Effective 3/5/2017: Ad posting limits in Parts & Collectibles

Very timely

 

+1 👍

 

I think this will benefit all sellers

 

this is a welcome adjustment to posting items for sale.

but honestly was not aware "bumping" or non substantive post to get it back to top was prohibited.

just my 2 cents, perhaps a non substantive post such as "still available" can be permitted once per week?

if I have an item for sale that has got lost on page 2,3,4 I wouldn't want to give in to a price drop just to push my item back to the top etc.

that's just my thought.

 

Nice -- doesn't this make it so much harder to police and enforce the rules? Is there an automated way of doing it?

 

"We" will all keep an eye on it. Anyone can report any post with the "report post" (!) red triangle at the top left.

While most of us have posted more than one item per day in the past, really, there are only a handful of folks that made this rule necessary by posting 20+ items a day and then bumping them all a day or so later.

So it should be easy once they get the message.

I was not aware of the "no bump" rule either. So once you have posted an item, it is "gone" unless you adjust the price or add a freebie?
Alden

 

Yin - I think the new rules are excellent and long overdue. However, I do agree about allowing bumps as long as they are only at a respectable frequency. The idea of adding new information is fair but I can't wait to see how creative the users will be I think moderating that aspect is going to add more complications to an already complex moderation.

 

perhaps allow a "bump" once every 7 days? Or something like that?

I doubt many (anyone) thought that bumping was akin to spamming, let alone prohibited. Its often appreciated by us viewers of the ads. The way the forum lays out things for sale (with one giant forum for all of this) is not ideal and leads to the need for bumping obviously...

 

Wrong solution...Separate parts into one and collectibles, etc into another.
I mean, we have a P&R and a Watches section on here...and those are wastes of time.
What's one more forum subject?

 

Absolutely . . .

 

Bumping for the sake of bumping is annoying and obnoxious.

Have NEW info? Then post it, but if after a week of attention no one's buying, then falling off page one is the price you pay for a slow moving or overpriced item. And if it fell off sooner, all the guys listing 30 items each did that, and that problem appears to be solved.

Want it back on page 1? Drop the price, add a better photo, or worst case? RELIST the item.

Getting so there's no way to read the classifieds, and the solution Yin has posted remedies most of that.

D

 

Yin - as always I greatly appreciate your service and explanation - thank you.

The store front for folks selling multiple items sounds like a great solution but for the folks that sell once and a while, not sure how this helps.

The reason people bump is that not everyone of Fchat comes here multiple times per day, every day. So, bringing an item to the first page allows others to see it when they may not have prior.

I'll give you a great example: - Our wheel tools. One would think everyone knows about them now - that's not true. Every time I bump one of our sponsor threads, in various sections, we get another round of orders so it's proof that folks don't all visit here every day.

In those threads, you will take note, however, that I add new content

 

I imagine this will keep the mods a bit busy at first but I too think it's pretty much overdue. It's been several people over the last few years who have dominated the parts ads front page. I have a bunch of parts left from my 308 but haven't had time lately to sit down and take some decent pics of all of it so I can make a listing. One of these days I will but I planned on putting up one list and one ad and going from there.

I don't mind the bumping so much as long as it's not daily. But I like the "substantive post" rule too now that I think about it. Makes sense along with the restriction of one a day.

Good job Rob and Mods. I like the change!!

 

Bumps once a week doesn't sound like it would harm anyone. Especially in a slower forum like this. I'm in another forum with 20x more active members and my ad in classifieds are on fourth or fifth page within a day. They dont allow separate ads just like this new rule we are adding however allow bumps every 24hrs.

 

Thank you. I can get my vision back now from seeing same of one all over the page.

 

It's not the " bump " that's in question , it's the 30+ ad's bumped at the same time, creating page after page of the same seller's items , pushing the 1 item seller from the
1st, 2nd, or sometimes 3rd page...

S

 

+1

 

So is bumping a measly little WTB ad also prohibited?

 

I joined the forum because I once had a 360 Ferrari which I have since sold. I have several parts left over to sell off which could benefit a current owner but I can not start a new thread. How do I go about getting approved to post?

 

Please check the sales corner ... I thought there is only one per day allowed and not more! Same laws for everybody!

 

+1

But hè is dropping his Prices to bump... XD

 

You have to subscribe to post a classified. http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/payments.php