Does the ODT sell our information like FB and others? If not then my position is Supporter status to post ads seems only fair.
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Please Vote - Considering Major Changes for Classifeds
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But forums like Blade forum had a product before the for sale section- a "brand". The for sale part of this made this site what it is, it IS the "brand".
Let non supporting members (like me!) post one ad per month, NO relisting of the ad without waiting the month. That way newer members can try before they buy... Let them know in three days they can relist with purchasing a membership
I haven't been here as long as some, but in my 2 years I have seen the forum change. Prices used to be decent. Now you have to really look for the deals. Most people sell their guns at or above MSRP, for a used gun no less, and my opinion is that they simply feel that they can gauge people... They feel that if the person cannot or does not want to buy from a dealer, they will pay more money so that they can be "off the radar"...
I agree that the mods tend to be a pain about trivial stuff that they don't need to. If someone is spamming up the place or charging outrageous prices for something, why shouldn't established members be allowed to point it out? Maybe part of the problem of the prices here usually exceeding retail, is BECAUSE so many listings are out of whack and nobody is allowed to point it out?
Maybe if there was some "constructive criticism" on the matter, people would keep the prices in check. But if a new person comes here and wants to sell his "low round count Glock" and he does a quick search and sees that most of them are "selling" for $500-$600, maybe that is why he feels his is worth that and should be listed as such? And with nobody allowed to publicly correct him, our policy of silence on the matter might actually be contributing to the problem?
Consider that so many guns are listed way over their value that it turns people off, and the site traffic goes down... It's tedious sometimes to weed through 4-5 pages of crap to find one decent deal... That turns people off, I am sure. More often than not, of late, I have been buying from the LGS because their new retail prices, with sales tax, are less than the used guns are here...
Heck, I even got my hand slapped by a mod for "circumventing the forum's censor filters"... I intentionally censored a word so that you would get the notion of what I was saying, but didn't actually say the word... Let's think on that... I got around the censor filter, by doing my own censoring.... Thus accomplishing the goal of not having the F word posted... I had to just chuckle at that one, because it really was ironic... If you want to curse, don't censor yourself, let the forum filter do it for you or a mod will chastise you? Haha...
Anyway, I don't think that a dollar a month is a problem, but there are a lot of cheap bastards out there that will dig in their heels on principle alone... But you could always give it a try... There is the regular, free membership, and then to list items you can either have a "Premium" $1/mo membership or be a site supporter...
But I would also consider some policy changes to go along with it, to help keep prices in line... Won't make sense for people to pay money to come and buy Glocks at $150 over retail because someone took a soldering iron to the grip and considers it "custom"...
I agree that the mods tend to be a pain about trivial stuff that they don't need to. If someone is spamming up the place or charging outrageous prices for something, why shouldn't established members be allowed to point it out? Maybe part of the problem of the prices here usually exceeding retail, is BECAUSE so many listings are out of whack and nobody is allowed to point it out?
Maybe if there was some "constructive criticism" on the matter, people would keep the prices in check. But if a new person comes here and wants to sell his "low round count Glock" and he does a quick search and sees that most of them are "selling" for $500-$600, maybe that is why he feels his is worth that and should be listed as such? And with nobody allowed to publicly correct him, our policy of silence on the matter might actually be contributing to the problem?
Consider that so many guns are listed way over their value that it turns people off, and the site traffic goes down... It's tedious sometimes to weed through 4-5 pages of crap to find one decent deal... That turns people off, I am sure. More often than not, of late, I have been buying from the LGS because their new retail prices, with sales tax, are less than the used guns are here...
Heck, I even got my hand slapped by a mod for "circumventing the forum's censor filters"... I intentionally censored a word so that you would get the notion of what I was saying, but didn't actually say the word... Let's think on that... I got around the censor filter, by doing my own censoring.... Thus accomplishing the goal of not having the F word posted... I had to just chuckle at that one, because it really was ironic... If you want to curse, don't censor yourself, let the forum filter do it for you or a mod will chastise you? Haha...
Anyway, I don't think that a dollar a month is a problem, but there are a lot of cheap bastards out there that will dig in their heels on principle alone... But you could always give it a try... There is the regular, free membership, and then to list items you can either have a "Premium" $1/mo membership or be a site supporter...
But I would also consider some policy changes to go along with it, to help keep prices in line... Won't make sense for people to pay money to come and buy Glocks at $150 over retail because someone took a soldering iron to the grip and considers it "custom"...
I'm new here and haven't posted anything for sale, but what about start with a "donation on the honor system"?
Something like:
"OTD does everything it can to provide you quality content at no charge while minimizing advertising. We ask that you donate a little of your proceeds upon completion of a successful sale."
A donation schedule could be based on the price of a sold item. For example....
sale price <$50 = a buck or two
$51-$100=$5
$101-200=$7.50
$201-$500=$10
$501-$999=$15
>$1000=$20
Those are just hypothetical figures - you could research past sales and compose a more appropriate scale. I gotta believe people would be willing to give back to a site they like that helped facilitate a sale which resulted in money in their pocket.
See how the honor system goes, then take it from there.
Something like:
"OTD does everything it can to provide you quality content at no charge while minimizing advertising. We ask that you donate a little of your proceeds upon completion of a successful sale."
A donation schedule could be based on the price of a sold item. For example....
sale price <$50 = a buck or two
$51-$100=$5
$101-200=$7.50
$201-$500=$10
$501-$999=$15
>$1000=$20
Those are just hypothetical figures - you could research past sales and compose a more appropriate scale. I gotta believe people would be willing to give back to a site they like that helped facilitate a sale which resulted in money in their pocket.
See how the honor system goes, then take it from there.
That is why I suggested earlier, the more you play the more you pay. Your water, electricity, gas bills and other things work this way.
Oh Lort. Now custom Zev'd, schtippled and milled Glocks will be eleven hundred and ONE dollars.
Let's leave gas bills out of this... LOL
Having sold a gun or two here for the last 8ish years...it's well worth $10 or $12 annually, just
get to read some of the nonsense posted...lol. AND...u get to sell guns, too.
Maybe with a $15 annually fee, members get a nanner puddin gift card.
get to read some of the nonsense posted...lol. AND...u get to sell guns, too.
Maybe with a $15 annually fee, members get a nanner puddin gift card.
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