Is there some sort of contest...

[jerrymrc]

[WARNING: RANT AHEAD]So I've been looking through the Trading Post forums at all of the different threads and it seems more and more like I'm seeing a particular trend forming. So, it got me wondering, are you folks having some sort of contest to see who can hide your asking prices and locations better than the next poster?I mean, I continue to see lots of threads where people never use a dollar sign and the asking price is buried within a paragraph of text. Even then it's almost coded so it's hard to tell if the number is actually a price or just a random number thrown into the midst of the text.And then, you sneakey entrepreneurs, you either slide your location in so a person has to read the post a few times to actually catch your location - or, better yet, you throw out a region ("NE CO" or "From XXX to YYY" versus your actual location (wouldn't want someone to actually narrow down your whereabouts to an actual municipal sub-section, now would we?). Uncle Sam and his Black Helicopters might find you if you narrow it down to a 10 square mile area.And, lastly, what's with running everything you've got to say into one bulky paragraph? Is there some reason you can't separate your comments into separate paragraphs or do you not care if it's difficult to read your posts?Okay, I'm done now.[/RANT OFF]

FIFY.

[jerrymrc]

SO The more posts one has on this site, the better person they are? Ive noticed an attitude that expresses that belief. I dont post a ton. There are a few guys in here who post 40 to 50 times a day not to say anything worthy, just to get the count high enough to become acceptable.
The amount of posts matter little to me. I tend to judge people on what they have to say and how they approach others.
I can't help but wonder what the count has to be before your "acceptable" in CO-AR-15? 500? 1000? Sad.
Yeah! It's time to bash anyone who might try to sell something but not post a lot. Good thing eveyone in here gets along, acts civil to each other and all that trash.

I will say not at all. I give reminders to all. I myself do not have a large post count considering that I have been here 6-7 years. I value quality over quantity.

I have noticed that we do seem to have many new members where there 1st post is in the classified section and out of only 3-4 simple rules they are unable or unwilling to follow them.

Just some thoughts.

[theGinsue]

poor guy didnt know what he got himself into............

(As much as I hate using this type of testing slang..) OMG!

You have no idea!

Most of it is petty and simple to address stuff, but some things get a bit out of hand and take time to address. I'e been trying to do the kinder-gentler mod thing and give people warnings where I can, but in some cases I should have been giving folks cooling off periods from the site.

But, I love this site a lot and am glad to have the chance to help out a bit here. I just wish folks would spend a few extras minutes and think about some of the things they post (especially, as per the OP, in the Trading Post section).

[zteknik]

I don't know if it's just coincidence or related in some fashion, but I have also noticed, many of the people that don't post a clear price/location/pics, are the same people that ONLY use this forum to sell their stuff. They aren't active members, and i'm willing to bet, you could match their post count with postings in the wanted/for sale section.

There is a huge difference in postings of "active members" and "classified trolls". Active members, actually put some thought and take care in ensuring everybody gets a clear understanding of what they are selling, where they can meet, and how much they want. Whereas classified trolls, probably have the same posting on half a dozen other sites, and are just seeking as many views as possible.

I've watched the regulars and mods, be VERY patient with these folks, but patience only goes so far.

yea ive noticed that
a lot of the forums i belong to allways have the same people advertising stuff and thats it
seems like there not into contributing to any of the forums just mass add spamming
and it seems like there ads are allways the same-just copy paste on each board irregardless of forum classifide policies
on some boards you have to be a member for a certain length of time with so many posts before you can place an add -but a lot of guys just post whore to boost there count up to sell stuff
i wonder if theres a way to weed the guys out who just post the classifides and nothing else?

[theGinsue]

This. Go to it.

Hmmmmmmmm....

As I'm sure you've seen, I try to give folks a warning first. If this continues to become a growing problem, I'll save myself (and the site users) time and just delete the thread(s) until the offenders figure it out.

[theGinsue]

ginse i think the problem is with people asking 100 for their stuff and then they think they want 200 but the real problem is finding the number within the post and then they just keep on typing and you really have a hard time trying to find anything because it is just one big massive run on sentence but every once in a while there is a period. i really find it amusing when they type shit out like that because i really try to lay my for sale ads out in a very clear and concise manner and always try to post pictures so everyone can see what they are getting plus pictures make any item sell better no matter what it is. having the price down at the bottom away from the main body of the text is nice so that people can see if you are asking 100 dollars and even a money symbol is nice to have so that people can at least locate the price in their mass confusion of words. I really hope my explanation solved everything and you feel better now

Oh, you're a funny one.

