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hangtime_360
Posts: 48 - Karma: 10

I don't know if this has been requested or discussed previously and if it has I apologize for bringing it up, BUT is there anyway the Buy/Sell/Trade forum could have sub categories inside of it?

Such as Goggles, Pants, Jacket, Etc.... So that in the event that someone is looking for threads advertising those items they can be found much easier and with far less time spent wading through milions of crap sales to find anything interesting or on topic to purchase.

I realize that this isn't a site built for buying and selling, and that there are sites like ebay that I could go to that provide the exact things I am requesting here, BUT I like the people here better, I like the deals here better, and I'm dealing with some loser that is trying to screw me over on Ebay right now and thus have been turned toward this site even more....

I just figure if I feel this way about this part of the site... just maybe, somebody else will too. just a thought...

let me know.

Jan 18 2009 1:31AM
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,014
what if someone wants to sell goggles, a coat, and pants? isn't a lot easier to put them in one thread and just keep checking that instead of checking three separate threads?
Jan 18 2009 1:52AM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
The thought has merit, but it's not realistic. Mods would have a nightmare of a job

There are enough threads posted in ski gabber that aren't ski related..i could only imagine the bullshit that would happen if B/S/T were in sub forums..threads would be everywhere

Jan 18 2009 2:54AM
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jedi.Jim
Posts: 1133 - Karma: 13
Good thought, but I can see so many people failing at it.

Separating the buy from the sell from the trade might work better. If I want to buy something, I don't have to go through all the other threads asking to trade and buy things I don't want.
Jan 18 2009 12:03PM
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chazz.
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I agree completley with this. If they were to divide it up more though, i think it would be much more practical to have a separate section for WTB. Im so sick of going to B/S/T and having to look through 35 WTB threads before i get to an actual sale thread.
Jan 18 2009 6:13PM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
The worst is when the thread title says "New Hellbents" and then it's not until you open the thread that you see "WTB"
Jan 18 2009 6:22PM
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CFD
Posts: 1009 - Karma: 197
This is the reason I think it should be made possible to change a thread title, with or without help from mods.

Equally frustrating are thread titles (in any of the forums) which don't give any idea of what the thread is about - "anybody know...", "guess what", "how many of you..." etc.
Jan 20 2009 7:34AM
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anxju
Posts: 9371 - Karma: 61
howbout titles of sales that dont tell you what the person is selling. those are terrible!

"i broke my car and need money sale"

honestly, we dont need to know why you need money, tell us what youre selling!
Jan 20 2009 1:55PM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
Haha yeah man i totally agree with that - super frustrating

Jan 20 2009 4:04PM
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CFD
Posts: 1009 - Karma: 197
If there was some way of marking/editing a post so that you can say what has been sold or not, that would also be really useful.

Why is is that you can't edit any posts on NS?
Jan 21 2009 6:37AM
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anxju
Posts: 9371 - Karma: 61
i like it this way. that way you actually have to think about what your saying before you post, instead of making a stupid comment, getting flamed, and then just erasing it. now everyone can laugh at you forever if you post something dumb. so dont post dumb shit
Jan 21 2009 11:58AM
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hangtime_360
Posts: 48 - Karma: 10

haha, I don't think adding an editing option would really cut back much on people saying dumb stuff worthy of getting flamed for though. I've been on several other forums for years and all of them have the option to edit your posts and trust me I've been flamed just as much even after editing the post because then I would get flamed for editing (deservingly of course lol).

Maybe instead of having the option to edit a post they could make it so that you could add tags inside of a post.... say like if you were selling a jacket, goggs, and skis... inside the post you could click those three options and then there would be three sections to the post where when you uploaded the pics and described the items they would be in three sections..... As an item was sold then the thread poster could go back and just unclick a section check box removing that section of the original thread thus showing that it is no longer available/sold.

I'd appreaciate something like that for sure lol, then I wouldn't get flamed all the time for asking "hey is this still available" hahahahaha.

Jan 27 2009 8:18AM
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no_steeze
Posts: 23992 - Karma: 4,273
it's way better than when b/s/t and gear talk were merged and it was a clusterfuck of question threads and sale threads
Jan 27 2009 11:51AM
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kingsskier
Posts: 6212 - Karma: 2,100

I am a member on a car forum like this and they have sub categories that dont cluster. Ideas could be:
Outterwear (including hats, goggles, jackets, ski pants, gloves)
Ski equipment (skis, bindings, boots, poles, ski bags, etc.)
Other related to skiing (cameras, other media devices, passes to mountains)
Other non-related (anything else)

Just have a screen that comes up with the four choices when you click B/S/T. This way things wont need bumped as much and people wont have to sift (sp?) through things to find a jacket or what ever they are looking for. Better for sellers and buyers in my opinion.

Jan 27 2009 3:50PM
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AlexGaynor
Posts: 947 - Karma: 148
maybe skullcandy should have it's own category?
Jan 27 2009 10:54PM
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hangtime_360
Posts: 48 - Karma: 10

See this dude is legit! He knows exactly what I am talking about.....

I've been a part of tons of different forums and not to sound like a complainer or to compare this forum to others or to offend anyone but the buy/sell/trade forum could be so much more ogranized and if it were broken up into the type of sub-forums he is talking about it would be sooo much better.....

with that said I also understand how hard that could be for mods to change and then actually moderate, I also realize i'm new to this place and I don't want to shake it up or make anybody mad, But when I see opportunities to make things that are awesome even better I won't hold my tongue.

Feb 1 2009 12:04AM
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