tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post8775225089689677156..comments2024-03-11T18:37:39.427-04:00Comments on Shoebox Legends: The Death of Zistle? (or the Perils of Contributing to a Website You Don't Own)shoeboxlegendshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11642879419337014960noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-26348164459859361182020-06-29T23:25:21.949-04:002020-06-29T23:25:21.949-04:00Great post, interesting to catch up on the first w...Great post, interesting to catch up on the first wave I missed out on. I came across TCDB today, and have started trying Colnect.com. It's EU-based, so maybe Beckett will be less likely to pursue it. It seems like both sites support trades, which is what I'm really looking for.SeanFromIThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14319943010216197408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-85142696028469529322018-08-21T09:29:30.725-04:002018-08-21T09:29:30.725-04:00Hi, Priceguide.cards is similar but superior to Zi...Hi, Priceguide.cards is similar but superior to Zistle and is also free! Millions of cards listed and the portfolio management is excellent. They guy Tom really seems to care about collectors and their needs. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-80100534511805291682018-07-30T22:50:43.645-04:002018-07-30T22:50:43.645-04:00Glad I found your article! So basically if someone...Glad I found your article! So basically if someone wanted to recreate zistle, but even better, they would eventually get sued by beckett? no matter how they attained the public information?<br /><br />I recently started using zistle again and found many frustrations and being a developer, I want to rebuild it myself. I would not be able to fight Beckett though. There has to be a way around this right?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06780486912939984166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-64170367067362537912018-05-09T23:02:26.090-04:002018-05-09T23:02:26.090-04:00Just commenting here to say I miss the good old da...Just commenting here to say I miss the good old days of Zistle awesomeness.Josh D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13718628093230589490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-36967880138512795322016-10-21T21:10:22.929-04:002016-10-21T21:10:22.929-04:00agreed pal. I really used it for the trade feature...agreed pal. I really used it for the trade feature. I'll miss that the most.Captain Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-25092511966585136532016-10-21T17:12:36.137-04:002016-10-21T17:12:36.137-04:00I have the same feelings. I realize that Beckett i...I have the same feelings. I realize that Beckett is a for-profit company and I am sure Zistle was taking something out of their pockets by offering a free option but honestly at this point does Beckett even expect to get one new customer from Zistle's community? I highly doubt it so they put up money and time and besides chasing away Josh and Ashley they also chased away any income they expected by shuttering Zistle.<br /><br />I am remaining active on Zistle for now and I have begun to export my collection to my computer and I have started to spend time on TCDB.<br />Corkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02344136023470368021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-74347629954807828792016-10-21T10:01:02.216-04:002016-10-21T10:01:02.216-04:00Wow....this is the first I've heard of it. I a...Wow....this is the first I've heard of it. I always was in awe of the effort you went through in your zistle given I knew I'd never have the time or commitment level to do that (but always felt I should). I hope there is a positive outcome here and your work can continue to be viewed the way it should...Pro Set Cardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16223284558318605801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-30324609283377353832016-10-21T07:00:58.909-04:002016-10-21T07:00:58.909-04:00Thanks for the rundown, Shane... This is a story t...Thanks for the rundown, Shane... This is a story that's largely gone under the radar, even though it's a travesty that this 800-pound gorilla is allowed to run roughshod over their so-called competitors.<br /><br />I would promise to boycott them, but weren't getting my money to start with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-7219144026433089642016-10-20T23:10:10.089-04:002016-10-20T23:10:10.089-04:00F Beckett-you all suck, and how can you own a numb...F Beckett-you all suck, and how can you own a number on a card? F themManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00723730037880660613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-17857507797837156042016-10-20T21:39:52.887-04:002016-10-20T21:39:52.887-04:00this is actually scottbdoug, for some reason blogg...this is actually scottbdoug, for some reason blogger.com keeps my wife's google login no matter what i do to try and switch to my account. anyway I only use Zistle, no other site has the auto trade option, which is my main reason for using Zistle. I will miss it if Beckett closes Zistle after all the Gold Memberships run out. It will probably put me out of the hobby because I found collecting by myself wasnt much fun. Zistle allowed you to trade with the community without spending hours with another person going through trade lists to see what each other wants or has.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18220643067084210960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-82247801616938925212016-10-20T19:13:18.126-04:002016-10-20T19:13:18.126-04:00I am crushed as well, Zistle was also a huge part ...I am crushed as well, Zistle was also a huge part my me collecting, you line about "After all, if a card sits in the dark in a box and you don't even know that you have it, what good is it really doing you?" is exactly how I feel and why I spent countless hours scanning and adding cards. I am still sick about this and haven't not even bought a card or made a trade since the linkedin status was posted. I know this will slow my collecting and the loss of the trading community will pretty much kill my trading.Rosenorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032124008643343187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-4254686457005807202016-10-20T12:01:36.053-04:002016-10-20T12:01:36.053-04:00I am a control freak when it comes to my collectio...I am a control freak when it comes to my collection, so I never gave Zistle a serious thought, although I received several overtures from the creators early on. This is my worst fear -- investing all that time and effort into something that someone else will ruin.