New rules

quickr1

i agree with the 100 posts to sell but I'm sure it was said many times before then we get useless posts to up the post count. i don't like the idea of 100 posts to just view the items for sale which i like to to do. I've been a member a long time and have bought several items over the years and sold a couple too.

98Badger

While not the end of the world, I do find having to sign in to view sale items somewhat inconvenient. I definitely agree with having the post count to list items, but I don't see why it is necessary for viewing them. I won't stop looking here, it will probably just be less frequent.

Thorton

quickr1 wrote: »

i agree with the 100 posts to sell but I'm sure it was said many times before then we get useless posts to up the post count. i don't like the idea of 100 posts to just view the items for sale which i like to to do. I've been a member a long time and have bought several items over the years and sold a couple too.

You need to post a little quickr, you're only 5 posts away. Good luck. At my pace, I'll be able to view in 3 years.

bernardo

Thorton wrote: »

You need to post a little quickr, you're only 5 posts away. Good luck. At my pace, I'll be able to view in 3 years.

That would still be much quicker than me

IMO it would be nice to see a combined approach of 100 posts or more than X years without abusing the system. If one sticks around for 10 years, one has had countless opportunities to abuse the flea market. Why would that person suddenly start now? (not one of the 49 things I "promised" in the other thread, but hopefully not a dumb one either)

Having said that, I do understand that Polk can implement whatever rules they feel appropiate in *their* forum

-b

quickr1

geez bernardo your worse than me. having been a member for 11 years and only 53 posts.

bernardo

quickr1 wrote: »

geez bernardo your worse than me. having been a member for 11 years and only 53 posts.

Actually, even more than that. :redface:

Everybody that was in the forum prior to July 2001 got the Join Date Jul 2001 when the forum was transitioned into the current platform. I probably joined early 2000 after buying my first polk speakers, a nice pair of RT1000p that do not do regular duty anymore but still play occasionally. I've been listening to LSi15 since mid 2007 when Tweeter went out of business

gimpod

Toolfan66 wrote: »

2009 and your crying about 100 post count for the flea market? If you lurk here often and read the threads then you should understand. But being a member for almost four years is not that hard to reach 100 if your an active lurker..


It will all get worked out fellas and gals just chill for a little while, have a drink and listen to some tunes..

+11, Or am I going to have to start PM'ing everybody Valium till they get it straightened out.:rolleyes:

steveinaz wrote: »

If you understand the original intent of the Flea Market, it will make perfect sense. It was meant as a small community selling place, to pass on very good deals to one another; not meant as a mini-ebay, where profit is the main focus. Sometime back, the FM started to get abused by fly-by-night sellers, looking only for a profit and hocking their gear. They had no interest in the Polk community, and as soon as they hocked their wares---they disappeared. That's when the minimum post rules came into effect.

Make sense now?

Think of it like a "members only" flea market. That's why people typically ask less for gear here, than they do on Ebay or audiogon---which is where the phrase "polkie price" came from. It's like giving your close friends first crack at a sale, before you go public.

BINGO! someone actually get's it.

Now if this is in fact a new rule (which I don't think it is because you can't even read the rules sticky without being logged in & have at least a 100 posts) it is what it is and were all just going to have to deal with it after all the "For Sale" section was started as a privilege for us members so we could sell stuff to one another at a decent price. Now at the same time as someone who sells a product exclusively through Club Polk this kind of sucks as newbies can't see how to buy my boards or even what they are until they have 100 posts. Now there are ways around this but I feel that would be abusing the privilege and I won't do that. JMO.

On a side note and out of curiosity I wonder how many people do the programming (i.e. Code Monkeys) for Club Polk? Are they full time, part time or whenever they get to it? Just wondering.

laeriq

I have appreciated the Polk Marketplace as without it I'd be down a subwoofer and some great Def Tech speakers. However I understand your board your rules. Hopefully sellers still have the same success there are some great ones here!

soundfreak1

If that valium is a karma? Im in

gimpod

soundfreak1 wrote: »

If that valium is a karma? Im in

Sorry man but it's a Schedule IV controlled substance and I don't really like the idea of spending a couple years in prison besides being in a wheelchair my **** hurts enough I don't need it to hurt more. :eek:

Gadabout

Since there has already been at least 2 threads on the topic, I'll chime in......

