Well I suppose I can share my opinion for whatever it's worth. I'm on 6 other major forums with 100,000+ active members, not one has moved to this style classified. HT is close, but their classified section has it's own forum.



I don't see what's wrong with having FS threads in the forum. It's complied in one thread, it's easily visible by all members that just browse the forums and everyone can see who is interested in what items. There's a lot more traffic and awareness in a forum than there is in a classified section.



Usually upgrades and improvements are thought after if there is a problem/concern/issue with the current system. If a car has 100hp/10mpg there's a problem. People what more horsepower and efficiency. That's why theirs new innovations in technology and economy/hp balance.



What issues did we have before with our FS section? I can't think of any except what majik said. Most people need to clarify in their topic description what they are selling but that can be easily learned. Like I mentioned, all the forums I'm on are still on the "old" style because it works and its user friendly. There are usually 30+ fs ads added everyday yet they still use the forum format. What do we see daily? 2-4 tops?



That's my opinion. Lets start a voting poll.

Poll added

I like the classifieds much better than a for sale forum. Im on a local tuner site and they do it the classifieds way. Its alot easier to see what people are selling than doing a search and having to go through hundreds of threads to find what Im interested in. My vote goes to keep the classifieds in place. :)

Also this is a tip for the people that dont like the FS forum idea, and the fact that you are only shopping for a few select items. You can simply just go up to the search box, and type in "Strut Bar" or "Turbo" and you can even only select what forum you want it to search. therefor you dont have to spend tons of time opening up individuals threads within the forum. Now you have the items you asked for right in front of you with in seconds



For Sale Forum is the way to go, in my eyes.



Also as a heads up, you can NOT edit post made in the "Classified Section" even if there my OWN. I just tried to edit all 5 of the ones i have. The only thing it will let me do is delete them.

I was able to test the Classifieds earlier today and it let me edit them as a regular member...not an admin.



Can someone else confirm?

I just posted up my PS1 for sale in the classifieds and I was able to edit it just fine. I like the classifieds over a fs forum. its alot neater and nicer looking imo.

Turboron_99, 'you can run a search on the FS forum' is an argument FOR the Classifieds system IMO.

^^^ I see your what your saying, but that is why the Classified is broke down into sections i thought... I have never used the the search to search for any item in the new classified section, simply just becuase I only use it when must. Not to browse like i use to, when it was a FS forum.



Also wanted to do a recap of my last few post. Not sure what happened but I just logged out, and relogged in, then went to try to edit my posts in classified, it works.

I see this as a transition period, and I personally see nothing wrong with having both methods, and allowing cross posting. That way a seller can do whichever method they prefer and think can benefit them the most.

^^ Well than lets do it that way and it's a WIN-WIN for all members. People can choose what they like best. We can do this for a month and see what is used more often and then get some feedback on it.



I tried editing my FS thread 2 minutes after I posted it because I forgot to add some details and I got this error:



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[#10924] Too much time has elapsed for you to edit this item.





I also have a question in my classifieds that I was not notified about. I stumbled across the question by scrolling down the ad just to see what I put in the price box. Why is there no notification?