[Chris]

Originally Posted by The Dark Wolf

It does seem a bit contradictory. I'll try to shed some light.

I'd say - if you want to sell something, post an ad, with a price, in the for sale forum.

If you want to discuss a potential sale, mention you have a feeler thread, and are curious about offers, in non-for sale forums.

Yep.

I know it's cliche, but this is not ebay. If you want to sell something for a set price, post it in the for sale forums with a price and the relevant information. I don't want "best offer" threads or bidding wars. If you want best offers, that's what eBay is for. If you're unsure about the value of what you're selling, post a feeler thread in the correct forum to get insight on what it should sell for.

Occasionally people will post something for sale for a price that's too high. If you do, expect to be called on it by the members. I have no problem with people politely pointing out in a For Sale thread that the asking price for an item is more than it's worth. Half the point of a community is to watch out for each other, and if someone lists an RG7620 for it's "original retail!!!" of $1000+, I'd hope that people will prevent one of our fellow forumites for actually paying that much for it. As long as the posts are civil, that's all well and good.

People that have eBay auctions are welcome to post the link in the For Sale forums as well, but keep in mind that people with low post counts/little or no contribution to the community will have their posts closed at the discretion of myself and the mods. In a nutshell, I don't want people signing up here and posting 5 bullshit posts in the general forum so that they have some credibility to toss up their eBay ad in the FS forums. If you are a member of this community by all means go right ahead and post a link to your eBay ad.

Lastly, regarding the rules. People need to use some common sense. The mods and I are just a bunch of metalheads with a website. We're not going to follow the rules verbatum, and I'm not going to put up with people bitching and trying to nitpick them if a thread gets closed. The mods on my site are guys whose opinions I trust enough to take care of ss.org and look out for the community. If a thread's closed it means that one of these guys thought it was a good idea, and I'd appreciate it if there weren't threads in the general forum asking about closed posts. If you really do have an issue with something, PM me, or post it here, and either me or one of the mods will explain it if it's within reason. If it's just a post complaining about a closed thread, expect that post to be closed without a reply as well, because the mods aren't expected to have to explain every action that they take.

The site runs great and is relatively spam-free because these guys all take time out of their day to work on it, and because all you metal motherfuckers take time out of your day to come here and post. Let's keep it that way and not turn things into a forum-nazi atmosphere. Very few sites this big have such a jolly bunch of assholes running things, and I'd hate to have to make Mr. Test a fulltime mod.

[nikt]

Thanks Chris and all
ales uber clear now


keep up the good work Gentelmens
and please lock this one

[Jason]

Originally Posted by nikt

Thanks Chris and all
ales uber clear now


keep up the good work Gentelmens
and please lock this one

Yes this was a good thread. I know now too

[playstopause]

Originally Posted by Chris

The site runs great and is relatively spam-free because these guys all take time out of their day to work on it, and because all you metal motherfuckers take time out of your day to come here and post. Let's keep it that way and not turn things into a forum-nazi atmosphere. Very few sites this big have such a jolly bunch of assholes running things, and I'd hate to have to make Mr. Test a fulltime mod.

+ 1 000 000 000!!!


SS.ORG --->

[s7eve]

[ibznorange]

hey chris (or another mod), perhaps what you quoted from boober is worth putting in the for sale forum stickied rules.
just a thought, ive thought of posting feeler threads once or twice but never been sure how to go about it