The folks at Polk Audio have graciously provided this forum for us to discuss different things. Membership is free, no dues are charged and anyone can join up. They are glad to have you here. Being a member and being part of the community are 2 different things and the Flea Market post requirement has defined the difference.

I look at the Flea Market as a perk / benefit of being part of the Polk Community. To be considered part of the community you have to participate in the community activity, which is making posts on a bulletin board, and you need 100 minimum.

Perhaps, you have been reading the boards faithfully (maybe for years), you have gained a lot of knowledge, maybe grinned at some pictures, maybe laughed at us as we debate different topics. You probably also know a fair bit about the members that participate. Such as our musical preferences, the gear we have in our homes, what new projects were working on and perhaps even what out political leanings are (even if we haven't discussed them here). You know us, but we don't know you.

We don't know you because it has been your choice to keep yourself as member and not be part of the community. To entice you to participle and join the community they have made the 100 post requirement for the Flea Market. There are special prices in the Flea Market, offered at Polkie Prices. Something a buddy offers his neighbor before he sells the thing on Ebay or Audiogon for higher prices. To be able to get in on the deals, you have to participate in the community

Some say it shouldn't matter, anyone should be able to buy at these prices. There is no risk to the seller. You have missed the point. You don't get those prices because your not part of the community. You have other places you can buy equipment.

The same applies to sellers that are moaning about maybe losing a few sales to newbies. You have different venues to sell your wares. Ebay, Audiogon, even creating a web page and putting it in your signature to spread the word. You also have the Flea Market, but not everyone can view your ad.

So, make a few posts, join in on a discussion. You already know us, or you can if you go back and review our posts. We would like to get to know you too. Were glad your here as a member, but we would rather have you as part of the community.

There is a perk if you become part of the community. It's called the Flea Market and it's really nice inside. You'll be amazed at what it contains.

Scott

Oldfatdogs

^^^^^ Well put sir.^^^^^

Upstatemax

It will be nice to no longer see some idiot who makes his first post to ask if an item is still for sale when the thread is 3 years old...

I agree with the new rule. If you want to score a Polkie deal, join the Forum and get to know some people!

codyc1ark

Upstatemax wrote: »

If you want to score a Polkie deal, join the Forum and get to know some people!

I tried that, and got to know ES and tnhandyman. I don't care for either.:biggrin:

Upstatemax

codyc1ark wrote: »

I tried that, and got to know ES and tnhandyman. I don't care for either.:biggrin:

Well you just have bad luck! Lol

But really, this place is LOADED with great people that will go well out of the way to help another member of this forum.

Just the other day I was talking back and forth with Neil about record cleaning and he has offered to take 10 of my records and clean them on his new VPI for me. Keep in mind that Neil has a VERY extensive process with his VPI now...

Little does Neil know, I'm going to take him up on that offer!

Now, all Neil is really going to do is show me how damn good his new VPI is and convince me I can't live without one. But that's what this forum is really best at, spending each others money...

EndersShadow

codyc1ark wrote: »

I tried that, and got to know ES and tnhandyman. I don't care for either.:biggrin:

I dont even like me most days :razz: and that TNHNDYMAN, Geez..... :biggrin:...

Folks its pretty simple... under 100 posts we really dont have a feel for you. Its not hard to get 100 posts legitimately, trust me I still cant believe I got to 5k so easy.

Heck you can get to 100 easy just by posting your system, getting advice on your setup, contributing your knowledge to the forum, etc. Just because your new here doesnt mean you dont have some sort of knowledge to share with us. Although I admit I was quite dumb when I first joined and could only offer my humor (which isnt that good of a thing anyway ) :biggrin:

Does it suck starting out to have that limit, yes, but honestly I trust Polk and the folks on this. I want to have a feel to who I am selling something to so there is a sense of both trust and community.

