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[Che'_Moderator]

What about the ads? I notice inline ads like on Honda-Tech have been added since my last visit...

You can turn them off though for free. Go read the other announcement

[b4_ford]

http://auctions.volospeed.com
Its totally free and the reason why the for sale section is being phased out. For sale going away has nothing to do with revenue.

Yeah, not a fan of the auctions myself. I'd rather purchase or sell things without getting into a bidding war. But thanks for the info. What exactly does the auction feature have to do with limiting access to the for sale section? Or is for sale going away completely for all members?

[Che'_Moderator]

Yeah, not a fan of the auctions myself. I'd rather purchase or sell things without getting into a bidding war. But thanks for the info. What exactly does the auction feature have to do with limiting access to the for sale section? Or is for sale going away completely for all members?

For sale will go away once I have a new system in place with the auctions. With the auctions to avoid bidding you can make it a buy it now only. But shortly the auctions will have a traditional classifieds system.

[caliwagon]

b4_ford had a good point about the classified section being an initial draw for this forum. It was for me. I had bought an 850 and knew I had to come here for used parts. It's that way for a lot of forums. If the auctions section will soon have regular classifieds, let's make them as accessible as possible, for the sake of new members.

[JimKW]

I like the "For Sale" section and would always look for what was for sale and have bought several items through the ads on there. If you are looking for a "For Sale" section try volvoforums.com. The have one and it's been getting a little more popular.

[PyROTech]

Does banned mean no access at all? So far it looks like HtownTurboBrick ripped me off, but I'd at least like him to be able to respond to PMs which he does once in a blue moon. If he had a personal email available that would be cool, but he doesn't have one listed. I don't get why he does ok with like 30 people and then takes my money and runs. He gave me a story about how they shipped the wires to the wrong address and got them returned and promised to send them out again, but that was over a month ago.
I can deal with a few days, but this has been going on for months now.

his email that is listed w/ us is aznrep84@yahoo.com

You just gonna give out peoples email addresses? Im not very sure, but I don’t remember Inlineturbo asking for his email (I believe he just said that he doesn’t have an email listed), and second I don’t remember Inlineturbo asking that the board should see his email. And 3^rd I didn’t see HtownTurboBricks profile having his email address set for everyone to see. Now maybe a pm was sent to you asking for an email and im wrong about that, but I don’t feel its right to give out his information for the rest of the board to see. Or maybe you sent HtownTurboBrick a pm/email asking him if it was fine to tell everyone else his email?



If someone posts a comment that I said sold them some parts and didn’t ship, are you gonna give out my email? Is my subscriber information, including how I paid for it, safe?

My credit card gonna be posted, my name, address, social security number?



Now you could have just listed a fake email and the above doesn’t apply but it does seem like you listed the real deal to me.

[Che'_Moderator]

If your doing group buys or are a vendor you need to have a public address. Besides thats a yahoo address.

[RAzOR]

Besides thats a yahoo address.

Which means?

[Che'_Moderator]

Which means?

Its like a hippy. It only counts as half an email address and it smells kinda funny

[RAzOR]

Its like a hippy. It only counts as half an email address and it smells kinda funny

Yeah. I get that. Some sites don't accpet Yahoo! addresses. I pay for mine. And Yahoo! mail Beta is tits.

[Anemia]

I like the "For Sale" section and would always look for what was for sale and have bought several items through the ads on there. If you are looking for a "For Sale" section try volvoforums.com. The have one and it's been getting a little more popular.

I agree and I sincerely hope it's not lip service that things are going to get back to normal with the classifieds. I've purchased several things in the FS forum and I miss it. It was a real resource and to change it to a subscription service is very unfortunate. As you can all see, I don't post much, I mostly just read since you're the ones with the knoweledge and I'm the one with the broken car...

Oh well, as long as I can't look for parts for my 850 I can always head over to tbricks and find the stuff I need to fix up my 240.

[Che'_Moderator]

I agree and I sincerely hope it's not lip service that things are going to get back to normal with the classifieds. I've purchased several things in the FS forum and I miss it. It was a real resource and to change it to a subscription service is very unfortunate. As you can all see, I don't post much, I mostly just read since you're the ones with the knoweledge and I'm the one with the broken car...

Oh well, as long as I can't look for parts for my 850 I can always head over to tbricks and find the stuff I need to fix up my 240.

http://auctions.volvospeed.com

[JimKW]

I don't care for that auction site at all. There are no pictures and very little information. I don't want to bid. I liked the classifieds much better. craigslist.com seems like a pretty good place for buying and selling, but there is quite a bit of crap there, but it's free.

[Che'_Moderator]

I don't care for that auction site at all. There are no pictures and very little information. I don't want to bid. I liked the classifieds much better. craigslist.com seems like a pretty good place for buying and selling, but there is quite a bit of crap there, but it's free.

So is the the auction section. And there are pictures if the sellers upload them. I cannot control if the seller is savvy enough to upload an image just as I could not before..

[RedTurbo850]

The current system sucks because the Classified section is slow (since you have to be a supporter).

For the auctions, there's only like 20-30 things on at a time, and a lot of the stuff you might not even want. Plus, you either wait for the auciton to end and bid, or you do the buy it now (which is usually a lot higher than you might want to pay).

I think one of the key things about classifieds on forums, is the feedback aspect. The buyer doesn't need to send a PM (which almost seems like you're committing to buying) and the buyer can ask a general questions that many others may be wondering about. Plus, other members can give feedback on the product. So we can know if said part is great, or if the price is terrible and you can get something brand new for cheaper.

This is the only site that I'm on that has such a system in place, and there is definitely a discrepancy in For Sale posts here.

I like this site a lot, but the selling section seems to need fixing. I'm not so sure most people like auctions. And i mean if they honestly want to go by auction, you list it on Ebay.

I understand there is a revenue aspect (paying for a store), but I think I speak for the majority of people when I say i'm not a huge fan of the auctions.

Edit: I don't know how the old system was, or how well that worked, but this is just my 2 cents from my time on the board.

Edited by RedTurbo850, 27 May 2007 - 07:11 PM.

[Mustang Champ Rules]

does anyone want mustang rims?

[Fudge_Brownie]

does anyone want mustang rims?

Wrong topic chief. You're gonna want to advertise those rims in the VS auction area, or if you become a supporting member, in the for sale forum. (You cannot post a new for sale ad without a supporting membership, though auctions are free to all)

[t5volvo]

im trying to sell my volvo, how do i become a supporting member so i can post it on the forum? it doesnt seem like anyone uses the volvo auction and would be a waste ot time.

[Chilled Man]

im trying to sell my volvo, how do i become a supporting member so i can post it on the forum? it doesnt seem like anyone uses the volvo auction and would be a waste ot time.

$50.00 and you also get into the fun area

[gdizzle]

im trying to sell my volvo, how do i become a supporting member so i can post it on the forum? it doesnt seem like anyone uses the volvo auction and would be a waste ot time.

http://volvospeed.com/vs_forum/index.php?a...&CODE=index