A huge problem here is the 'for sale'/'for trade' posts. A guy should be able to post something for sale or trade in the appropriate sub forum and not get attacked and have his post turned upside down by a bunch of guys that don't agree with the price or details of the trade. Most of the time this is where the problems and attacks start. If we are going to continue to allow people to post stuff for sale or trade here we should look at a way for these posts to be 'locked' from outside comments by the OP. Most of these posts are not asking for comments or opinions just simply offering an item for sale or trade. It always turns negative somewhere along the line and then usually gets ugly... It would get rid of the negative and the positive (GLWS, wish I was closer, etc.) noise which is all worthless to the OP anyway.

just my 2 cents.

Only if you can post these in peace!

Ok, how about a temporary lock? When someone posts something for sale or trade they can choose to put a lock on it. A lock for say a 3 day period to at least give them a chance before the post becomes cluttered. After 3 days (or whatever time period) the post is unlocked and the blitzkrieg can now take place... at least give the post a fighting chance!

So then the OP gets his time and then the post opens up and everyone gets a chance to post their opinions, advice etc. and everyone should be happy. No, it won't stop all the crap but i can see where this could be a happy median...

A lot of guys I've talked to have taken their stuff else where to sell because of this. I don't see why this would not help. I mean if the OP gets his/her time and then everyone else can jump in a little later there should be no bitching... it won't eliminate all of it of course but its worth a try!

I don't think there is any way to be sure of this. I do know that some of the price police post misinformation that can definitely hinder a sale. Some don't understand the difference between a HEP MM and a routed MM so they claim the price is way too high when its actually right in line. The misinformation and the clutter I think can definitely hinder a sale and I think that is EXACTLY what some of the guys here are intending to do unfortunately.

Still, the biggest problem in these post is just how nasty and personal it can get whether its pricing arguments or whatever. You can post something for sale/trade and 10 minutes later its a cluttered thread with arguing and off topic stuff.

Many here don't like the 'cheerleading' aspect of these posts as well. (GLWS, wish I was closer, Greta Price, etc.) An OP being able to have a temporary lock would eliminate this side of things as well.

The temporary lock would not include the OP. The OP could still 'bump' the post or add anything relevant...

We're just offering suggestions here. Just trying to make Pinside a little less chaotic. I don't see why anyone should be afraid of a seller or trader having a day or two of peace before the onslaught comes. most of the noise that comes into these FS/FT posts is just worthless, off topic crap that just ends up creating trouble. I know some of you guys here live for this chaos so maybe taking some of this away would leave you with nothing to do... we couldn't do that!

It was just a suggestion to prevent some of the nonsense here. Obviously you seem to be one of the ones that feeds on that. No big deal to me. It won't stop me from posting FS/FT posts its just a shame some of the guys here like the RGP approach better.