Dear Admin,
Just a suggestion for the Buy & Sell Forum:
I use the B&S forum regularly when I want to buy something secondhand. It's my first resource and I can imagine that it is so for many other users here too. But it's becoming a pain to use the forum even with the streamlining into 3 separate forums.
FIRST SUGGESTION
Could we have a simple sorting system by camera systems? If I want to sell a lens, the post dialog box could have a few mandatory parameters like category (lens, body, accessories), and then the brand, then mount (especially for lenses), RRP, etc.... I think just 3-4 mandatory categories that most people would look at would do. Then the buyer who is scanning through the forum could just filter all threads based on those few mandatory fields. It would make life so much simpler.
For people like me who uses a system which is less common (KM/Sony), it takes many hours of sifting through literally dozens of pages to find what I want and with the rate at which threads accumulate, something may not be sold even 20 pages down the forum...
SECOND SUGGESTION
Could we make it mandatory to close threads for deals which have been closed? This will reduce the number of threads to sift through. Perhaps an email reminder to the seller can be sent a few times (maybe 3) and after which the admin reserves the right to automatically remove the thread. I am sure this can be easily effected via the BB software.
Just some suggestions, I think they are feasible and help improve CS users' experience...
Finally I just want to say that Clubsnap has been an excellent forum... thanks for all the effort and time! It's a great product!
Just a suggestion for the Buy & Sell Forum:
I use the B&S forum regularly when I want to buy something secondhand. It's my first resource and I can imagine that it is so for many other users here too. But it's becoming a pain to use the forum even with the streamlining into 3 separate forums.
FIRST SUGGESTION
Could we have a simple sorting system by camera systems? If I want to sell a lens, the post dialog box could have a few mandatory parameters like category (lens, body, accessories), and then the brand, then mount (especially for lenses), RRP, etc.... I think just 3-4 mandatory categories that most people would look at would do. Then the buyer who is scanning through the forum could just filter all threads based on those few mandatory fields. It would make life so much simpler.
For people like me who uses a system which is less common (KM/Sony), it takes many hours of sifting through literally dozens of pages to find what I want and with the rate at which threads accumulate, something may not be sold even 20 pages down the forum...
SECOND SUGGESTION
Could we make it mandatory to close threads for deals which have been closed? This will reduce the number of threads to sift through. Perhaps an email reminder to the seller can be sent a few times (maybe 3) and after which the admin reserves the right to automatically remove the thread. I am sure this can be easily effected via the BB software.
Just some suggestions, I think they are feasible and help improve CS users' experience...
Finally I just want to say that Clubsnap has been an excellent forum... thanks for all the effort and time! It's a great product!
