marketplace abuse?

[Ed Kellock]

The ones that bug me are the Wanted ads for insignificant things that are
readily and inexpensively available at online resources.

A close second are the Wanted and For Sale ads within a day or so of each
other for the very same item.  I always wonder if either poster even read
through the listing to see if the item is already on there in a current For
Sale or Wanted ad.

Ed

> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
> On Behalf Of Brett Dikeman
> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:50 PM
> To: Todd Rountree
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: marketplace abuse?
> 
> I know the person doing some of it.  He's a (very) old list member,  
> though not very active these days.  I've emailed him asking him to  
> consolidate his postings.  If it continues to be a problem, 
> I'll start  
> talking with Mark about enhancing the marketplace to either better  
> accommodate parting-outs in some fashion (since they're fairly  
> common)...or maybe enforce a reasonable per-person limit.
> 
> Suggestions are welcome.
> 
> Brett
> 
> On Aug 19, 2008, at 6:10 PM, Todd Rountree wrote:
> 
> > Maybe this isn't the place to vent, so please accept my apologies if
> > I'm out of line, but I am really annoyed with a select few  
> > individuals who post massive amounts of items in the audifans.com  
> > marketplace at once.  It is my understanding that the 
> marketplace is  
> > for private individuals that are posting Audi-related items from  
> > their projects and not for people who part cars for profit to post  
> > individual posts for every single piece of the car they're 
> parting.   
> > I don't mind if these people listed all of the parts their selling  
> > from a single parts car in ONE listing, but when I have to sift  
> > through the same 100 posts that get bumped to the top of 
> the list a  
> > couple times a week, well that's really annoying.  Now it's gotten  
> > to the point where one guy is even posting non-Audi-related items  
> > for sale (honda motorcycles) in the parts section of the  
> > marketplace.  Am I alone in my opinion that this practice 
> should not  
> > be allowed?  Is there anyone that can take care of it?  Again, I  
> > apologize if I'm out of line or this is the wrong place to vent.   
> > Your opinions on this issue are welcome.  Thanks!