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sk93

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I've been trawling through the B&S forum for a few days now, looking for things to spend money on (as you do :roll: )
and I've come up with a suggestion / improvement for it:

Would it be possible to split the forums as follows:

Buy and Sell
|-Wanted
| |- Cars Wanted
| |- Parts Wanted
| |- Other Wanted
|-Selling
| |- Cars For Sale
| |- Parts For Sale
| |- Other For Sale
|-Sold

I believe this way, you'll be able to see things you want a lot clear, and with the addition of the "Sold" forum, it would make seeing what is still for sale, and what isn't much, much easier!

Obviously, it would require a moderator to watch these forums and move the ads to sold etc once they are sold, for which I don't mind volunteering for.
But I believe the little extra time needed for doing this, is worth it to make the buy and sell forum much more usuable (imo :P)

:roundel:
 
I think it's a good idea and did suggest the same to the mods but got no response :idunno:
 
Agreed, it does sound like a good idea. It has been mentioned before, it just slipped my mind, had a lot on these last few months. I am away for a week but will implement this solution when I get back :)

Thanks sk93, and thanks to srhutch for mentioning it in the first place... sorry, I've been a bit slack recently.
 
pleasure :)


(and tsk tsk srhutch - trying to claim the glory for what was OBVIOUSLY my idea :P :fuelfire: )
 
sk93 said:
pleasure :)


(and tsk tsk srhutch - trying to claim the glory for what was OBVIOUSLY my idea :P :fuelfire: )
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I don't mind you can have the credit, just be nice to make it easier to sell my car :D
 
Just an opposing view (no offence intended sk93) but I'm not a fan of forums where there are lots and lots of subforums within the site. In my opinion it makes it harder for general browsing of the forum (although I do acknowledge it would make it easier - at times - where you're searching for a part in particular.

If a split is going to happen, then parhaps keeping it as:
Selling:
- cars
- parts/other
Wanted:
- cars, parts and other (I don't see this being a forum used much)

Regarding "sold" stuff, is it asking too much that once an item is sold/no longer for sale, that the original poster edits their thread title and adds "SOLD" into it? They could then even lock the thread themselves to avoid it being bumped back up ever in future. That's what happens on another forum I used to moderate and it worked very well. This puts less pressure on the mods too...

Finally, given the international nature of this forum, it would be useful if folk could put "FS (UK): 108 wheels" or "FS (US): 107 wheels" etc to make it easier to find stuff in your country.

Just suggestions, feel free to ridicule them :D
 
Good suggestions here, and very welcome. Like I said, I am away for a week so I will let this one run and implement whatever is decided when I return.
 
a11y there are already sub sections in the "How To" section so I would see it as an extension of this and believe it will make it easier to see what is for sale.

Sp3ctre - I'll keep pestering you now boss, just to make sure you don't forget this time. :poke:
 
srhutch said:
I'll keep pestering you now boss, just to make sure you don't forget this time. :poke:
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Like I had to do with your satnav screen, wow - you are slow today :D
 
Adding my tuppece worth.
People who join the forum just to sell I'm sure most will agree is simply annoying, Would it be possible to block anyone with less than "X" number of posts from posting in the section, Appreciate that this may have an impact from people wanting to buy stuff if they are new but they would be able to PM the seller.

Just a thought as there seems to be a fair amount of them recently.
 
Nosa said:
Adding my tuppece worth.
People who join the forum just to sell I'm sure most will agree is simply annoying, Would it be possible to block anyone with less than "X" number of posts from posting in the section, Appreciate that this may have an impact from people wanting to buy stuff if they are new but they would be able to PM the seller.

Just a thought as there seems to be a fair amount of them recently.
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+1 completely agree with Nosa on that. Think I've suggested that before - some other forums I've used have a limit of 50 posts before you can post in the buy/sell forum.

I'd go even further and suggest that once an advert is posted, the original poster locks it to disable replies. IMO all communication about sales, etc should be done via PM/email/phone and not out in the open on the forum. Just my opinion. This stops any specualtion about pricing being ambitious or cheap or any comments that potential hurt a sale. The OP can still amend their advert this way, also has added bonus of stopping frequent "bumping" of adverts...
 
A feedback section would also be a good idea, post titled with the users id and buyer/seller could comment on the transaction.
 
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