[Mgs] MGA Rebuild

[Charles Hill]

I agree with Barrie.  The few forums I have tried ended up being way too 
much like Facebook - mostly social stuff and inside comments that had 
absolutely no meaning to me.
Charles Hill

On 1/8/2012 5:16 PM, Barrie Robinson wrote:
> Mark,
>
> I do have some experience with Forum vs Email.    Forums suck unless 
> one wants to chat and browse with no particular question in mind.  I 
> started the Aston Martin Feltham Club (www.AMFClub.com) because the 
> AMOC was so expensive and does little in the technical side.  So I 
> have gathered a group of enthusiasts with the same Aston that I have.  
> This allows us to correspond back and forward and as a result we have 
> solved many problems.  With forums you have to keep signing on (and 
> having to remember a user name etc), but with email - BAM it arrives 
> !!!  The Aston Martin Owners Club is very upset with me and maintains 
> the Forum is the way to go - but my experience with team.net and 
> several forums - the team.net wins all hands down.  As a for instance, 
> I need a pressure switch for my master brake cylinder - so I sent out 
> an email to my membership (much the same idea as team.net except tons 
> of MGs but few DB 2/4s).  I had a reply from a member with part number 
> and using Copernic I found the cheapest supplier for the Lucas part - 
> elapsed time ????   31 minutes.   I got a call from AMOC saying I 
> should use the AMOC forum which I did, omitting to say I already had 
> ordered a part.  As of today (I accessed the AMOC forum today) there 
> is no reply to my AMOC plea !!!
>
> Forums are complex, fussy, and not in real time ...."oh, god grief, I 
> forgot to go to the forum AGAIN"  Go look at the AMOC forum and see 
> how complex it is ....and for no apparent reason except some techy 
> sold them on all the "features" the software package had  
> ...............and rarely used
>
> Your team.net system is far far the best ever and don't you forget it