I ain't laughin' (okay, maybe a little bit...it is funny).

[hurley842002]

SO The more posts one has on this site, the better person they are? Ive noticed an attitude that expresses that belief. I dont post a ton. There are a few guys in here who post 40 to 50 times a day not to say anything worthy, just to get the count high enough to become acceptable.
The amount of posts matter little to me. I tend to judge people on what they have to say and how they approach others.
I can't help but wonder what the count has to be before your "acceptable" in CO-AR-15? 500? 1000? Sad.
Yeah! It's time to bash anyone who might try to sell something but not post a lot. Good thing eveyone in here gets along, acts civil to each other and all that trash.

Who said anything about needing a certain number of posts to be "accepted"?

[theGinsue]

I don't know if it's just coincidence or related in some fashion, but I have also noticed, many of the people that don't post a clear price/location/pics, are the same people that ONLY use this forum to sell their stuff. They aren't active members, and i'm willing to bet, you could match their post count with postings in the wanted/for sale section.

There is a huge difference in postings of "active members" and "classified trolls". Active members, actually put some thought and take care in ensuring everybody gets a clear understanding of what they are selling, where they can meet, and how much they want. Whereas classified trolls, probably have the same posting on half a dozen other sites, and are just seeking as many views as possible.

I've watched the regulars and mods, be VERY patient with these folks, but patience only goes so far.

SO The more posts one has on this site, the better person they are? Ive noticed an attitude that expresses that belief. I dont post a ton. There are a few guys in here who post 40 to 50 times a day not to say anything worthy, just to get the count high enough to become acceptable.
The amount of posts matter little to me. I tend to judge people on what they have to say and how they approach others.
I can't help but wonder what the count has to be before your "acceptable" in CO-AR-15? 500? 1000? Sad.
Yeah! It's time to bash anyone who might try to sell something but not post a lot. Good thing eveyone in here gets along, acts civil to each other and all that trash.

Red Devil is right. I'm not making this about how long a person has been a member, or how many posts they have (while the newest members tend to be the first offenders).

Heck, while it's really nice to have, I'm not even making this about having pics in the posts. If something catches my interest as a potential buyer and there are no pics, I will ask for them. If I get a response like (you can look for these online, there are plenty of pics out there", the seller obviously doesn't want me to see what HE/SHE is selling and I'm done with the thread. If the person either doesn't know how or have the capability to post a pic of their item, I'm actually okay with that. But, without pics of their item, if we agree on a meet to buy, don't be angry if I do not like the condition of YOUR item and walk away from the trade.

I just think that its easy enough to clearly post your location.
It's easy enough to clearly post your price(s).
And it's easy enough to post in a format that is easy to read.

If you really want to sell your wares, why wouldnt you try to make it easy on those potential buyers to read through your post and get the relevant info?

Just sayin.

[TS12000]

I have to say we should all thank the mods for how clean they keep it here. Sure no location/price/etc gets annoying but as far as spam and correcting our new members goes they keep co-ar15 in damn good shape.

[Zundfolge]

yea ive noticed that
a lot of the forums i belong to allways have the same people advertising stuff and thats it
seems like there not into contributing to any of the forums just mass add spamming
and it seems like there ads are allways the same-just copy paste on each board irregardless of forum classifide policies
on some boards you have to be a member for a certain length of time with so many posts before you can place an add -but a lot of guys just post whore to boost there count up to sell stuff
i wonder if theres a way to weed the guys out who just post the classifides and nothing else?

I, for one, have no problem with people that never post anything outside of the classifieds because I happen to like a very full and active classifieds for when I want to buy or sell something (that and I happen to enjoy window shopping).

Running off people who just use the classifieds isn't going to make the forum in general (or the classified section) any better.

On several of the forums I frequent, posts in the classifieds section DO NOT go toward your post count, so that would be a good policy here to show who is only posting ads and who is actually contributing (then those that care about such things can use that information as they see fit).

Bigger postcounts don't mean you're a better person, just that you are more of a contributor to the community (that and you can search their posts to see if they're a schmuck).


As for some of the other complaints (poorly written ads, bad formatting, lack of price/location/photos/etc) these things mostly harm the seller so I fail to see why buyers would complain ... if you don't like the ad don't buy and the sellers that post crappy ads will either learn or give up and go away. See, the market solution wins again!

Oh and one side thing that annoys the crap out of me; "add" means to increase the quantity of something, "ad" means an advertisement (I work in publishing and it drives me nuts that even professionals mess that one up).