Flea Market Rant

RuSsMaN
RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
edited April 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
Look, I'm tired of the cluster F the Flea Market has turned into.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE use it to JUST post items YOU have for sale, or wanted posts for gear YOU are looking for.

We can all search ebay and audiogon for SDA, Monitors, Etc. If you choose not to use the 'sticky' thread (which was made to help resolve this very problem), then post it elsewhere, perhaps in the VINTAGE SPEAKERS forum.

It's fine and dandy if you want to alert people to something someone else has for sale. It's a great way to help other members find that deal they have been looking for, and may not have noticed, or just popped up, etc. Keep it out of OUR Flea Market.

"Hey, check out these RT55's for sale (link atttached)" - turns into a 40 reply discussion of how stupid the seller is, how good a deal it is, or more often than not about the finer points of the speaker offered for sale. GREAT thread for the VINTAGE SPEAKERS FORUM.

If you are bidding on something, and want to alert others to it - POST IT IN VINTAGE SPEAKERS.

I'm not attacking anyone, or their opinions, or what they posted - I just think it's sad that a member can offer up a GREAT item, and not 5 hours later it's BURIED under threads containing links, and nothing to do with the FM. He/she shouldn't have to bump their thread 15 times over 3 days, to get the item noticed.

Lets all work together, and get the flea market tightened back up, and use it for what it was intended to be used for. The buying / selling / trading of FORUM members gear.

Cheers,
Russ
Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited January 2006
    Russ:

    Take me you big sexy stud! :D


    Russ' ****
    No excuses!
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  • MSkeezer
    MSkeezer Posts: 1,183
    edited January 2006
    I agree...
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2006
    Definitely Good point.

    While I'm a this....why not share this (I promise this is my last one).

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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,202
    edited January 2006
    Russ, that makes a lot of sense. The Flea market should be for those wares members are selling amongst each other, not for links to other sellers stuff. Those types of links and discussion should go elsewhere. I'd say if it's Vintage speaker related put the link and discussion in that forum, if it's other electronic stuff put the link and related discussion in the Electronics forum. Makes perfect sense as the FM is for member to member sales. I'm guilty occasionally of posting links to other sales and I will now post in the appropriate forum. Let's all try to do the same. That way the FM will be less cluttered with crap.

    H9
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited January 2006
    HTrookie wrote:
    Definitely Good point.

    While I'm a this....why not share this (I promise this is my last one).

    http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?preatube&1142090954

    WTF htrookie, you agree then post exactly what he bitching about?
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited January 2006
    Perhaps ask the forum owner/moderators to add a subforum for links to others gear? Would that make everyone happy?
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited January 2006
    We made a sticky thread for SDA, and people don't use it. All they have to do is post SOMEWHERE other than our FM.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2006
    hoosier21 wrote:
    WTF htrookie, you agree then post exactly what he bitching about?


    Take it easy man.....it's a joke....
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited January 2006
    I have found several items from the "hey, have any of you guys seen this on ebay" sort of posts. Besides, nobody cares if you bump an ad if it gets buried quickly. I like our flea market and how it works.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited January 2006
    I gave it an 85 cause it had a pretty good beat and you could dance to it.

    George Grand (of the Jersey Grands)
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited January 2006
    George, may I have the next dance?
    No excuses!
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,829
    edited January 2006
    I've felt this way for a long time and agree with Russ. I'm surprised nobody said anything earlier.
    This should also apply to postings of various "hot deals" that can be found at online or retail stores. I'm sure most of us have heard of Slickdeals.net and Fatwallet.com by now. If there is something that really garners attention here, it should go in the speakers or electronics forum.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited January 2006
    You & I are on the same wave length Sami.

    I think a subforum should be created for these kinds of thread & if someone forgets we can POLITELY ask them to post it in the: For Sale By Other Outlets.

    How bout it Justin?
    Sami wrote:
    Perhaps ask the forum owner/moderators to add a subforum for links to others gear? Would that make everyone happy?
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  • Skynut
    Skynut Posts: 2,967
    edited January 2006
    cfrizz wrote:
    You & I are on the same wave length Sami.

    I think a subforum should be created for these kinds of thread & if someone forgets we can POLITELY ask them to post it in the: For Sale By Other Outlets.

    How bout it Justin?


    This is a good idea. Another area just for people who come across good deals and want to let us know.