<br /><br />Beckett can suck it. Again.night owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-58764569205026430472016-10-20T10:33:52.492-04:002016-10-20T10:33:52.492-04:00I've started poking around in Trading Card Dat...I've started poking around in Trading Card Database a little bit lately, but I have to wonder if Beckett is going to come after them next. Do I really want to go to all the work of uploading my lists and scanning photos just to have it all disappear again?RAZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17519699812373438878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-8865772221533351802016-10-20T10:31:37.813-04:002016-10-20T10:31:37.813-04:00I forget when exactly I discovered Zistle but I wa...I forget when exactly I discovered Zistle but I was hooked once I looked into it. I am reeling from the latest developments as well. When the certificate expired and I could only access via Firefox (after adjusting for the expired cert.) I opted to discontinue my gold membership, sensing the end doom was soon. I am glad the certificate got updated even if it is just to finish out a year. I also use Trading Card Database. Again I forget exactly when I started using it, but with TCDB it took a couple of visits for me to decide to start using it, and at first things were a little confusing since I was used to the Zistle way of doing things. At one time I tried to sync my collection at both sites, but never got very far. Some of the A&G like sets TCDB either adds to their multi-sport section or divides the set up by sport in the individual sports. Zistle has most of them either as multi-sport or as Baseball or the dominant sport for the set. So in some ways syncing between the two sites is difficult. Plus some of the non-sport stuff I have never got into Zistle. Some of my Non-Sport promo cards were at one time at Zistle.CaptKirk42https://www.blogger.com/profile/16039278539984069944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-54364156968464847262016-10-20T10:26:09.518-04:002016-10-20T10:26:09.518-04:00Trading Card Database. The goal is to document eve...Trading Card Database. The goal is to document every card ever made - over 1 million have been scanned and posted. Thousands of cards Beckett does not acknowledge exist are included. Here's the Hartford Whalers entry http://www.tradingcarddb.com/Team.cfm/tid/323/Hartford-WhalersBilly Kingsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847326710191224832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-85644475928135521872016-10-20T09:55:14.404-04:002016-10-20T09:55:14.404-04:00When I got back into card collecting I found the T...When I got back into card collecting I found the Trading Card Database before I heard of Zistle. So I have my collection tracked there, and have helped by scanning cards that I own.Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11652380890985105416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-89750056409902495912016-10-20T09:49:13.391-04:002016-10-20T09:49:13.391-04:00One of my non blogging friends told me about this....One of my non blogging friends told me about this. What a shame it ended like that. Let me know if you hear of another site that serves the same purpose. BobWalkthePlankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16011292576523365641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-64527972896727525282016-10-20T09:18:58.317-04:002016-10-20T09:18:58.317-04:00This sucks. I had such grand plans to get my arms ...This sucks. I had such grand plans to get my arms around my collection using Zistle, but I fell behind on updating, and with this news it seems like a lost cause. <br /><br />Any suggestions for other sites that are similar (and not Beckett, because screw those guys)? Maybe something that is not exclusive to sports cards? Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03580716283983922689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-62510247495600922482016-10-20T09:12:05.098-04:002016-10-20T09:12:05.098-04:00I'm reeling a bit too, as you said. I can surv...I'm reeling a bit too, as you said. I can survive keeping a list of what I have in a spreadsheet, but creating a want list was the really cool feature of it for me, along with trading. It also helped a lot to determine which parallel I had, or even just figuring out what set a 90s insert belonged to by simply searching on the player name and card number, then matching the photo if necessary. This was especially useful when someone would send me a pile of random Cardinals, sometimes from sets I'd never seen before. As a software guy, I've thought about trying to duplicate what they've done, but of course I apparently couldn't open it to the public without getting sued myself.Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07885481981559170900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-79510095964477459222016-10-20T08:51:33.157-04:002016-10-20T08:51:33.157-04:00Honestly, your post is the first I'd heard of ...Honestly, your post is the first I'd heard of it. While I have used Zistle fairly regularly to catalog my Brewers collections, I'd fallen behind recently. And, I never really got involved on the forums there either. <br /><br />That said, I fear you are correct -- that Beckett will simply let the site shut down on its own rather than incorporate it into its website as a new feature or to keep it as a subscription-based service on the existing platform.Tony L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01349226671097456632noreply@blogger.com