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Community => Marketplace => Topic started by: SallyintNorth on August 08, 2011, 12:24:58 am

Title: Suggestions for helping people to remember to put their location in Subject
Post by: SallyintNorth on August 08, 2011, 12:24:58 am

More people seem to forget to do this than remember, so I had two ideas that might help.

1.  Rename Marketplace to 'Marketplace (please put location in Subject line)'
2.  Make a sticky topic at the top of Marketplace, subject 'Please put location in Subject line'

I had other ideas but they were not kind...  ;)

Title: Re: Suggestions for helping people to remember to put their location in Subject
Post by: Dan on August 08, 2011, 09:21:29 am

As a temporary fix I've updated the Marketplace rules sticky.

On the new site (coming soon!) there will be a reminder to add a location shown when posting a new thread to the Marketplace.

I'm also thinking about producing a small-ads section on the website, and a dedicated livestock wanted/for sale section which will have location details built-in.

Title: Re: Suggestions for helping people to remember to put their location in Subject
Post by: Penninehillbilly on September 06, 2011, 10:50:26 pm

Hi that would be good, living in Yorks I see things for sale + either have to look at profile of maybe previous posts for clues where sellers live, not much point in getting excited if they aren't fairly near for collecting :(
I wonder how many people read the sticky?

Title: Re: Suggestions for helping people to remember to put their location in Subject
Post by: Dan on September 07, 2011, 04:31:59 pm

Quote from: penninehillbilly on September 06, 2011, 10:50:26 pm

I wonder how many people read the sticky?

Not enough!  :)

There will be a solution soon.

Title: Re: Suggestions for helping people to remember to put their location in Subject
Post by: tazbabe on September 07, 2011, 05:43:37 pm

how about having our location under our names/avatars? even just a county would help things along a bit.