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What became of M100 Forum?

Started by Rolo, 22 October 2019, 07:06 PM

rumb

Perhaps the 3 posts per month was an indication that thing had gone wrong?
'68 250S
'77 6.9 Euro
'91 300SE,
'98 SL500
'14 CLS550,
'16 AMG GTS
'21 E450 Cabrio

UTn_boy

Until they can figure out how to renew current memberships it's going to be pretty dead.  I've been trying to renew for many months, and no one can figure out how to renew my membership.  The same thing is happening to other members, too.  The last email they sent me instructed me to contact the web host.  I just threw my hands up and decided to completely forego any further attempts.  Though, I'd love to have been a fly on the wall when they decided to allow membership for anyone.  I can almost imagine the founders cringing or rolling over in their graves.  They despised "non card carrying" members.  It was always such a "cliquey" environment......it's like the Mercedes version of "Mean Girls", but with prejudice and "high browing".  It wasn't anything like the W116 forum. 
1966 250se coupe`,black/dark green leather
1970 600 midnight blue/parchment leather
1971 300sel 6.3,papyrus white/dark red leather
1975 450se, pine green metallic/green leather
1973 300sel 4.5,silver blue metallic/blue leather
1979 450sel 516 red/bamboo

daantjie

#17
Yup I've piled on a bit on them the last bit, so I guess I am not entirely impartial to what is going on over there, but I fully agree and have always held the view that having a club connection to a website and forum was never going to work.  I never really felt at home there and I have over 1 000 posts.  I always felt they treated the 6.9 as "less than", and heavily favoured the 6.3 and 600, but to each their own I guess.

In contrast, I have always felt a lot more at home here on the org, with everybody getting along and genuinely trying to help one another.  I guess it falls into the "necessity is the mother of invention" category, but I'll take it 8)

Cheers

Daniel
1977 450 SEL 6.9 - Astralsilber

rumb

Well their forum page doesn't even work at all now.
'68 250S
'77 6.9 Euro
'91 300SE,
'98 SL500
'14 CLS550,
'16 AMG GTS
'21 E450 Cabrio

UTn_boy

They're still wanting $75 for me to renew my membership.  I guess the "being open to anybody" didn't come to fruition.  Apparently, if you're not a paying member you can't access anything on the site.  I guess the joke is on them. 
1966 250se coupe`,black/dark green leather
1970 600 midnight blue/parchment leather
1971 300sel 6.3,papyrus white/dark red leather
1975 450se, pine green metallic/green leather
1973 300sel 4.5,silver blue metallic/blue leather
1979 450sel 516 red/bamboo

TJ 450

Nothing at all is accessible at the moment as far as I can tell.

Tim
1976 450SEL 6.9 1432
1969 300SEL 6.3 1394
2003 ML500