What happened to the FX emporium?

lofiloop · April 2016

MrSwanson · April 2016

It's still about, but access has been removed for those have been rule breaking

lofiloop · April 2016

Perhaps all the little rules should be permanently displayed on the top banner then. I've sold lots of items and never had a single bad feedback, yet now I can't access the emporium because I deleted a post which I didn't know you weren't meant to do and only did it to save people time reading listings that were sold.

lofiloop · April 2016

Forget it. Goodbye fretboard forum.

Sporky · April 2016

All the rules for the Classifieds are at the top of each Classifieds forum.

Given that they're free to use, it doesn't seem that much to ask that you remind yourself of them every now and then.

I would think this is a temporary suspension; as you say, you've sold lots of items with good feedback so don't cut your nose off to spite your face.

Teetonetal · April 2016

Look at it from the mods point of view - the rules have been stated again and again and again in various threads, normally where the OP does a big flounce and says goodbye. All the mods ask is that forum content is not deleted, in return you get a site with good classifieds, and willing buyers.

Think about it, the forum has been good to you if you've sold loads of items why say goodbye because you didn't read the rules before posting?

I find this continuing story and the inevitable seller flounce very odd behaviour..

fretmeister · April 2016

Joins forum with rules

Agrees, by joining, to follow the rules.

Gets upset when caught rule breaking.

Claims ignorance of the rules.

Blames the system for his own failures.

That whole personal responsibility thing really is soooo very unfair. [/tantrum]

guitarfishbay · April 2016

Teetonetal said:

I find this continuing story and the inevitable seller flounce very odd behaviour..

Seems an easy way to get extra LOL's for the fret score though.

To be fair this seems to be the main reason that people who have otherwise managed to sell get barred from the classifieds. There could be merit in having a sticky topic with the title similar to '*Please do not delete content/prices after sale*' would make it less of a missed area. Currently it is the second part of rule 7. Yes people should read all of the rules first but doing the maths we have more members than view counts on the rules IIRC and that doesn't include people who've read them multiple times. Putting up a sticky with that rule in particular might mean less people miss it hopefully meaning less hassle for mods.

guitarfishbay · April 2016

Is there a way of making a tick box for saying I have read the rules (ideally with them displayed) when joining the forum? It has been ages since I joined and I can't remember what it makes you do.

DesVegas · April 2016

From what he says he has made many sales on here succesfully. Why alienate someone who is an active member of the community?

fretmeister · April 2016

Could change the code for the classifieds?

Once posted the existing text cannot be removed but could be edited with a strikethrough so price adjustments can be shown.

No idea if that is technically possible, but it would work.

guitarfishbay · April 2016

It would also prevent quality updating - such as inserting new photos to the OP (not everyone scrolls on longer threads) and correcting typos/incorrect info.

fretmeister · April 2016

That's not necessarily a bad thing - Might help stop the lazy adverts too.

TTony · April 2016

lofiloop said:

Forget it. Goodbye fretboard forum.

=;

Both of your user IDs are now banned.

guitarfishbay · April 2016

Did they have two accounts prior to this incident?

guitarfishbay · April 2016

Lol. Just seen this on the activity feed:

"Goodbye Fretboard Forum, it was nice to be a part of you until fascists took over the emporium."

TTony · April 2016

guitarfishbay said:

Lol. Just seen this on the activity feed:

"Goodbye Fretboard Forum, it was nice to be a part of you until fascists took over the emporium."

Indeed - lofiloop had a problem with the fascists, although his alter-ego duckduck had no such problem ...

Maybe they weren't speaking to each other ???

meltedbuzzbox · April 2016

TTony;1050311" said:
lofiloop said:

Forget it. Goodbye fretboard forum.

=;

Both of your user IDs are now banned.

Bringing the law!

Sporky · April 2016

That's nonsense.

I was by far the most fascist of the founders, and I don't have anything to do with the running any more. The place is therefore clearly less fascist now than ever.

fretmeister · April 2016

Sporky said:

That's nonsense.

I was by far the most fascist of the founders, and I don't have anything to do with the running any more. The place is therefore clearly less fascist now than ever.

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UnclePsychosis · April 2016

It doesn't help that the emporium rules are needlessly confusing.

Several of them are guidelines, not rules---

"you should post some good quality pictures",

"match or better that standard",

"be careful and be sensible. PPG is for use between trusted parties"

but at the bottom it says "Ads that breach these rules will be deleted. Posters that repeatedly breach the rules may be banned". So does this mean if I post blurry pictures or use PPG to pay a stranger I may get banned?

Also, the rules do explicitly say you need to repeatedly have breached the rules before you can get banned. I have no problem with the mods no tolerance policy but the rules as written should reflect what the mods do in practice.

I have taken the liberty of rewriting the classifieds ads to be more explicit. See next post.

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