"Rokslide Classifieds" clogged and cluttered - consider separating?

[35WhelenAI]

Maybe it's just a vocal minority that calls out, time and time again, the abuse of the Spirit of the Forum and therefore it's not worth whatever effort it will take to get freeloaders out of here. It's been said here on this thread there's something "in the works" .

An update on cleaning up this classified mess would be appreciated by a lot of folks at this point.

As well, on a side note the number of posts from FNG's wanting to know how to hunt, is maddening. There's a search function for a reason and I guarantee every single one of them would have every question answered if they would take a look at what's been said instead of starting their own thread every single time. There's not much substance and content is just surface deep and monotonously repetitive in most cases.

 

[Eship]

I tried to offer a lower but reasonable offer to a guy to see if maybe he would budge, and the sole response back was “no” without even an attempt to negotiate or elaborate. That’s a good indicator that someone is out of touch

 

[35WhelenAI]

Case and point in the above post. Guys doing classifieds don't give a lick about the forum, and then FNG's post about how to call elk when there's more information on calling elk than there would be in the Bible itself about calling elk, if the Bible was written about that. Classifieds are a joke at this point and regular threads offer little to someone who has been hunting 30 years and it's all about folks wanting to come to the west and give it a go, ask what bullet for heaven sake's is adequate (that has been discussed ad nauseum in too many threads to count) to take their game of choice, then wash, rinse, and repeat.

 

[LTHisle]

I think the solution to the "clogged classifieds" and the @Ryan Avery post "I ******* hate the classifieds" Is to charge $100/ year to use/look at, the classifieds. Way less clogged & way less problems.
The classifieds now are like quarter beer night at a college bar. You want less trouble think $5 domestics no happy hour.

sad but true!

 

[35WhelenAI]

There's a Bushnell Elite scope at the top of the Optics classified. Bumped three times in the last week. I don't think anybody wants it, it's sad to see this still going on. Guys so intent on selling something that somehow they think no one sees unless it is continually bumped.

It's a WKR, with over 600 posts but the first 5 pages, all but one are all classified posts. I didn't look back further than that. It was sad to see. That person is not a well-known rock slider, that is a well-known seller. That nobody's ever seen the name in discussion.

With the variety of classified posts, mostly WTS with quite a few guns, it's like a private internet shooting store for this person.