raising such a stink about some aspect of the rules they don't like that makes it impossible to not have problems with a contribution, all the enjoyment just goes away.  It is a very short step from there to the nasty comments about a contribution or about who one's friends are, and arguments about the rules that go on forever.  It simply isn't worth the effort anymore.  I know I'm not the only one who feels that way, and I know that is why quite a few besides me have stopped contributing.

I agree and it's especially the part I've bolded that makes some people want to quit or that creates bad blood between some users.
Ironically, the very same person who started this thread has done just that same thing to others in the past, causing them to quit or just not care enough anymore to adapt their contributions that get turned down.