Thread: Can we go back to the old classifieds setup?

i guess the other thing that bugged me about the B&B BST (i'm guessing that that is what the classifieds used to be like) is that when you hop in to check stuff out you get items that are long sold at the top of the list but guys have put a message something like "man what a price how did i miss that". which pushes the items that are still for sale down and out of view. i know maybe i am being lazy (BTWthanks for the heads up on the watch ad button BeBerlin). i have also come across quite a few items that looked great and i have to scan through 15 posts to find the one telling me it is sold, kind of a waste of time to me. maybe i am being a whinner and these things aren't a huge deal but do strike me as something i would change.

I agree, the forum format was/is not conducive to smooth/efficient trading… it was a kludge… a marriage of trade in a discussion forum, but it was an interesting evolution, more interesting than any other trading forum that I have seen.

People like to discuss “the trade”, and the most interesting take place is in the forum of the trade, this leads to groups “spicing things up” and having fun. Sure, brawls do brake out, it’s human nature, and after all we are all here because of human nature.
What I am trying to say is simply… a mix of discussion and activity in the same place generates its own momentum… and creates its own popularity.

But with all that said… I guess, as with all other non-virtual things, BST was probably a victim of its own popularity. And inevitably, the wrecking ball will tear the old building down and a new shopping mall will go up.
I will still trade at the mall… but the quaint marketplace will never come back... but maybe the next generation “razor-mallrats” will spice things up again… I look forward to that.

My only issue with the Classifieds is the overabundance of sold items. I understand the desire to see older items and use them for pricing, etc, but when I'm shopping, I'd like to be able to filter out all these items listed 3 months ago that have been listed as sold for weeks. Maybe gone after 2-3 days in to an archive...
At this point some of the deals people got while I was sleeping are just rubbing salt in the wounds. Plus, as glitchy as the nav bar is at the bottom of the listing page, it's hard to find good new stuff.
I've got no clue what I'm asking for in terms of work load for the moderators, programmers, whatever you guys have, and don't want to add unnecessary BS to the lives of people already volunteering their time for my benefit. This has been my only real annoyance in what is otherwise a great site.
Thanks

It used to be that sold items disappeared immediately.
Now it seems that they stay around a bit longer. Perhaps David changed something.