Ugh, Bubba Shawn...it's time to BAN external site auctions, such as links to SitePoint developed website auctions, etc. It is really depressing to see sales threads that just link to an external site auction, and it makes it more degrating when it's a SitePoint auction because in my honest opinion I think SitePoint sucks. I think links to external auctions and SitePoint auctions should be banned permanently. Transactions posted here should be done here, especially when this could avoid potential scams. Who else agrees with me? I think it's time to get rid of these external auctions!
Yes, I agree with you EGS.If you are making a sales thread then deal here dont give link to sitepoint auction i think anyone who do this should get a infraction! with more then 1 point! Saad
Great agreement here with this suggestion!!!! It is terrible to see someone selling something, then seeing the seller post, got a bid of xxx on another forum. Especially when the other forum is NOT noted for anyone to check out. Worse than saying got a pm for xxx amount. Same with the sellers who use an ebay url to let everyone know it is for sale there. It should be a BIG RULE, sell it here and only here!
I agree as well , I just saw a auction where the guy wouldnt even provide details , He just kept saying go to another site , This should not be allowed
Good point there EGS. Auctions in DP should be exclusively DP based. DP is our home but IMO there is no point in expressing your opinion about other forums yeah - thats the case most of the times... There is also a tendency to post "BID recieved via PM" .. if its an auction even this shouldnt be allowed ?? any opinions..
I think Bid via PM is right but creating a thread for linking to auction on other site is totally wrong Saad
Sounds like a good idea to me. I believe links to eBay actions etc should be allowed as there's still some degree of transparency. However linking to another forum and then claiming you got a PM as an excuse to add an extra $50 onto the bid price is very annoying.
We already have an applicable rule that says 'don't post nothing but a link'. So please report those that take the Mick and we'll take care of them. And yuo guys can show your appreciation with some Red - which will actually affect their future ability to sell so they'll make more of an effort.
I think there should be a seperate sub-forum for exturnal auctions. It will deep and people wont notice them as much, but it will still popular with me. I only submit exturnal auctions and therefore i disagree with this rule. I shouldnt see why i cant sell on this site while i need to sell another? The idea of an auction is to sell for the best price possible. The more people who know about the auction the better price you get. My suggestion is a sub-subforum for exturnal auctions. Rob
One of the problems is people posting an external link to say eBay or Sitepoint never answer questions. I would have no problem with a subforum as I would just ignore it but they definately aren't a good thing for the BST section.
Sorry TOPS, I need to spread some reputation around before I can give you any more rep ... Good point though - single links to other sites like Sitepoint kinda suck because invariably the poster doesn't answer direct questions on DP and typically bumps their thread with a 'got $xxx bid on another forum' comments but doesn't say where so one can only assume shill bidding.
We dont answer questions because half of the time to link says the info that they asked and sometimes stupid questions like 'How is this site worth xxx?' Bah, i shouldnt need to repeat myself twice because someone is too lazy to click a link. Rob
And Bah, we shouldn't have to go somewhere else. If you want to sell here, you advertise here and make the effort here. eBay doesn't allow you to just link to the auction elsewhere either. It undermines and devalues their service. Same here. You want to buy or sell something so you make the effort. Make it as easy as possible for those you are about to do business with. It's a pretty basic business principle to not make your clients jump through hoops.
Everyone understands the desire to gain maximum exposure for any auction but I think it cuts both ways -- if you want to advertise on two forums then you should be prepared to deal with the clients both forums give your sale the exposure you seek. It's very disrespectful to potential customers to say, 'f*** off, lazy b***** - click the link to the other site' on this forum because you can't be bothered listing the information people like to see on this forum. I mean, if you walked into a shop and the salesperson said you were a lazy f***** because you asked a question of him / her instead of reading the brochure, it's not going to do their reputation any good, is it?
Dear Friends, I am agreed with saad as well as others who do have same opinion about this matter like him. This is a way to get the traffic out of the forum for the same product which could be sold or bought in this forum but it is traded in other forums like sitepoint which does have similar kind of service. It should not be allowed. Admins should discourage this as well as put rules as community members can't do this in this forum anymore. Thanks. Coolsaint
The problem is that if a member decides he/she wants to advertise and sell here, the transaction should also be done here. I still wouldn't want an External Auctions forum because I think the option for that should be banned entirely, but right now I'm just waiting on Bubba Shawn's reply in this matter. It's obvious that I wasn't the only one that wanted links and sales to external site auctions banned.