Separate Section for Non Nintendo Item Sales
I started thinking about this because of the garage sale thread. As a buyer I considered how I browse threads, what I avoid, and what makes a good sales thread.
I am not against being able to sell other stuff here but as a buyer it does make wading through threads a bit harder. I think it maybe hinders sales, I know sometime I won't sludge through a large thread full of misc non nintendo items. I also feel like one of the driving force of NA is our Sales thread, so it might benefit Sega Age a bit if we did have a separate area. It might make more people look at SA as a more viable option to highlight their Sega Items
With regards to the Garage Sale stuff it also give the GST Posts somewhere to live when it is active.
Anyone else feel this way?
I am not against being able to sell other stuff here but as a buyer it does make wading through threads a bit harder. I think it maybe hinders sales, I know sometime I won't sludge through a large thread full of misc non nintendo items. I also feel like one of the driving force of NA is our Sales thread, so it might benefit Sega Age a bit if we did have a separate area. It might make more people look at SA as a more viable option to highlight their Sega Items
With regards to the Garage Sale stuff it also give the GST Posts somewhere to live when it is active.
Anyone else feel this way?
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I'd like to hear more about what everyone else thinks of this.
Originally posted by: Dain
This is a can that's been kicked down the road for a while now, and while I do see some benefit to having non-gaming items, I'm still a bit on the fence. We've considered having user stores for a long time, and felt that might be a good place to put stuff like this, but that's a huge support nightmare waiting to happen (and mods are already overworked IMO).
I'd like to hear more about what everyone else thinks of this.
I think he means a separate section for non-Nintendo gaming items.
It reminds me of a virtual outdoor bizzaar where vendors are seated on the ground with their wares on blankets yelling things like "HEY WE GOT CONKER BAD FUR DAY OVA EER!"
The next post might be barking out "TEN DOLLAS FER ORIGINAL RESIDENT EVIL MINT!"
To me, if people want to sell their stuff, they need to package it (label it) well.
If a thread says what is inside of it, I know where to look.
The only suggestion I would make is maybe a color code next to each post according to how new it is. (Green to Red/Grey? for example) - This way, when clicking through page after page, I know whose ready to sell and ready to sell right away.
...just a new guys 2 cents.
Originally posted by: doner24
Originally posted by: Dain
This is a can that's been kicked down the road for a while now, and while I do see some benefit to having non-gaming items, I'm still a bit on the fence. We've considered having user stores for a long time, and felt that might be a good place to put stuff like this, but that's a huge support nightmare waiting to happen (and mods are already overworked IMO).
I'd like to hear more about what everyone else thinks of this.
I think he means a separate section for non-Nintendo gaming items.
Ah, ok -- I misread it. I'm not a fan of creating too many categories because forums that do that tend to over-isolate topics.
Originally posted by: Dain
Originally posted by: doner24
Originally posted by: Dain
This is a can that's been kicked down the road for a while now, and while I do see some benefit to having non-gaming items, I'm still a bit on the fence. We've considered having user stores for a long time, and felt that might be a good place to put stuff like this, but that's a huge support nightmare waiting to happen (and mods are already overworked IMO).
I'd like to hear more about what everyone else thinks of this.
I think he means a separate section for non-Nintendo gaming items.
Ah, ok -- I misread it. I'm not a fan of creating too many categories because forums that do that tend to over-isolate topics.
Well technically I mean for both. The garage sale and this would be one area.
Here is the main reason I bring it up. A couple of days ago I bought a game on eBay, pretty common, but then I noticed an NA member also had if for sale. I didn't see it at first glance because it was burried under tons of other non Nintendo items. This member missed a sale from me. I'd always rather give my money to guys on NA then randoms on eBay. I know that I often shop less here than i'd like because I have to dig. When I was doing my Sega sets, man Sega Age made it really easy because 95%of what was listed on the BST thread was for Sega.
I think when people are shopping on NA they want Nintendo items. I am not suggesting we take away peoples ability to sell there TG16 stuff but I a suggesting a cleaner shopping experience for those looking for Nintendo games.
Originally posted by: Dain
This is a can that's been kicked down the road for a while now, and while I do see some benefit to having non-gaming items, I'm still a bit on the fence. We've considered having user stores for a long time, and felt that might be a good place to put stuff like this, but that's a huge support nightmare waiting to happen (and mods are already overworked IMO).
I'd like to hear more about what everyone else thinks of this.
Maybe bring on new Mods that their only modship is to cover the for sale/want to buy area's and that is it. Take the load off the others I am pretty sure you can set background rules that would only allow these sale thread mods to edit, delete and what not per section basis correct?
I think it would be a great idea, maybe have it broken up into sections.
Consoles: Nintendo, Sega, PSX, Xbox, Other
Games: Nintendo, Sega, PSX, Xbox, Other
Just a suggestion
Originally posted by: Shinju
Originally posted by: Dain
This is a can that's been kicked down the road for a while now, and while I do see some benefit to having non-gaming items, I'm still a bit on the fence. We've considered having user stores for a long time, and felt that might be a good place to put stuff like this, but that's a huge support nightmare waiting to happen (and mods are already overworked IMO).
I'd like to hear more about what everyone else thinks of this.
Maybe bring on new Mods that their only modship is to cover the for sale/want to buy area's and that is it. Take the load off the others I am pretty sure you can set background rules that would only allow these sale thread mods to edit, delete and what not per section basis correct?
