Alt. keeptrack - why is advance agent on there?

sletia · Post by **sletia** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:07 pm

When's the last time that site updated with frigging cels, anyway?

EternityOfPain · Post by **EternityOfPain** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:09 pm

lol i completely agree... I just checked there latest "update" (past hour) and I found this..

"Recent Updates:

Wanted List:

1) AMD Athlon x2 4400+ CPU socket 939

2) AMD Athlon x2 4800+CPU socket 939

3) Abit AN8 32X Socket 939 Motherboard

4) Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe Motherboard

5) ECS KN2-SLI Motherboard
"

..

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:41 pm

Was it triggered by him updating his Want List? ?^_^?

EternityOfPain · Post by **EternityOfPain** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:05 pm

Keropi wrote:Was it triggered by him updating his Want List? ?^_^?

Yes. Which makes it sad and hilarous at the same time.

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:19 pm

Dealer updates have turned into almost a "nostalgic" kind of memory for me.

Ah...the old days. They seem so far away to me now. Things were so much simpler back then.

dude_moose · Post by **dude_moose** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:50 pm

Keropi wrote:Dealer updates have turned into almost a "nostalgic" kind of memory for me.

Ah...the old days. They seem so far away to me now. Things were so much simpler back then.

I really wish i wasn't like... 14 when I started collecting. That way I could have actually afforded to buy things when the cel market was in its prime

those were the days when you couldn't keep be away from keeptrack without missing something

omg and there was the old keeptrack too!

iwakuralain16 · Post by **iwakuralain16** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:17 am

I think the same thing everytime they show up on the list as updated.... I dont care if you put stuff up on ebay. Show me some cels ~_~ lol

transmet · Post by **transmet** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:29 pm

Just saw AA's recent update and remembered this thread -

"9-26-2007: Star Wars card set on eBay."

...?

I just don't get it.

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:05 am

dude_moose wrote:I really wish i wasn't like... 14 when I started collecting. That way I could have actually afforded to buy things when the cel market was in its prime those were the days when you couldn't keep be away from keeptrack without missing something omg and there was the old keeptrack too!

Heh...how about back before Keep Track when we had to look through cel dealer websites by hand (and check them throughout the entire day)? You also had to check cel collector's For Sale pages too in case they decided to sell off something you might like. Very time consuming.

I had a WebTV back when I first started collecting and the only way I could arrange my saved cel dealer links was by adding letters in front of their names. The cel dealers I checked the most frequently were arranged higher on my favorites list (it's amusing to look back at this list now):

My favorites URL order from December 30, 1998:

Links One:
A - Animanga Main Page
A - Animanga Cels Forum
A - Animanga New
A - Anime Gambit
A- Anime Shop Pocket
A - Anime Taro
A - Asylum
A - Ed N. Cel Page
A - Ed N. Main
A - Fred's Cels
A - Splash Page
A - Usagi's House
AA- Aino Anime
AA - AnimeCel.com
AA - exCEL cels
AA - exCEL main page
AA - Mangaya
AA - Nichibei
AB - Animiko
AB - House of Anime
AC - Anime Galaxy
AC - Anime Paradise
AC - CelMart
AD - Risan sales (Ash)
AD - Taku's Closet Sale
AE - Anime Shop Vi
AE - Celmates
AF - Ninja Death
AF - Parallax
AG - Anime Nation
AG - Dave's House O'Cels
AG - Noriko's Cels

Links Two:
AD - Anime Cels Ring
AD - Cel Galleries
AD - Internet Guide to Buying Cels
AD - Occasional Cel Dealers
AE - Anime Cels e-Bay
AE - Kestrel Anime Nest
AE - Natalie's Cels
AE - Orange Road
AE - Tony's Cels (Junk Jungle)
AF - Anime Boom Boom
AF - Brian's Cels
AF - Central Park Media
AF - Key's Cels
AF - Mak's Marketplace
AF - Michael's Cels
AF - Nancy's Cels
AG - Anime Attack
AG - Anime Lane
AG - Freeze Frame
AG - Kari's Anime Cel Gallery
AG - Mark Gellar's Cels For Sale
AG - Mo's Cels
AG - Sam's Cels
AH - Fred's Page Old

Links Three:
AG - Animation Station
Taku's Closet Sale Main Page

I kept this running list of Anime Taro updates trying to guess the more likely time spans of updates (Los Angeles time):

