Nonsense in for sale section

I looked back at a few of your posts and I can't see which one.

In my mind, when someone posts a car for sale on any enthusiast forum, the seller should be prepared for whatever comments come. Discussing the pros and cons of a full repaint seems fair game to me.

You are correct in that the monetizing of sites like Ferrarichat is fraught with peril. Sellers, who pay to list cars, since they have to subscribe, will be favored. The other free sites I frequent such as e9coupe.com and the alfabb.com have no such conflict.

BTW, Zak Brown, the new owner of FC, owns some amazing cars!

Scott

 

well...

not sure rob has sold out his (meaning all) interest but i did hear about a G5 purchase that is heading towards texas.....

and the popularity of websites like BaT new auction formats are showing that is where things are heading and what people want.

 

Other sites have the option for the OP to lock the thread. I like that option as it keeps comments out of the classified thread. The OP can unlock at anytime to add information and then lock again so others can't comment. I think that would be a great option and reduce a lot of moderator work but for some reason, that suggestion was not put in place, perhaps for system reason - I don't know as I suggested it a long time ago.

 

When a car is posted for sale, often other people ask why the owner is selling it. Is that any of your business? Perhaps health issues or the economy or just wanting a different car. Asking about the history of the car is fair game, but asking for the reason to sell is not!

When somebody posts that they are looking for a Ferrari to buy, do people ask why they want to buy one.

I have not seen a single thread where the audience asks the buyer why, but several instances of asking the seller why. Stick to the topic and keep your nose to yourself.

 

Thank you, Wayne - I appreciate the explanation. I think questions should be directed to the seller offline (one way to thin the heard of tire kickers), but your point about fraudulent adds is very good.

Again, I appreciate the explanation - makes good sense.

 

And, as we all know, we're not here to protect the sellers from themselves. Or, are we?

I know we've been over it a million, billion times, but fresh discourse never hurts, right? FerrariChat is a living, breathing organism, and as such, discussion among reasonable people needs to occur.

Having said all that, the policy seems to be caveat emptor. Unless you have a concrete reason to post within a for sale ad, i.e. "I sold this car two years ago to you, it had a salvage title then, why no mention of it now?" Or, "Isn't this car stolen, since the photo matches one I took of the car before it WAS stolen" seem to be just about the limit to the conversation beyond, GLWS and, "she's a beauty."

Why not allow some comments about how a car was repaired, or restored, or a better approach? That seems pertinent. If the guy posting the comment is full of ****, the other guys here will chew him up, then the moderators can decide to delete the posts, should they so desire. Or we can rat him out with the /!\

Surprisingly (and this is twice in two days ) I agree with Dave. Let a seller lock his listing with a note at the bottom, "All questions and comments by PM please."

And finally, if we want to disassemble a car that is for sale, we can always start a thread in general discussion and do exactly that. I've done that in the past, sometimes with startling results. (Just seems it would be easier to do in the actual for sale listing.)

Wondering out loud here. If there's a discussion of the car going on elsewhere, would it be ok to post a link in the ad itself to that discussion?

Ok, I'm out.

D

 

Ok, not quite out.

Most of the problems with classifieds would be solved with a couple of additional requirements.

ASKING PRICE - no price, no ad.
GOOD PICTURES - no pix, no ad.

D

 

All you posted here, Dave makes good sense. I like the idea of starting a thread about the car with a link to the listing if the listing is a scam or other non sense. That would keep the listing clean. But, lot's to consider here and it seems as the team at hand has discussed this in detail over time so I'm sure they have good reasons, some as Wayne posted.

 

THIS!!!! and MILEAGE!

 

And location.

 

imo any car for sale site or section should have required fields to post an ad.like miles, vin, price, title, contact info,etc.

 

Yes, like one of the popular Porsche sites. It's so nice for the buyer and helps the idiots that can't write a for sale ad to save their life.

 

Some folks are on my ignore list for good reasons, they seem to get up on the wrong side of the bed every day and I don't want to read any drivel or venom they choose to post.

Some folks are also chomping at the bit to pick apart the ads section when most of the time they have no intention of buying the item, they just want to be "experts" for the day.

Some folks have had their posts in the for sale section repeatedly deleted due to rule violations. They have been warned by the mods to stop and are on the edge of a ban if they continue to violate the rules.

Why are all these groups of people the exact same people?

If you like the way they do it "over there," then that is where you need to be, not here. This is a unique, wonderful, and kind community among car forums on the web.
Alden