***CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING RULES REQUIRED***

[Graham Benyon]

IMO we need some simple rules on here which are already in place on other fishing forums.

ALL ITEMS MUST STATE THE PRICE REQUIRED INC POSTAGE

OFFERS ONLY ACCEPTED UNDER THIS PRICE IF REQUESTED BY THE SELLER LATER

THE LOCATION OF THE SELLER SO COLLECTIONS CAN BE ORGANISED

THE SELLER TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF 25 POSTS BEFORE THEY CAN SELL ANYTHING

What does everyone think?

[Carlperkins]

that sounds like a very good idea as on the other forum it got silly with ebay links and pms for prices

[Goff Dyer AKA Orkney Lad]

IMO we need some simple rules on here which are already in place on other fishing forums.

ALL ITEMS MUST STATE THE PRICE REQUIRED INC POSTAGE

OFFERS ONLY ACCEPTED UNDER THIS PRICE IF REQUESTED BY THE SELLER LATER

THE LOCATION OF THE SELLER SO COLLECTIONS CAN BE ORGANISED

THE SELLER TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF 25 POSTS BEFORE THEY CAN SELL ANYTHING

What does everyone think?

Good idea apart from two things.

Offer's a no no our forum is not an auction site can cause conflict, state a price.

25 posts to sell, any scammer can do 25 posts of rubbish entitling him to sell, the majority of the boys on here are known by one or more persons.

[popup1]

another forum im a member of doesnt allow people to sell unless they`ve been a forum member for 6 months or more......stopped untold scammers.
james

[Steve Dennington]

another forum im a member of doesnt allow people to sell unless they`ve been a forum member for 6 months or more......stopped untold scammers.
james

That would mean none of use could sell anything until February though...

[Gavin P]

another forum im a member of doesnt allow people to sell unless they`ve been a forum member for 6 months or more......stopped untold scammers.
james

That would mean none of use could sell anything until February though...

What about three months as someone is not going to wait around all that time unless they are genuine

[Marty]

The guidelines are already laid out in "General Etiquette for Buyers and Sellers" at the top of the classifieds page.

As regards the trustworthyness of posters in the classifieds, a bit of common sense should weedle any scammers out... if not known then you can always ask for a reference from another member.

the golden rule of course is if in any doubt leave it alone!

[Graham Benyon]

IMO we need some simple rules on here which are already in place on other fishing forums.

ALL ITEMS MUST STATE THE PRICE REQUIRED INC POSTAGE

OFFERS ONLY ACCEPTED UNDER THIS PRICE IF REQUESTED BY THE SELLER LATER

THE LOCATION OF THE SELLER SO COLLECTIONS CAN BE ORGANISED

THE SELLER TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF 25 POSTS BEFORE THEY CAN SELL ANYTHING

What does everyone think?

Good idea apart from two things.

Offer's a no no our forum is not an auction site can cause conflict, state a price.

25 posts to sell, any scammer can do 25 posts of rubbish entitling him to sell, the majority of the boys on here are known by one or more persons.

I think I said state a price, If it doesnt sell at that price the seller can ask for offer by PM??

[Marty]

i dont think its a problem if a price is given with a "or nearest offer".

its the dutch auction/people trying to be clever that wont be allowed.

[Daniel]

It would be good if BUYERS didn't just post a message saying PM sent when the seller has multiple items for sale, lures being the obvious example. If you want to buy the Replicant or whatever then say you want to buy it on the thread, it does away with any confusion over who asked for it first and everyone can see at a glance if someone else has already asked for it.

[spincityfan]

can we please have a rule stopping people from joining up and posting stuff for sale straight away? been a lot of that recently

[Tomcox77]

can we please have a rule stopping people from joining up and posting stuff for sale straight away? been a lot of that recently

2nd that , peoples 1st post is a for sale, that does take the p**s( unless its somethin im after )

[markyboy]

can we please have a rule stopping people from joining up and posting stuff for sale straight away? been a lot of that recently

Several of the people who have done that were members on the old forum.

What difference does it make anyway?

If you didnt recognise them , then it would certainly be foolish to send them any money.

The choice is yours

[Jason Skilton]

[Crackoff]

I have a username but I always have my name on all my posts in full view and I end my posts with my fist name and a smiley so you know it’s me.



But I agree we should have a time delay before you can sell anything



Grant = Smiley face Crackoneoffski

[Ben]

I've had a quick look in the Admin Panel and I don't think I can stop people listing items with under 10 posts.

I tend to agree but as ever, Markyboy changes my mind!!

If someone has a low post count or is unknown, simply do the following:

1) Don't buy it
2) Meet and pay cash
3) Ask them to send you a Paypal invoice and use recorded delivery, Paypal charge 3.4% commission and recorded delivery is about an extra £1, as a buyer I'd happily pay that for piece of mind.

Maybe those last points need adding to the Sticky Thread that's on the For Sale section?

[John G]

I've had a quick look in the Admin Panel and I don't think I can stop people listing items with under 10 posts.

Can't you edit that board so that privates can't create threads in it, Then just edit the private rank to be under "xx" posts. Should be doable on most forums Ben

[John G]

Just been looking through the for sale items again. It seems there is still a few etiquette issues. I think the word etiquette should be removed & replaced with Rules.

For Sale Etiquette.... You SHOULD adhere to these.
For Sale Rules ....... You MUST adhere to these.

Perhaps only a tiny differance, But a differance all the same

[Ben]

I can only see Al's thread with an eBay link and that's ok because he was new and didn't realise.

Am I missing some others?

[Marty]

I've been sort of clearing em up recently Ben, so a few have been amended to comply with forum rules.