Moose68Bash

EndersShadow wrote: »

I dont even like me most days :razz: and that TNHNDYMAN, Geez..... :biggrin:...

Folks its pretty simple... under 100 posts we really dont have a feel for you. Its not hard to get 100 posts legitimately, trust me I still cant believe I got to 5k so easy.

Heck you can get to 100 easy just by posting your system, getting advice on your setup, contributing your knowledge to the forum, etc. Just because your new here doesnt mean you dont have some sort of knowledge to share with us. Although I admit I was quite dumb when I first joined and could only offer my humor (which isnt that good of a thing anyway ) :biggrin:

Does it suck starting out to have that limit, yes, but honestly I trust Polk and the folks on this. I want to have a feel to who I am selling something to so there is a sense of both trust and community.

EndersShadow, Your comments make sense, and despite my earlier comments (complaints?), I think the restriction is a good thing to help develop a sense of community. So, because I have little technical knowledge to share, I'll contribute some personal comments about myself.

First, I was born and reared in Bedford, IN, not too far from Indy, where my eldest daughter still lives with her husband and their three children.

Second, I got into "electronics," so to speak, when I was eleven years old and earned a novice ham radio operator's license (which I was able to use only a little for reasons that I may explain over a beer someday). More recently, I spent three years working for Steve Jobs at NeXT Computer Inc. and then as the head of HR for Larry Ellison at Oracle, from which I retired.

Third, I love English literature -- especially 18th, 19th and 20th century novels and poetry.

Strangely, this whole discussion of 100 posts reminds me of a scene in one of the best novels ever written -- Jane Austen's Emma. A rather thoughtless young rake challenges members of a group on a picnic to make statements to amuse the heroine -- one very amusing statement, two moderately amusing, or three dull ones. The first taker is an elderly, poor woman who has a habit of chattering on and on and who says she will have trouble making any amusing statements. Emma promptly humiliates the poor women by saying she will, on the other hand, have trouble making only three statements of any kind.

Like poor Miss Bates, I can rattle on, making more or less dull statements to reach my 100-posts threshold, while others, like the DarqueKnight, contribute extremely valuable advice and information for all of us. One extremely valuable contribution -- like DK's first post on the Dreadnought -- is worth any number of more or less useless ones -- like this one.

With that, I'll subside and promise to post things that I think will help others, answer any question members put to me, and hope I can earn my stripes to become a member of the community so that I can purchase more very good "stuff" -- like the two sets of Larry's rings which I received today!

Do you think attending Polfest could count for, say, 25 posts?:cheesygrin:

Moose68Bash

EndersShadow wrote: »

I dont even like me most days :razz: and that TNHNDYMAN, Geez..... :biggrin:...

Folks its pretty simple... under 100 posts we really dont have a feel for you. Its not hard to get 100 posts legitimately, trust me I still cant believe I got to 5k so easy.

Heck you can get to 100 easy just by posting your system, getting advice on your setup, contributing your knowledge to the forum, etc. Just because your new here doesnt mean you dont have some sort of knowledge to share with us. Although I admit I was quite dumb when I first joined and could only offer my humor (which isnt that good of a thing anyway ) :biggrin:

Does it suck starting out to have that limit, yes, but honestly I trust Polk and the folks on this. I want to have a feel to who I am selling something to so there is a sense of both trust and community.

EndersShadow, Your comments make sense, and despite my earlier comments (complaints?), I think the restriction is a good thing to help develop a sense of community. So, because I have little technical knowledge to share, I'll contribute some personal comments about myself.

First, I was born and reared in Bedford, IN, not too far from Indy, where my eldest daughter still lives with her husband and their three children.

