Modeators! Problem with wanted forum

[SuddenlySummer]

Maybe you know this already. Maybe you don't.

The new "Wanted" fourm won't allow a response unless it's by a moderator.

Kinda defeats the purpose.

[Guest]

Dija get er going yet?

[Valv]

The Wanted Forum is a "read only". You have to leave your email address, phone # or else in your posting, and people has to contact you through that.

It's made to don't use a lot of bandwidth with server and load up system with huge traffic.

[SuddenlySummer]

O.K.

[Guest]

I don't like that.

[Steve Foss]

Well, bigg, more bandwidth costs more money, and by including an e-mail address in the post it allows all those price and other negotiations to go on "off the air," as it were. This way is almost identical to a classified ad in a newspaper, where the ad is all you see and you have to contact the seller personally. Also, e-mail was the most common way to negotiate that used equipment forum before the change, so it's not really much of a change.

[This message has been edited by stfcatfish (edited 02-03-2003).]

[Guest]

what if we got rid of employment opportunities and just had wanted items. This isn't exactly the "labor ready" HSOforum. if you take a look at it right now 3/4 of the threads are employment oriented.
Alright,I'll shut up about it. Just that complainer in me.

[Grabs]

This needs to be this way otherwise it makes it really easy for someone to sell something for greater than $250. It says right at the top of the page that you must leave your info and I am sorry but some people just don't take the time to read. I have even posted and FYI message in there as extra notice.

Come on people if you are looking for something, why wouldn't you at least leave an e-mail address?? I can see not wanting to leave a phone number, but if you were to place an ad in the paper wouldn't you leave some sort of contact info?? Don't post stuff without contact info!!

Sorry just had to vent I have seen SO MANY ads posted there in the past couple weeks that didn't have any contact info.

[SuddenlySummer]

I always checked the old forum and was very pleased with the split. I just never knew that the "wanted" forum was a post only forum.

No problem!

As long as I know what I need to do.