Umm... what did I say to make you so upset?

This is a free service. I'm trying to help people 
out here. There is no money involved. I'm not 
selling your stuff nor am I doing anything other 
than promoting your stuff. There's no banner ads.

Rubberslug creates a framework to upload your own 
graphics into so you don't have to deal with 
HTML. Not everyone is gifted with the time to sit 
down and learn HTML do write one little thing 
with it, and I don't blame them. You can very 
easily make the sites look reasonably different 
from each other. (I will personally help anyone 
who wants to do so, just e-mail me.)

If you must know, the server space is from a rack 
that I use for other business. It costs $1000  a 
month plus $25,000 worth of equipment to run this 
rack. I don't HAVE to do this, I did it because I 
love cel collecting and want other people to get 
into it.

This is called a Good Deed to the Cel Collecting 
Universe. I hate to say it, but don't spoil it 
for the half dozen people who are already 
interested.

I've spent an excess of 80 hours on this (and 
arguably, thousands of dollars) for no pay -- all 
because I'm having fun and the response so far 
has been positive (except this one). I can easily 
go spend my free time doing working on something 
that pays, or at least will be appreciated.

Perhaps you've brainwashed yourself by "Disney 
music"?

As for the database stuff I was talking about, 
I'm not going to catalogue any real cels. We're 
going to sit down and make a big long list of 
shows that have cels and shows that don't. This 
first point should cut down on the number of "are 
there any cels from show xxxx?" questions here. 

Also, for shows that do have cels, most people 
would like to know how hard a fight to expect for 
these things.

I've had so many friends ask me how much stuff 
costs because they honestly don't know. We're not 
trying to put a price tag on your cels. We're not 
putting a price on any specific cel. We're trying 
to educate cel collectors as to what they should 
expect going into a cel store, a convention, or 
an auction. And it's not me personally who is 
going to be coming up with this. It's going to be 
volunteers who each give their opinion as to how 
much they're willing to pay for certain things 
with huge standard deviations and some sort 
of "assurance/confidence factor" for safety. I 
won't get into the statistics analysis of it, but 
rest assured that a rarity index will help people 
find what they want without getting ripped off 
just because they didn't know what to expect.

These things are Good Ideas that are necessities 
for the community. This is an effort to cut down 
on exorbitant cel auctions, back-and-forth 
sniping, etc. and get back to just enjoying a 
hobby that is, without a doubt, becoming harder 
to enjoy because of escalating costs and other 
barriers to entry. I don't want cel collecting to 
be a game only for the rich and people who spend 
money only on cels. I think everyone should get 
to experience peeling open a cel bag and smelling 
the paint and realizing that there's only one in 
the world like it -- and you're holding it by two 
corners tilting it at the light making sure it's 
perfect.

Do I still sound like someone who doesn't 
understand what this hobby is about?

Perhaps you misunderstood my initial post. I 
invite you to come up with a reason why these 
things are not Good Ideas after thinking about 
this post for a bit.

For anyone who managed to read down this far, I 
invite you all to give it a try.


jn