Conman: The ratcatcher

[myiot]

I 2nd the above statement, this forum would be the poorer with out them.

Indeed! There are other forums where the mods actually seem to encourage antagonism....
Dave handled this well.

[MartynB]

Dave handled this well.

I second that comment

[T 20]

Indeed! There are other forums where the mods actually seem to encourage antagonism....

No there isn't


































Bugger.

[Shedder]

No there isn't






























Bugger.

Oh yes there is

[angrybear]

By & large I think sales on here is as good as it can get,
I have no idea how many sales there have been over the years but posts like this are thankfully rare.

The mods seem to keep sales policed quite nicely, thank you gents, and the only things I really don't like are;
1. Posts without photo's.
2. That how to post photo's in sales is not a sticky in sales.
3. Buyers who do not post on the thread, so post 1 is the ad, post 2 is sold by the seller.

[Sir_SwampThing]

By & large I think sales on here is as good as it can get,
I have no idea how many sales there have been over the years but posts like this are thankfully rare.

The mods seem to keep sales policed quite nicely, thank you gents, and the only things I really don't like are;
1. Posts without photo's.
2. That how to post photo's in sales is not a sticky in sales.
3. Buyers who do not post on the thread, so post 1 is the ad, post 2 is sold by the seller.

Point 3 I raised with the Mods only a couple of days ago and it was acted on immediately.
I think that in future (like other forums I frequent) ALL communications in sales should be in the open until a deal is agreed and then details exchanged in private.

Atb
Chris

[oldskoolzzz]

Must admit sales that go wrong and aired in public do seem very rare on here.

I’ve been here since 2008 and I was always under the impression that the first to say they wanted an item either on the thread or via pm if the buyer wanted to stay anonymous were the rules.

Ok granted it’s not good etiquette to be anonymous when buying via pm and I’ve seen it cause issues.

Same as someone that half says they are interested but needs to know x y and z or includes caveat’s then someone else pops a yes please straight afterwards

[T 20]

By & large I think sales on here is as good as it can get,
I have no idea how many sales there have been over the years but posts like this are thankfully rare.

3. Buyers who do not post on the thread, so post 1 is the ad, post 2 is sold by the seller.

Hi AB

If you bear in mind that the sales section rules allow a vendor to advertise elsewhere as well as here then there will naturally be some threads such as this when the item sells elsewhere.
Another scenario is that the purchaser doesn't want everyone to know their business so the deal is done via PM, which I'm also OK with.
There could also be vendors who post sold when in actual fact they've just decided to withdraw the item and don't want PMs asking if they'd reconsider.

If someone wants to sell, I say let them sell as unhindered by rules as possible.






All the best Mick