Second, I got into "electronics," so to speak, when I was eleven years old and earned a novice ham radio operator's license (which I was able to use only a little for reasons that I may explain over a beer someday). More recently, I spent three years working for Steve Jobs at NeXT Computer Inc. and then as the head of HR for Larry Ellison at Oracle, from which I retired.

Third, I love English literature -- especially 18th, 19th and 20th century novels and poetry.

Strangely, this whole discussion of 100 posts reminds me of a scene in one of the best novels ever written -- Jane Austen's Emma. A rather thoughtless young rake challenges members of a group on a picnic to make statements to amuse the heroine -- one very amusing statement, two moderately amusing, or three dull ones. The first taker is an elderly, poor woman who has a habit of chattering on and on and who says she will have trouble making any amusing statements. Emma promptly humiliates the poor women by saying she will, on the other hand, have trouble making only three statements of any kind.

Like poor Miss Bates, I can rattle on, making more or less dull statements to reach my 100-posts threshold, while others, like the DarqueKnight, contribute extremely valuable advice and information for all of us. One extremely valuable contribution -- like DK's first post on the Dreadnought -- is worth any number of more or less useless ones -- like this one.

With that, I'll subside and promise to post things that I think will help others, answer any question members put to me, and hope I can earn my stripes to become a member of the community so that I can purchase more very good "stuff" -- like the two sets of Larry's rings which I received today!

Do you think attending Polkfest could count for, say, 25 posts?:cheesygrin:

Moose68Bash

As clever as it might have seemed to post the same message twice to help get to 100 posts, in fact, I only meant to edit a typo in the first message, but somehow managed to post a second copy of the message, with the edit. Sorry, I didn't mean to do it!

astar13656

soundfreak1 wrote: »

If that valium is a karma? Im in

pick a number 1-30 lol

SDA1C

These rules haven't seemed to affect me but I just wonder what is really wrong with someone coming to sell. If its a good deal then fine if it isn't then it won't sell anyway. If they don't get their part sold they will shove of anyway. Doesn't it sort of self filter the riff raff anyway? Anyway ...my .02

SDA1C

Moose68Bash wrote: »

As clever as it might have seemed to post the same message twice to help get to 100 posts, in fact, I only meant to edit a typo in the first message, but somehow managed to post a second copy of the message, with the edit. Sorry, I didn't mean to do it!

DUDE! That's a three for one. I think you figured it out man!:idea:

Conradicles

usp1 wrote: »

I find it amusing that this forum has decided that people like me cannot view for sale ads if we do not have 100 posts.

This is the silliest thing I have seen. Drive away potential customers! All this will do is drive away sellers who can get better prices elsewhere.

Just post a bunch of random silly stuff. It's all good.

Moose68Bash

Lasareath, On another subject from a different thread: Are you still happy with the HRT iStreamer you purchased? I need a way to connect my iPod Classic to my preamp, and the preamp has only RCA analogue inputs. The HRT iStreamer seems like a much more economical "bridge" than an iPod dock and, say, a CA DacMagic Plus, especially if the performance is as good as you said in your initial reaction.

EndersShadow

Moose68Bash wrote: »

EndersShadow, Your comments make sense, and despite my earlier comments (complaints?), I think the restriction is a good thing to help develop a sense of community. So, because I have little technical knowledge to share, I'll contribute some personal comments about myself.

First, I was born and reared in Bedford, IN, not too far from Indy, where my eldest daughter still lives with her husband and their three children.

I know where that is . Couple of my friends are from there. Nice little place.

Moose68Bash wrote: »

Second, I got into "electronics," so to speak, when I was eleven years old and earned a novice ham radio operator's license (which I was able to use only a little for reasons that I may explain over a beer someday). More recently, I spent three years working for Steve Jobs at NeXT Computer Inc. and then as the head of HR for Larry Ellison at Oracle, from which I retired.

That right there is a purty darn nice resume . Ham radio is pretty cool, though I admit I know very little to nothing about it. I am pretty sure very few of the younger generations (like mine) are still into it, but I tend to like nostalgic vintage electronic stuff like that. I myself am a lowly IT/Business Analyst for a major insurance company which will remain nameless. I spent my days coding/creating stock form templates, working on ways to make my office more efficient and leverage new technologies to do so.

