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I answered your legit question!  You didn't say thank you or nothing, you went straight to the negative part of my response.  Why air dirty laundy on the message board but respond to the person who somewhat answered your question through PM?  That helps nobody, as a matter of fact it deters people from responding to your questions and even shows you don't care if its answered anyways because as you say you'll "just do your own thing" which you've said you've done in the past anyways.  If you respond to the helpful responses then others who may have the same questions may not have to ask it later.

I'm not against you asking questions, but when you don't get the answer you want to hear or even one that answers your question, don't get pissed off and think its a "me against the world".  Also if you want better replies to your questions don't comment on the negative and thank the ones who do help you out. 

I'm not against you, however you may feel about me.  I want you to get the most out of this site just like I hope the same for everyone else.  The best way to do that is ask questions and when they are answered thank them and move on.

Also I forgot to say it but I do want to thank you Bob for all the work you've done to help the site, which is a lot more than others have.  I'm sure I'm not the only one who would say it means a lot.  It's also nice that you want to gain more access to some of the permissions, and by using the forums asking questions, you are doing it the right way.  So don't think I don't like you.  Having someone like you on the site is more valuable than someone who is only on to pick fights, which I know you aren't doing.  I think just like myself, when we see printed words online we aren't sure of the inflection of those words and take them the wrong way.  You're cool in my book, so I hope you have a great day!

My bad, my day started off trying to figure out the GET ACCESS.

I guess I'm the type that needs step by step directions.

And I was probably asking too many questions in 1 post.

I haven't done alot of scanning, so the whole process is relatively new to me.

THANKS to all members that tried to help and you did kinda....

I'm trying to add sorely needed scans of POGS and I needed to know HOW? In a sleeve, no sleeve, how many on the glass, in a binder page and so on.

Sorry the whole post got twisted, Any suggestions with the POGS?

~bob~

Trouble with round cards is getting them straight and then cropping them to the edges.  You can scan several at a time if you take the time to put them on the scanner really staright up.  Then make however many copies of the scan you have POGS on one scan.  Then the cropping difficulty begins.  You have to aim from an imaginary corner to "slice" righton the edge of the POG.  Obviously, the two far edges are easy as you drag the cropping tool.  So, start wide and high, get the opposite corner right, and then do a second crop from the corner that is right.  You should be able to get all four edges against the POG without cutting off any part of it.  Practice will make this much easier than first imagined. (Being older like I am Bob, you may wish to get the younger daughter to teach you - yes she can teach ehr Dad a new trick.)

I wanted to add as well that I don't think you have to jump the hurdle of getting permission to approve your own scans in order to access Level 7.  If I recall when I did it, scanning and being able to approve my own scans was something totally separate from the 8 Permission Levels.  Only the points accumulated by scanning made any difference to what levels I could gain access to.  The new Pricing Permission would be the same.

Things may have changed since I did it so others who have more recently gone through the Permission Levels process can correct me if I am wrong.

Bob (and anyone else trying to move up the permissions ladder), answers to the questions you asked, and the questions you didn't ask. 

1 - GET ACCESS - this means you are now to the stage where you are trying to get the ability to self-approve scans. (This step is listed in Permissions after Levels 1-6 - all of which are obtainable simply by taking very simplistic quizzes.) This will require a member to submit several (about 50-100, number is not a known quantity) scans that do not need any cropping, rotating, and are immediately approved by a member with that level of permission (or Admin). The point with this is show that you really do know what you're doing and can follow the rules set forth by Admin regarding scans, when it comes to submitting them. There is only one person on the planet right now who can grant a member self-approval access, and that is Admin.

2 - Level 7 permissions (once the self-approval access is granted) require a member to attain a certain number of points, or if the member has held membership for more than 1 year, a lower total number of points. If I am not mistaken, I do believe that number is 5,000 points without regard to time of membership or 1,000 points with a year of membership. If you go to the permissions page, you'll see the responsibilities you take on by getting to this level. And yes, hopefully members feel it is a level of responsibility. (Not even touching L8 at this point. We can discuss once L7 has been reached.)

3 - Scanning POGs (or other perfectly round items) - You state: "I'm trying to add sorely needed scans of POGS and I needed to know HOW? In a sleeve, no sleeve, how many on the glass, in a binder page and so on." Like scanning anything, no sleeves, no pages, it should be directly on the glass. Bruno mentions being sure to place them on the glass straight, but I will say get them as straight as you can, and then use software that allows you to straighten scans. Also, use software that allows you to crop round objects. This way there is no color to the square part of the image. If you scan multiple on the glass at one time, be comfortable with copying files. The easiest way is to make enough copies of the file so you have 1 file for each item in the scan (i.e., if you scan 4 at once, make 3 copies of the original file to have 4 total). This way, you can crop down to a single image in each one, and simply save that over the file you already have (and not worry about "save as", then undoing everything to get back the original or re-opening the original). Other than the part about the "circular cropping tool", the same applies to standard cards.

Hmmm,

I've gone down this road before. Presently, 5 years + in, soon to have 500 points, have submitted scans but not alot or recently. I'd like to get self approval, so I can start adding the 1000s of images missing quickly. I have a lot, keep a SS when I see missing images and I know I have the cards. As far as L7 and L8, it would be nice to have. But I have many irons in the fire all at once, and these permissions will come as I work thru the many projects. Thanks all for your tips.

There's an opportunity for a few hundred points on those 1987-1991 Fleer sticker backs if you can do scans of at least 600x840.

I think we have to give 1983 and 1984 Sticker backs a look as well. A set of stats for each team.