Dealers Section Poll

[RRfireblade]

Guess I'll go ahead and start this and see if it has any merit here.

There are some occasions where regular Dealers inadvertainly monopolize the B/S/T forum in the opinion of some.

Also , it's sometimes nice to know what that what your looking at is generally 'used' or private sellers or are Commercial sellers.

There are many cases where both options would be nice to have as well as I not having to compete with a Dealer I can't compete with.

How many times have some of us offered a trade only to hear "Well I'm a dealer for them and my cost is well under what you want so . . ."

Or , I may want only to buy 'new' and preferable from a Dealer for whatever reason. (Warranty/etc)

So . . .

In other forums I personally deal on as Dealer , they have seperate Dealer sections of the B/S/T to clear all that up. It seems to work quite well and keep everyone happy. Typically the Dealers section is only a couple of pages as well which makes is much easier on the Dealer with 'standing' threads that don't have to be bumped constantly to be kept in reach of viewers.

So here's a poll for people to offer thier thoughts and perhaps allow the Mods to see and deciede if it's a reasonable solution.

Thanks for looking,

Jay.

 

[cueaddicts]

I would be more in favor of a separate "cue discussion" section, where posts could be made about the things not for sale and Q&A. Those seem to clutter things up more than the bumped posts imho. I think Brianna sees what some people were upset about....like the 10 separate case threads when they could have been combined. Users should bump in moderation.

One problem with a dealer section....some people here that are not "dealers" do far more transactions than actual dealers. Clean out the dealers and you still have the same issues.

This is a great board that generally polices itself.

 

[Hal]

One problem with a dealer section....some people here that are not "dealers" do far more transactions than actual dealers. Clean out the dealers and you still have the same issues.

This is a great board that generally polices itself.

I agree. I voted no for that reason. I just wish some sellers wouldn't start 14 threads selling 14 different cues. Just do one thread and list everything. People will read it.

 

[BPG24]

I agree. I voted no for that reason. I just wish some sellers wouldn't start 14 threads selling 14 different cues. Just do one thread and list everything. People will read it.

As i stated in the other related thread, Making users post all of their items for sale in one thread has mad the world of difference....

And if we have a dealer's section, then someone has to decide who is a dealer and who isn't... Ex: would anyone who owns or works for any billiard company or website be a dealer, or only the ones who sell large volumes of cues and other items...
Also locking the thread, where only the user who starts the thread can post in it would cut back on alot of stuff... Reply only through PM, Email, or Phone calls..

 

[Danktrees]

I agree. I voted no for that reason. I just wish some sellers wouldn't start 14 threads selling 14 different cues. Just do one thread and list everything. People will read it.

that or at least dont bump all 14 threads at the same time and take over the whole front page. some dealers have a buncha threads floating around but it is ok and it's not very distracting since they dont bump all of them at the same time. when lee did it, he put all of them on the front page within 5 minutes which screwed everyone else over.

 

[classiccues]

I would be more in favor of a separate "cue discussion" section, where posts could be made about the things not for sale and Q&A. Those seem to clutter things up more than the bumped posts imho. I think Brianna sees what some people were upset about....like the 10 separate case threads when they could have been combined. Users should bump in moderation.

One problem with a dealer section....some people here that are not "dealers" do far more transactions than actual dealers. Clean out the dealers and you still have the same issues.

This is a great board that generally polices itself.

I won't mention who was the first to ask for a separate cue talk/discussion section but it's way over due. Instead lets give some 3 cushion sex maniac his own section, thats important.

There have been a few recent instances of multiple postings. If you want to make a separate dealer section, can we get section for a new cuemaker that litters the board with his pictures of every single cue thats finished, started, on the second cut, the gluing stage, the pre-sanded finish stage, the I just cut down the tree stage, can we get a section for these guys to!!!!!

JV