can we get a sold section

[NoRotorNoMotor]

can we make a sold sub section in the for sale section

when an item sells the seller would pm a mod with the title "sold" and then include the link and the mod can move it to the sold section

kinda annoying to browse through a FS thread and find out 20 posts down the item was already sold

 

[awsmp5]

yeah thats true i've always thought that aswell...

 

[Antoine]

Interesting point...I'm going to PM the FS mods and tell them to post feedback here...Thanks!

 

[Lord_Zath]

I'm down w/that.

 

[tekkie]

good idea, way to much work imo

if there was a way for the person starting the threads to do it great but trying to track and move all of these would be a pita

 

[NoRotorNoMotor]

i dont think it would be too much work, maybe hire another FS mod










































hmm what should i do with all this free time i have?

 

[13984]

Best way is to make sure that when an item is sold, to have the person who started the thread update it to say sold in big red letters. That way you don't read through the whole thread. Most people already do this anyways.

 

[Antoine]

Maybe I should just add it to the FS rules...?

 

[NoRotorNoMotor]

still have to click the link to find out it is sold, but that would work i suppose

i think just adding a big SOLD would be best instead of deleting the price it sold for, but i guess that is up to the seller

having the selling price still available is useful in finding prices if you are selling the same item

 

[FunkyBuddha]

Best way is to make sure that when an item is sold, to have the person who started the thread update it to say sold in big red letters. That way you don't read through the whole thread. Most people already do this anyways.

Exactly

Every item you are selling should be in your first post. When it is sold..it should be the seller's responsibility to update that list of items. It shouldn't be a mod's job to do it. They have other things to worry about.

 

[Jeph]

I think a sold section is kind of redundant. Cause I'd still end up clicking on the recent threads if I see it there.

 

[RallyeRedSi]

i always edit it to sold so i don't get a PM 3 months later about it

 

[Antoine]

i always edit it to sold so i don't get a PM 3 months later about it

Like I had posted...Why not add it to the FS rules and have the FS Mods enforce it...Once the majority gets the idea it should become standard practice.

It could be a rule that simply states:

SOLD items...edit your ORIGINAL post and add "SOLD" in large, bold and red text!

SOLD

 

[wildo]

Antoine, do you code the site? This really could be done automatically. Have the seller change the title so that "SOLD" is the first word. The browser querys the server for what results to put on the page. The surver querys the database. After the DB does the lookup for the "for sale" items, do filter on that list- strLeft(result_title) == "SOLD" or something to that nature. Then exclude those results. You can then do another lookup every 30mins or so to get those results that do have SOLD as the first word, delete them from the for sale section in the DB, and write them to the SOLD section. That would be pretty sweet. Noone's bothered but the web site coder for an hour or two!

 

[RaiderMS3]

Might not work if someone is selling multiple items and only 1 had sold.

 

[wildo]

Might not work if someone is selling multiple items and only 1 had sold.

Right, but already the seller should put sold in bold red next to that item in first post. If all items in thread are sold, then they can change title to say "SOLD - [rest of title]" then that thread will get moved automatically to the sold section.