May 2, 1999 (Sun) 1AM-5:40AM (2:11AM)
May 5, 1999 (Wed) 12:15AM-12:15PM (4:40AM) definitely loaded cels after 5:45AM, but prob 3AM-9:30AM
May 7, 1999 (Fri) 12AM-5:45AM (2:23AM)
May 9, 1999 (Sun) 12:30AM-10AM (6:06AM)
May 10, 1999 (Mon) (4:10AM)
May 11, 1999 (Tue) 4:10AM-9:15AM (6:28AM)
May 12, 1999 (Wed) (6:17AM)
May 18, 1999 (Tue) loading already 6:35PM-7:25PM or after (8:23PM)
May 21, 1999 (Fri) (3:24AM)
May 25, 1999 (Tue) (3:05AM)
May 30, 1999 (Sun) (5:22AM)
June 1, 1999 (Tue) (12:58AM)
June 2, 1999 (Wed) (8:30PM)
June 5, 1999 (Sat) (1:18AM)
June 8, 1999 (Tue) (11:41PM)
June 10, 1999 (Thur) (5:34AM)
June 14, 1999 (Mon) ??(4:17PM)
June 17, 1999 (Thur) (9:52PM)
June 21, 1999 (Mon) (5:18AM)
June 23, 1999 (Wed) ????????
June 26, 1999 (Sat) (10:25PM)

etc.....

Ah...the obssession with missing update postings.

Ryouko · Post by **Ryouko** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:32 am

Oh man... Taro updates. Those were definitely the days. I remember waiting for those 50% sales to begin. I think at one point we had to wait like a day and a half with no clear word of when it would start - and then crashing the site when it did. XD

I really miss the excitement of Anime Shop Pocket's secret lottery, too. I only got to participate once before they closed. n.n

It's really depressing to see the market dry up as rapidly as it did. But I guess that's what happens when the animation studios label cels as a thing of the past. I guess it's a good thing I'm not nearly as attracted to sketches as I was to cels, otherwise I wouldn't even be able to afford what very few FY come along these days (I -really- miss the few years of almost all FY cels being under a $100...)

sigh.... n.n;

Shampoo · Post by **Shampoo** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:50 am

Ryoko wrote: I really miss the excitement of Anime Shop Pocket's secret lottery, too. I only got to participate once before they closed. n.n

oh man I haven't heard that name in ages O_O
I remember how much ppl's panties wouold get in a twist
when they couldn't get the url and complain how clique-y
just getting the link was LOL!

but they had great cels... too pricey for me..

like D_M I was younger and very lil disposable income to spend =_=
/wah

I am happy I did buy the few Ranma cels of Shampoo I could yrs ago,
I'd never see again had I not just splurge.. but boy was it tough
just eating ramen for months right afterwards LOL!

Like Taro, I miss Chaos' updates too!

I remember whenever Nick updated w/ any Mink cels his website would
also get a funky 404 error XD
Speakin of which 1 popped up on Mandy a few weeks ago
did anyone see how high it ended? last time I checked there were still
a few days left and already at 300 ish

Anywho, yea.... miss those frequent dealer updates =_=
Unfortunately, despite them not happening, I still manage to
spend like a siv thanks to genga market --though that is going away
as well since they started tablets.

damn

Oh!
In answer to the thread question, I think the reason why
it got updated is because a.a. dumped some of the last remaining
cel stock htat didnt sell on the site on ebay just a few days ago

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ranma-1-2-Anime-Pro ... dZViewItem

it was definetely a blast from the past when I stumbled upon
the auction when it was listed.

Ms. Poe · Post by **Ms. Poe** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:10 am

https://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/auc_e/ite ... 4590700564

Almost won her...Was the high bidder the whole time til the last day...LOL! If I wouldn't of been called into work early that morning I woulda' been her new owner...Damn needs of the business!

I too miss the "Golden Age" of cel collecting. There were so many choices, and so many choice cels...Taro updated regularly...I rarely see Stephen update anymore =(...I know dealers still find a lot of great stuff from their private dealers in Japan...But I wonder if we, the collector, drove them to it? Like, all of their secondary sources (Y!J, etc) were invaded? The decline of online cel shop updates seemed to of happened around the same time deputy services opened up...

Shampoo · Post by **Shampoo** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:01 am

Oh nooess! >_<;;

Ahhh dontcha hate it when that happens??

i tend to have sleepiness get in the way of Mandy auctions, since
they seem to end on Saturday or Sunday mornings I will accidentally
hit the snooze and get outbid on a cel by 100 yen or something
O_O

Yea I agree w/ ya Poe!

YHJ killed dealer updates big time..

:
I think the way its seen is:
why sell bulk of cels to a dealer who will markup when you
can just post online and reap the rewards yourself?

I think that generality on YHJ could have harmed many of the cel dealers'
sources and business.. /wah

then w/ deputies aiding more foreigners (anyone not in JP) to
bid it just fanned that yhj-selling flame.
Though I *still* think dealers get more A grade stuff that
we will never truly know they came from.
Kinda a cool mystery that keeps us excited and on our
toes when the glorious *UPDATE* banner is shining on their
frontpages

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:02 am

dealer updates big time was killed?

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:02 am

The time period between when I started to "seriously" collect cels and when I started using Yahoo Japan seems like AGES.

In reality it only lasted slightly longer than two and a half years. My time spent WITH Yahoo Japan is almost three times longer.

It sure doesn't feel like it. Where has all the time gone? Maybe when you're younger time moves slower? ?^_^?