Come on guys .... we can agree to disagree being we are this sites minions at large and have no say on the sites tolerances of said F/S postings.
Lets keep it light & friendly ... Please
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Ridiculous Classified Ads... "Get a Clue!!"
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Lets keep it light & friendly ... Please
Wellll the folks who own and operate the forum could change their now outdated policy.
I do like that you can filter for what category you want to look at.
I do like that you can filter for what category you want to look at.
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The classifieds are no different than Walmart. Even if you don’t buy anything, you are always entertained. Let it be. Those type of listings sell non delusional guys guns quicker.
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What I find most humorous.. I never mentioned a specific post or a members name but almost everyone knew exactly who and what post I was referring to.. Too good to be True!!! THANK YOU
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My favorite classifieds are the ones that
1. Offer an item such as a used scope that if you bother to check is cheaper NEW on Amazon (by a lot sometimes)
2 . Says "price reduced" and was $750 shipped is now $650 plus shipping, for example (Good grief)
(or it no longer has a scope, or the bipod has gone missing, etc)
3. Like new, 2months old, only 30 pellets thru it. WTF is wrong with it?
I could go on and on and on and on
Edward
1. Offer an item such as a used scope that if you bother to check is cheaper NEW on Amazon (by a lot sometimes)
2 . Says "price reduced" and was $750 shipped is now $650 plus shipping, for example (Good grief)
(or it no longer has a scope, or the bipod has gone missing, etc)
3. Like new, 2months old, only 30 pellets thru it. WTF is wrong with it?
I could go on and on and on and on
Edward
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Logic, how do you know something is overpriced unless you have been following what that item has been going for? Limiting the amount of times something is posted for sale also limits the utter dismay someone could have, because he or she wants it, but knows the price is too high. Sucks!
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Gonna say this one drives me a little batty. One time I had just posted a listing and some d-bag comes in and refreshes their 15 or so listings of overpriced stuff that hasn't sold for months and pushes me almost to the second page.
@Michael - maybe it would be better to push the "Renew" time frame out to 2 weeks or longer.
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Pulled what I believe were my offending listings. I've been called a lot of things and certain the list will continue until the end. Definitely I'm delusional and to also spend thousands of dollars on an air rifle ... WTF is wrong with me, the signs were already there.
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Hmmm....I have an ad that needed refresh after the rule stated 7 day wait time. I play by that rule, apparently most do not.
The rule was there before the 'new' forum format, did it go away then?
mike
The rule was there before the 'new' forum format, did it go away then?
mike
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I think this is a solid solution, just not sure how to implement it. Either through coding (preferred, the forum automatically declines any attempted ad postings above X amount in the classifieds) or mods will have to manually enforce it. Is it a tad annoying seeing the same ad, over and over again because it’s a) overpriced or b) undesirable for some reason? Sure, but sometimes the same ad stays around awhile not because of those reasons, but because it’s a niche item that just needs to find the right buyer at a time when they have available funds. Money’s tight for a lotta people, and there are a few ads I’m following but haven’t jumped on yet because I need to replenish the play fund a bit beforehand. However, I’d much rather see the same small handful of ads with 20 bumps on them than see the same guy who bumps all 20 of his ads at the same time.
So I say limit ads to no more than 3 per user or something. It’s 110% OK to put multiple items in one ad, I do it all the time. Takes a little more effort to organize the ad so it’s easy to read and understand, but if you’re too lazy to invest some time in making your ad attractive, then maybe you oughta work on that some…
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Years ago, I shared a rule used on another site with Michael. You can only have one post on page 1. After that post falls to page 2, you can post another on page 1. The response-crickets.
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I don't necessarily agree. Sure, it can be "annoying" to view someone post over and over, but why keep restricting the page?
There are features in the classifieds section that allows you to view what you want.
Want to see the post with the least views, and least amount of replies that are only WTS for Pcp rifles? You can do that within one search and all the posts that have been refreshed dozens of times and are old would be pushed back. You get to see the newest rifles on the first page without having to worry about seeing recycled stuff.
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