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The WTB forum isn't useful
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Sorry this is my second thread in two days, and sorry if it has been posted before, but i've been meaning to say this.
The WTB forum is dead. If you go to look at it now, all it is is people posting what they want to buy, then bumping their own thread 10 times.
I made a thread shortly ago, maybe a year ago, about how i thought buy sell trade needed revamping and the general response was agreement.
I guess i'm just looking for any update? I feel our marketplace could be absolutely awesome. we're at like, what, 190,000 members now? i just feel that there is a lot being missed.
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I feel like the problem lies in the fact that 99% of people who want to sell their stuff don't even check WTB first, they just run straight to sell/trade and make a new thread, followed by 37 bumps per day. I feel like if more of the posters of the bumped threads checked WTB first, they may be able to find someone willing to buy their stuff and could avoid cluttering up sell/trade. There's really no way to enforce something like that, but maybe there should be some sort of thread like "Check WTB before posting items for sale." Just an idea.
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I get what your saying. I check WTB everyday just to see if someone wants something i have. I make a sale every few weeks that way an i dont have to go through the hastle of making a thread and updating it
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ive sold an item by checking wtb, and i still do frequently. but a little note at the top like "check wtb" as ar6rider said would be a good idea
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This is why a lot of us said WTB is useless on day 1.
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Make a sticky thread in Sell/Trade to check wtb before posting just as a reminder wouldn't hurt
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i check it every now and then
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