stupalace Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Okay , once again a complaint . Please stop doing threads such as official site update 17/03/09 god , call it Allaway goes to Uxbridge , cut and paste the lnfo on this site or not have it at all . People dont want to click on a link that takes them elsewhere . Its likes the pink shirt , I want to buy one I cant get to home games nothing on either site tells me where I can buy one yet the slough observer gives me an email address and a phone number , why isnt this on here or the slough site come on people who moderate this site and also the slough town site this isnt the first time i have had cause to complain , sort it out or contact me and I will market it for you . where is the link to the slough town club shop as well at the moment ?? Its cheap and nasty at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebel1963 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Firstly the link makes you go to the official site,why is that a bad thing ? Secondly i thought the idea was donating to breast cancer research where all you seem concerned about is getting a football shirt. Thirdly is it the same help you were offering before ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarySTFC Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Stu, Links to the Official Site rather than reposting the article in full on here direct further traffic and visitors to the Official Site rather than this unofficial, yet mainly used, discussion forum. The reason to post the link is to ensure we get the maximum exposure of our website rahter than the discussion forum. The more traffic it receives and therefore the more popular it is, the more attractive it will be to advertisers and club sponsors. The story regarding the pink shirt is on the website with an email link contained within the news article which other people have used with success already. Don't see the problem with this as it stands. Club shop area on the site is being looked into and will be setup for next season utilising paypal to allow for credit card purchases to be made through the website. You have my details from old discussions, you have the option to discuss things via PM on here, email or on a matchday as I am sure your ideas of marketing the club would be wholly appreciated. I look forward to hearing from you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Stu, The pink shirt story provides the details of the person you need to contact and if you click on their name you are able to e-mail the relevant person - novel idea I know - glad I was able to "market" that for you. The whole point of forcing you to the site for the story is so that you see the advertising etc which makes it a potentially more profitable site. I believe that may have something to do with marketing. Why are you so keen on getting the pink shirt and merchandise from the club shop when you are unable to get to a game? Is it because you plan to flog it on on Ebay in a few years time for a profit? You seem a very negative person who never gets to a Slough game yet loves to criticise. Unless you pays your money you can really have no justification for the endless moaning. But it is not surprising that you are so miserable given that you support Palace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Ha ha, you rather stole my thunder there Gary!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Unable to get to a game, yet lives in Cippenham. I guess it's because he's got a Palace season ticket. A terrible shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Oh my dear! I really am having to bite my lip on this one... Thanks for the comedy Stupalace! Awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staines-upon-Thames Rebel Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Customer: 'Ello, I wish to register a complaint. Customer: 'Ello, Miss? Owner: What do you mean "miss"? Customer: I'm sorry, I have a cold. I wish to make a complaint! Owner: We're closin' for lunch. Customer: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this parrot what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupalace Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 once again the friendly response on here says it all about the club , do this idiot really think that a pink slough town shirt will be worth anything in years to come ? lol , yes sorry for wanting to spend a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Oh dear, let's all calm down a bit shall we? Firstly, let's try to remember that the club website and the club shop are run by volunteers, it's not a paid position and they all have other jobs which take up most of their time. Therefore, let's try to keep the tone of suggestions being posted to these hard working types civil. Personally, I think it would be a good idea to get the club shop online, the problem is that if we suddenly get a surge of people asking for merchandise, we may well run out and it takes a while to replace the stock - but I'm sure most ardent slough supporters won't mind waiting for a bit before receiving their goods through the post. As for the point about bouncing people from this site to the main one - I think I side with Gary on this one. Having been heavily involved in the world of websites for commercial purposes, it is incredibly important for the main club site to get traffic figures up, and one way of doing this is encouraging the users of this forum to visit it regularly. If the clicks per month figures are good, we're more likely to get sponsors offering banners and skyscraper ads for the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Why complain? Why not point out your issues in a pm to the appropriate people? Your original comments got peoples backs up as it was directed negatively at the people who put time,energy and money (more than Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 No no, Stupalace is correct. Chris, Gary, Matt and myself will just stop everything we are doing including our jobs for the next month so we can russell up a club shop for him. Its not as if we don't have anything better to do with our spare time either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarySTFC Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Stu, is it any wonder you get the tone of response when you're posting with an aggressive attitude yourself? You have my details for club shop/Breast Cancer Research shirt information as we've spoken before by private message and email, so why the problem in repeating this to submit your offer for one of the shirts? Just to reiterate, the money (after expenses), will all be going to Breast Cancer Research NOT THE CLUB. Why should