Buy / Sell Forum Update

[The Computer Audiophile]

Hi Guys, the custom Classifieds section has been retired and the Buy / Sell forum is back to being as simple as possible, and no simpler. To sell something, just click the "Start new topic" button at the top of the main Buy / Sell forum page or click the big green button below. To purchase something, just respond to the topic and work it out with the seller. 

 

 

[jas]

How do you prefer to mark a posting as sold? Revise the title? Add it to the text in the body? Or did I miss the magic button?

[The Computer Audiophile]

4 minutes ago, jas said:

How do you prefer to mark a posting as sold? Revise the title? Add it to the text in the body? Or did I miss the magic button?

Just add a post to the thread that says sold. 

[krass]

On 2/9/2024 at 1:06 AM, jas said:

How do you prefer to mark a posting as sold? Revise the title? Add it to the text in the body? Or did I miss the magic button?

 

changing title to eg “SOLD - My Item for sale” or even just “SOLD”

 

makes it so much easier to see what is for sale when browsing (without having to open each individual post)

 

 

[mark2700]

for existing ads how do we change pricing in title ? 

[The Computer Audiophile]

Not possible. 
 

need to post an update in a new post in the thread. 

[mark2700]

how can we add new pictures to ad ? 

[The Computer Audiophile]

1 minute ago, mark2700 said:

how can we add new pictures to ad ? 

Need to post in a new comment below. 

[mark2700]

is it ok to remove ad and replace with updated sale ? the new system has potential customers only seeing the initial ad copy and not the scrolled down updates 

[The Computer Audiophile]

17 minutes ago, mark2700 said:

is it ok to remove ad and replace with updated sale ? the new system has potential customers only seeing the initial ad copy and not the scrolled down updates 

If I follow what you're saying, people aren't scrolling down to read the updates, so you want to remove the ad and place a new one? 

 

This requires manual intervention unfortunately and will be a lot of work for me. Ideally people would learn to scroll down. A less than ideal compromise is to post a new ad with the updated info, but that won't be a perfect solution. 

[mark2700]

I think posting a new ad showing "updated pricing" etc as reference to previous one may be best alternative to avoid taxing you...

[The Computer Audiophile]

25 minutes ago, mark2700 said:

I think posting a new ad showing "updated pricing" etc as reference to previous one may be best alternative to avoid taxing you...

It's worth a shot to see if it'll work best. 

[mark2700]

thanks I try it out...

[Jeremy Anderson]

@The Computer Audiophile,

 

A suggestion to solve all the issues above:

 

Add special rules to just this forum that gives authors unlimited time to revise their posts.

 

I know you said “not possible” earlier with regard to editing the title, but enabling editing of the body (and attachments) without restriction would solve the “gotta scroll down” issue.

 

If you think about pricing, people sometimes don’t know what will sell and they may need to adjust the price several times. You don’t want to have to keep posting pricing changes over and over again as capitulation sets in, and you don’t want to encourage potential buyers to sit on their hands because they see you lowering the price every few days when something isn’t getting snapped up. It’s a disservice to the seller.

 

Sellers also might have a typo in their ad that isn’t caught immediately. A post-script isn’t the most flattering place to fix a typo. 😅

 

Thanks for the great forums and for your consideration!

[The Computer Audiophile]

9 minutes ago, Jeremy Anderson said:

@The Computer Audiophile,

 

A suggestion to solve all the issues above:

 

Add special rules to just this forum that gives authors unlimited time to revise their posts.

 

I know you said “not possible” earlier with regard to editing the title, but enabling editing of the body (and attachments) without restriction would solve the “gotta scroll down” issue.

 

If you think about pricing, people sometimes don’t know what will sell and they may need to adjust the price several times. You don’t want to have to keep posting pricing changes over and over again as capitulation sets in, and you don’t want to encourage potential buyers to sit on their hands because they see you lowering the price every few days when something isn’t getting snapped up. It’s a disservice to the seller.

 

Sellers also might have a typo in their ad that isn’t caught immediately. A post-script isn’t the most flattering place to fix a typo. 😅

 

Thanks for the great forums and for your consideration!

Hi Jeremy, I sooooo wish this was feasible. The single issue stopping me from implementing it is that .05% of people are dishonest and ruin it for everyone. The buy & sell forum has been a hot spot for more fraudsters than you can imagine. If the world was full of people like you, who don't think like they do, we could leave our doors unlocked and are valuables in plain sight :~)

 

If unlimited editing is allowed, the scammers will offer something, make a sale, then adjust the post to show scratches and dents, claiming all along they were there in the first place. 

 

It really sucks, I hear everyone loud and clear. 

[botrytis]

Chris, I believe, is doing his best, but ultimately, he has to make the best business decisions for his business.

[The Computer Audiophile]

3 minutes ago, botrytis said:

Chris, I believe, is doing his best, but ultimately, he has to make the best business decisions for his business.

It's also to protect all the honest members who've built this community for 15 years, which as you say, is good for business, but of the utmost importance to me personally.

[botrytis]

Totally agree there.

 

I was speaking the obvious point, out loud, that people don't think about.