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stealthwolf:
There's been a spout of new members who seem to post what they have for sale and do not participate in the forum itself.
IMO this is an abuse of the system and this section of the forum should be off limits until at least 10, if not 20 or 30 posts. It's not that hard to be involved here.
Whaddya reckon?
WhiteGTI:
I agree in principle Stealth, but see this example from my point of view...
I have been a member of uk-mkiv's since January 2008 but have not posted at all. I merely signed up ages ago and kinda forgot about it. I simply don't have the time to trawl through several forums. But now I want to sell my OEM suspension. Theres little point selling it on here as most have it anyway, the same goes with golfgti.co.uk. UK-MKIV's is the best place to sell it because it contains people with Golfs that perhaps dont have sports suspension.
I am a reputable seller, but I dont contribute to that forum - firstly because I dont have time, and secondly because I don't feel as if I have much in common with the members, i.e. probably about 5% of the members will drive a GTI. OK, so the basic platform is the same, but it really bears down to time. My main reason for wanting to sell on that forum is because I feel that they are my primary target audience, and I would be helping them out also by providing a part that some may want.
Although - i appreciate that it doesn't always work as smoothly as that, and your always gunna get kn0b heads joining a forum and causing trouble in the for sale sections.
stealthwolf:
I agree but it's still not too difficult to make five or ten reasonable posts (as opposed to just spam-type posts) regardless of whatever forum.
I personally consider use of the forum purely for selling without contributing an abuse of the forum.
SteveS:
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WhiteGTI:
--- Quote from: stealthwolf on March 23, 2009, 06:45:22 pm ---I agree but it's still not too difficult to make five or ten reasonable posts (as opposed to just spam-type posts) regardless of whatever forum.
I personally consider use of the forum purely for selling without contributing an abuse of the forum.
--- End quote ---
I think the 100 minimum post on uk-mkiv's is a little overkill, but perhaps as you say 20-30 could be implemented on this forum? :smiley:
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