we not want to show off our website? It is one of the better ones in non-league football and certainly better in design than the carbon copy Pitchero and Premium TV ones found in the football league. Would you not agree that the website would be a very good way in modern times of helping to raise the profile of the club again and not on an unofficial message board? We have already received a number of orders for the club shop items through email this season alone and have been able to process these through cheque payment for people both inside and outside the UK. Again, I look forward to receiving either an email or PM from you and I am quite happy to talk to you on the phone if you PM me your mobile number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Should also reiterate that the online club shop is a good idea, but not a new one - it is one of the things that will be done in the close season (isn't that right Chris ), but requires a lot of time and effort (unpaid) to set up. As Gary said, it will enable people to buy using PayPal. And there is currently an STFC eBay shop set up, which has sold programmes and the like, raising funds for the Trust/Club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Stu I would like to introduce to '. Apostrophe please meet Stu. He is an angry man. I will try to arrange an introduction to capital letters in due course. I am not sure I follow your logic - anyone specifically wishing to purchase something from the club shop can make contact through the site. Simply. The club would much rather have fans regularly coming through the turnstiles than the occasional purchase of a mug online. Although all sales are good sales. We are in the 8th tier of English football and are unlikely to attract a lot of interest from the casual shopper. Most people will have some connection with the club or the town and therefore have no difficult in obtaining what they need. If you are so keen on a Pink shirt, I'd give Palace a miss and turn up at a game. They are going quick what with being limited edition and for charity. Why is it that everytime someone suggest turning up at a game you get hostile and defensive? Is Beaconsfield really harder and more expensive to get to than Selhurst Park? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlenW Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 God i hate pitchero,well done on a great website it has to be said. As has been said all these requests require volunteers,very easy to complain with words but people not so easy to put themselves forward to do the tasks themselves.An online shop is a good idea for those who live further away,running an ebay site requires a lot of time packing things up to go out to people but can be a good source of funds for the club. Good to here the breast cancer sponsorship is going well so quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupalace Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Originally Posted By: Tom No no, Stupalace is correct. Chris, Gary, Matt and myself will just stop everything we are doing including our jobs for the next month so we can russell up a club shop for him. Its not as if we don't have anything better to do with our spare time either. how long does it take to set up an ebay shop ? 5 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupalace Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Originally Posted By: GarySTFC Stu, is it any wonder you get the tone of response when you're posting with an aggressive attitude yourself? You have my details for club shop/Breast Cancer Research shirt information as we've spoken before by private message and email, so why the problem in repeating this to submit your offer for one of the shirts? Just to reiterate, the money (after expenses), will all be going to Breast Cancer Research NOT THE CLUB. Why should we not want to show off our website? It is one of the better ones in non-league football and certainly better in design than the carbon copy Pitchero and Premium TV ones found in the football league. Would you not agree that the website would be a very good way in modern times of helping to raise the profile of the club again and not on an unofficial message board? We have already received a number of orders for the club shop items through email this season alone and have been able to process these through cheque payment for people both inside and outside the UK. Again, I look forward to receiving either an email or PM from you and I am quite happy to talk to you on the phone if you PM me your mobile number. i will get in touch with you tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlenW Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Stu setting up is easy yes 5 minutes,but maintaining it is like having a part time job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupalace Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Originally Posted By: Martin Stu I would like to introduce to '. Apostrophe please meet Stu. He is an angry man. I will try to arrange an introduction to capital letters in due course. I am not sure I follow your logic - anyone specifically wishing to purchase something from the club shop can make contact through the site. Simply. The club would much rather have fans regularly coming through the turnstiles than the occasional purchase of a mug online. Although all sales are good sales. We are in the 8th tier of English football and are unlikely to attract a lot of interest from the casual shopper. Most people will have some connection with the club or the town and therefore have no difficult in obtaining what they need. If you are so keen on a Pink shirt, I'd give Palace a miss and turn up at a game. They are going quick what with being limited edition and for charity. Why is it that everytime someone suggest turning up at a game you get hostile and defensive? Is Beaconsfield really harder and more expensive to get to than Selhurst Park? so where can i see whats available in the club shop and the old online shop link that used to be on the old site ???? yes the 8th tier in english football but with a rich past history , some great fa cup wins and some great ex players and perfomances its all about pro-active sales . club merchandise is the easiest way to do this and a mail order shop would be a great way to do this .how long would it take someone to wrap up some shirts , mugs and programmes and take them to the post office er , read back through the thread your the one who started being hostile about me not going to slough games and other comments . how long would it take to wrap up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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