Website

[gatesy]

Why is it that in the news section it says about the price of missions dropping, yet in the online shop its still at its old price? ???

[al]

WELL SAID. The scumachher web site has got to be the worst model car website the news is the only thing that changes and even that doesnt change that often the rest must get changed yearly if that ??? ??? ???

cheers al

[glypo]

lol - schumacher hardly ever update their website, it's very annoying.

Apex sell the the missions for the new price and others shops probably do as well do - so if you're looking for a cheap mission just try the modelshops rather than schumacher direct.

[al]

yea the website sucks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ::)

al

[gatesy]

The first place i look whenever i need spares is the Website, but if missions are cheaper elsewhere, then are other parts cheaper?? Shopping around is the key i reckon!

[joatham]

All model shops (online and high-street) are selling the Missions at the lower prices (£99 and £149), apart from one that I've seen. The parts seem to cost about the same from Schumacher direct or a modelshop.

I agree about their site, however flashy a website is, it's the content that matters, and the Schumacher one needs to be a bit more dynamic. I wonder if they are looking for a web developer, as that's what I do for a living, cars and 'puters combined, now that would be my dream job 8)

[glypo]

The website is not updated and will not be with any new products.

Schumacher are currently working on a new website and this is not speculation - i got this straight from Schumacher. However they did admit it's still a little distance off completion.

[joatham]

That's a mixed bag of good and bad news then - good news if the updated site appears, but I've seen sites before which stagnate whilst new ones are being built, and the new ones don't surface.

It's a difficult position for a company when updating a site (I know, it happens where I work) when you need to make a decision on putting a hold on the current site whilst doing something new, but to the end users it looks like nothing's being done.

I think it's essential when making plans for a major site overhaul, to include provision for keeping the current site up to date until the day the new one comes online, especially if the new site is a long way away. Content is important, and it's not that difficult to keep a site up to date with current news/current and new model information..

[Garry]

When the BTCC was at Milton Keynes, the word for Tim Walden was that the new site was under construction, and was 10-12 weeks away. That was back in the start of September, so its due soon.

[dizlal]

Agree with all the above, I tend to look at the schumacher site for part number's and that's about it.

[SunnySpoon]

Well, it's better than www.ttechracing.com and www.mardaveracing.com - these were last updated 2-3yrs ago!

[joatham]

Hehe, good point. It's a shame when websites aren't kept up to date, and even sorrier when they have a "Last updated" javascript on them to let everyone know how out-of-date they are ::)

[rice98w]

the "teamtalk" section used to be really good, a few guys used to be really knowledgable, by memory they were called RADWELD and LONGRAT.

then they both started to not come on as much, and then the forum became a bit like the old trinity tech talk..... which was, ahem, not good!

the only section that gets updated is the new secxtion and the newsletters really...

glad they're working on a new site