marketplace suggestions

[thejimrose]

Brett et al- I think there are a few issues with the marketplace that would
help the overposting and make it more useful. the salesman in me knows that
people will read headlines and may not click into ad's so it's tempting to
post 1 item per ad, but the ad format is also not conducive to multiple-item
ad's. for one you can't add paragraph breaks in the ad, so it's all one big
jumble of text. having some better ad formatting tools might help this a
lot.

also the headline of the ad is very limited, maybe 20 characters? opening
that up might help a lot since i could describe that i have 'x,y and z thing
from this and that car and this and that year' for sale. i just posted a
multiple item ad with stuff from a4/s4, some stuff that's generic and then
stuff from a tt. squeezing all of that into 1 title is more or less
impossible.

adding a few categories might help as well, although i'm not a fan of
over-categorizing since many parts cross platform / brand / engine / chassis
categories. i think audizine did a good job of this, with a few parts
categories like: engine/trans, chassis/breaks/suspension, wheels/tires,
exterior and interior. maybe add one for 'parts cars' ? they have recently
moved to about 25 categories, breaking the above into chassis specific which
is a whole lot less troll-friendly.

and let's face it, it's all about wasting time at work trolling for stuff
you don't need / can't afford. right? ..... guys?

i'm also not real averted to other stuff for sale. i like that i might be
able to buy a motorcycle from someone i've chatted with for years online.
you are all more known quantities, which i like. so maybe a 'NAC FS'
category as well for bikes, stereo gear, and other riff raff? that way you
have the option of trolling or not having your bandwith wasted.

that's my 2 pesos..
jim