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I'd pm mike, but I have to think he has his reasons for allowing people to post wherever they want when they join. Maybe I should just stop being the main one who asks/tells them to introduce themselves first, but it just kinda gets under my skin. I've joined boards with the partial intent to sell parts, but I've always introduced myself and made that fact known.
The way I look at it someone could introduce themselves and still rip someone off. There's been instances of paying venders on other boards ripping customers off. A simple introduction does not alleviate ones responsibility as a buyer to ask questions, get phone number, get pictures, inquire about shipping, guarantees, insurance etc to feel more secure in a transaction. My problem with the classifieds is old ads that are bumped by people who still think an item listed 3 years ago is for sale. The classifieds sections need a major house cleaning along with the stolen vehicle section.
I've joined boards with the partial intent to sell parts, but I've always introduced myself and made that fact known.
My problem with the classifieds is old ads that are bumped by people who still think an item listed 3 years ago is for sale. The classifieds sections need a major house cleaning along with the stolen vehicle section.
To me its an abuse of the service Marlincrawler provides if you treat his website and his forum as nothing more than a classifieds as. Mabye its just me though
i used to do my best to keep it cleaned up, after a part was sold i deleted the thread, but apparently people felt i was doing the job too well and i no longer have control over that areathere was a good bit of E-drama a few months ago, that i tried to stay out of but it got out of hand, but since i no longer can work ( and anyone with more than 50 posts here should know why ) 90% of my time is spent here on Marlincrawler.com where as other moderators have jobs, school, LIFE. they don't really have the time to sit at the computer all day ok I'm depressed now
"Hi, my name is Charlie Wenzel and I'm a loser. ...buy my junk..."
Glen there may be some boards u dont do but the for sale rig gallery and all the ones im in still get a good amount of my attention.I dont know what I am doing "wrong"Partially the only reason I even get on here is to check out the boards. The reason I do not delete the posts that are old is that they dont say to but i guess I will since people are complaining.
I don't think you're doing anything wrong. I can see the dilemma, you don't want to delete a thread when someone is still selling something, but it sure is a PITA when some new guy asks if something is for sale, and pulls the thread back from when it died in oh, say 2004. Do you know if there is a way that the section can be set so the threads are automatically deleted if they are inactive for say, 90 days, 6 mos. whatever? That way it could automatically weed out the stuff that is either gone and the seller forgot to delete the thread, or the seller no longer frequents the board.
Do I know... No.....Does Bigmike or Cruzilla know.. Possibly. I dont know. I was going to bring it up in the moderator forum but since everyone is complaining I will anyway and just see that even though it may not say please delete or something along those lines I will just delete.Personally when I see something thats 3 years old or older that says stuff for sale blah blah and some ididot posts in 2008 like yah i want to delete it but since I am not the author of the thread and since it does not say please delete it gets me in a bind like, what do i do and personally my choice is not delete it since it doesnt say to and I am not the author. So for everone that thinks I am "not doing my job" you really gotta think that what im doing may be more if the right thing. Even if the person is not an active member the part/parts may not be sold so it seriously is like, what do i do.
GIVE GLEN HIS POWER BACK!!!
Personally when I see something thats 3 years old or older that says stuff for sale blah blah and some ididot posts in 2008 like yah i want to delete it but since I am not the author of the thread and since it does not say please delete it gets me in a bind like, what do i do and personally my choice is not delete it since it doesnt say to and I am not the author.
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