As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
And a very special thank you to our Guides (moderators), past and present, who kept our forums a happy place to be. You are the glue that held everything together, and we are forever grateful to you. Thank you aliceinwdw, Caldercup, MrsM, WillCAD, Fortissimo, GingerJ, HiddenMickey, CRCrazy, Eeyoresmom, disneyknut, disneydani, Cam22, chezp, WDWfan, Luvsun, KMB733, rescuesk, OhToodles!, Colexis Mom, lfredsbo, HiddenMickey, DrDolphin, DopeyGirl, duck addict, Disneybine, PixieMichele, Sandra Bostwick, Eeyore Tattoo, DyanKJ130, Suzy Q'Disney, LilMarcieMouse, AllisonG, Belle*, Chrissi, Brant, DawnDenise, Crystalloubear, Disneymom9092, FanOfMickey, Goofy4Goofy, GoofyMom, Home4us123, iamgrumpy, ilovedisney247, Jennifer2003, Jenny Pooh, KrisLuvsDisney, Ladyt, Laughaholic88, LauraBelle Hime, Lilianna, LizardCop, Loobyoxlip, lukeandbrooksmom, marisag, michnash, MickeyMAC, OffKilter_Lynn, PamelaK, Poor_Eeyore, ripkensnana, RobDVC, SHEANA1226, Shell of the South, snoozin, Statelady01, Tara O'Hara, tigger22, Tink and Co., Tinkerbelz, WDWJAMBA, wdwlovers, Wendyismyname, whoSEZ, WildforWD, and WvuGrrrl. You made the magic.
We want to personally thank Sara Varney, who coordinated our community for many years (among so many other things she did for us), and Cheryl Pendry, our Message Board Manager who helped train our Guides, and Ginger Jabour, who helped us with the PassPorter-specific forums and Live! Guides. Thank you for your time, energy, and enthusiasm. You made it all happen.
There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
And we are no longer charging for the Live Guides. If you have a subscription, it's yours to keep for the lifetime of the Live Guides at no additional cost. The Live Guides will stay online, barring server issues and technical problems, for all of 2019.
That said, PassPorter is not going away. Most of the resources will remain online for as long as we can support them, and after that we will find ways to make whatever we can available. PassPorter means a great deal to us, and to many of you, and we will do our best to keep it alive in whatever way we can. Our server costs are high, and they'll need to come out of our pockets, so in the future you can expect some changes so we can bring those costs down.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!
If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.
So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
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I`m having my semi annual ebay clearout and I`ve had such a bizarre thing happen.
I sold a beautiful vintage comforter, really special. When my buyer received it she said it was faded and could she return it, I was surprised but agreed. When I unpacked it I found a comforter, a poor faded version that wasn`t mine. I`m amazed that anyone has gone to such lengths
Anyway in the matter of hours it has gone to a paypal claim and she has won and all I have is a tatty faded thing sent in return.
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WOW! What a wicked witch!!! What is the rating on this person? I can't believe someone would do such a thing! Not only has she/he gotten something so great as the item you sold but now for FREE!? I'd be livid!!!! Good luck in fighting this and I hope this gets resolved !! Did you put up pictures in your original listing? Take pictures of the thing she sent back and argue with ebay!!!!
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I`m having my semi annual ebay clearout and I`ve had such a bizarre thing happen.
I sold a beautiful vintage comforter, really special. When my buyer received it she said it was faded and could she return it, I was surprised but agreed. When I unpacked it I found a comforter, a poor faded version that wasn`t mine. I`m amazed that anyone has gone to such lengths
Anyway in the matter of hours it has gone to a paypal claim and she has won and all I have is a tatty faded thing sent in return.
I really hate it when right doesn`t win
I can't believe that Paypal resolved this in a matter of hours! It takes several
days for mine to be resolved. Since you have your original ad with picture, I
would call Paypal and tell them that you have the original picture and you have
the one sent back to take a picture of and they are not the same item.
I say to call Paypal because I had a situation with eBay happen to me and by
explaining it "in person" so to speak, helped my case. If you kept the packaging
that the other item came in, I would take a picture of that as well with their
name showing.
Good luck and I'm sorry this happened to you.
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If you can prove that you were sent back a different comforter, I would first talk to ebay and paypal. There a whole criminal element who buy and return things for profit.
I don't know how much the sale was worth or if it was an international sale, but what she did is a crime in many states (usually thief by deception or something like that). As with all crimes, there is always a question of whether it is worth pursuing but this person may be worth the police watching.
I cannot believe that someone would do such a thing. Did they think you would not realize that the comforter they returned was not the one they received and that you would not try and get yours back? I hope that ebay and paypal will do something to help.
It is people like this that give good Ebay sellers and buyers a bad name. I was having so much trouble with people like this that I quit selling on Ebay over a year ago.
Good Luck! I hope you get it resolved in your favor!
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