Check out WANTED first!!!!!!!

[Jono]

 why can people not check wanted out before posting for sale items should make sense that a quick check to see if your sales are wanted before posting... Terry (Wildon) posts wanted pro class rims a couple of days back then a pair come up for sale n get dibbed I know it's not sellers or buyers fault but mental note to all why not give it a look over before posting on sales 

[oldschoolace]

Sadly the wanted section always gets overlooked, most posts are lucky to get 20-30 views 

[That Swan Guy]

I had a rant about the very same thing a while ago. Perhaps if they moved the for sale section behind the wanted section so you have to go through the wanted to get to the for sale section might solve it.

[griff]

I rarely use the forum sections, unless I'm searching for something specific - usually I just hit the 'unread posts since last visit' button and read everything that comes up (like an addict  )

[Taipan]

Excactly as I said earlier 

[Gary72]

I normally look at the Wanted section most days, Just in case someone wants something that I might have.
Just last night I replied to a wanted ad and have sold a hub(pending payment) that I have previously tried to sell.
Also in the last week I have used the orphan parts section to sell a crank arm

[eddie kidd]

Here Here...

I've been after Comp 3 Blue Greens since Pussy was a Kitten...

A set sold on here for £250...(I just missed them)...

I don't like saying it, but I would pay more , because they complete a build for me...

1st Rule of Economics...Supply & Demand...

[Picklez]

Please do 

[factory pilot]

It's s bloody good point Ali ... And it happens all the time ... 

[pickle]

I normally look at the Wanted section most days, Just in case someone wants something that I might have.
Just last night I replied to a wanted ad and have sold a hub(pending payment) that I have previously tried to sell.
Also in the last week I have used the orphan parts section to sell a crank arm

As Gary says, I look in there all the time just in case I have something people need

[johnjo74]

I rarely use the forum sections, unless I'm searching for something specific - usually I just hit the 'unread posts since last visit' button and read everything that comes up (like an addict  )

This is how I navigate the forum , reading all the topics that interest me then hitting the 'mark all forums read' to remove the ones that don't .

I usually read the wanted ads too even if I've nothing for sale . The exception to this is the lazily titled ad's  ..... 'Stuff I need' and so on .

One chap is looking for a 'caliper' in there , but I haven't opened the thread as I'm not sure if it's a right or left legged one he needs ?

 

[griff]

I rarely use the forum sections, unless I'm searching for something specific - usually I just hit the 'unread posts since last visit' button and read everything that comes up (like an addict  )

This is how I navigate the forum , reading all the topics that interest me then hitting the 'mark all forums read' to remove the ones that don't .

I usually read the wanted ads too even if I've nothing for sale . The exception to this is the lazily titled ad's  ..... 'Stuff I need' and so on .

One chap is looking for a 'caliper' in there , but I haven't opened the thread as I'm not sure if it's a right or left legged one he needs ?

 

That's probably me
and I'm after an MX1000 - gonna check my wording now!

[griff]

I rarely use the forum sections, unless I'm searching for something specific - usually I just hit the 'unread posts since last visit' button and read everything that comes up (like an addict  )

This is how I navigate the forum , reading all the topics that interest me then hitting the 'mark all forums read' to remove the ones that don't .

I usually read the wanted ads too even if I've nothing for sale . The exception to this is the lazily titled ad's  ..... 'Stuff I need' and so on .

One chap is looking for a 'caliper' in there , but I haven't opened the thread as I'm not sure if it's a right or left legged one he needs ?

 

That's probably me
and I'm after an MX1000 - gonna check my wording now!

yeah it was me 

[That Swan Guy]

 

[Gnarlyscoots]

It's always been the same Jono. Some people look but I guess most don't. I always check the wanted first to see if I have what someone needs as this helps to sell my stuff and then buy something else from another member. I have missed out on numerous things because people post in the for sales tread, it gets snapped up, and it was what I was looking for.

The trades section is another overlooked part of the forum too but, I do see most posts in there are always tending to offer something less desirable than what they are actually after.

[johnjo74]

It is unfortunate when someone with a Wanted ad up misses out on an item in the For Sale section because they weren't online at the right time , but how far would you want a seller to go back ? One page ? Two ? A week? A month?

You'd get someone on page five kicking off because someone on page three had been offered something they had both been looking for   

I suppose you could work backwards from page 756 , checking who had already been sorted out

With regard to threads in the Wanted section not getting many views , it doesn't mean that people haven't seen the desire for said object .

If I use the 'posts since last visit' or even open the Wanted Section on the main forum page and scroll down and see that twattyBollox71 wants something  I haven't got  , I probably wouldn't open the thread.

If I did have , but not for sale then I probably wouldn't open the thread .

Most thread titles describe what is required , but the ones that don't , begin to all look the same (Stuff I need , Stuff I want etc..) , so I rarely open them either especially if I'm not selling anything  ..... maybe that's just me though 

[Devilock]

I suppose you could work backwards from page 756 , checking who had already been sorted out