[RBK]

I've noticed this section is getting quite messy and hard to track posts. I suggest we change the main section to: Buying/Selling/Swapping with 3 sub-sections:
Looking To Buy
Looking To Sell
Looking To Swap

Your thoughts??? I think it would make the forum much more organized and easier to navigate.

[jam]

Seems like it works well on other forums... the only issue I have with it is they get very long and you have to use the search in the thread to see if you can find what you are looking for, so you almost are better off just searching the section itself. Always worth putting them up and seeing how it works out!

If anyone is interested, I posted an idea I thought would work well for extended trades over on this thread:

banksyforum.proboards82.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=ebaychat&thread=1195974437&page=1

[pkt75]

it works for Wall K A N D Y

[snakes]

Should have another section such as "GET YOUR SNAKES OUT" or "WHIP YOUR SNAKE OUT".

I could then post piccies of my lovely pythons!

[pkt75]

snakes said:

Should have another section such as "GET YOUR SNAKES OUT" or "WHIP YOUR SNAKE OUT".

I could then post piccies of my lovely pythons!

Now I like the sound of that Bigboy! ;D

[saltandiron]

Wouldn't it get confusing with all the different questions and replies flying around, all relating to different items but all on the same thread?

[RBK]

The subsections could have as many threads as you'd like.

I don't see what you are saying saltandiron

[robertlondon]

While there are many parts of this forum I disagree with, one thing I do like is how this trading section has everything together.

By keeping everything together there are a lot more posts in one thread, so whenever you look at it, there's always a lot of new ads there. It's a bit like going for a rummage in TKMaxx.

On other forums where everything is in its own "Buy", "Sell" or "Swap" section, you log on each day and with less posts being made, it looks the same as yesterday. Change is painfully slow. I find it boring.

Perhaps a compromise could be if everyone began their title with the words "WANTED", "FOR SALE" or "SWAP"...?

[snakes]

If it works (which it does), why fix it?

Still think we should run with "Whip your snakes out" though.

[saltandiron]

rklimek said:

The subsections could have as many threads as you'd like.

I don't see what you are saying saltandiron

sorry, my misunderstanding, I thought you meant one single thread to sell things on. ignore me!

[RBK]

no worries - I thought my vision might have been missing something.

So do people think this is a good idea? Or are you fine with the status quo?

[dmandpenfold]

the system works well (kind of) at the moment ie everyone can sell, barter, swap and buy on the one section, but i do find that various items disappear off the page very quickly and it can be difficult to track them down, splitting up into a couple of sections maybe helpful in slowing down the vanishing threads

[RBK]

I'm not saying the status quo is bad - I think this minor tweak may clean the place up a bit. Guess it will come down to Silky and the Mods

[robertlondon]

...but you just need to press "2" at the bottom to look for the next page and vanishing threads.

Please don't start putting everything into subsections... it's just too anal. Other forums do this.

The joy of this forum is how this trading page and the general chat page are alive. They change constantly, quickly evolving.

I feel subsections will make it sterile.

[ray]

I agree with robertlondon. I really like the way it is now. I'd hate to see it change into a stack of sterile subsections. Maybe good for the flippers and professional sellers but not so good for the rest of the group.

Bad idea IMO.

[craigf]

I think its good to suggest changes, but I think one problem with this is say you have a print you want to sell or are open to trade you in theory may find it posted in two sections. Re the WK split I'm not keen on it as it is split into three long threads rather than three sections so it just keeps running and running...