I haven't noticed any post bumping in the sales corner, but then again I'm not in the market for anything new at the moment anyway, so maybe I just haven't been looking...
Personally, I think if a watch doesn't sell on here in the first week or 2 of advertising, you might as well pull the plug on it and switch to ebay.
I don't think it's bumping their is a issue with if some one comment it's bumps up instead off notifying the seller also if a sale post runs out it bumps so their for lots and lots off sales posts push up to the top coursing the live sales post to drop into the depths it's been like it since the beginning , massive issue that never been resolved
thats the problem as Andy points out, there seem to be lots of old sales posts expired at the top, can't be right can it? They should either sink without trace or be deleted. If it was me i'd put in an auto delete mechanism in the software if a post hasnt been bumped or sold withing a months it gets deleted. If the seller still wants to sell they can relist, chances are if its not sold after a week its too much.
And therefore if its not been bumped in that time with a reduction its not going to sell and can probably be ignored.
My last two sales posts have automatically deleted themselves once I marked them sold. It's up to members to mark their adverts as sold when completed.
I rarely look at the sales section now due to seeing the same ads over and over again :thumbdown: Its boring. Why can't the sellers just pull their items if not sold as mentioned above. Another idea may be that when an item has reached a lets say 14/21 day expiry date then it is automatically removed, just a thought.
I have to agree that something is not working properly.
I only use the Unread classification to alert me to new or changed threads on the Classified Forum, but frequently get alerted to adverts I have previously seen, and which I can discern no changes - no price reduction, obvious change to description or comments.
I used to be a regular viewer of the old forum Classified section, and that seemed to work as I would have expected.
Yesterday, my Seiko G757, which has been up nearly the maximum of 3 months, had auto bumped (nothing to do with me) to near the top of the first page with a remaining time showing of 1 day and 16 hours. Today (Tuesday) it's near the bottom of the second page with a remaining time of 16 hours and 17 mins left. I'm presuming it's gone that far down due to auto bumps, because I really can't see that much activity would have occurred normally. I don't know if it's timing that bumps them back to the top as they approach their due time. Anyway, I shall remove mine tomorrow if it hasn't sold as it's been there for 3 months now and obviously not going to sell.
100% something is not right with the sales section I click on the link for the sales off watches and I don't even no if they are old or new listing or even still for sale their is a sales thread off mine that thinks it was bumped 22 hours ago and I didn't do anything with the listing since a month ago as its still for sale
sorry to say this may be the reason that the sales section is slow
I offered to buy a watch which had been bumped numerous times, no reply to pm and poster does not seem to have been on the forum for months!
:angry: This section is seriously broken
I think the sales section needs some attention. I have also noticed members not even bothering trying to sell here, ads are put up on the dark side instead :yes:
This is probably contributing to the to the declining contributions. IMHO
I think the sales section needs some attention. I have also noticed members not even bothering trying to sell here, ads are put up on the dark side instead :yes:
This is probably contributing to the to the declining contributions. IMHO
in all fairness this forum has always been a closer knit community of friends than the dark side and most of my sales on here are already via promises, i dont think its a bad thing that this forum retains its exclusivity as a niche in this respect. I think the declining contributions are consistent with forums generally, but nevertheless the forum has come on leaps and bounds in the last few years in the specialist sections and the wruw. It seems to be doing better at the moment than it has in all my time here. I think we loose sight of that sometimes. It feels very settled at the moment in a good way to attract new members. I dont think watches generally are selling easily...like cars the world is full of bargains. Our sales section is just a sign of that rather than specific, we are in a period of stagnation.
Could they not be listed for the 3 months but without the automatic relisting ? If the seller wants them relisting after the 3 months they need to place a new advert ?
I would say two weeks is enough on a forum. As others have said if the price is right then it will sell.
However if the price is reduced in the two weeks (by a minimum of 5%?) then the two week deadline starts again, rather than have to re submit a new advert
If you go to the sales thread via the sale link thread or view a watch on the sale thread they are different for eg o e show the omega chronostop as third and the other it's not even on the first page
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