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Over the last few months the site has been very difficult to navigate, buffering and messages.  Not every minute of the day, but bad enough that it disrupts attempts to get anything done.  The buffering has become the norm and lasts longer than when it first started. The "reason why" messages pop up regularly now and when I joined in 2018 that was very rare.  I got this one again this morning-

Service Unavailable

HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable.

The slowness of the site became more noticeable when the sportslots pricing and joint venture began. I realize the membership has grown and more stuff is being added to the site daily, but all that was happening in 2018 as well.  I'm not a tech guy, but I do wonder how the "sportlots venture" affected the system-site. What is going on that, "unavailable"  messages pop up?  and continual buffering occurs?  Server issues, maybe a newer, bigger server needed?  Does anyone else think it got worse after the "joint venture"?

Before someone tells me to contact Mr. Admin, I have in the past. The last message I sent, I received my reply a month later.  Hopefully, he is working on whatever the problem is.

That's odd - I haven't seen any of that at all. I wonder if it's tied into volume - if we're getting more traffic, maybe?

Bobby, I'm certain it's partly due to the "merger" of info with Sportlots, but I'd venture to also say that it wouldn't hurt to inform Admin in case he's unaware that some specific issues have resulted from the business venture. 

I've communicated often with Admin directly and cannot recall him not responding to me. How quickly may depend on factors that would affect most of us if we were him. 

Every once in a while there's a bump, but compared to what it used to be a not too long ago, I'll take it. Whether it's a database or someone adding every baseball card to their Want list issue, I don't know... but I just surf elsewhere for a bit until things get restored.

It does happen every so often. A lot of times it can be contributed to Admin doing some necessary work on the server. It goes away shortly enough. I don't let it bother me considering how much work has to go into maintain this site and just do something else until it smooths out.

I've noticed it a few times, but when things slow down I go refill my water and by the time I'm back its all good.

I had contacted admin about an issue I had getting  my favorite players want list updated.  He came back asking for proof.  Has any one else having this problem because it has not been corrected and no reply since he asking for proof

Service Unavailable

HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable.

This message shows up every morning at 4:51 EST. It lasts about 2-3 minutes.  It always has since I have been a member; I am on the site at that time every day.

It did show up in the initial days of the Sportslots merger but I have not seen it since other than its usual early morning time and maybe a handful of other times.

No problem adding cards to a wantlist here. Are you trying to add multiples through an "add all" function? Because you hve almost 250k cards on your wantlist and I believe after about 150k you can only add one at a time 

I'm logged into the site 24/7. I'm not always at mt computer 24/7, but it sometimes is pretty dang close. :)

I haven't seen issues like this in quite a while. I sometimes wonder if it's because of the ads that are loading and having issues.

@madballboy - as a software tester for the last 28 years, I know it's crucial for anyone who fixes code to understand the steps taken when a problem occurs. I am pretty sure the "proof" that Admin requested was less "proof" and more "steps to reproduce the error".