locking my forsale thread

[brewster240]

i made a for sale thread, and keep updating it as things sell, and as i come across more things to sell, i add more too it.

my thread was locked for bumping, when i just removed 2 things that sold, and added 5 new items.

is the preffered method that i make 30 seperate threads and dont update them? :duh:

[ThatGuy]

Actually Brewster, the bumps were clearly shown in the locking post. You could continue to update the intial post with the new items, but adding a new post to state when something is sold, or when things are added, is constituted as a bump. That is spelled out pretty clearly in the Rules and Guidelines of the For Sale section.

30 threads aren't necesary, but neither is an "update post" everytime you modify something in the original post.

[brewster240]

sure it is, if it wasnt for that no one would know i added stuff or if stuff was sold. i think my reason for "bumping" was pretty reasonable, not like i have the same shit that no one clearly wants and keep bumping it.

most of the things have been sold through pm or aim.

whatever then, ill make a new thread for the stuff i added today since they were only posted for 7 minutes.

[ThatGuy]

You were informed to wait 3 days before starting a new thread. I'd probably just go along with what the Moderator told you.

No sense in causing problems and possibly losing your ability to use the For Sale section.

By the way, if you can update the first post to list new items... Why couldn't you update it with SOLD next to the applicable items?

[brewster240]

cause i just deleted them? why have them there at all?

i have to wait 3 days to post things i posted 15 minutes ago?

im not saying i dont agree with the bumping rules in the appropriate situations, but this is a little silly.

[brewster240]

if it makes a difference, i sold:

kouki hood
kouki grille
one of the kouki bumpers
ca18 cas
ca18 igniter
ca18 resitor
coilovers
z32 taillights


and a few other things that i cant remember off top of my head

things i just added were exhaust, z32 mafs plug, sr coil harness, hardbody seat...

[ThatGuy]

What can I say, rules are rules. They have to be enforced evenly across the board.

If the Moderators start having to make exceptions, the Rules get clouded.

Yes, you do have to wait 3 days after your thread gets locked. That is also listed in the R&G.

[brewster240]

maybe there should be a review of the rules then.

ive actually gotten a lot of compliments on that thread and the neatness of it.

some definition to the whole bumping thing could be changed too.

in my eyes, and others, "bumping" is when someone has the same item for sale, with no interest, and just keeps bumping the thread up.

updating the thread of items sold, and new items available is updating, not bumping.

[ThatGuy]

But you are already updating the thread via editing the first post, there is no need to add another post, BUMPING the thread up, just to say that you edited it.

Updating is a great way to keep your thread clean, I agree, but it is even cleaner if you aren't adding extra posts yourself.

[97nismo]

could this argument be made in a pm???

[ThatGuy]

He's suggesting changes be made to the For Sale section.

This is the proper section for that.

[brewster240]

But you are already updating the thread via editing the first post, there is no need to add another post, BUMPING the thread up, just to say that you edited it.

Updating is a great way to keep your thread clean, I agree, but it is even cleaner if you aren't adding extra posts yourself.

updating the first post allows it to fall back still
basically the way the system works it, instead of doing what im doing, everytime i want to sell something i have to start a new thread, which becomes a pain to keep track of.

if thats what i have to do ill do it i guess.

could this argument be made in a pm???

its not an argument, its a conversation about the forum. if you dont like it you can choose not to post or read it.

[ThatGuy]

What you are doing (updating the first post) is fine. The only place you ran into an issue, was with adding new posts (This item sold, That item added) every now and then. Those constitute bumps, and is why your thread was locked by the Moderator.

No one is telling you to create a new thread each time. Far from it. You just need to stop bumping the threads the way you were.

[brewster240]

heres my other thought, look how many days apart my "bumps" where.

instead i should just bump the shit out of it, and then make a new thread every 3 days, since i was waiting longer then that to "bump" it each time anyway.

threads almost a month old, if i didnt add new posts no one would think it was active anymore.

i know i wont look twice a thread that hasnt had any posts in a week or more, theres nothing to mark it to say that i updated original post.

[brewster240]

no one is saying to i have to make a new post, but thats the way its working out.

[ThatGuy]

Listen, I'm just trying to be nice and help a fellow Premie understand why his thread got locked.

All I'm doing is explaingin what you could read yourself in the Rules and Guidelines.

But I'm tired of beating my head against a wall at this point. If you don't see where, BY THE RULES AND GUIDELINES, you were wrong, then I obviously can't make you see it. I'm not arguing with you about the rules, or why you think you should be exempt from following them. I'm simply stating what is written, and how it should be interpreted.

Good luck to you, and good night.

[DrtyRat]

brewster, I see your point(as well as Barry does), but unfortunately the R&G clearly states what is considered a bump, and unfortunatly your updates are a bump. Like Barry said previously, the rules have to be enforced, consistantly for everyone, and having a "nice, neat FS thread" doesn't change that. As far as creating 30 different threads, to beat the system, it won't work. I would personally report multiple threads like that b/c they are unecessary. You've been around long enough to know, that if someone wants what you are selling, they'll search and find it. Personally, after a certain time(or if I've reached my bump limit), I will just lock my FS thread and start a new one, if items haven't sold, or I feel its getting stale. Good Luck.

[drift freaq]

Brewster given the current economic climate stuff that should be selling quite often is not selling. For you to just blatantly claim a person bumping their thread or posting new threads, is doing so with something people do not want, is economic ignorance.
Fact is people are afraid to buy things these days out of fear. Fact is stuff that usually sells easily is not selling easily.

Hence you updating your thread, hence I having to relist stuff. How many times have you been told they want something but do not have the cash right now? It happens all to often these days. My pricing is not outlandish. Its quite reasonable, it does not change what happens.

I think if people were more confident about economic conditions. You would not have a problem, nor would I. Relax, follow the rules and live with it. Eventually we do sell our stuff.
If you have to create a new, thread create it.

[brewster240]

what are you talking about df?

i have been selling stuff.

when i have been editing the posts, its to add more items i found forsale. 90% of whats in the thread now is different then what was originally in there.

i think you missed what was going on in this thread.