    This is how I found my RT5000 system and what brought me here also.
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited January 2006
    I like Cheese Wiz
    Life without music would♭
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited January 2006
    But is it for sale & where??? :D:D:D
    spasticpitbull wrote:
    I like Cheese Wiz
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited January 2006
    cfrizz wrote:
    But is it for sale & where??? :D:D:D

    Not yet..I gotta leave it out for a week and let some mold grow that will maybe look like the Virgin Mary and then ebay it and then maybe goldenpalace.com will make me RICH :)
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited January 2006
    HTrookie wrote:
    Take it easy man.....it's a joke....

    it's cool
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    Monarchy Audio SE100 Delux - mono power amps
    Sony DVP-NS999ES - SACD player
    ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B
    DIY Stereo Subwoofer towers w/(4) 12 drivers each
    Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp
    Outlaw ICBM - crossover
    Beringher BFD - sub eq

    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited January 2006
    I'm guilty of this pretty regularly, never realized anyone had heartache about pointing folks in a GOOD direction, however, the links could be posted in the regular speaker, 2-channel, electronics, etc, etc, threads. Ok, I'm on-board...

    ...consider my hand slapped... ;)
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited January 2006
    Yeah, lets make a subforum for links to stuff for sale from people that dont give a rats **** about Club Polk. Great idea. Afterall, they deserve their own forum. Lets give them two while we are at it.

    Gotta love Polkies, lets tweek and overthink everything, and here goes another thread into multiple pages, full of everyones idea on the topic, vs just simply using it for what it was originally intended for.

    Me? I'll go back to not giving a **** anymore. Matter of fact, lets jack it up even more! Let me go find some links to post.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2006
    I don't see the issue with people posting good deals from other on-line sites in the Flea Market because it's the logical place to put such things. I'd be all for a sub-forum, but if one doesn't come about I would say it's a bit ridiculous to ban all such threads from the FM. I bought some stuff from those deal threads and they serve their intended purpose. You can tell who is just trying to make a buck, and they get weeded out pretty fast.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited January 2006
    RuSsMaN wrote:
    Me? I'll go back to not giving a **** anymore. Matter of fact, lets jack it up even more! Let me go find some links to post.

    Classic case. This is caused by the let down you experience after hugging on the young cuties at trade shows...

    madmax
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    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited January 2006
    why not just put it in its appropriate slot. find a good deal on an amp, put it in electronics or 2 channel. Speakers? hey, how about putting it in the speaker forum? I'll admit that when the links to other sales is few, I dont care. But I have missed some cool stuff because it is burried by multiple "look at this deal" posts.

    its not rocket science :D I dont think another forum topic is neccesary
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited January 2006
    ohskigod wrote:
    why not just put it in its appropriate slot. find a good deal on an amp, put it in electronics or 2 channel. Speakers? hey, how about putting it in the speaker forum?

    Ed Zachary. I agree with Russman that we should reserve the FM for "polkie deals."
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited January 2006
    I don't really think that another forum topic is necessary either. But I also don't mind the posts in the Flea Market either, since it is stuff for sale & someone here might be interested in it. I'd rather it there, than scattered all over the board in every forum.

    I was simply trying to find a way to compromise so that almost everyone can be happy.

    There are some who are never going to be happy no matter what is done but that is their problem not the entire boards.

    ohskigod wrote:
    why not just put it in its appropriate slot. find a good deal on an amp, put it in electronics or 2 channel. Speakers? hey, how about putting it in the speaker forum? I'll admit that when the links to other sales is few, I dont care. But I have missed some cool stuff because it is burried by multiple "look at this deal" posts.

    its not rocket science :D I dont think another forum topic is neccesary
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited January 2006
    OK Dokey
    PolkFest 2012, who's going>?
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited January 2006
    I don't really care too much about it, but a subforum would help clean up the flea market, and allow OUR sales to stay on that front page longer, thus giving them more exposure.
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited January 2006
    John,
    You're starting to creep me out man. Get out there and find yourself a stud muffin!

    Russ,
    I agree with you. I try to avoid the FM section for the sake of my bank account but when I do venture into it I sometimes see quite a bit of stuff that shouldn't be there.

    Did you get my e-mail about the GTA?
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  • criverajr
    criverajr Posts: 1,675
    edited January 2006
    Russ,

    I agree some of the things should be elsewhere on this site. I have been guilty of this on occasion but usually to let someone know about Polk gear. Noted.

    CRj
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  • polksda
    polksda Posts: 716
    edited January 2006
    Just my $0.02, but I like the forum as is. I've gotten some good deals from folks posting things they've found elsewhere (the MonsterPower 3500II most recently).

    As far as the suggestion to put the posts in their appropriate forums (electronics, vintage, etc.), probably not a good idea. That would litter the entire forum with buy/sell/deal threads, since people (especially newbies) would not know where to post them. At least now those kinds of posts are somewhat consolidated.

    I don't think there's any need to turn this forum into any more of an oldtimer police state than it has already become...
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