BST consolidation issues, question?

[chris6net]

I personally like the BST as it is. I really like the new T206 section.

[ethicsprof]

the lack of consolidation doesn't bother me.
but I sure love the t206 change. It has saved me enormous time.
I've also become more aware of things that rarely come up for sale--like the
T200.

great work,
all the best,
barry

[marcdelpercio]

I would greatly be in favor of that rule, Leon. As a frequent B/S/T poster, it is continually frustrating to see my listings immediately bumped far down the page by some posters who choose to list, for example, 5 or 6 different individual low grade T206s in separate threads. The vast majority of the B/S/T users who ARE considerate of others and list/bump their threads at reasonable times are faced with the options of either being less considerate and bumping more often...or having their listings very quickly moved down the list.

As many others have noted, I am not really a fan of more rules myself, but this one really does make sense to me. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to discuss this.

[christopher.herman]

Originally Posted by marcdelpercio

I would greatly be in favor of that rule, Leon. As a frequent B/S/T poster, it is continually frustrating to see my listings immediately bumped far down the page by some posters who choose to list, for example, 5 or 6 different individual low grade T206s in separate threads. The vast majority of the B/S/T users who ARE considerate of others and list/bump their threads at reasonable times are faced with the options of either being less considerate and bumping more often...or having their listings very quickly moved down the list.

As many others have noted, I am not really a fan of more rules myself, but this one really does make sense to me. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to discuss this.

+1

The "rule" should be "use common sense".

[Leon]

Originally Posted by christopher.herman

+1

The "rule" should be "use common sense".

We are having this discussion because common sense isn't so common.

[quinnsryche]

What if you have say, 4 different items available but all in the same section (a signed ball, a signed bat, 10 signed photos and 15 signed cards). The heading area isn't large enough to let buyers know you have 4 different types of similar but different items and they may pass it over because they don't see what they want in the title. What would be the protocol for that? You can't just say "signed items for sale" as a lot of buyers might not just take a look. Just saying. Plus, with all the threads bitching about ebay, I would think LESS restrictive rules would be welcome, not MORE.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by quinnsryche

What if you have say, 4 different items available but all in the same section (a signed ball, a signed bat, 10 signed photos and 15 signed cards). The heading area isn't large enough to let buyers know you have 4 different types of similar but different items and they may pass it over because they don't see what they want in the title. What would be the protocol for that? You can't just say "signed items for sale" as a lot of buyers might not just take a look. Just saying. Plus, with all the threads bitching about ebay, I would think LESS restrictive rules would be welcome, not MORE.

Just to be clear where I am coming from, I could give a rats a** about it personally. I don't use the BST a ton. We are discussing it to help most members. Maybe there will be a rule, maybe not. As for your scenario...how about


FS- ALL SIGNED - a ball, bat, 10 photos & 15 cards


I think that would all fit

[thehoodedcoder]

Originally Posted by marcdelpercio

I would greatly be in favor of that rule, Leon. As a frequent B/S/T poster, it is continually frustrating to see my listings immediately bumped far down the page by some posters who choose to list, for example, 5 or 6 different individual low grade T206s in separate threads. The vast majority of the B/S/T users who ARE considerate of others and list/bump their threads at reasonable times are faced with the options of either being less considerate and bumping more often...or having their listings very quickly moved down the list.

As many others have noted, I am not really a fan of more rules myself, but this one really does make sense to me. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to discuss this.

i think we are really only talking about 1...maybe 2...at most 3 pages you need to scan through on an every other day basis to keep up to speed. it really is only about 3 minutes worth of time. do others really have that much of a problem with their thread being 2 pages deep?

i think most of us keep on the board....that is why it still survives right? when was the last time someone needed to be linked to a thread that is only 1 or 2 pages back?

kevin

[marcdelpercio]

Originally Posted by thehoodedcoder

do others really have that much of a problem with their thread being 2 pages deep?

kevin

Apparently so, as the people I presume you are defending seem to feel the need to repeatedly bump their multiple repetitive threads to the top.

[vintagetoppsguy]

When one person starts 9 different threads back to back to back and then a 10th thread to explain why he did it, that is a problem. Its rude, selfish and inconsiderate and those defending it are no better.

This is a screen shot of what I am referring to. It's in the 1950 to 1979 Section of the B/S/T.

[batsballsbases]

David +10
As I posted in my first post I didnt want to name names but you seem to see what I was talking about! Thats one of them and another has posted in this thread! First name rhymes with Bony.

[npa589]

Originally Posted by marcdelpercio

I would greatly be in favor of that rule, Leon. As a frequent B/S/T poster, it is continually frustrating to see my listings immediately bumped far down the page by some posters who choose to list, for example, 5 or 6 different individual low grade T206s in separate threads. The vast majority of the B/S/T users who ARE considerate of others and list/bump their threads at reasonable times are faced with the options of either being less considerate and bumping more often...or having their listings very quickly moved down the list.

As many others have noted, I am not really a fan of more rules myself, but this one really does make sense to me. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to discuss this.

Nothing much to add to this, except that I agree.

[Luke]

Originally Posted by marcdelpercio

I would greatly be in favor of that rule, Leon. As a frequent B/S/T poster, it is continually frustrating to see my listings immediately bumped far down the page by some posters who choose to list, for example, 5 or 6 different individual low grade T206s in separate threads. The vast majority of the B/S/T users who ARE considerate of others and list/bump their threads at reasonable times are faced with the options of either being less considerate and bumping more often...or having their listings very quickly moved down the list.

As many others have noted, I am not really a fan of more rules myself, but this one really does make sense to me. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to discuss this.

I agree with everything Marc just said. 95% of members understand that there is an un-written etiquette that needs to be followed on the b/s/t. The other 5% take advantage of this by taking far more than their share of advertising space for their items. I haven't sold anything on there in awhile, but if I had a listing immediately moved to 7th position because someone who has 6 individual threads for different t206s decided to bump them all for the 12th time right after I made my post, I would be upset.

[batsballsbases]

Leon,
Yes should be a limit to 2-3 posts maybe every 3-4 days. Maybe it doesnt happen as much on the t206 new section but if you look on the 50s-70s section and the memorabilia section (I dont like to use names) But some of these people put up different items some for low prices 5-10 dollars but post 10 items ! Why not put them all on one posting! I know I usually do! Then after a very short time sometimes hours they BUMP it back to the top. Maybe to make it a little more fair a person shouldnt be allowed to Bump the item for lets say a week. Its a great place to do deals but I do believe Some people tend to take advantage of the lax rules on the BST. Like one person always looking for those harder and regional issues! Posts 10-15 different threads looking for these things, why not just make one posting with all the items you are looking for?Gets very annoying. Just my nickels worth!

[GoldenAge50s]

I read the T206 BST & the Auction section every day. Seems as if you are going to sell 3 T206's, make one post for the 3 cards (as MOST folks do), unless maybe one of them is a really big $ card.

Right now the section seems to be clogged w/ several Sellers making different posts for EACH card.

When that happens, next is the constant bumps to get ahead of each other, plugging up the whole section.

Just COMBINE into 1 and all goes much smoother!