Wheels

[Marsss]

Hello all....

was wondering if having a "for sale" section only for wheels and tyres would be a good idea....

Only asking cause i'm looking for a new set and it takes aaaaaages going through heaps of unrelated posts, also, i know that lots of people like to collect wheels and having such a section would benefit a few.

good idea???

or

[R31Nismoid]

We are redesigning the whole For Sale section shortly and also merging all the separate state sections all into one area.

It will be filtered to a degree to make it easier for people to find things.

So to the separate section just for wheels - that will just go backwards from what we are intending.

[Marsss]

fair enough... thanx

[kitto]

An idea on this as well.

Make it mandatory that you have to put your state in. Like a drop down box.

Then when searching in the classified area, you have next to the thread title in small red text the state, or State - Town.

Also the ability to EDIT your posts at any time is so handy. Being able to update for sale threads makes it easier for people to understand what you have sold and what you still have.

[R31Nismoid]

Yes that is part of the design.

And no, editing will not be possible.

[kitto]

And no, editing will not be possible.

Why not? You seem to be able to Edit your posts for a short time after you've posted it but then it locks.

[R31Nismoid]

Yep - 2 hours is the limit.

Any edits due to inaccuracy/spelling we found generally occurs inside that time. Outside that time dodgy traders were using it as a method of ripping people off. Soon as we made the change, literally overnight, the level of bad trader complaints dropped by 80% and now it's @ the point where I get 1-2 a month rather than 1-2 a week which for the community, is a good thing even if it's a bit painful.

[kitto]

Yep - 2 hours is the limit.

Any edits due to inaccuracy/spelling we found generally occurs inside that time. Outside that time dodgy traders were using it as a method of ripping people off. Soon as we made the change, literally overnight, the level of bad trader complaints dropped by 80% and now it's @ the point where I get 1-2 a month rather than 1-2 a week which for the community, is a good thing even if it's a bit painful.

So what do we do? Put up with it?

Its annoying as seller having an out-dated cluttered thread.

As a buyer its annoying going through 10+ pages of posts to find out if that one small item on Post 1 is still available or not.

[R31Nismoid]

95% of threads are not longer than a single page (so less than 20 posts, infact most are less than 10).

So the 5% that do extend beyond that on the odd occurrence, well simply, there is not much we can do about it. We aim to protect users as best we can and ensure selling/buying on SAU is one of the better experiences across the internet forum(free) landscape.

We might allow editing for Contributors (if Christian brings it back)... Otherwise it's been that way for 3/4 years now and not going to be changed.

Unfortunately SAU isn't like Australian politics, so the very small minority isn't going to get their way on this one as the pros far outweigh the cons

[mad082]

So what do we do? Put up with it?

Its annoying as seller having an out-dated cluttered thread.

As a buyer its annoying going through 10+ pages of posts to find out if that one small item on Post 1 is still available or not.

as ash said, there are very few for sale threads that go past 1 page.

and the whole point of not allowing editing of for sale threads was to stop dodgy traders advertising something and then selling something different and then changing the post afterwards to what he actually sold to make it look like it is the buyers fault for reading their post wrong. or simply deleting their post all together