[scott from _actual time_]

a couple stickied threads have gone missing--the possible new orders of A5/A8 magents one in the pickup forum, and my 7-string Tele bridges FS in the gear for sale forum. they've vanished completely. can we get them put back up please? thanks.

[eaeolian]

They're in the new "Dealer and Group Buys" forum.

[scott from _actual time_]

Originally Posted by eaeolian

They're in the new "Dealer and Group Buys" forum.

oh. well, the pickup magnet thread really doesn't seem to belong there--that thread was more an alert to people that we might order again, not a sales pitch.

way fewer people are going to notice it in this new forum because no one will go there when they're thinking about pickup magnets, they'll go to the pickup forum. it really seems like there should be some stickied note about it in the pickup forum.

[Chris]

Hence the "and Group Buys".

[scott from _actual time_]

Originally Posted by Chris

Hence the "and Group Buys".

this answer has nothing to do with the issue i was raising. read my post again--my point is that people interested in pickup magnets are not going to look in some other forum for information on that; they're going to expect to find it in the pickup forum.

can we at least get some stickied note put back into the pickup forum that says "for info on group buys of magnets, click here to go to the other forum where that info is now located"?

[Drew]

I wouldn't worry about it - there's plenty of threads about magnet swaps around the site, so it's tough to read the "Pickups, Electronics, and General Tech" sections for more than a day or so and NOT be aware that it's possible to swap pickup magnets.

And really, if you think about it, it makes way more sense that way - the P, E & GT forum should be about the how and why, and the Dealer and Group Buys forum should be about where to buy. It's way cleaner this way.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by scott from _actual time_

this answer has nothing to do with the issue i was raising. read my post again--my point is that people interested in pickup magnets are not going to look in some other forum for information on that; they're going to expect to find it in the pickup forum.

You are doing a group buy on magnets. The forum is for group buys. I think that's pretty clear, and there's no need for you to get snappy dude.

[zimbloth]

I agree this way is much cleaner and more appropriate. Sure the exposure may not be as good as having it in the pickup section, but this is still the most reasonable course of action IMO.

[Drew]

And I mean, it's not like we're banishing all discussion of magnet swaps to the group buy section - by all means, talk about it there, and if anyone asks where they can get a magnet simply direct them to the appropriate forum.

[scott from _actual time_]

Originally Posted by Drew

and if anyone asks where they can get a magnet simply direct them to the appropriate forum.

that's what i was talking about--that's the part that's missing. sure, things do look cleaner without this thread, but now there is no post connecting the discussion of magnets in the pickup forum to the info on where people can get them. i'm not worried about the exposure--i've got all the magnets i need--i'm trying to avoid all the posts the pickup forum is going to get from people asking over and over where they can find these magnets. yall are all more interested in the cleaner look, so there's nothing more i can do.