Defunct Websites - Leads on a new location or are they just gone now?

mrmopar · Apr 8, 2020

I had been in the process of updating my favorites from safari to chrome and finally had time to finish today. I found a couple sites I had bookmarked were no longer active. I was wondering if anyone is part of or knew what became of the sites. is there a new domain for example?

Mark Brunell Collection - Jaderock is the user name on most sites. It was a freeweb site that doesn't load any longer.

Twinscards.com - This one had an amazing collection of Twins memorabilia that you could peruse, but also had started a similar site for the rest of the teams. Most were a shadow of the Twins with regard to content. It was a handful of guys doing most of the sharing. I just get that the domain is for sale now.

This one I deleted before noting the original site, but it was a nice collection of St. Loius Cardinals team issued postcards, identifying years and such. I like to mark sites like this for future reference, even though I don't collect Cardinal PCs per se. Would have loved to stumble across a Dodgers saet with as much knowledge as this one had.

Last one may just be temp issue. I can't get it to load now. www.haulsofshame.com

tpeichel · Apr 8, 2020

mrmopar said:
I had been in the process of updating my favorites from safari to chrome and finally had time to finish today. I found a couple sites I had bookmarked were no longer active. I was wondering if anyone is part of or knew what became of the sites. is there a new domain for example?

Mark Brunell Collection - Jaderock is the user name on most sites. It was a freeweb site that doesn't load any longer.

Twinscards.com - This one had an amazing collection of Twins memorabilia that you could peruse, but also had started a similar site for the rest of the teams. Most were a shadow of the Twins with regard to content. It was a handful of guys doing most of the sharing. I just get that the domain is for sale now.

This one I deleted before noting the original site, but it was a nice collection of St. Loius Cardinals team issued postcards, identifying years and such. I like to mark sites like this for future reference, even though I don't collect Cardinal PCs per se. Would have loved to stumble across a Dodgers saet with as much knowledge as this one had.

Last one may just be temp issue. I can't get it to load now. www.haulsofshame.com

I'm been noticing dead collectors sites too. I wonder if it's just no longer worth the expense? I finally bit the bullet and paid for the Pro account on Flikr ($120 for two years), because they had a limit of 1000 free images. I had over 10,000 and they started deactivating some of the embedded images on my site.

finestkind · Apr 8, 2020

http://haulsofshame.com/haul.html is working just now. Jaderock (Peter) is a member of Trading Card Central.com he was last active on Trading Card Central March 2nd. You might try sending him a message thru one of the sites he's active on.

finestkind · Apr 8, 2020

finestkind said:
http://haulsofshame.com/haul.html is working just now.

Or not.

I was able to access it by searching for it on Bing.com

linuxabuser · Apr 8, 2020

You can try and look back at old sites using Archive.org’s WayBack Machine.

https://web.archive.org/

Here’s a direct link to the Twins site.

https://web.archive.org/web/20170518012759/http://twinscards.com/viewcards.php

linuxabuser · Apr 8, 2020

finestkind said:
Or not.

I was able to access it by searching for it on Bing.com

The HTTPS is the problem. That site only allows plain HTTP connections.

Code:

haulsofshame.com/haul.html

For some reason, the vBulletin software on FCB rewrites every link as HTTPS, even if it isn’t supposed to be.

mrmopar · Apr 8, 2020

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mrmopar · Apr 8, 2020

Thank you for that Twins link. At least that is full content at that time. I have a link to a great Frank Thomas site that was stopped, through that wayback machine deal. Maybe the guys just gave up the effort, but it seems unlikely after that much work. Perhaps it was a cost issue. Hopefully it was not a health issue. Too bad, lots of great images.

And for the Hauls link too! Nice, 2 down, 2 to find.

linuxabuser · Apr 8, 2020

Good luck in your search!

Letch77 · Apr 9, 2020

mrmopar said:
I have a link to a great Frank Thomas site that was stopped, through that wayback machine deal. Maybe the guys just gave up the effort, but it seems unlikely after that much work. Perhaps it was a cost issue. Hopefully it was not a health issue. Too bad, lots of great images.

Which Frank site?

mrmopar · Apr 9, 2020

It was run by a guy named Lance who lived in Hawaii.

I discovered him after I stopped actively collecting Frank. In fact, I sold him a couple cards when money was a little tight. They meant so much more to him, but I still have a slight tinge of regret for doing it, especially since I worked through the $ issues with that really being my only sale. The sight was loaded with great detailed info and tons of scans. If it wasn't for the growing popularity again in 90s inserts, I would have probably gone back and filled in some pre-2000 holes. I did so from time to time, when the market was a little softer, but now it has come back stronger than before with no end in sight.

https://web.archive.org/web/20110208130719/http://www.frankthomascollection.com/

Letch77 · Apr 10, 2020

That site is great! So much info about the early cards.
I actively PC Thomas, so it's fun to read some things I didn't know about these cards. I'm pursuing some extremely high-end Thomas cards from the early- to mid-90s, too bad I didn't get up with you when you stopped collecting Thomas.

Dazed · Apr 10, 2020

mrmopar said:
It was run by a guy named Lance who lived in Hawaii.

I discovered him after I stopped actively collecting Frank. In fact, I sold him a couple cards when money was a little tight. They meant so much more to him, but I still have a slight tinge of regret for doing it, especially since I worked through the $ issues with that really being my only sale. The sight was loaded with great detailed info and tons of scans. If it wasn't for the growing popularity again in 90s inserts, I would have probably gone back and filled in some pre-2000 holes. I did so from time to time, when the market was a little softer, but now it has come back stronger than before with no end in sight.

https://web.archive.org/web/20110208130719/https://www.frankthomascollection.com/

There is a member on here HawaiianLance. Sounds like he may be the the guy you're talking about. He hasn't posted anything since January 2019.

mrmopar · Apr 10, 2020

Yes, not sure if those players collectors just couldn't maintain their sites, moved them or just gave up. I use most of these sites as reference (or enjoyment) in one way or another, so it is not as though I am needing to contact them. It's just a shame when a nice, detailed site disappears w/o a trace.

RogerMarisCollector61 · Apr 12, 2020

Just checked blowoutforums and its saying the site has a security error and I can't get on. Anyone else experiencing that too?

finestkind · Apr 12, 2020

It works for me.

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