Please Please Please Delete Posts that are sold!

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by sphelps

Come on guys, really? You're telling me that PMing someone asking if the item is still available is that inconvenient? Is your time that valuable or is the hope that crushes you into tears when you discover the item is sold?

Asking MODs to do anything relating to this is just dumb. Yes posting SOLD is considerate and for the most part it is done but for the odd case... who cares. Also check the date FFS, I still get messages regarding items I posted FS years ago.

lol this is gonna be one of those nights isnt it

[The Grizz]

Not everyone has the respect to reply to PM's like most of us do Steve & that really gets the fur ruffled on this old bear especially when they are the ones to start the conversations

2 posts directly from one mod that I like to poke fun at once in a while but do think he is also cool to deal with.

Originally Posted by Aquattro

This is mostly why it was removed. People were deleting things once sold, or completed emptying the post. We asked a billion times for this not to happen, temporarily removed editing, and as soon as we restored it, posts got removed again. So no poll, there's just no editing here beyond the initial 15 minutes.
It's easy enough to post a follow up post with items that are sold, or price renewals. If someone doesn't have the time to read all 7 posts in an ad, they probably don't have time to drive to your house to buy it. It's not that tough..

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Exactly. And when people delete all the contents, or edit price to Sold, that historic benefit is gone.
The people that want the editing back in the buy/sell forums are typically the ones we're specifically targeting to NOT edit
There is no real NEED for editing, other than perhaps tank journals, which I've always tweaked for people as needed.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by kien

At a minimum the seller should indicate in the thread that the items have been.

sold

This way if a mod sees it they can be proactive and add the SOLD label to the title.

thinking "Sold" pretty much covers it.

[hydrofire]

What did I start lol. Seems easier just to delete, instead of browsing through a bunch of useless posts that don't exist anymore. Seems simple but that's how its set up then it's all good.

[Aquattro]

Several issues with deleting. If we let you delete, then the thread is gone on a whim. If there is a complaint by buyer or seller, I have no reference to go back to.
It's also good to know market value of items. Most things for sale have been sold before, so it's nice to see what people were asking or paying for things. Saves you under pricing your item, or over pricing and getting flamed for it. It's also nice to see how often things come up. Corals for sale often have pics, you can compare something for sale today against something last year to see if it's the same, or priced properly, etc.
Lots of reasons to keep, and it's simple enough to mark sold. or search with dates, most things are sold fairly quickly, although I sold an item that I had listed 7 months earlier. I've bought things that were posted 9 months earlier and the seller had given up bumping. If they had just deleted it, he wouldn't have sold it, and I wouldn't have got the deal.

[reefwars]

how about a check system of sorts , lets say joe in denver places a for sale ad , the item sells but he doesnt update it , if a user ( maybe one it bothers badly) visits the for sale thread in hopes of buying finds out its been sold s/he can click a sold option that would be displayed next to the threads title on the buy and sell page.


maybe at the bottom where it says reply there could also be an option for "report as sold"


i bet lots of people pm sellers to find out something is sold but dont bother posting about it , and lets say big deal someone pushes it to be an ass while its not sold the orgional op can just undue sold.

something to start the idea ball is all lol


ps.....i actually find the way it is now just fine , i mean if i pm someone for something and its sold.....it took maybe 30 seconds , i can live with that i wont let it ruin my day

[lastlight]

why can't we award the ability to edit to ppl with a solid reputation? abuse the privilege and it's gone for good? That way you can penalize the people who you don't want using it and not make life difficult to everyone else?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by lastlight

why can't we award the ability to edit to ppl with a solid reputation? abuse the privilege and it's gone for good? That way you can penalize the people who you don't want using it and not make life difficult to everyone else?

It's not an option in the SW. Either on or off. From a management perspective, it's easier for us in the "off" position. Seriously, there is no need for editing. Made a typo? You've got 15 minutes to fix. Need a major item changed, staff can update for you. For the rare real inconvenience that upsets your life for 10 seconds, suck it up I mean come on, you PM someone that posted a pump in 2006 and they don't get back to you, move on. if you need a pump in the next 10 seconds, order one new. This is a hobby that requires patience, so if reading through a whole thread for 12 seconds to find out something has been sold kills you, maybe this isn't the hobby for you. Or try kijjiji, usedyourcity.com, buy&sell. Oh, but same issue there. So I don't know what else to say, this is just the way it is here.

[Arok3000]

I think the inability to edit threads here is just fine.
As said, if everyone went back into their own thread and put SOLD at the end of it, there wouldn't be an issue, both from the prospective buyer and from the occasional snarky poster who didn't put sold and reams someone out for asking if an item posted months ago is still for sale. It's a fairly simple concept really.

Now, if we could just get people to list FS, FT, WTB, LF, and a location in their topic, now THAT would be a great improvement. I don't know how many times I've clicked on a thread that says "Acro frags" and then the content includes somebody looking for frags on the opposite end of the country...

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by Arok3000

I don't know how many times I've clicked on a thread that says[size=2] "Acro frags" and then the content includes somebody looking for frags on the opposite end of the country..