Proposed Rule Change: Requiring a list of items

[blackspade]

Or they try to bully someone who isn't doing what they want them to do. See proposed rule change.

Who is bullying? They are called rules. They are there so that we all have a common basis for trading with some modicum of comfort.
I think everyone is just trying to explain to you how and why the site works the way it does.

[s_o_r_r_o_w]

Think about going to your local home improvement store. When you walk in, are you outraged that you aren't immediately handed a listing of every sku and quantity in the store? No. Are you outraged when the flyer that comes in the mail does not have a complete list of all items and quantities in your local store? No. You go inside and someone asks you what you are looking for. Once they know what you're interested in, then they direct you to the product or the appropriate department.

There's no need for outrage. This is a normal and customary business practice.

This isn't Home Depot. Neither are (most of) our users business operators. Our users aren't paying for the word count in their ads.

We want a high quality site with informative ads; we don't want our bandwidth sucked up with pointless, uninformative, or useless ads.

Got something to trade? You're welcome here--please just take some care to provide a convenient list of what you have on offer, which makes it better for literally everyone--OP included, who doesn't have to reply to 20 PMs asking what s/he's got on offer.

[NuWishA]

Or they try to bully someone who isn't doing what they want them to do. See proposed rule change.

I like how you made an excellent argument against yourself and then you tell people to see your idea.

That is talent.

However, instead of getting crickets of silence, or trumpets of support, you are getting an army of facepalms with every analogy to you make with this site and Home Depot, or a Free Market.

If I went to a store where nothing was organized, nothing had any prices, and no one was here to help me... I wouldn't go to that store any more.

I get that you are upset, but you are making some really terrible arguments because your thread got locked.

[kturock]

Wow dude. Does your persecution complex carry over into real life or is it just here?

The site has been up for 20 years. You've been a member for 6+ and haven't had a problem until recently when you got called on the carpet for making a mistake. Now, everyone else and everything else is at fault. Because you can't have your own way, you say you're being bullyied.

You haven't had many trades or have many posts. Did you not visit th site for awhile or just never posted?

[MagickalMemories]

Or they try to bully someone who isn't doing what they want them to do. See proposed rule change.

Get over it. It's a rule. Follow it or don't.
If you follow it, all's well.
If you don't... it will not all be well.

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