Tiny Group Awaiting Transfer...Still #transfer
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Here¡¯s my group¡¯s timeline.? Just for context, we¡¯re comparatively tiny:? 129 members (of whom 15 have already signed up directly at Groups.io rather than awaiting an invitation), fewer than 1,000 past messages though they¡¯re valuable to us, a few dozen photos, just 3 (yes, 3!) small pdf files. ? Friday October 18:? Alerted my group to Yahoo¡¯s planned shutdown and outlined options (Groups.io, Google groups, Facebook, plain email, dissolution).? Not surprisingly, people favored Groups so that we could save our history.? I already had an account ¡®cause a local listserv (with about 18,000 members) was doing the move.
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Sunday October 20:? Started following the transfer steps religiously.? Created the new group.? Clicked the ¡°Set Up New Transfer Button.¡±? Sent an invitation from my Yahoo group to [email protected]. ?(You know that Yahoo doesn¡¯t save a record of invitations; but I did print the page that showed ¡°You can invite 99 more members today,¡± so yes, I did send that invitation successfully.)? Signed up and paid for a Premium membership at $110, a price that doubled just two days later.? Got a confirmation page from Groups.io, ¡°We will send you an email once we've received and accepted an invite. It may take up to a week for us to process the invite.¡±? I then heard nothing for a few days.? During that time, the Premium price spiked and the transfer status page started showing an option to expedite for $200, which I considered ominous.
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Thursday October 24:? Because of e-silence, I re-sent the Yahoo invitation to [email protected]. ?(Apprehensively, ¡®cause I wondered whether this would bump me back in the queue.)
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Friday October 25:? Finally things started moving.? Groups.io accepted my invitation, whether it was Sunday¡¯s or Thursday¡¯s invitation I don¡¯t know.? I swiftly made [email protected] a moderator.? Got the promised auto-confirmation.? Returned to ¡°Existing Transfer¡± page and gave the go-ahead.? Status is now ¡°Your group is awaiting export from Yahoo. [Step 1 of 4].¡±? Having already paid $110, I balk at paying another $200 to expedite.
? Query:? How do I know my place in the queue?? Other people seem to figure that out. ? Bottom line is that everything so far seems to be going according to script, but is taking much longer than I expected. ?I have a note on my personal calendar to write a final message to my Yahoo group tomorrow warning that it looks like we¡¯ll be in transfer limbo indefinitely. ? Oh, and [thinly-veiled swearing directed at Yahoo redacted by Moderator]. |
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On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 01:21 PM, kruffing wrote:
Query:? How do I know my place in the queue?? Other people seem to figure that out.That will be on the transfer page once you move to at least Step 3 of 4. BTW, I expect your first invitation never made it into the queue since you sent the invitation before you paid (per your list.)? You might have better luck following the detailed instructions at /g/GroupManagersForum/message/19673 Duane -- Help: /static/help GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Search button at the top of Messages list A few site FAQs: /static/pricing#frequently-asked-questions |
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Duane