ebay listing forum confusion

[Bill S]

Is this new forum just automatically listing everything that appears on ebay with "Alfa Romeo" in the title? If so, that seems unnecessary as we could always just do the same search on ebay if we were interested. Here it just seems like a lot of clutter. Since I tend to use the "new posts" feature on the BB it means scanning through more than double the usual amount of posts to find what I'm interested in. Also, since they are almost all posting under Simon's moniker, it has the unintended effect of making me ignore all of his posts to sift through a little more quickly.

I think having a separate ebay section may be a good one for BB members to post their own ebay listings. This would distinguish them from the direct "For Sale" items since posting ebay items in this section seems to be a pet peeve of a lot of people on the board. It also makes sense as a forum for someone other than the seller to call attention to an item that they think others BBr's would find interesting. The way it's currently loading up, though, seems to be a matter of too much information making it too much trouble to sort through. I'm not a whiner and I can certainly adapt if this is the way it is to be but I have a feeling I'm not the only one. And let me take this opportunity to express my appreciation for Simon's hard work in making this such a great site. Obviously it requires some experimentation.

[Peter]

I'm with you Bill. I use the "new posts" function a lot too, and now I get bombarded with eBay listings. I don't like it at all. If this is in some way helping Simon keep the site up, I will live with it....but if it was merely intended to be a benefit, I could do without.
Either way, thanks for all your efforts Simon, the AlfaBB rocks!!!

[TCL]

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Originally Posted by Peter I'm with you Bill. I use the "new posts" function a lot too, and now I get bombarded with eBay listings. I don't like it at all. If this is in some way helping Simon keep the site up, I will live with it....but if it was merely intended to be a benefit, I could do without. Either way, thanks for all your efforts Simon, the AlfaBB rocks!!!

[Renaldo]

Add me to the list as well. I think we all search eBay when we want to. I do not need to be bombarded with eBay listings when I search the new posts. OK to keep as a seperate segment but the postings shouldn't appear with "the regular mail."

[GTV4EVR]

Add me to the list as a New Post user who doesn't like all the ebay listings.

[DaveH]

Also a New Posts user. The eBay Listings are awful.

Is there a [New Posts - eBay Listings] option??

As far as I know, the only way to not see these unwanted New Posts would be to add Simon to my Ignore List. I don't want to do that!

[Zunige]

I also agree with Bill and the other posters... It has made the "New Posts" AND the "Quick Links/Today's Posts" all but unusable by burying all posts in pages of auction listings. I was holding back from commenting to see if there was a way to work with the new feature, or around it, but its pretty clear that there isn't. Besides the sheer number of listings, this new feature is also pulling in products of dubious quality, akin to what one sees on late night TV, which are only marketed to the Alfa crowd by a title gimmick...

Something to note is that I would bet that there is potential revenue for the BB by doing this. That would be a huge factor. There are certainly a select number of items that the BB follows, and it has been an on-going practice for members to start a thread about them. If we could use the member started posting as a basis, perhaps we could make this work? (Duplicating ebay Alfa listings probably would never work, as the ebay search engine and pictures in the search lists results are pretty hard to beat for usability and speed.)

I will also take this opportunity to thank Simon for his dedication an perseverance, and most commendable position to support the BB via voluntary contributions and subscriptions. Furthermore, if there is a way in which a single member can assist, please Simon, don't hesitate to ask.

Best regards,

[MarcusHMM]

Add my vote to somehow removing the EBay listings from the "New Posts" listing. Way too confusing for my old eyes and tired brain.

Marcus

[rcess]

I agree with all of the above!

[Laxman24]

I think it's annoying, and really takes away from the appeal of the Board.
Weren't the new membership levels enough to keep this stuff off the Board?
This is a discussion that should have taken place before this was put into place, but I never saw where it was a proposed suggestion...


John Trevey
Austin TX

[AlfaTango1]

Once I saw the "Alfa Romeo" gas saver I thought WTF is this? I don't mind a spot for people to say "Hey" here's a cool car or part but not all 1400 items everyday.

[Zunige]

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Originally Posted by Laxman24 Weren't the new membership levels enough to keep this stuff off the Board?

[Laxman24]

I admit I don't know how much bandwidth costs, but raising almost $5,000 in less than 2 months isn't bad. But we digress. I would prefer to keep the discussion to the latest influx of eBay ads, which I believe negatively impacts the utility of the Board.

[1750GT]

All those e-bay postings in this new Forum seem to have been added by Simon (as an experiment perhaps?)....or for fund raising (presumably). This alone doesn't bother me except that it would be nice to filter out this new "e e-bay" forum when doing the new posts search (as stated by others).

[Bill]

Whatever Simon has to do to keep this site up and running is fine with me...except for all this ebay stuff.
Nearly impossible to seperate the wheat from the chaff on New Posts now. I'm with the rest, has to be a way to seperate this out from the others.

Keep up the good work Simon. We need you and this board.