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You guys make me want to spend the rest of my morning looking for classified violations! Not.

Coosbaycreep, I love your adds.

Mike
 
Honestly, I think you're missing the point. You say you have threads like this continuing to pop up. That should be an indication a real issue exists. Attributing a problem that is essentially misconduct to whiners and an increase in membership doesn't make sense. Yes, new members might simply click through the agreement and rules without reading them. Yes, more new members means more opportunities for people to screw up. And yes, more people has led to more activity in the classifieds. That said, people are fine when their stuff legitimately drifts from page one to page two or beyond. People get upset when others are getting away with gaming the system. Look at the thread with the guy using his sock puppet account to bump his ad to the top early. There are some people in that thread who are righteously happy that a member got caught cheating and lying and then got banned for it. Are they whiners or do you think they had a valid reason to be upset with the guy who was bounced?

For what it's worth, I have served as a moderator elsewhere and normally the classifieds section are easy. If you set up a clear policy and enforce it, people follow it. If they don't, they're gone. It almost doesn't matter what the rules are so long as you are consistent with enforcement. If enforcement is inconsistent of course you're going to get people complaining about you popping them and not the other guy. If I had a forum with a classifieds section that was only for gun parts, and I pop you for listing scuba gear but I let another member's listing for camping gear stand, I should expect to hear complaints and know they're going to be valid.

There's no way around it. Being a moderator is a time commitment. Whenever there is a complaint, it takes time to address. If you are overwhelmed by it, perhaps you guys should start bringing aboard some members you trust to help shoulder the load. You have over 4,000 posts. I bet there are some people you interact regularly with who could handle the responsibility.

Seems that you have issues with sensable logic. Until you read several threads created or reported posts from the same few members complaining about the same supposed issues you have NO idea what you are commenting about and therefore have nothing constructive to say. I did not state that their complaints were warranted.
 
Well since I was "called out" and tried to handle via PM with nothing, it seems I'll reply. Why is it a waste of time to enforce the rules?? I've gotten warnings for people trying to retaliate or whatnot against me that were bogus, yet we have ads that have full same day conversations back and forth- how is this not a violation? There is no question asked that the OP shouldn't be able to update post 1 and not violate the rules and bump the ad. yes it's annoying to be punished for following rules and not bumping your ad every 2 days because youre anxious to sell, to lazy to read the rules, or whatever it is. Ar15.com- currently when I looked there are 5K members online, a 1/4 of our TOTAL here and they manage just fine keeping rules/policies enforced.

To sum up as Outrider said- why have rules in place that will be complained about enforcing? Drop the rule if you don't want to have them followed so EVERYONE is on the same plane, not just those who the mods feel deserve their time...
 
Well since I was "called out" and tried to handle via PM with nothing, it seems I'll reply. Why is it a waste of time to enforce the rules?? I've gotten warnings for people trying to retaliate or whatnot against me that were bogus, yet we have ads that have full same day conversations back and forth- how is this not a violation? There is no question asked that the OP shouldn't be able to update post 1 and not violate the rules and bump the ad. yes it's annoying to be punished for following rules and not bumping your ad every 2 days because youre anxious to sell, to lazy to read the rules, or whatever it is. Ar15.com- currently when I looked there are 5K members online, a 1/4 of our TOTAL here and they manage just fine keeping rules/policies enforced.

To sum up as Outrider said- why have rules in place that will be complained about enforcing? Drop the rule if you don't want to have them followed so EVERYONE is on the same plane, not just those who the mods feel deserve their time...

Please direct me to the post where you were "called out" and what that was supposed to be about. I dont believe I saw anyone calling you out. No member of the forum is treated any different from anyone else in regaurds to following the rules so please direct me to an example of this if you would.
 
I agree with the OP, multiple items for the same weapon system or type could be put into 1 or so ads instead of listing one item per post. Where I have a problem is when someone posts multiple items in a thread, I open up the thread to find out that there is only 1 item left. Like I said I like the multiple items in a single thread, but edit it as items drop off. I've done this one several occasions, list multiple items and then as they sell I edit it so the thread reflects its. Just my .02
 
I would like to say thank you to the Mod's that keep this site up. I wonder how many of the guys complaining have sold enough firearms in the last year(some, most or all through this site) to legally require them to be an FFL dealer? I wonder if those rules should be enforced, those questions answered? Y'know, the LEGAL questions, not the one about how Billy's Sunday morning was ruined by coosbaycreep's ad. I also notice alot of complaining from the FREE members that are not supporters. I am very thankful for this site and the only "complaint" that I have ever made is when I opened an ad to find a gay porn scene inside. Mod's were notified, ad shut down, all was again well in the world. I enjoy reading ad's, walks in the park, arguing over postsing rules on Sunday morning and puppy breath. There's a personal ad for you, whine about it a little bit. Maybe I should post a WTB ad for a set of b**ls and a box of Kleenex. There is a search function, allowing you to sift through to your desired ad. I find muzzleloaders to be silly. We have new things called "cartridges" and "smokeless powder". I may have to go by one or two BP rifles before I get to the Remington or Ruger that I was looking for. Keep up the good work all you mod's. I followed this site for over 6 months before I joined. Since joining I have made friends(probably also enemies, but they're all socialists anyway), sold, bought and traded goods. The next step for me will be to become a supporting member. Then I will REALLY let you know how messed up the whole system is. Have a great Sunday, everybody! XOXOXOXO, Kip.
 

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