This is becoming more and more of a problem lately. Lets recap:
-Do NOT post in the classifieds unless you are a buyer/seller with a legitimate question!
-Do NOT post in the classifieds to complain about someone's asking price!
-Restrict your posting to relevant questions about the product being sold, traded, etc.
When you post in a thread, it bumps that thread to the very top of the first page. In turn, this bumps the lowest thread on that page to the second page. What this means is, as you are busy posting high fives, congratulations, or other irrelevant posts in someone's classified, it is bumping people's ads off the first page and hurting their ability to sell their stuff. Make sense? Posts need to be kept to a MINIMUM in the classifieds! Where possible, the seller should make changes/additions to their ad by editing the original post, as this will not bump the thread to the very top.
As far as thread bumps, until we come up with something specific, lets just keep it simple. Only the thread originator should bump their thread, and not more than once every 4 days. That interval may change, but for now I'd say that's fair. Bumping every single day, and sometimes more than once per day (it happens) is not fair to the other 14,000 users of this site that may be wanting to sell their items as well.
People that do not follow these rules are going to start receiving warnings. For those that habitually break these rules, we can also start handing out bans. We don't want to do this, but it's becoming a serious problem lately. Please think before you post in the classifieds. Is it a question better done through PM's or email? Is it a question better asked through a non-classified section of the site? Lets keep things working smoothly for our fellow TGT'ers that are trying to sell their stuff people.
-Do NOT post in the classifieds unless you are a buyer/seller with a legitimate question!
-Do NOT post in the classifieds to complain about someone's asking price!
-Restrict your posting to relevant questions about the product being sold, traded, etc.
When you post in a thread, it bumps that thread to the very top of the first page. In turn, this bumps the lowest thread on that page to the second page. What this means is, as you are busy posting high fives, congratulations, or other irrelevant posts in someone's classified, it is bumping people's ads off the first page and hurting their ability to sell their stuff. Make sense? Posts need to be kept to a MINIMUM in the classifieds! Where possible, the seller should make changes/additions to their ad by editing the original post, as this will not bump the thread to the very top.
As far as thread bumps, until we come up with something specific, lets just keep it simple. Only the thread originator should bump their thread, and not more than once every 4 days. That interval may change, but for now I'd say that's fair. Bumping every single day, and sometimes more than once per day (it happens) is not fair to the other 14,000 users of this site that may be wanting to sell their items as well.
People that do not follow these rules are going to start receiving warnings. For those that habitually break these rules, we can also start handing out bans. We don't want to do this, but it's becoming a serious problem lately. Please think before you post in the classifieds. Is it a question better done through PM's or email? Is it a question better asked through a non-classified section of the site? Lets keep things working smoothly for our fellow TGT'ers that are trying to sell their stuff people.