I think it would be a great idea, maybe have it broken up into sections.
Consoles: Nintendo, Sega, PSX, Xbox, Other
Games: Nintendo, Sega, PSX, Xbox, Other
Just a suggestion
The problem with breaking apart sales threads so far is that most people have items that would span across multiple sections.
If I'm selling a few NES games, an NES console, and a 32X game, I dont want to create 3 threads in 3 different sections. Nor do I want to have to sift through that many different threads. Can you imagine what it would look like if everyone divided their items up that far?
It might make searching for individual items a lot easier, but it would be a lot of clutter at the same time.
I for one hope none of this happens, as I personally don't sell alot, but having to deal with multiple FS sections would drive me to never sell here again.
Originally posted by: Paul
Wow, what strong opinions.
I for one hope none of this happens, as I personally don't sell alot, but having to deal with multiple FS sections would drive me to never sell here again.
Why would it?
Originally posted by: Shinju
Originally posted by: Paul
Wow, what strong opinions.
I for one hope none of this happens, as I personally don't sell alot, but having to deal with multiple FS sections would drive me to never sell here again.
Why would it?
MOre sections = more threads = more time devouted to selling
that would all cause me to end up not trying to pass deals to NA members and instead drive me to sell on Ebay or go to my local game store.
Originally posted by: Paul
Wow, what strong opinions.
I for one hope none of this happens, as I personally don't sell alot, but having to deal with multiple FS sections would drive me to never sell here again.
See I feel pretty much the same way but in reverse. I do understand the plight of a mod in this scenario.... more work bigger pain in the ass on top of something that is already hard work ( You guys do great by the way).
I wouldn't want to go as far as breaking it up into as many areas as Mr Clutch suggested, though the ocd in me would love that.
Anyways just thought i'd throw it out there. I truly want to give my money to NA members rather than eBay but sometimes the cluttered threads keep me from that. If no change is made nothing is lost and I will shop when I can, no big deal. This is just a suggestion not an NA is broken please fix it thread
Originally posted by: Paul
Originally posted by: Shinju
Originally posted by: Paul
Wow, what strong opinions.
I for one hope none of this happens, as I personally don't sell alot, but having to deal with multiple FS sections would drive me to never sell here again.
Why would it?
MOre sections = more threads = more time devouted to selling
that would all cause me to end up not trying to pass deals to NA members and instead drive me to sell on Ebay or go to my local game store.
Understandable, but maybe instead of what I suggested but just do a blanket Nintendo items here/All others here?
I too do not do a lot of sales here too but I do come here for Nintendo related stuff, it is cool that there is other things allowed to be sold here and I do not discourage any of it but a separate section for all non-Nintendo stuff would be nice to help weed out stuff.
Again not looking to ruffle feathers just a mere suggestion.
On the mod perspective, I agree it would be a nightmare. It is more work than anybody knows to keep track of sellers, buyers and auctions. If you moved that around into more threads it would make it easier for people to find the loop holes and a lot more work for us.
Dain is right, the simpler the better.
If people don't want to weed through the threads, then they don't want the game bad enough.
Originally posted by: Benihana
Dain is right, the simpler the better.
If people don't want to weed through the threads, then they don't want the game bad enough.
These statements are inherently not true. If simpler were always better we would still have a single BST area and not two sperate areas, following that line of logic we should only have one forum area and it should say nintendo age and whatever happens there happens. Clearly at some point a decision was made that more was better even if it was harder, thusly more categories were created and BST area became two areas instead of one.
The search feature on NA while nice isn't perfect and I do use it but some times it is nice to browse. I am not always trying to pinpoint one specific item. Maybe it isn't an issue of someone not wanting a game bad but simply not enough time . I can go to eBay and find most games in just a few minutes but I'd rather spend my money here. For me this is just a hobby, but for others it's a business. Going back to the eBay as a reference I don't go to ebay and blindly browse the video game category but I do some times just browse the NES category. To look at Nintendo stuff eBay doesn't make me waste time and effort looking at every game for every system.
For anyone saying it is to much effort to maintain two threads: I don't agree, it is hardly more effort to have two threads. In fact NA had to make a rule so buyers only maintained 1 active Selling thread to avoid people having 3 or 4 active threads at a time. People made these additional threads so more of there items would be seen. more exposure more sales. I think it's a move that would help sales. I don't sell much on NA, but I do buy. As a buyer I am telling you how to make it easier for me to give you my money and make sure I see your goods.
Originally posted by: Benihana
it would be a nightmare. It is more work than anybody knows to keep track of sellers, buyers and auctions. If you moved that around into more threads it would make it easier for people to find the loop holes and a lot more work for us.
TRUST ME!
Originally posted by: Benihana
Originally posted by: Benihana
it would be a nightmare. It is more work than anybody knows to keep track of sellers, buyers and auctions. If you moved that around into more threads it would make it easier for people to find the loop holes and a lot more work for us.
TRUST ME!
Im not saying it wouldn't be more work for the mods, I am saying the effort for a seller to maintain two threads compared to one isn't that drastic. People work hard to make things better, I have been a mod on a few forums even and a forum admin for a major company so I am fimilar with the work. If the mods are being over worked maybe it's time for more mods or some heavier crack downs.
To be clear I know the mods work hard and they do a good job, I don't envy the jobs and bs they have to deal with.