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    Quote Originally Posted by typ901 View Post
    would it be possible to ask sellers to EDIT their post to indicate when something is sold ?
    posting a message to that effect (ie; "this is sold") causes an unnecessary bump. same for status messages such as "sale pending".
    just a thought.
    There is a functionality (or was) on the 912 BBS to mark threads as SOLD which I don't see on the early911S board, maybe something like this? The 912 board just upgraded their system and it now looks drastically different and have not tested if this is still the case. you should check it out, looks good!

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    Quote Originally Posted by typ901 View Post
    would it be possible to ask sellers to EDIT their post to indicate when something is sold ?
    posting a message to that effect (ie; "this is sold") causes an unnecessary bump. same for status messages such as "sale pending".
    just a thought.
    This is just common courtesy. Why bump a thread for no purpose.
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    Request added to leave price once sold.
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    got it, thanks!
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    Any traction on the commercial seller sub-forum? There are obviously some sellers posting that are only here to sell and more and more it's looking like abuse of the forum. I mean how many ads for radios are needed in one day?

    Also, there doesn't seem to be any control of how many ads these sellers have active at any given time nor, a limit to how many of these ads that can be bumped in a single day, effectively masking the occasional enthusiast ad. Then you get two or three sellers in 'bump wars'..

    It's looking more and more like EBay with having to filter out four million commercial ads to get down to what's interesting.

    Maybe limit how many new ads can be created by any user in a week (one per day??). Additionally, limiting the number of threads a user is allowed to bump in a week (again one/two per day?)

    Seeing two persons bumping 6-8 ads in a day essentially drops other ads off the main page.

    It would also be easy identify the 'professional' sellers and require payment for AD SPACE since that is essentially what it amounts too. Abusers loose access to the classifieds section for a week, two weeks, three weeks,,, Sliding scale for the number of offenses.

    Of course the moderation needs to ramp up a bit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 70SATMan View Post
    Any traction on the commercial seller sub-forum? There are obviously some sellers posting that are only here to sell and more and more it's looking like abuse of the forum. I mean how many ads for radios are needed in one day?

    Also, there doesn't seem to be any control of how many ads these sellers have active at any given time nor, a limit to how many of these ads that can be bumped in a single day, effectively masking the occasional enthusiast ad. Then you get two or three sellers in 'bump wars'..

    It's looking more and more like EBay with having to filter out four million commercial ads to get down to what's interesting.

    Maybe limit how many new ads can be created by any user in a week (one per day??). Additionally, limiting the number of threads a user is allowed to bump in a week (again one/two per day?)

    Seeing two persons bumping 6-8 ads in a day essentially drops other ads off the main page.

    It would also be easy identify the 'professional' sellers and require payment for AD SPACE since that is essentially what it amounts too. Abusers loose access to the classifieds section for a week, two weeks, three weeks,,, Sliding scale for the number of offenses.

    Of course the moderation needs to ramp up a bit.
    Indeed ... I like the classified, sometimes I bought great stuff from posters and I also sold some spares years back. What about:
    1. Max 5 F/S post per month (but how to make sure posters are real and not fake accounts from same dealer) so radio dealers can group their goods in a single place
    2. No bumps or comments under the F/S: lock them (but sometimes there are some interesting and educating debates underneath ...)
    3. Limit the F/S to paying members? But, again, we risk to lose some interesting bits to other platforms ...

    Overhead on moderators should be kept to minimum, but how? Anyway ... it's a complex issue, no easy plug-and-play solution ...

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    Good comments that I will discuss with Chuck Miller.
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    Here's another related suggestion. Perhaps the "What's New" link could exclude the Classifieds. I visit in the morning and click What's New, and have to wade through 90% or more classifieds to find a couple of normal threads to look at. Not all of us are actively looking to buy or sell stuff right now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arne View Post
    Not all of us are actively looking to buy or sell stuff right now.
    from the same 3 guys....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Soterik View Post
    from the same 3 guys....
    One can set up the ability to “ignore” others…

    - In the upper nav, click on Forum Actions
    - Click on Edit Profile
    - Under My Account, click on Edit Ignore List
    - Enter in User IDs to ignore
    - Click Okay
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