Suggestions to improve the site

[Milk 1027]

Originally Posted by SSLarry

Ok, but that is easily solved by only allowing the OP to add posts. He can bump his own thread. Remember, I am trying to suggest ways to make the site better for selllers. Buyers have a lot of resources at their disposal. There are just so many people with no intention of buying just chiming in with their opinion.

Its in your rules, and I know you can't be everywhere at once. However, you now leave it up to the seller to constantly bug you to remove all threads that are not questiosn to the OP. That is practially every post to every thread in the classified forum, especially in the private Autos for Sale forum. I don't think anyone has ever sold a car there.

May I suggest a choice? Only for the Autos for Sale by members forum... allow a poster the choice of using the existing Autos for Sale or the new Autos for Sale (with no posting other than OP). I'm willing to bet that every seller will choose the locked down forum.

Wouldn't that cause a built-in system of "thread crapping"
If the Op is allowed to bump as much as they want?
We've never had anyone complain to us or ask us to remove post not relevant to selling the item.

[SSLarry]

Originally Posted by Milk 1027

Wouldn't that cause a built-in system of "thread crapping"
If the Op is allowed to bump as much as they want?
We've never had anyone complain to us or ask us to remove post not relevant to selling the item.

Note: We are just bantering here. I mean no ill will.

I see your point, andf I am surprised at this. However, I am sure there are folks don't even try to sell their car here because of the probability that someone (all it takes is one to ruin a car-for-sale post) to state that that is not the best deal in the world. That person was not interested in buying the car. You practially have to give the car away to gurantee that no one will crap on your thread.

As for self bumping, you can set limits. One bump a day max, etc. We're talkling about a $30,000 purchase, nit should be treated differently from the small stuff.

[SSLarry]

I just realized that a person selling their Camaro is on the way out of the site and their 'for sale' post may be their last. In this regard, maybe they are treated as lesser members compared to a guy selling a CAI. I dunno.

Anyway, thanks for considering/

[Mr. Wyndham]

Originally Posted by SSLarry

I just realized that a person selling their Camaro is on the way out of the site and their 'for sale' post may be their last. In this regard, maybe they are treated as lesser members compared to a guy selling a CAI. I dunno.

DEFINITELY not.

[GbrilliantQ]

I would like to see a chat room on the main page...

[SSLarry]

Originally Posted by Dragoneye

DEFINITELY not.

Good! It's a community that lives on beyond the Camaro.

Originally Posted by GbrilliantQ

I would like to see a chat room on the main page...

That would be cool . There are so many people oinline at the same time.

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by GbrilliantQ

I would like to see a chat room on the main page...

from admin:

Originally Posted by Tran

Sorry, but there won't be a chat. IMO it defeats the purpose of a forum, which is that it serves as a repository and archive of all questions ever asked so that future members can easily search out the same questions (and resulting answers).