Fake Vendors and Nonsense in the Market....

[FAT daddy]

f them!!!!!!

 

[the big kahuna]

While on the subject of the Marketplace, is it possible for the Mods to revise the Marketplace into regions like it was before? It's less time consuming to just click on "North East" and search the items listed there. Even though the location is supposed to be in the title heading, there many places that share the same name. I see "Norwalk" or "Orange" don't know if it's Cali or Connecticut. There are multiple places that share the same name so bringing back "regions" will make it easier than reading an entire thread to only find out it's 3000 miles away.

 

[Warborg]

Are going to stop.

Starting January 1 2019, enforcement of the rules, as we on the Staff have been harangued about, will begin in earnest. If you're suspected of selling commercially and you get caught without being a Registered Vendor, you'll get a warning. Get caught again, and the Marketplace will magically disappear for you. If you get caught up in the sweeps as a non-registered vendor, the onus of proof that you're not will fall on you. If you can't prove beyond a doubt that you're not selling commercially, then you will be considered a commercial seller and will be expected to become a Registered Vendor.

Even though I don't use this area, every once in awhile I'll browse it. I'm surprised how many I see with zero posts. It seems that's the only reason why they are here.

 

[Chicxulub]

While on the subject of the Marketplace, is it possible for the Mods to revise the Marketplace into regions like it was before? It's less time consuming to just click on "North East" and search the items listed there. Even though the location is supposed to be in the title heading, there many places that share the same name. I see "Norwalk" or "Orange" don't know if it's Cali or Connecticut. There are multiple places that share the same name so bringing back "regions" will make it easier than reading an entire thread to only find out it's 3000 miles away.

That's a good point. I'll look into it and see what can be done.

 

[Steve_C]

That would be really nice if that could be done. Seems like there's always a ton of posts for sale in Cali which don't really pertain to those of us in the Midwest/East so would be a real time saver if it was more regional

 

[spotfin]

But what if someone is selling something (aquarium equipment for example) that can be shipped but it is only advertised in one region? A interested buyer could miss out.
Perhaps in the for sale posting an additional category could be added to include geographic region or state?

 

[Chicxulub]

But what if someone is selling something (aquarium equipment for example) that can be shipped but it is only advertised in one region? A interested buyer could miss out.
Perhaps in the for sale posting an additional category could be added to include geographic region or state?

What we WANT to do is to have a way one can sort threads by zip code and location, similar to how stuff on cars(dot)com or Zillow works. This way everything is all in one list, but members can sort things as they see fit to see what's applicable to them.

The problem is that there's no good plugin for the forum software to allow the Market to work in this fashion, so we've basically done nothing because, well, it seems to be the best option. MFK is so big and encompasses all six habitated continents (even if it is admittedly centered on North America), which is far beyond the scope of what most plugins support.

There have been a few new sales-themed plugins released in the last few months that we're looking into. The hope is that one of these will prove useful to allow for both sorting and to bring back the old b/s/t feedback system.

 

[NathanKS]

If the marketplace is being addressed, could we get some clarification on allowed/not allowed animals? Things like the LACEY act have had changes made in the years since some of the rules were written.

 

[krichardson]

While on the subject of the Marketplace, is it possible for the Mods to revise the Marketplace into regions like it was before?

Agreed.That was a change that I didn't see a point in making.

 

[J. H.]

C Chicxulub Asteroid. Here comes a new K-P.