Vectrexer Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I have noted that the security certificate used on the login page for GameGavel (https://www.gamegavel.com/member_login.cgi) is expired for a while now. Notifications to the site admins via GameGavel.com and Social Media have met with zero response. This indicates to me a site that may be in the initial stages of decomposition. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 No, they are delaying the updates to make it even better! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I'm curious ...why would you (or anyone, except possibly Mike Kennedy) care? It's not like the site gets any sales traffic, or offers anything that eBay can't do. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I'm curious ...why would you (or anyone, except possibly Mike Kennedy) care? It's not like the site gets any sales traffic, or offers anything that eBay can't do. But I thought ChaseTheGameWagonGavel.com was an affordable alternative to eBay? No more outrageous fees! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 No, they are delaying the updates to make it even better!I've heard from a reliable source that Mike is putting together a Kickstarter campaign to raise the money for a new SSL certificate. It hasn't gone live yet because he can't figure out how to offer an expensive Collector's Edition in designer colors. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 In the few times I've looked for something, in at least the categories I've checked, it's full of pie in the sky high BIN's just like ebay so as a buyer, there's nothing there for me. I think I bought a couple cheap 2600 carts there about 7 years ago and nothing since. It's a dead site IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 A successful market needs buyers and sellers of which GameGavel.com has neither. I sold thousands of dollars worth of retrocomputing and retrogaming junk on eBay last year and I guaramdamnteeya I wouldn't've gotten than much had I sold on GameGavel.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Update: They are having "compatibility issues" apparently the new certificate is unavailable in cartridge form. Not to worry, Mr. Lee has developed an adaptor, they just need us to raise funding. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 The site is held together by electrical tape. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Update: They are having "compatibility issues" apparently the new certificate is unavailable in cartridge form. Not to worry, Mr. Lee has developed an adaptor, they just need us to raise funding. If only the SSL certificate had been on a cartridge to begin with. Then it would never have needed an update. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPA5 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I'm curious ...why would you (or anyone, except possibly Mike Kennedy) care? It's not like the site gets any sales traffic, or offers anything that eBay can't do. Because at this point, no one's going to miss the opportunity to kick Mike in the balls just a few more times. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Gull Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Because at this point, no one's going to miss the opportunity to kick Mike in the balls just a few more times. And on that point I am waiting to still get into Game Gavel never used it before but it sounds amazing. And the gavel part is like going to court and who does not like that experience? (please note name above) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 The site is held together by electrical tape. ... and it's hosted on a Mini SNES SNEZZZZZ inside a server case! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 In all seriousness, I looked into Game Gavel about a year ag... ah, never mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 If anyone here has a GG account, you should put up a SNEZ in a Jag case, I wonder if it would get flagged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 If anyone here has a GG account, you should put up a SNEZ in a Jag case, I wonder if it would get flaggedHeh, I'd like to see that. I suspect it doesn't get much attention except when it receives money...so, pretty much never. As much as I want to root for the scrappy underdog independent, this is just lame and should go away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 [Coleco Chameleon reference] 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdoll Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 i last checked the site out when it was new and had high hopes but got out of collecting and gaming to some extent until recently it appears the site has failed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 i last checked the site out when it was new and had high hopes but got out of collecting and gaming to some extent until recently it appears the site has failed... The surest sign that GameGavel has failed is that Mike insists that it's "still growing." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottyDont00 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 I've tried repeatedly to use that site over the past two years and couldn't get what I was looking remotely close to prices I could find on eBay. Great idea but lack of sellers looking to be competitive with the rest of the market... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjameslv Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Damn, i didn't even know that site was still around. I thought it died along time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Given Mike Kennedy's gross mismanagement of his other projects, can you really blame them for not doing well? Writings on the wall, anything that Mike touches turns to shit. It's kinda like the reverse end of the Midas touch curse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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