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For Sale Section - re new rules
barnhill4x4:
--- Quote from: "Wolfie" ---Be careful what you wish for :wink:
Just to make it clear, we discussed the options and decided to try it this way. We might change our minds in the future.
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I hope that wasn't aimed at me? What have I done?
datalas:
--- Quote from: "barnhill4x4" ---
I hope that wasn't aimed at me? What have I done?
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It wasn't :)
As was said it wasn't or isn't that "some people are missbehaving" more that the for sale section is taking up more and more of the moderators time, be it with people thread stealing, criticising people, saying things cost too much, hijacking sales and constantly bumping items it appeared nobody wanted to buy, we were spending more time moderating the for sale section than the rest of the forums. This was deemed to be excessive and somewhat counter productive to the club as a whole.
Hence, we're trying something new. A appreciate it's not everyone's tastes and some members of the moderation team don't like it either so go easy on them :).
However, if you're selling something you should have the ability to edit and delete your posts as required, so if you consistently get asked the same question you can include the answers in the ad, similarly you can remove the ad should need be.
As wolfie has said, we aren't as a whole totally sold on the idea and we may change it in the future but for now please bear in mind that moderator time is limited and we need to use those resources as best we can. You will have spotted we have a new moderator kicking about (I'll not name them to offer them some safety) but ...
v8kenny:
--- Quote from: "Wolfie" ---Be careful what you wish for :wink:
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Well that's a sly dig at someone and not at all helpfull to this thread - what is your point without being so cryptic ?
Manicminer:
Well I think it's a good idea.
It had become a bit of a challenge to keep up with what was being sold.
Tigger:
Just scanning through this thread, and through the current adverts on the site (and knowing some of the recent threads which have gone sideways in the for sale section), I think it is reasonably fair to say that a reasonable percentage of the people who disagree with the new policy have been guilty of ignoring forum rules about 'bumps' and thread hijacking.
It's easy to complain, and for people to accuse this "minority" of people... but have a look at the adverts... how many of them have been bumped and hijacked ?
A large percentage of the people who post in the for sale section have been choosing to ignore the guidelines set out for the use of the site... so now the guidelines have been enforced. Sorry, but the move is a direct result of people's actions.
I have no doubt that we'll get called all the things we usually get called when we make a change to the site.... it won't help, we're used to it :roll:
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