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

I support these rules and rallied for them but I think we need to still have the forum usable for sellers. I posted in no more than 2 of my for sale ads, that the parts were still available, my posts and all my pictures were deleted so now I will have to start new ads at some point. The issue was the people posting 30 ads nd bumping them daily, not the ones with 2 ads and update them weekly.

 

After a little more than two weeks of the new, restrictive posting rule my take is that F-Chat members are seeing less ads and therefore less choice than before.

 

Or, from another perspective . . .

PHEW, it's finally not a cluster **** mess in there with 50 ads from guys like tifoso2728 burying ads from guys with a single item to sell.

If your action has been reduced, figure out a way, within the new rules, to increase your traffic. (No, I don't have any ideas, as I don't feel the need to sell dozens of items here.)

It's not a commercial site where you pay per insertion. HEY WAIT A MINUTE. . . Yin, how about a pay to play section where each ad costs the guy listing it a couple bucks, with unlimited posting???? Or, pay a monthly subscription fee of $200 to post in a paid classified section?

Or, is that buried somewhere in the new rules and I missed it.

I, for one, really like the new arrangement.

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i think rossa subscribed should have a bigger number of ad per day
would make sense and promote the more expensive subscription imo

 

I see two ads deleted today. Lame. I'd like to see what they were.
Stop the silliness.

 

Oh c'mon.

The rules are easy to follow, they cleaned up the ad section (which had become a hell hole of semi-retailers with zero useful posts and lots of crap to sell) and did no harm to anyone here that is a serious real member.

Who gives a **** what they were selling. This is a classified section that is supposed to serve the active members of the community in their efforts to sell items they no longer need that would be useful to other members. That simple. It's not a retail mart.

Two deleted posts from guys who don't get the simple rules here are not critical to that mission.

You're just stirring the pot. (Dear God, am I channeling Rob Lay?) Go find something important to address like, I dunno, how often to do a belt service on a carbed 308 with an oil leak and an overbite.

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I have one item listed, which I've bumped once per month and got flagged for it. Hardly an excessive frequency! In my case, the rule would seem harshly applied.

 

Great. More wasted space on "deleted ads". I'd rather see the ads than spaces for deleted ads.

Either way, screen real estate is taken. I'd rather that real estate be useful....

 

I see it as less wasted space on garbage ads. I fully support the recent and new changes to make the classifieds more friendly to users.

 

In the "individuals" section will there be any limitations on the number of "wanted to buy" ads? My suggestion is that the limitation apply only to "for sale" ads, or that the limitation on the number of "wanted to buy" ads be increased.

 

Really? There are two rows wasted to say "deleted ad". Great. Why not just leave the ad?

 

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That makes sense. Thank you for the clarification.

 

I think this new rule regarding posts limits the parts availability to everyone, wheather you are buying or selling or looking for a particular part. I agree if someone is posting everyday the same item over and over again. Who wants to see that. I don't that's for sure. But at that point you should limit the postings that particular poster can make. I just think it's funny if I bump a item a month later and my post gets pulled. I have been on this site since 2008 and thats my opinion good or bad..

 

More stupidity.....

 

I consider shopping the classified sections to be one of the biggest benefits to this site. The new rules have significantly detracted from that. I'm not sure who they're intended to help, but clearly it's not potential buyers.

 

Geez, broken record much?

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I think it's great and welcome improvement for the user base.

 

So, to understand this correctly, it would eliminate having a"storefront" thread, right? (after posting your maximum allowable posts)

I ask because within the thread, I'd only made "one" post, but with multiple items for sale within that one post. Just looking for clarification. Thanks!