suggestion for Buy/Sell/Trade forum

[AmericanDemon]

I've been browsing several boards on the web trying to purchase various computer parts.  Several of these boards have a nice rule for their trade forum.  Its simply this...

If you read a For Sale thread, add a bump to it.  This keeps the forum in motion and provides a rotating look at the items for sale. 

I started doing it today and it already has helped to sell one item.  Give it a shot!  Also, most places only allow the author to bump the thread once every 4 hours to keep it legit.

Yeah I know wrong forum... but any thoughts before the mods move me? 

[quarterback]

Also, most places only allow the author to bump the thread once every 4 hours to keep it legit.

 any thoughts before the mods move me?

[Vicious]

I agree about the 4 hours being too much.  24 hours is a much better minimum time limit for bumping your own thread.

[saint]

If your post is still on the first page, please don't bump. If you must bump, don't bump more than once a week. Spammy

[Vicious]

If your post is still on the first page, please don't bump. If you must bump, don't bump more than once a week. Spammy

You know, since the B/S/T forum can be kinda slow like quarterback said, I guess 24 hours would be kinda excessive.  I guess I'm just used to when I sell XBOX stuff over on X-S.  Of course, out of all my FS threads here I think I've only bumped one, and it didn't do me any good.

[Quarters]

If you read a For Sale thread, add a bump to it. This keeps the forum in motion and provides a rotating look at the items for sale.

Please do not do this!

I and others read the forums looking for unread posts. If bump posts outnumbered original content I would just stop reading altogether.

[AmericanDemon]

Disregard my suggestion people.  It appears as if I am among the minority that likes to see alot of motion on the B/S/T forum.  I just prefer when things get circulated faster.  I apologize for any inconvenience.

[tommy]

I feel if the item is not sold before it gets off the page, its not going to sell, theres no point in bumping.

[Crazy Cooter]

One thing I wouldn't mind seeing is a "sponsor seller" category.  The commercial guys can have a single thread that they announce prices/sales/specials and we can PM them for more info.  It could be a daughterboard to the main buy/sell forum.  Of course they'd have to actually sponsor the site and maintain a good reputation, but I don't see that as being a big issue.  They can keep their thread locked, so it only moves back up when they have changed their sale.

[vib_ribbon]

i think if someone wants something specific, they will use the search function to find it...?

[lseelba]

It's kind of rude to bump your own sale, unless you added, changed items, changed prices, etc.  I usually bump if I lower the price