> P D wrote:
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> It's ridiculous that a For Sale or Want to Buy ad is even in thread form
Well, there are over 138K topics in the buy/sell forum so I’d say that not everyone agrees with you.
What’s so ridiculous about having a discussion regarding something that is for sale? That happens all the time, wherever there is a group of people gathering to buy and sell — like a swap meet or an auction house. You seem to be applying a metaphor of a newspaper ad or something very private, but this is a community space.
In particular, a discussion forum seems essential for a “wanted to buy” request. That allows multiple people with something on offer to share and discuss.
I’m surprised by some of the attitudes in this thread because I see good discussion happening in the buy/sell forum all the time. Is the criticism just that it’s not optimized for the seller? That it doesn’t give the seller enough control? (edited)