Suggestion for the for sale forums

[Delphinus]

Ok I've added the following to the guidelines:

Subject Titles
Try to think of a title that is descriptive of the item(s) being sold (or sought). Having this information in the subject line will help buyers (or sellers) direct their attention to your posts.

As for pricing (and locations for that matter), technically yes people should be posting this sort of thing. Generally speaking though it seems to be more of an oversight than anything else. But hopefully people will get the hang of it and then it's a non-issue.

[GMGQ]

BTW, I think this guideline does make it sound too confusing. It makes it sound like you do want people to put a lot of information in the title.

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Subject Titles
Try to think of a title that is descriptive of the item(s) being sold (or sought). Having this information in the subject line will help buyers (or sellers) direct their attention to your posts.

All we really desire is a "brief idea" of what they are selling.

So maybe:

"Try to include a brief description of the item(s) being sold (or sought) in the title of your thread. Having this information in the subject line will help buyers (or sellers) direct their attention to your posts."

[AndyL]

I think the rule should be more along the lines of posting your location in the title Now that would be truly helpful!

[G1GY]

If the second it takes to look at the post to find out what's for sale is so labour intensive and time consuming........... Then maybe people should start checking the forum from home so that they don't have to worry about their boss looking into their cube and busting them!

No matter how someone on the forum makes their for sale post, it's still faster than reading a newspaper and getting in the car and traveling around from place to place.

[Delphinus]

Ok I reworded the guidelines... Hope it's a little better.

Try to include a brief description of the item(s) being sold (or sought) in the title of your thread. And if you're really enthusiastic, feel free to add your location too. Having this information in the subject line will help buyers (or sellers) direct their attention to your posts.

[trilinearmipmap]

Thanks.