Musicbanter Improvement Thread

Trollheart · 07-07-2022, 01:14 PM

I already said no. Not that I'm a mod, but, you know, it's very clearly in the rules. This ain't a marketplace. There are thousands of them. The last thing we want here is a load of goombahs coming here to sell their wares. As Jesus once said, and I quote, **** that for a game of legionnaires.

SGR · 07-07-2022, 01:21 PM

Not to mention this site is just not designed to be a marketplace. Some people think it's just "flip a switch" and any site can become a marketplace. Doesn't work that way. This is Music Banter - not Music Huckster.

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Originally Posted by Guybrush

Right now there's no moderator on. Perhaps you should consider asking someone native to non-US timezones?

Pretty sure Marie is native to a non-US timezone. As hard as it is to believe, she just doesn't spend all her waking time on here.

Guybrush · 07-07-2022, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by SGR

Pretty sure Marie is native to a non-US timezone. As hard as it is to believe, she just doesn't spend all her waking time on here.

Exactly, so maybe it's a good idea to recruit one or two more.

Plankton · 07-07-2022, 01:32 PM

There's some buy/sell sections on a couple of forums I frequent, but it's just more police work for the mods. Making sure the sellers have their items displayed correctly with their name/date/etc. is the main deficiency. Access to that section of the forum is only granted to members after 30 days as well. Lots of other disclaimers too. It's just too much work for a non-ad forum. It's well above the pay scale for the janitors... ahem, excuse me, custodians that work here anyway.

SGR · 07-07-2022, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Guybrush

Exactly, so maybe it's a good idea to recruit one or two more.

Alternatively, we could just mail Frown lots of energy drinks.

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Originally Posted by Plankton

There's some buy/sell sections on a couple of forums I frequent, but it's just more police work for the mods. Making sure the sellers have their items displayed correctly with their name/date/etc. is the main deficiency. Access to that section of the forum is only granted to members after 30 days as well. Lots of other disclaimers too. It's just too much work for a non-ad forum. It's well above the pay scale for the janitors... ahem, excuse me, custodians that work here anyway.

How do they conduct payments/transactions? Paypal/Venmo?

The Batlord · 07-07-2022, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Guybrush

Exactly, so maybe it's a good idea to recruit one or two more.

No mods no masters.

Guybrush · 07-07-2022, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

No mods no masters.

Noone to fight off the hordes of spambots that would immediately take over the boards then.

I'm not suggesting we need more discipline. It might be nice to have more janitors. You know, more people to share the load of running this place. Some suckers might even think of it as promotion.

Trollheart · 07-07-2022, 06:33 PM

I think the point is that, to date, only one person has requested this as a function of the forum. I don't think any of the rest of us want it. After all, if we want to sell something to each other we can do it via PM, and there's this great new site I heard of called obay or ubay or something like that. Seems to be doing a lot of business. We're a free site too; adding ecommerce or whatever might compromise that.

Plankton · 07-08-2022, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by SGR

How do they conduct payments/transactions? Paypal/Venmo?

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It is recommended that you use PayPal or your own credit card to protect your right to dispute a payment or conduct the transaction face to face. Do NOT use PayPal family and friends. If you are scammed PayPal can't help you with a payment made on that basis. Let the Seller know they will either have to eat the PayPal fee or you can negotiate a final price with them.

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**Scarlett O'Hara** · 07-08-2022, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Guybrush

Noone to fight off the hordes of spambots that would immediately take over the boards then.

I'm not suggesting we need more discipline. It might be nice to have more janitors. You know, more people to share the load of running this place. Some suckers might even think of it as promotion.

I am from New Zealand so count me as another non-us person. Janitors? Lol ok guy.

07-07-2022, 01:14 PM	#1831 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	I already said no. Not that I'm a mod, but, you know, it's very clearly in the rules. This ain't a marketplace. There are thousands of them. The last thing we want here is a load of goombahs coming here to sell their wares. As Jesus once said, and I quote, **** that for a game of legionnaires. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

07-07-2022, 01:32 PM	#1834 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,766	There's some buy/sell sections on a couple of forums I frequent, but it's just more police work for the mods. Making sure the sellers have their items displayed correctly with their name/date/etc. is the main deficiency. Access to that section of the forum is only granted to members after 30 days as well. Lots of other disclaimers too. It's just too much work for a non-ad forum. It's well above the pay scale for the janitors... ahem, excuse me, custodians that work here anyway. __________________ See location...

07-07-2022, 06:33 PM	#1838 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	I think the point is that, to date, only one person has requested this as a function of the forum. I don't think any of the rest of us want it. After all, if we want to sell something to each other we can do it via PM, and there's this great new site I heard of called obay or ubay or something like that. Seems to be doing a lot of business. We're a free site too; adding ecommerce or whatever might compromise that. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018