Thai Visa Classifieds - Have They Gone Forever?

[Generalchaos]

What on earth has happened to the Classifieds section? I know the site has been getting a revamp but come on! The classified section has been down for over two weeks now. Are they going to be back up and running or has this section been disbanded? I have never seen such a poor transition on a website as this, there is no messages (They stopped a week ago) now you just get a "Page unavailable message" like a timeout. Very shoddy! I wouldn't care but on the right hand side of my browser when logged on to Thai Visa right under the heading advertising tickets for Jimmy Carr is a Thai Visa banner saying "Advertise with us! #1 Advertising Site In Thailand" Pray tell.......how?

Edited August 24, 2016 by Generalchaos

[Henryford]

I am glad i didn't pay for any adverts to have them disappear into limbo.

[MamaSan]

Good question!  'Thought I was doing something wrong...  Where, oh where can they be?

[Generalchaos]

I imagine that TV has lost most future customers for Paid Ads. after this debacle! I for one would never take out a paid ad. with them. The ads have been down well over a week now, and even with a full refund it would still be very bad practice the way they did this.

 

The updated site was looking good initially, however it seems like it has been updated supporting only Internet Explorer! None of the "Quote" buttons seem to work in Edge! Did no one tell them that I.E is no longer a supported browser?

Edited August 26, 2016 by Generalchaos

[homeseeker]

For some days i been trying to get into the classifieds/links without success. Tried both Edge and IE.

So can someone from Thai Visa Forum tell us what is the problem....as the above posts suggest it is not only me affected.

Thank u.

Edited August 27, 2016 by homeseeker

[bartender100]

the whole forum now now is a mess, well done to the new owners

[bigfella]

I have no idea why the new owners changed the forum ! There was nothing wrong with the old version and at least you could find the info you were looking for.....now....difficult to say the least !

[siam2007]

as I have mentioned earlier, the new version has been created to entirely wipe out PC/laptop users and only to be used by users of mobile devices

[JaseTheBass]

as I have mentioned earlier, the new version has been created to entirely wipe out PC/laptop users and only to be used by users of mobile devices

No. It's still crap on a mobile device.

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[peeba7]

New owners?

[peeba7]

Bump, please fix, ok mai krap?

[MrJohnson]

or at least provide an update to what is actually going on

 

[balo]

I think they should go back to the old version , I don't care if they call it a step back. I'm still on Windows 7 and I love ir. 

[peeba7]

Not sure if we are allowed to but since we are being ignored why not post the best alternatives or pm for at least one i can give you, pm me with your best alternative classifieds for pattaya area.  We can try to post them here but not sure how that will fly.  I think it is safe the say the classifieds have either changed or not worked for about two months. since mid to late july 2016.

Edited September 19, 2016 by peeba7

[peeba7]

Bump.

 

Hello, is anyone listening that is in the know?

[peeba7]

google:

 

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[Tech Doctor]

Classifieds is being tested at the moment. I will request an updated ETA.

 

We are also writing our own mobile app version so that we have more control over what we support.

 

TD

[dingdongrb]

...any update?

 

Classifieds has been down for more than a month and it would be nice to get some regular updates of perhaps when it'll be back on line or if it's never coming back. 

 

Is anyone really working on it?

 

As one person suggested, leave the old version up and running until the new version is finished and verified then switch over. duhhhhhhh, that's what web designers do for website updates.

[mike324]

the new forum is full of ads, feels very spammy and annoying

[Tech Doctor]

It has less ads than before. roughly 25% less. They have also been moved to not be inside of posts but underneath to stop you having issues reading topics and comments.

 

TD

[midasthailand]

On 9/26/2016 at 11:52 AM, Tech Doctor said:

Classifieds is being tested at the moment. I will request an updated ETA.

 

We are also writing our own mobile app version so that we have more control over what we support.

 

TD

have you got an updated ETA? it is now 8 days since you said you were going to request one! Believe it or not quite a lot of TV users look at the classifieds regularly and not having them is a pain!

[Tech Doctor]

Hi

 

I will check with the team tomorrow and reply. Sorry fire the delay I hAve been on leave. 

 

TD

[balo]

For classifieds use baht sold or craigslist.  

[peeba7]

Has anyone else noticed the for sale in Craigslist has gotten extremely thin on ads for pattaya, are they now charging a price and that is the reason for so few posts?

[taninthai]

so nearly 2 months since the question was asked on this topic, and still no answer.............this must be the only forum im member of where its so difficult to get an answer.

[drupopuppis]

I can't belive how this new website transition got so wrong. It take so much for earning a good bunch of loyal users but not so much to loose them.

ADMINISTRATORS SHOULD LISTEN TO OUR VOICE....! WE ARE ASKING FOR THE CLASSIFIED SECTION BACK ONLINE....! NO MATTER HOW BROKEN WAS THE OLD ONE...AT LEAST WE COULD USE IT.....AND...AS SOMEONE ELSE POINTED RIGHTLY IN THIS POST, YOU SHOULD REPLACE AN IMPORTANT SECTION OF THE WEBSITE  ONCE THE NEW SECTION IS READY.

 

DOCTORS REPLACE AN IMPORTANT ORGAN ON A HUMAN BODY "ONCE THEY GOT" THE REPLACEMENT ON HAND. IMMAGINE AN HEART TRANSPLANT OPERATION IN WHICH THE SURGEON PLACES THE PATIENT ON AN INDUCED COMA WHILE WAITING FOR THE NEW ORGAN TO BE DONATED.

 

While the above example might be a bit "extreme", I wanted to point out how important for us as your loyal users is, (perhaps was because some of are looking for alternatives), the classified section of your web site.

 

Come on.....show us you can do better, we have trusted all along..!

[Maestro]

Last thing I heard, the new classifieds site is going through the first testing phase at the moment. Too early to tell when it will be up and running.

[Steiner]

What is it with web owners here testing sites live!!!

Typical for Thailand, don't spend money and expect people to just absorb it and come back like idiots, that doesn't happen in the real world.

 

Just in case TV actually gives a sh1t, here's how it's done in the real world, copy your site, or a percentage of it to a development server, make changes, test and debug, when it works, transfer the changes to the live site.
Total down time would be an hour in the middle of the night and practically no one down time.
We used to use the classifieds and paid ads, that will never happen again.

 

You shouldn't bite the hand that feeds you...

[Tech Doctor]

Hi,

 

The front end theme is being edited at the moment, the New Re-Written classifieds is expected within the next few weeks.

 

TD

[BuriramDevelopers]

The slow death of something that was once a beacon for many?