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
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