Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 10:05 AM |
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Rules on selling items
Can we please have a sticky in the "For Sale" section outlining the rules of selling. I know Ben got told off earlier for starting two
threads to sell items, but we now have another two sellers (one of whom has ignored some advice via U2U to pop both items into a single post!!  )
doing exactly the same!!
The front page at the moment is getting swamped with threads of For Sale items!!! I'm sure i'm not the only one frustrated by seeing all
these threads (and repeated threads selling the same item!!)
Is this a TRADE ADVERTISEMENT?? Click HERE to report it!
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mr henderson
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 10:12 AM |
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If I could add to what Paul said (all of which I agree with) it would be good if people would give some clue in the title of the thread as to what
they are selling!
Also, perhaps the sale items ought to be restricted to those things which might have some at least tenuous connection to Locost stuff, or to some kind
of motoring at least?
John
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 10:17 AM |
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Arrr, what’s worse is thar not in pirate talk Gar, Where can I find a bottle o'rum?
Arrr, perhaps the for sale thin's should not be shown on the forum topic list like stuff in mad house section? Ye'll ne'er get me
buried booty! Aye, excuse my grammar Me was brought up in a barrel o' seaweed, argh!
[Edited on 19/9/08 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 10:23 AM |
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Aye me hearty, show these scurvy dogs the cat o' nine tails and 'ave 'em walk the plank
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loggyboy
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 10:27 AM |
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Surely it boils down to the seller using their head, rather than stamping specific rules.
It surely makes sence if you are selling lots of items that are of a similar type, (ie all car parts, or all pc parts etc) for them to be in one
thread, but if your selling several items that are distinctly different then seperate threads for them might make it more clear. especially when
people start asking lots of questions.
Mistral Motorsport
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 10:33 AM |
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Problem is, the For Sale page will only accomodate 8 items, and if you have a look at the page right now you will see 5 of those are taken up by two
sellers!! Its unfair on those that have been forced off the page and makes it hard to find items when you are genuinely searching for stuff.
I'd like to see what Mr Henderson suggests - put the item for sale in the title but also start it with "For Sale" or
"FS" to keep things clear on the front page.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 10:47 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
Problem is, the For Sale page will only accomodate 8 items, and if you have a look at the page right now you will see 5 of those are taken up by two
sellers!!
Arrr, hmm 8 items, Me see almost 50, shiver me timbers! Or am Me lookin' at the wrong for sale screen??? You can set the number o' items
shown in the preferences section.
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 10:48 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
quote:
Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
Problem is, the For Sale page will only accomodate 8 items, and if you have a look at the page right now you will see 5 of those are taken up by two
sellers!!
Arrr, hmm 8 items, Me see almost 50, shiver me timbers! Or am Me lookin' at the wrong for sale screen??? You can set the number o' items
shown in the preferences section.
You can?? Cool. I'll have to have a look then!!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 10:54 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
quote:
Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
Problem is, the For Sale page will only accomodate 8 items, and if you have a look at the page right now you will see 5 of those are taken up by two
sellers!!
Arrr, hmm 8 items, Me see almost 50, shiver me timbers! Or am Me lookin' at the wrong for sale screen??? You can set the number o' items
shown in the preferences section.
You can?? Cool. I'll have to have a look then!!
Aye, yip it’s in the edit profile section, number o' posts per page…8 bein' like feck all, gar! wtf my parrot is a monkey, argh!
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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SPYDER
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 10:55 AM |
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(Sorry guys, I only posted the two items this morning to try and give the bargains to Locosters and then I get lambasted for it!
Maybe I'll sell things elsewhere next time.
And I've removed my AVATAR. It was too big, apparently. Oh dear.
One of my posts was replied to this morning within 4 minutes by someone simply translating my post into pirate speak. Very helpful I'm sure.
Not everyone wants to read these types of posts either but they seem to be tolerated, even if they do "bump " the post onto your front
page!
Please don't do anything to discourage people selling potentially useful bargains. Locosters rely on them.
Avast me hearties! I think not.
Geoff.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 11:01 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by SPYDER
One of my posts was replied to this morning within 4 minutes by someone simply translating my post into pirate speak. Very helpful I'm sure.
Avast me hearties! I think not.
Ahoy, oh don’t take it personally we’re a jolly bunch verily, it’s speak like pirate day btw and you get 7-10 for that effort, gar! Friday is silly
day, thank god thar’s no sin' along…oops, gar!
lambasted what a smashing word that is! 
[Edited on 19/9/08 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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MikeR
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 11:04 AM |
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Aye Matey, perhaps thi should sell thi swag thats not car related in thi anything else section?
(or in english - perhaps non car related sales should be in anything else, although i've just realised that will still appear on the front
screen so defeat the object)
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 11:06 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
i've just realised that will still appear on the front screen so defeat the object)
0 out of 10 
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 11:11 AM |
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"lambasting" you - or trying to save you from a telling off by Fozzie like Ben got??
here
I know many people simply wont realise that posting seperate items up in individual threads is frowned upon hence the suggestion to clarify what the
expectations are with a sticky on the front page of the "For Sale" section.
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Fozzie
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 12:42 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
"lambasting" you - or trying to save you from a telling off by Fozzie like Ben got??
You call that a telling off!!!!!!!
More like polite request........ in my book!
I am trying to find time to do a 'sticky' but as those who know me well, know, I have my hands full trying to sort out the aftermath of
losing our workshop from fire (spread from another unit).......
no rum rations for you lot.... cat o nine tails seems a fitting punishment, then a long walk off a short plank for good measure....after ye 'ave
swabbed the decks.......
As for the avatar issue, don't exaggerate! you were politely asked to resize it to 150-ish pixels wide...yours was 400......
It is all in the help section found in your control panel.........
Back to For Sale items, ChrisW has long had the rule which was at one time stickied that more than 5 for sale items in a month would, or could deem
being a 'trader'.
Each post (thread) counts as one, but, for example 10 items in one post (thread) counts as one.
It is also 'bad form' if someone only comes on here (90% of the time) only to sell stuff.......
As said, I will find time to do a sticky, just bear with me on this....... 
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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grazzledazzle
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 12:51 PM |
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hmmm.
Clarification needed here. It was four items for me last week.
Newish member here.
No rules posted anywhere.
u2u telling me to stick to said rules...
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Fozzie
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 01:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by grazzledazzle
hmmm.
Clarification needed here. It was four items for me last week.
Newish member here.
No rules posted anywhere.
u2u telling me to stick to said rules...
In 4 separate threads on the same day within minutes....! kicking other stuff from the front page
If you are a newbie...perhaps best to take a look at the forum and familiarise yourself with how it runs?...... most people do!
Nuff said
Fozzie
[Edited on 19-9-08 by Fozzie]
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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clairetoo
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 03:29 PM |
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And it should be Davey Jone's locker for those scurvey dog's wot go hawking their swag in the day time when most of us are out doing an
honest days pirating
arrrrg 
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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JoelP
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 07:35 PM |
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number one for me is to consisely describe the items in the title. Just wastes time if its not there. High value stuff should be seperate but junk
should be grouped together in one thread. 
PS, anyone can write a post in fs and ask to have it stickied, if its good it might stay, if its crap you can always delete it!
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