Role of SRP BST discussion thread cont.

[Utopian]

The BST is meant for members to sell their stuff.
It is not meant to be a storefront.

Having members swamp the forum with sale threads as if the BST was their personal storefront is not the purpose of BST.

Just to be clear, what I meant by that comment simply was that if controlling the difficulties of BST becomes too much, it could be solved by having everyone becoming a vendor. I fully acknowledge, understand, and agree that the BST is not and should not be used as a storefront.

[kaptain_zero]

Regarding the post count issue before posting.... I am a member of another forum (A linux OS and related software forum) where there is a "package request" sub forum for members of the community to request something that is not currently available. This particular forum remains invisible to visitors/newly joined members until they have become part of the community, to keep frivolous requests down to a minimum ( and that is based on ones total post count). It is automatic so no Mods are needed to police that part, perhaps a similar technique could be employed on SRP?

Regards

Kaptain "Just thinking out loud...." Zero

[syslight]

OK, so sometimes i go off "half-cocked". however, i think that a post count or a time on the forum limit is silly, again it leads to silly spamming.

but what is the nature of occasional, sure it is great to see some of the handiwork that others produce but it would be nicer to see them in the razor or restoration thread, but constantly seeing the same members post 5 or six razors a week or every couple of weeks makes it seem like the board is dedicated to them. i see know issue with a member wanting to sell 6 razors at a time but they should only do that once every couple of months, IMO.

Those people who have plans to sell more frequently than that should do so in either the classified section or in the vendor area. Many of our more frequent sellers freely list that they consider razor restoration and honing as a business so expecting them to behave like other vendors is reasonable.

for a final note, i thought we had hashed all this out last month. when people started commenting on other folks prices, and the upshot was if you did not have anything good to say about the deal offered or in some way wanted to question it you were to do it with a pm or two not openly so that you embarrass or insult a fellow member... or maybe that is just part of my interpretation of gentlemanly conduct.


not every great shaving razor is a delight to the eye and not every beautiful razor is good to shave with.