I was wondering is there any thread limit? I mean like how many threads a person opened can remain active at the same time.

I feel its getting annoying to see those people bumping all their threads at the same time in the trading forums. One person can cover one and a half page of the sub-forum. I suggest you guys set a limit. It would ease a lot of other sellers.

I'd support the idea of implementing a thread limit too
Limit per section should work best, for the trade zone i mean

Those with 10+ threads are obviously making a business out of it

how bout mod juz merge those thread which from same user and award some warning?

Some threads cant be merged especially with the super long posts in the thread. The thread will become meaningless with all the confusing posts around.

Yes some threads cant be merged since the first post will be scattered

And if there's no rule to limit threads in the first place, it wouldnt be fair to slap them with a warning

cakap salah >.<

This post has been edited by zyrl: Jan 3 2007, 08:16 AM

But if you set a limit there, then those who really have lots of things to sell how ar? That wouldn't be fair to them as well would it?

As i've said, most of those with that many threads are running a business out of the forums which is not allowed in the first place, so there's no unfairness there
But even if it isnt so, why would it be unfair?
We're not saying u cant sell your stuff, just post them under the same threads

This post has been edited by KilJim: Jan 3 2007, 12:14 PM

garage sales are mean for selling used stuff, instead many seller are doing business over there. perhaps they should be charged since it's they are using a free resources to make $$$.

since its garage sale, it doesnt matter whether it is used or new ones...after all, d name itself explains it all...i dun see any problem in where they r using d forum 2 run their business...plus, d prices r also waaaayyyy reasonable compared 2 real shops which in one way or another benefits us d forumers..no?

LYN doesn't allow business in the first place.

Second, they don't need to pay rental like real shops.

Third, who ever said anything about not letting them sell?

Fourth, then I post one hundred threads in garage sale/bulk and I bump it at the same time. The stuff I sell is rubbish, nobody interested in. What will you think? Its basically annoying.

For garage sales, I totally agree..
Since the items you sell are per item... put them all in the same thread. Don't open thread after thread after thread selling 1 item each.
Bulk orders is a bit harder to control I guess..
It's not like garage sales where u sell, u finish, and no more is left.
There may be orderlists, next bulks and stuff..
And if u reli have as u said 100 items that ppl are interested in, combining them in 1 thread will make everyone reading it have a headache.

I don't agree, cause the seller and combine into one thread and post the products on the first page. Everyone only need ot look at the first page ma.

Yeah, but that many items u are selling, lets say this guy sells logitech items + hdd + gc..
Imagine the amount of words not to say pictures that need to be read thru to find the thing u wanna buy.
Then how bout the thread name? For the stuff u wanna bulk and waiting for MOQ, u get ppl's attention with the thread name and stuff... Then if u have quite a few items waiting for MOQ? What would make ppl attentive to your thread?

Its something we have been looking at for some time. Haven't quite decided on a workable and fair solution yet though.

For a start, cooperation from members would be great - if you have 2 largely similar items to sell, do put them together.

Basically that won't normally happen. Why can't you just merge those that aren't waiting for MOQ and those that are waiting for MOQ on a seperate thread?

For example, your buying logitech, creative and intel from the local distributor. Merge it into a thread and put a title like computer parts, logitech, creative etc!.

at the same time your importing stuff from usa like sanyo for example. Put that item on a saperate thread should work fine. Its almost impossible for a person thats importing stuff to open like 10 threads together because its impossible for one person to manage it properly.

for details or pics can put it in spoiler tag like what i did.....

or make one post for each item complete with details etc, in first page

Good suggestion here.I'm also supporting this.There is few sellers in Garage sales section open multiple thread which they can merge and put it under one thread.

Guess someone talking about bussiness & money making over here and he also did or doing it now.

Business and making extra income is not quite the same I guess. If a explanation on this is required I'll be happy to explain to the mods(privately).

Anyway, this is not only about garage sales but also about bulk order section.

What about limiting the amount of threads a person can bump within a certain amount of time? This way they can open as much threads and not cover up the rest. Best of both worlds?

edit: typo

This post has been edited by Chronolisme: Jan 4 2007, 12:35 PM

Usually they bump at one time of the day, maybe 5 minutes to BUMP all their threads, you don't really expect them to login every few minutes to BUMP 1 thread?

Not bump 1 thread within 1 minute. Make it like 3 threads in half an hour...

Give others a chance to bump as well...

limitation of thread per user is more approtiate i think.
They can post all their item in let say 3 thread/user.
Surely they can list their item in post 1,post 2,post3 to let say post 5.
Don't tell me each item 1 thread.
If you have 100 item, 100 thread?
At least, be considerate to other seller as well.

Yes, this is something I agree too. But I'll suggest 5 threads as some sellers do have lots of item to sell and some of them are very unrelated.

Don't forget the category tags will have to be reworked a little to encompass various items in the combined thread when searched. I reckon thats probably whats holding it from being implemented.

I have a few suggestions I'll like to make but I don't know if they're relevant or could be implemented or not. But just hear me out.

I think Bulk Orders need a major cleanup as most of the threads in there do not reflect the purpose of the section. People selling items that do not need any MOQ or people who use that section as an extension to their local retail business should not be considered as bulk orders.

From what i see, most of the sellers who have many threads in Bulk Orders are selling computer accesories i.e. mouses, keyboards, enclosures, diy stuff, fans, heatsinks. For that I think the Small accesories tag in Garage Sales should be elevated to a Subforum and maybe renamed to Computer accesories and peripherals. Have all the sellers who are not really doing any bulk purchases move their threads to respective Garage Sales subforums.

I think the reason regular sellers are unwilling to move to Garage Sales is because there are just too many threads in there. Since bumps are limited to once per day, it's hard to highlight stuff you're selling. Maybe Lyn can implement a spot for regular sellers to advertise their threads. Have regular sellers buy advertising spots from Lyn since they're making a business out of Lyn anyway.

Maybe widen the area between the Trade Zone title and the start of Garage Sales forum and highlight advertisers' threads there. Advertising could be like pinned threads with a title and maybe a spot to highlight new items. Advertising packages could range from 1 day to maybe 1 week with a maximum advertising spot of maybe 5-10 threads maybe with a limit to 2 spots per seller. Advertising could be done on a first come first serve basis maybe even a thread in the Announcement forum listing current and upcoming advertisers to promote transparency.

These are just rough ideas. I also don't know if it would be possible to implement code wise or not. Above are just my two cents. If I offended anyone please have mercy

Thanks for your input. Yeah you're right, Bulk Orders does need a cleanup. I think I've requested for about 5-10 topics to be moved out from there, and that's only in the first page.

Another possible reason that people put their stuff in BO is that they don't understand the bulk concept. If this is the case, I can change BO such that new topics are subject to moderator approval.

Hmm, I think I'll need help from the moderators to help move my thread out of bulk section then.

I LOLed at this part of your post. Your suggestion is welcomed and I would be hard pressed to find anyone who could take offense at it. Keep 'em comin'.

making extra income = selling stuff = business no?
i dont really understand the term, business being used here.. someone enlight me?

Mod has taken the required action to solve the problem. As I said, if the mods have problem with what I stated above, feel free to pm me.

P/s : Thread is closed.