Posted Tue Feb 12, 2008, 9:21am Subject: Division of "Buy/Sell/Trade" forum
The BST forum seems to be increasingly filled with "WTB" threads. This makes it harder to zip through the "For Sale" ads alone. I think it would make things a little tidier for the upcoming CG makeover if the "BST" forum was subdivided into "For Sale/Trade" and "Want to buy" subforums. I've seen this on other forums and it's much more convenient. In the spirit of community you might also consider adding a "Freebies" forum for people to offer things up for free to other CG members. Another idea is an "Appraisals" subforum where CGers could have other members here offer up suggestions for asking prices for gear before they are put up for sale. These are all things that I've seen on other forums and felt were worthwhile additions.
Posted Tue Apr 8, 2008, 10:07pm Subject: Re: Division of "Buy/Sell/Trade" forum
The only problem I have with the BST forum is folks who have something for sale and simply posting a for sale post before scanning for WTB threads and then contacting people and vise versa.
On the other hand a simple fix would be to make the BST a "for sale" only posting place where those looking to buy could only look then respond. But then that would exclude those looking for non-common or rare items that don’t always pop up.
Maybe a color-coding system would make it easier on the eyes to tell what is what. Again I wish folks would scan the forum before posting either way, how often do we see a WTB and a FS on the same item show up around the same time?
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Posted Mon Apr 21, 2008, 5:27pm Subject: Re: Division of "Buy/Sell/Trade" forum
A choice of selling or buying subjects? Either click on 'Selling' or 'Buying' instead of just 'Start New Topic' and it enters one or the other? I dunno. It'd be great if there were a separate areas for 'I want' and another for 'I want to get rid of'. Anyone that is interested in a trade should mention it in the subject already. Sellers should go to the 'I want' section and suggest to those folk that they might have what is wanted, and vice versa.
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