Limit on Classifieds Ads bump?

[ctshooter]

I realize there have been a few threads on this over the past year. I haven't sold anything on here for a bit and thus haven't paid much attention to the ad bumps when browsing. After posting two items a few days ago I was amazed to see how quickly they disappeared off the first page to literally be lost in a sea of ad renewals. The most frustrating part of this is that I believe about 30-40% of the ads had been bumped over 20 times with a large portion bumping 40 to 50 times or more.

This means these ads have been up for over a year and not sold. IMO either the item isn't going to sell, is priced too high, or there is some other seller related quirk to the ad turning people off. Whatever the reason - to have my ad buried with in hours stuff that isn't selling is discouraging.

I've added a poll and I hope the mods will take into consideration some modification of the process to make new items more apparent.

 

[L.Leon]

i voted to reduced the number of allowed renewals… Some of the renewals border on the ridiculous…

 

[SilentSquirrel]

I voted

 

[jphef]

I think the ones that don't sell helps show where the market is at for items that are over priced or undesirable.

 

[Terryb00]

Another factor here,
is members that post 6 different items, individually, on the Classifieds.
This will knock your post down quickly.

 

[airgunmike56]

I think we need a limit, I think it will cut down on all the junk adds and make people realize there new gun is not new anymore its used,
I voted ,
Mike

 

[TnCnDn]

I am guilty of a want to buy, no response. I will take it down. I voted

 

[ChickenDumpling]

The classifieds are the best thing about this forum for me. Now, yeah, my wife would love to see the classifieds limited in any manner possible. She must have gotten to a few of you. Easy to use the "ignoring". Please stop trying to ruin it.

 

[Vetmx]

Bumps are just documented depreciation. Yes it can be frustrating when you’re trying to sell something. But if you’re selling something at a legit used price, guys will find it on page 10 and contact you. I say leave it alone just for the entertainment value. Some stuff needs a reseal it’s been for sale so long.

 

[Avator]

Voted.. I think new ads should always show before bumps. If I want something bad enough I'll go look for it.
That said, we can always set our filters to do this.

 

[ctshooter]

Interesting spread of votes - I didn't think there would be as manay who feel leaving as is. I can appreciate both viewpoints but would still prefer a less cluttered section for new postings.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

Limit it then give a cool down time like 10 days then repost the ad . Maybe instead of 100 " this post bern updated" forever the guy can reconcider his sale tactic to something more that would actually sell .

For sale hw. Tuned by jon in p.a 700$ ..lol. This add been renewed upsaine ~+ times .. lol

 

[Hateful McNasty]

Rethinking this . What does it matter . Wether its one post of 100 renewal or 10 posts of 10 renewal its still clutter. Its not like the dead or sold or abandoned posts get cleaned out and removed to stop cluttering of threads.. , right

 

[Scotay42]

It aint broke.lol. if you dont lile the super bumpers, block em. You wont see it anymore.lol, like already said, many bumps are depreciation bumps.

 

[ctshooter]

I prefer not have to manually go through and block people I have no overall issue with - they may be valuable contributers to the forum with slightly off valuations.......

I really think pushing to a 1 month bump would be a small but viable simple across the board change.

As I view the Classfieds right now the top 4 threads have:
- 90 renewals
- 104 renewals
- 2 renewals
- 74 renewals
That's over 1.5 years - if it ain't selling it ain't selling and the seller needs to spin the wheel and buy a clue (Wheel of Fortune reference for those too young to know).

 

[Vetmx]

I agree. The many bumps is a really “bad look” for the sellers. Seeing as how they don’t seem to get the picture, maybe having to type a new listing would help them reevaluate. But I have a feeling they would just do a copy and paste.

 

[airgunmike56]

This is a little off bunps, But I tried to help a young man out a while back,,,
I said your new gun is not new its used, All the new updated parts are not new there used, and the 10 hours you have working on the gun is your free time ,,, Try and take everything off and sell used at 75-50 % off , also your used gun 80 to 50 % off , Or just make a super good deal on all the gun used stuff,
He got pretty pissed at me and said I was trying to low ball him, I was not buying nothing ,,,,
I voted once so I can't vote again,,,,
Mike

 

[RobBonnell89]

In some of my other hobbies that have buy/sell/trade. You can’t relist for one week without a price reduce of 10% or by $XX amount. After a week you can relist for same price.
Some of these guns in the classifieds been listed for years. Probably start leaking before they sell

 

[gbmarcht]

I realize there have been a few threads on this over the past year. I haven't sold anything on here for a bit and thus haven't paid much attention to the ad bumps when browsing. After posting two items a few days ago I was amazed to see how quickly they disappeared off the first page to literally be lost in a sea of ad renewals. The most frustrating part of this is that I believe about 30-40% of the ads had been bumped over 20 times with a large portion bumping 40 to 50 times or more.

This means these ads have been up for over a year and not sold. IMO either the item isn't going to sell, is priced too high, or there is some other seller related quirk to the ad turning people off. Whatever the reason - to have my ad buried with in hours stuff that isn't selling is discouraging.

I've added a poll and I hope the mods will take into consideration some modification of the process to make new items more apparent.

There are MANY old adds that stay in listings that haven’t been renewed or updated in years. I would love to know the rationale for this…

 

[Vetmx]

This is a little off bunps, But I tried to help a young man out a while back,,,
I said your new gun is not new its used, All the new updated parts are not new there used, and the 10 hours you have working on the gun is your free time ,,, Try and take everything off and sell used at 75-50 % off , also your used gun 80 to 50 % off , Or just make a super good deal on all the gun used stuff,
He got pretty pissed at me and said I was trying to low ball him, I was not buying nothing ,,,,
I voted once so I can't vote again,,,,
Mike

Sunken cost syndrome at its finest. Unfortunately they don’t make medication for it. I try to practice a couple preventative measures against the syndrome. One, don’t buy stuff you can’t easily afford. Two, don’t get emotionally attached to material things. You insulted his baby or the hole punched in his credit card. So he started calling you names. Funny, but a very common symptom of the syndrome.