It's becoming quite frequent that people register here just to try to sell comics. I'm not complaining about that - far from it - but one trend in those posts seems to be posters believing they are worth far more than is realistic.
I would suggest this is going to continue as this country continues to slide into a cesspit of mass unemployment and general financial misery, and I feel bad for the people posting with inaccurate expectations. There must be an awful lot of disappointed people out there.
I see the sticky thread in "Classifieds" does include valuation advice from Wake but, like the "rules" imposed by Vincebot, people seem to be ignoring it. Is there a way to make this sort of advice more prominent - perhaps with a link that opens every time a new poster starts a Classifieds thread?
Also, is there a form of words we can use that is a little more direct? People should be advised that those comics they've kept in their loft for so long aren't worth anything like what they hope, a few exceptions aside.
- Trout
I think that possibly one of the problems is that new posters come here not expecting the board to be quite as expansive abd all-consuming as it is. After all, if you used to read the prog, have a stack that you no longer want, and need to shift them, why would you expect a forum of the kind we have here?
I think people just come here, post their ad wherever they land, and that's that. I can understand that. And like the mighty trout, i have no problem with that- but as a result they may not get to see the excellent guides supplied until too late.
A disclaimer at the start saying 'your progs are worth less than you think' may not engender the good feeling towards the comic that Rebellion, and we fans, would like.
We may have to put up with it- and let the mods sort it out/ earn their plastic cups of oil.
But people selling stuff is good! (especially if they're selling the 2005 alt rogue trooper cover).
:)
SBT
So you mean my 800 progs in the loft that I'd like to sell won't net me 50 bajillion quid? *sobs*
On sales threads, it happens in every forum, and it irks when people just show up, post and bugger off. On another forum, we're about to make it a rule that you need to either have 'x' posts or have been a member for 'y' months to start such a thread, or it'll be deleted. Perhaps the same could be useful here, to make it more likely that a seller is trusted, and to make it more part of the forum?
I'm not sure there's any means of automating stuff when a classified thread is started though—at least not without some PHPBB hacking.
Quote from: SmallBlueThing on 04 August, 2010, 11:10:23 AM
I think people just come here, post their ad wherever they land, and that's that.
Indeed. Any attempt to try and get things nice and orderly would be like herding kittens. We could set up a fancy FAQ and ask people to read it when they sign up but some are going to press the buttons that register them and get them in a position to post an ad as quickly as possible.
If anyone notices rogue threads or ones in need of a nudge in the right direction (and you don't want to be the nudger, and who does?) then you can drop a mod a note.