To those posting items for sale with the list of "rules"

[punkncat]

There are already a set done for you HERE. Someone has already taken the time to fill you in on what is and is not allowed. Even typed it up so you don't have to question. Not only here, but the other forums you like to post on as well! I bet if you look closely they will have a post almost exactly like the one linked above.

You will notice many things in there that help you make a successful thread. Such as how unnecessary your own set of rules can be. Or how simple things such as stating a price really DO help you sell an item!

/end rant

[Madmarx]

Bravo

[TnDeathInc]

i usually say for saLE

[MAGgot]

true

The longer their list of "rules" the less I want to buy anything from them!

[Phaelynar]

There are already a set done for you HERE. Someone has already taken the time to fill you in on what is and is not allowed. Even typed it up so you don't have to question. Not only here, but the other forums you like to post on as well! I bet if you look closely they will have a post almost exactly like the one linked above.

You will notice many things in there that help you make a successful thread. Such as how unnecessary your own set of rules can be. Or how simple things such as stating a price really DO help you sell an item!

/end rant

Maybe they don't want people offering them markers + cash for their marker when they only want cash? Maybe they don't want a particular brand or several brands of markers being offered for theirs?

They put them there as general guidelines of what people should/shouldn't offer for their product. Does the forum do that for them too? :rofl:

Not only that, but it allows the person who made the sale thread to ignore all stupid offers without coming off as rude. If it states "don't offer marker X" and someone offers marker x, the only person that looks stupid is the person that offered marker x.

It makes a lot of sense to put general guidelines in a for sale or for trade thread to avoid having it cluttered. I guess that's a very hard concept to grasp though.

:rofl: :rofl:

[Beemer]

Hmmmmm

[SCpoloRicker]

Maybe they don't want people offering them markers + cash for their marker when they only want cash? Maybe they don't want a particular brand or several brands of markers being offered for theirs?

They put them there as general guidelines of what people should/shouldn't offer for their product. Does the forum do that for them too? :rofl:

Not only that, but it allows the person who made the sale thread to ignore all stupid offers without coming off as rude. If it states "don't offer marker X" and someone offers marker x, the only person that looks stupid is the person that offered marker x.

It makes a lot of sense to put general guidelines in a for sale or for trade thread to avoid having it cluttered. I guess that's a very hard concept to grasp though.

:rofl: :rofl:

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[Smoothice]

I agree and disagree.

An example I agree with would be:

1. Be mature.

Well that should go without saying. The rules you linked to would cover that.


An example I don't agree with would be:

1. Trades : No ions, spyder, or other low end markers.

Well I didn't see that in the list you linked. So in order to not have to look at tons of worthless posts I think this would be a good rule.

2. Won't ship out of U.S

Why get someones hopes up who is out of the country and you won't ship to them. May as well put it out there up front.

[Hilltop Customs]

its their items for sale, its their thread they started.....I say just let them list whatever "thread rules" they want as long as it doesn't break the official rules.

If the rules actually inform the buyer of important info, then its a good thing. Now if the rules are stupid, just laugh at them and move on.(or post in their thread making fun of them and break their rules, because its not official rules and the thread starter has no means of enforcing rules)

[Beemer]

its their items for sale, its their thread they started.....I say just let them list whatever "thread rules" they want as long as it doesn't break the official rules.

If the rules actually inform the buyer of important info, then its a good thing. Now if the rules are stupid, just laugh at them and move on.(or post in their thread making fun of them and break their rules, because its not official rules and the thread starter has no means of enforcing rules)

You kid right? YOU did read THE RULES, did you not?

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=196200

"If you choose to disrupt a thread with BS you are subject to a Five Day ban without notice or warning."

"We cant see it all so if you see the crap in any forum, Please use the report button and state the reason. No one will know who you are and if there is a problem it will be dealt with.

Doh

[sffudapparel]

I agree with above, nothing is wrong with saying.

No Trades please
Can ship to US48
Paypal or Money order accepted



It gets annoying when people write a whole story about how they got insanely good feedback (3 positive) and that there's absolutely no way they will ship first even if you're the President of the United States. Then they continue to say that if you do not agree to the 5 paragraph essay of rules above then get out of my thread and you're an idiot for even thinking about offering.

[Beemer]

Then they continue to say that if you do not agree to the 5 paragraph essay of rules above then get out of my thread and you're an idiot for even thinking about offering.

Yup got that covered also.

"If these rules are to hard for you to follow your thread and or post in a thread can and WILL be removed and NOT subject to any warning OR notice."

[Hilltop Customs]

I guess that was stupid of me to say. I didnt really mean to literally make fun of them or bring bs to threads, what I meant was if users are allowed to post their own rules in threads, and mods are brought in to enforce the users rules, then anyone will be able to post any just about any rule and have it be enforced....which is insane, especially considering the amt of mod time it would waste.

anyway if your going to post rules at least make them make sense and limit the number...."be mature" should be generally accepted in a buy/sale/trade thread without needing to be stated.

my bad Beemer

[Beemer]

and mods are brought in to enforce the users rules, then anyone will be able to post any just about any rule and have it be enforced....which is insane, especially considering the amt of mod time it would waste.

anyway if your going to post rules at least make them make sense and limit the number...."be mature" should be generally accepted in a buy/sale/trade thread without needing to be stated.

my bad Beemer

Its all Good. We dont enforce USER rules, just the forum rules. That is all. If a Thread OR Post gets reported it DOES get looked at. Reported posts or threads saves us time. This is AO are we not self governing. Just do it. As is stated WE cant read them all.

How many posts or replys should be in a SPAM thread??????? This will waste our time as there are MULTIPLE reports for the same thread. The answer is ONE. Its a one word post.
REPORTED but yet many members dont do it right. If you are first to post or see, simply state reported and report it. Dont report and not post it and dont post unless it is a one word post. End rant....

[punkncat]

Hey Beemer. It is nice to see you taking such an intrest in the thread.....

I think that any of you that are 'experienced' B/S/T trolls know exactly where I am coming from. You get these folks who have a list a mile long of criteria you are supposed to meet for the honor of doing business with them. The famous "I will not ship first" is of course obviously at the top of a long list of similar and equally un-intelligent requirements by some guy no one has heard of registered yesterday, or the equally frequent member with 10 posts that registered two years ago......