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Post by help on Dec 9, 2006 17:33:30 GMT
Is anyone else having trouble using saddlesoap? I havent been able to get on all week. I'm pretty fed up as the site seems to have more than its fair share of problems and promises of features for paying members that have never happened. It is getting a bit annoying. I would complain to the site owner but seeing as I cant get on the site thats not possible. We all know servers can have hiccups but to be told this time after time is wearing a bit thin.
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Post by maddie on Dec 9, 2006 17:57:47 GMT
was able to get on it last night ,but it was very slow. There was a message from Higgy site owner saying that yet again they are having problems. tried to get on it just now and no luck it comes up site unavalable.
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Post by Slow on Dec 9, 2006 18:10:34 GMT
I have been able to get on no problems but it has been very very slow  |
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Post by pickles on Dec 9, 2006 18:49:27 GMT
Im not surprised its slow.
Its a freebie forum sharing a server with many others, when free forums reach a certain size the server cannot cope.
Im surprised people actually pay to use it though!
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Post by ttt on Dec 9, 2006 19:07:10 GMT
The forum is not free to run and the owner pays an amount to run it, evey site has difficulites even larger sites, as for the paying side of it this is for gold and silver members to be able to access and add for sale items mainly with bonus extras that will be made avaliable when the owner has time to do them, would you expect to advertise as many horses & tack on horse quest or horse mart free........ i think not !
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Post by Pickled egg on Dec 9, 2006 19:23:09 GMT
Sorry but, if I paid for a service I'd expect a lot better than that. I use a number of forums both free and subscription and that one has to be the most poorly run and slowest forum of them all.
Many freebie forums even provide a far superior service than that and yes they do allow you to advertise your items for free.
The board owner is seldom online to sort out any problems and the moderators (who do a fantastic job) are left to run the whole thing.
If the board owner doesnt have the time to provide the service hes promised to paying subscribers then he shouldnt be charging subscriptions.
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Post by five on Dec 9, 2006 20:18:42 GMT
well said pickled egg, feel sorry for the paying peeps, as it went t*ts up as soon as people started paying for it. i wonder if they will be asking for a refund
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Post by Isla@fiowen on Dec 9, 2006 21:46:42 GMT
i am a paying member and yes im a bit cheesed off as i paid with the hope getting access to the new areas, and there is none yet,
before the paying SS was an excellent forum its gone downhill IMO
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Post by princess on Dec 9, 2006 22:06:00 GMT
I have struggled getting on! its just soooooooooooo slow!!
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Post by B on Dec 9, 2006 23:02:14 GMT
I cant get on at all it doesnt load the page up.
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Post by peeed off on Dec 10, 2006 10:38:29 GMT
i am one off them gold member's  i paid £10 not so i could sell any off my cob's but we got promised that they would get some breeding thingey ma bob ?? and im realy mad about it . im realy am considreing asking for my money back !!!!!!!!!!!!! just think how many people have sent him that £10 and what have they got for it  ?? the site was a lot better before we all handed over our £10 |
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Post by fjudge on Dec 10, 2006 14:04:45 GMT
Whats the website addresd for saddlesoap? I havnt been on it fr a while...for the exact reason that has been mentioned. Its really slow!  But would like to go back and have a look. There are so many sites that you can advertise for free on though, so why pay?! (unless its horsequest or something similar of course...) |
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Post by gemgem on Dec 10, 2006 15:38:16 GMT
I too paid out £10 with the promise of many perks including the breeding database. If I had known this was all just a sham I wouldn't have bothered. Has any form of communication been made regarding this?
Just to add if I wanted to sell a pony I would rather invest in a proper advertising site.
Not free? Well if this is a site that gets paid for they must be having a laugh - I am the owner of my own FREE forum and rarely experience any problems and we have just as many active members, if not more!
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Post by Philippa on Dec 10, 2006 22:30:13 GMT
I am also a £10 paid up Gold member but unlike others here I am quite happy with SS. I have met some amazing people on there and bought and sold several ponies.
Yes it has its problems which are irritating at times but hey - life isn't straight forward is it?
The board owner is a busy person and while I would have wanted to see the database up and running by now it isn't. There is obviously a good reason for it, of which I am happy to wait to be resolved. The subscription is a 1 off fee not annual so for you lot who have paid then at least you won't have to pay again.
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Post by brackenrigg on Dec 12, 2006 8:23:56 GMT
I agree with Phillppa i also am a paid up memger of s/s and even though problems may sometimes arise it is worth sticking with it, unlike some other forums s/s and their moderators do an excellent job of removing malicious comments.
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Post by grr on Dec 12, 2006 21:10:46 GMT
ANyone else struggling tonight???
Its driving me mad, at the end of the day we've paid for a service and yet AGAIN the service doesn't work.
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Post by fedup on Dec 12, 2006 22:28:29 GMT
Yeah , no joy on s.s here either.Can someone remind me why i handed £10 over?!
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Post by SOAPY on Dec 12, 2006 22:40:51 GMT
WHATS UP WITH IT ANYWAY?
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Post by Guestless on Dec 12, 2006 23:15:23 GMT
Okay chaps, please don't use this forum to slate another one. We've heard some comments from both sides and now I'm going to close the thread.
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But would like to go back and have a look.