Moose68Bash wrote: »

Do you think attending Polfest could count for, say, 25 posts?:cheesygrin:

See, now your talking. I bet if you start a thread on Polkfest with pictures and comments you could hit 1k pretty quick :biggrin:.

P.S. I am jealous your able to attend. This is one of two events I wish I was able to go to this year (the other being Carverfest) however timing was not in my favor as I need to save up my vacation for things yet to come :sad:.

obieone

Playing devils advocate: The one item I've sold on here, was to a new member, w/ <100 post count. They've since become a very active member, and IIRC, have surpassed my post count:redface:

boomerfss

Well, I have less than 100 posts and I do not have a problem with this policy. I may actually post a little more often to reach the 100 count (it's only taken 2 years to get this far :cheesygrin: ).

I have received a lot of good advice from people who know a lot more about audio than I ever will.

Moose68Bash

EndersShadow, Bedford is, indeed, a "Nice little place." It was especially nice in the 1950s and 60s when I was growing up -- swimming in the abandoned limestone quarries ("Breaking Away" style), riding bicycles all over the county without concerns for safety, playing basketball and Little League and Babe Ruth League baseball! Ah, the good old days! Well, it is still little, but I have not lived there for over 40 years, so I don't know how nice it is.

There is nothing wrong with being an IT/Business Analyst, nor for working for a major insurance company. Productivity improvement by developing and implementing new technology is the name of the game in today's world. The only way the US (and the rest of the world, for that matter) can remain competitive and create enough "wealth" to support the population of the planet at a decent standard of living is by improving how we do things -- it's always faster, better, cheaper.

I wish you could attend Polkfest. I'm looking forward to meeting all the folks whose posts I have been reading, whose wisdom I've been using, and from whose help I shall benefit as I complete the modifications I'm pursuing on my SRSs and 1Cs.

EndersShadow

Moose68Bash wrote: »

EndersShadow, Bedford is, indeed, a "Nice little place." It was especially nice in the 1950s and 60s when I was growing up -- swimming in the abandoned limestone quarries ("Breaking Away" style), riding bicycles all over the county without concerns for safety, playing basketball and Little League and Babe Ruth League baseball! Ah, the good old days! Well, it is still little, but I have not lived there for over 40 years, so I don't know how nice it is.

There is nothing wrong with being an IT/Business Analyst, nor for working for a major insurance company. Productivity improvement by developing and implementing new technology is the name of the game in today's world. The only way the US (and the rest of the world, for that matter) can remain competitive and create enough "wealth" to support the population of the planet at a decent standard of living is by improving how we do things -- it's always faster, better, cheaper.

I wish you could attend Polkfest. I'm looking forward to meeting all the folks whose posts I have been reading, whose wisdom I've been using, and from whose help I shall benefit as I complete the modifications I'm pursuing on my SRSs and 1Cs.

Oh I am mostly happy with my job. My name is known in my company nationwide by some pretty important people, I just wish there was more freedom and less red tape to be creative sometimes. The box we can stay inside of is pretty small so it's hard to keep coming up with new ideas.

But it's still possible you just have to be a bit inventive in pitching it .

I am sure you will have a blast at Polkfest and meet a bunch of great folks!

Moose68Bash

EndersShadow wrote: »

Oh I am mostly happy with my job. My name is known in my company nationwide by some pretty important people, I just wish there was more freedom and less red tape to be creative sometimes. The box we can stay inside of is pretty small so it's hard to keep coming up with new ideas.

But it's still possible you just have to be a bit inventive in pitching it .

I am sure you will have a blast at Polkfest and meet a bunch of great folks!

One of Steve Jobs's slogans at NeXT was: "The freedom to be creative; the guidance to be productive." Many would say he erred on the side of giving a bit too much guidance, but it was a good slogan!