freq

Here is the thread.

As posted by S2000 GT

If in fact that is a rule then post it in the "For Sale Forum Rules" sticky. The same should go for e-Bay links then.

I am NOT trying to turn this into a pi$$in' match, just asking that the rules be clearly stated.

Thanks

Ludedude

As a valued member, what do you think would be right?

I already know what I think

freq

I think adding what S2000GT said to the For Sale Forum Rules sticky would be the right thing to do.

The seller should have copied his entire post to S2KI, no issues then. Links to e-Bay auctions, well ............................

Ludedude

If you can demonstrate the practical difference between linking to an offsite forsale post on some other board and linking to an offsite forsale post on ebay. then have at it. Personally I think the ebay thing is even worse, since it's to a for-profit commercial site but I'm certainly happy to hear arguments to the contrary.

freq

I'm not even going to TRY to demonstrate or argue anything.

Make the rules, state the rules and stick to the rules.

Ludedude

I thought that's what we were talking about. The rules don't currently state any such restriction although it's certainly something worthy of discussion. You opened the can of worms

freq

There is no difference between linking to H-T.com or e-Bay.com. The seller should post pictures, descriptions and price right here, not just a link to another website with that information. But that rule must be clearly stated, not just make it up as you go along like S2000GT seemed to do. It would have been completely different if S2000GT had locked the thread AND supplied a link to the rule that was broken.

As it stands there are no rules against what the seller did. S2000GT was wrong IMHO to do what he did without anything to back it up his actions.

cthree

I think the seller is doing himself a disservice by asking someone to leave s2ki and go somewhere else to view their ad. It's lazy and is going to work against them in the end.

The rules are the rules and they are posted. Moderators are also member and they use the site like everyone else. Not everything they say is an utterance of rules.

freq

Where is anything posted about externally linking to For Sale thread posted on other boards or e-Bay?

Done. It's pointless.

Ludedude

It's not posted anywhere. So far no one has disagreed with you on that point. I'm just trying to get a sense of if you feel the rules should be amended and how. We can certainly make that a requirement for a for sale post but the reality is most sellers are just killing themselves if they do that and don't actually bother to post an ad.