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    Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin and Mark Twain have all been attributed with saying "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results." It is unclear which, if any, of them may have actually said this........ but it is a concept with much merit.

    Does anybody else get sick & tired of seeing the same sales posts repeatedly getting bumped up to the top of the first page again and again and again?
    For months & months on end??

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    Default Re: "Bump"

    Quote Originally Posted by 724Seney View Post
    Does anybody else get sick & tired of seeing the same sales posts repeatedly getting bumped up to the top of the first page again and again and again?
    For months & months on end??
    Yes. But nothing can be done about it like nothing can seemingly be done about everything else that's annoying around here so we just have to ignore it and get on with it.
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    Yes . . . and no. The smart person knows when his ad is a lost cause, either because of disinterest in the item or too high a price.

    On the other hand, bumping works. The last few pens I have sold here were as a result of one or more bump-ups. I just sold a Pilot 845 this week after it had been listed since November and I bumped it up, and I sold an Otto Hutt a few weeks back after doing the same.

    I agree though, there should be a limit. There's been an ad for a bottle of Montblanc ink that's been bumped for a couple of years now to no interest whatsoever that I can see. Whoever moderates the For Sale forum should set some limits on things like that. Maybe no more than one bump a month, something like that.
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    I see it similar to Chrissy. The unsuccessful and repetitive sales attempts hardly bother me. From my point of view, there are far more unpleasant things in this forum.
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    Default Re: "Bump"

    Quote Originally Posted by Chrissy View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by 724Seney View Post
    Does anybody else get sick & tired of seeing the same sales posts repeatedly getting bumped up to the top of the first page again and again and again?
    For months & months on end??
    Yes. But nothing can be done about it like nothing can seemingly be done about everything else that's annoying around here so we just have to ignore it and get on with it.
    Solutions exist, but those of a unilateral nature tend to be unsuccessful.

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    Quote Originally Posted by markofp View Post
    I agree though, there should be a limit. There's been an ad for a bottle of Montblanc ink that's been bumped for a couple of years now to no interest whatsoever that I can see. Whoever moderates the For Sale forum should set some limits on things like that. Maybe no more than one bump a month, something like that.
    Quote Originally Posted by christof View Post
    I see it similar to Chrissy. The unsuccessful and repetitive sales attempts hardly bother me. From my point of view, there are far more unpleasant things in this forum.
    @markofp: That bottle of ink might be more likely to turn to dust before it sells at that price, and it's guaranteed to do so before we ever see a moderator around any forum in this place but there is at least a way to try to mitigate the problem of seeing loads of repeated sales posts.
    If it it your normal practice to click on "New Posts" when you first come to FPG on any day then you could click on the first "For Sale" that you see, then on the top line click on "Forum Tools" then check "Mark This Forum Read." It will remember that for 24 hours and won't show you posts in that forum.

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    That method can be used for any particular forum you don't wish to see posts for.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chrissy View Post
    If it it your normal practice to click on "New Posts" when you first come to FPG on any day then you could click on the first "For Sale" that you see, then on the top line click on "Forum Tools" then check "Mark This Forum Read." It will remember that for 24 hours and won't show you posts in that forum.
    This is precisely my way of dealing with this and similar issues. It can be done very quickly and while it isn't as nice as never having to do it, it make life bearable in our situation.
    "When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick;
    and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."

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    I don't always watch the sales page closely, and many of my purchases have been on a second or third "bump." I personally don't mind them, even if seeing an overpriced bottle of ink with 5 pages of bumps attached to it is annoying.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bunnspecial View Post
    I don't always watch the sales page closely, and many of my purchases have been on a second or third "bump." I personally don't mind them, even if seeing an overpriced bottle of ink with 5 pages of bumps attached to it is annoying.
    I don't particularly watch them either and if I posted any Classified For Sale ads I might decide to add one or two "bumps" on them myself due to them getting buried very quickly in that forum. Multiple or 5 pages worth of "bumps" seem really excessive and for me personally it's occasionally worth not seeing that forum for 24 hours.
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    Default Re: "Bump"

    There is a sales page?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Farmboy View Post
    There is a sales page?
    LOL Yep - a whole forum to itself. I suppose there are some members who don't use it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bunnspecial View Post
    I don't always watch the sales page closely, and many of my purchases have been on a second or third "bump." I personally don't mind them, even if seeing an overpriced bottle of ink with 5 pages of bumps attached to it is annoying.
    Same here. I'm not always as alert as I might want to be, and someone's "bump" is sometimes one of the pens I've been dreaming of.

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    Default Re: "Bump"

    As an alternative to the rather facile word 'bump' it may be better to post some additional information such as close up photographs or details about the pen that were not in the original post, something that shows a little inspiration, shows a little spark.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RobJohnson View Post
    As an alternative to the rather facile word 'bump' it may be better to post some additional information such as close up photographs or details about the pen that were not in the original post, something that shows a little inspiration, shows a little spark.
    That sound like a brilliant idea. If only........
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    Default Re: "Bump"

    The same reasoning in this thread should be applied to spam: report it and move on. Don't comment because that just brings the spam to the top of the pile again (unless that is what commenters want of course).

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