Just to be clear, If I had purchased something new and didnt use it, does it basically exclude me from selling it here?
The forum has a rule that other than forum sponsors, users are not permitted to post new items for sale in the classifieds.
Of late there has been a growing number of users who seem to think they are exempt from this rule, and after having an ad for a new item deleted, have re-posted the same item describing it as "unused" etc.
Just to clear things up. If you post an new item, you are intentionally breaching the forum rules and therefore are subject to having your account suspended. Generally we don't do this because new users may not know about the rule (even though they should). However with the current spate of breaches, if you post a new item there is a good chance you will have your account suspended, and if you re-post the item after having it deleted, you will definitely be off for a while.
Just to be clear, If I had purchased something new and didnt use it, does it basically exclude me from selling it here?
So you say near new
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I thought you just couldn't list something as NEW because of warranty issues etc. But what's wrong with selling something that's second hand, and just in good or new condition?
Also if the classifieds were not moderated the forum might become bombarded with annoying spamming advertising
I don't think many people would like that.
People are STILL posting new items in the classifieds. We'll make this really simple for everyone. Anyone who posts new items from now on will get a 2 day account suspension. Repeat offenders will get a 2 weeks /2 months etc.
Last edited by whitels1ss; 22-12-2013 at 12:34 PM.
I don't think most members have any idea how many classified adverts we get through to moderate every day or the fact that
if we "delete" them, they are only deleted from the view of the members and the moderators still see all these posts and reasons they have been deleted.
Quite often we have "deleted" an advert with a deletion reason message (saying something like "no new items allowed") to the poster and sometime after
(sometimes 10 minutes later, sometimes 2 weeks later) they try and get around it by posting the same advert with the wording slightly changed
taking out the word "new" or even worse even re posting the advert having another try at getting it through in case another moderator might let it slip.
Last edited by whitels1ss; 22-12-2013 at 12:35 PM.
Well they soon will. If users think putting "hardly ever used" in the ad is going to get them around the rules, they'll soon be seeing the "PERMANENTLY BANNED" status under their username. We're not running a bloody kindergarten, and if people aren't going to respect the rules of the forum their time blue pages will be finished permanently.
Just a note, Sponsors and Moderators are allowed to post new items in the classifieds..
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