Concerning the new Buy/Sell posting format

[reefwars]

I think their should be a section for members buy and sell seperate from sponsors buy and sell.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by reefwars

I think their should be a section for members buy and sell seperate from sponsors buy and sell.

There is. It's the buy and sell forums. They are only for members. Vendors sell their stuff in their own respective forum. If you see otherwise, let me know and I'll move it to where it should be.

[Seriak]

Originally Posted by Ross

All I want to know what is for sale/for trade/for free, where it is and price.

Exactly.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Ross

I agree!!
Knowing what city an item is up for sale on Tapatalk is a royal PITA without a location in the title.
I'd be pushing location more than "One Off Sale of Personal Items"
If it's in the For Sale section one would assume that it's For Sale unless noted otherwise.

Now wheres my soap box??

If I sell a frag every 6 months, is that "Recurrent Sale of Personal Items]" or [One Off Sale of Personal Items]"?
As a purchaser, I only care that there is a frag for sale, not that one was sold in the past by this user.

"[One Off Sale of Excess Goods from Personal Shipments]" is redundant.
If someone is importing large quantities of items and constantly listing them up for sale, then they should be confronted by the mods at that point for sponsorship. I'm sure that the paying sponsors will see and mention if someone is undercutting them in this area.

Again, I'm not really interested if a seller ordered a 10lb bag of calcium and ended up with a 1000 lb bag and therefore has "Excess Goods from Personal Shipments".

All I want to know what is for sale/for trade/for free, where it is and price.

As for location, each member is expected to put their location in their profile, which shows up on each and every post. If that doesn't show with tapatalk, that's a limitation of the app and should be taken up with them. Other than that, if the seller's profile (and post) indicates they are in Calgary, one would assume the item for sale is in the same city.

For the rest of your soapbox rally, I'd tend to agree.

[SteveConn]

I find the new format hard to navigate and a little annoying. People who abuse the buy and sell aspect b/w members can be dealt with individually and the rules updated if need be. Please bring back the previous, easy to read format.

The new format seems to be targeted/include in some ways at those with a small frag setup... I don't have one (yet), but that to me is part of the fun of this hobby... to acquire corals and trade/sell frags. I buy plenty from the sponsors, but I also want to buy and sell to members if I chose and I hope the door isn't closing on that particular part of the hobby on this board.

This has been an incredible resource for me since getting into SW just over a year ago and I visit it almost daily as a one-stop: research, browse, buy, sell. Its been great meeting people thru the buy and sell forums.