Suggestion Box: Post ideas you would like to see at HCW here.

[cheynesnana]

Yep.. anything with Uncle Ben in it will show up... just did a search and Uncle Ben's and Uncle Bens showed up... HTH :)

[eisor]

I would like to suggest the addition of subforums to the Auction Forum. Over the past month I've noticed a lot more auctions than there used to be. This may be because the site is growing at a pretty rapid pace. Since there are so many auctions, it can be hard to sift through them all. I think we should have a few sub-forums to help divide them up. Some ideas I had were "Actuals," "Non-Food Coupons," "Winetags" and "Food."

Just my two cents.

[thickbluebug]

I would love to see the time in each zone somewhere in the auction forum. So many times I have to post to see what my exact time is.
Then I have to calculate pacific or eastern.
Yeah should be simple to calculate it, but I am a screw up.



or maybe in the user cp with another members suggestion below.

I have a suggestion :) Because actually I just had to double check if we had this or not.

I would love to see a calendar in the user cp somewhere - not one others could see. It would be great to be able to put reminders for ourselves especially for things like trades and coupon trains. I particularly wanted it to remind myself when to email manufacturers for coupons

[eisor]

Originally Posted by eisor I would like to suggest the addition of subforums to the Auction Forum. Over the past month I've noticed a lot more auctions than there used to be. This may be because the site is growing at a pretty rapid pace. Since there are so many auctions, it can be hard to sift through them all. I think we should have a few sub-forums to help divide them up. Some ideas I had were "Actuals," "Non-Food Coupons," "Winetags" and "Food." Just my two cents.

I'm posting again b/c for the first time that I've noticed, the auction forum is now two pages long!!

[PinkElephant]

Online price books. In my area, a store recently quit doubling coupons. I saw a post somewhere on the net, that other stores in this nationwide chain did not offer double coupons nationwide, but their fliers and everyday prices were markedly different.

If we could post anonymously where we shop, location, what we buy, and any Q's, rebates or instore discounts that apply, it might be very useful.

P.S. The same poster said that our store that quit doubling, is advertising "lowered everyday prices" and she is SURE the reported former prices are inflated. I wonder if that is in violation of any ordinance or law?

[TessToo]

I'm not sure if this is where to post my suggestion, but I wanted to request the addition of a smiley, if possible.

I noticed the many awareness ribbon smileys, but you are missing the cause I support the most.
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness.
The ribbon is a standard awareness ribbon, half pink and half blue. Just a simple edit of the pink breast cancer ribbon would do the trick.

If possible, could you consider adding this ribbon before October? October is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month and our biggest campaign for public awareness.

Thank you!

[eisor]

I would like to make a few more suggestions:

1. I already stated this, but I still feel it is greatly needed; especially with the new-redesign. Overall, I think the new redesign is a huge improvement. However, the forums now seem a little crowded. This really isn't a problem in most of the forums because usually only the top 10 posts (if that) are "new" since I last visited. So, these are the only ones I need see/focus on. However, this isn't the case with the Auctions forums. There are SOOO many auctions lately and I feel that they need divided up someone. I think subforums would be a great way to do it. By dividing them up into categories, I think it would make the auctions forum less overwhelming.

2. Since there is now a newsletter section, I think having an archive of the newsletters would be neat. This way people can see past newsletters.

3. I'd also like to suggest a newsletter redesign. This may be picky, but I use Gmail (and I know along with Yahoo & Hotmail, it is one of the most popular) and the current newsletter is too wide to view in my screen. I have to open it in a new window to see the whole thing. I think the new skin/redesign is much more up to date with the internet today. However, the newsletter isn't. I think making it match the new design of the site would make it look more professional looking.

Plus, branding is a big thing. I read a post by hotcouponmoma where she said that the orange is part of HCW's brand. Well, I think cleaning up the newsletter and some of the smilies will help the brand come together a little more. My two cents (how much am I up to now??)

[hotcouponmama]

The newsletter does have an archive - it's just not current yet. If you open the newsletter tab at the bottom - there is an archive link. We use an outside newsletter subscriber service for that - so we don't control how it lands in your email unfortunately. However, we think with the new software there is a new newsletter thing in there and we might test that out.

[eisor]

Originally Posted by hotcouponmama The newsletter does have an archive - it's just not current yet. If you open the newsletter tab at the bottom - there is an archive link. We use an outside newsletter subscriber service for that - so we don't control how it lands in your email unfortunately. However, we think with the new software there is a new newsletter thing in there and we might test that out.

I missed the Newsletter link b/c it looked like an advertisement to me. Sorry! Whenever an image looks like an ad, I don't even bother looking at it. (Is that bad?)

[hotcouponmama]

Originally Posted by eisor I missed the Newsletter link b/c it looked like an advertisement to me. Sorry! Whenever an image looks like an ad, I don't even bother looking at it. (Is that bad?)

LOL - no, it's what comes from Constant contact though - we might be able to pull the URL and make it a link, so that's really good feedback.

Now that we have a new look, we are going to go in to constant contact and create new ones that will more match the site.

Want a job as the newletter mod????