Bypassed in wanted section
- Thread starter slk486
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Lol, happened to me a few times too.
But by the same token, some members here have spotted my wanted threads and recommended me to the seller and I can't argue with that level of helpfulness
On that note, I'd also like to make a shoutout to Fitzsteve who actively looks through the wanted section and gives 'wantees' first dibs on sales in order of date
Thanks bud, I do try to do that but all too often people never come back to me and it's frustrating. I know that if I offer to one of the reg's you'll take me up but the newer members I never hear back from and in those cases it's much faster for me just to list items for sale.
This is why a lot of members go straight to a for sale thread and don't bother, the other thing is people wanting items at unrealisticly cheap prices. bargain hunters are better off waiting for a bargain thread to come up
This is why a lot of members go straight to a for sale thread and don't bother, the other thing is people wanting items at unrealisticly cheap prices. bargain hunters are better off waiting for a bargain thread to come up
Thanks bud, I do try to do that but all too often people never come back to me and it's frustrating. I know that if I offer to one of the reg's you'll take me up but the newer members I never hear back from and in those cases it's much faster for me just to list items for sale.
This is why a lot of members go straight to a for sale thread and don't bother, the other thing is people wanting items at unrealisticly cheap prices. bargain hunters are better off waiting for a bargain thread to come up
I know. My rant was about another wanted, not a for sale, though, which has happened to me a few times. Put up a wanted and a few days later someone else puts up a wanted and gets replies
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Yes, you have to actively enable it. I'm sure it's been done that way so it's an active choice you make to receive emails from AmiBay.
Doesn't really make sense to me.
The only reason you would get a PM, is if you asked for something. You can separately disable "emails from administrators" - which I think is enabled by default anyway.
I agree, it's very to miss PM's if you don't log on to the site regularly and/or are expecting mails by default. Probably not enough of an issue to bear dealing with the ones that complain about the mails by default.
By default, if you send me a PM - I wouldnt get an email telling me I have a PM from someone.
We were suggesting changing that, so by default you WOULD get an email if you get a PM.
As, the only real reason you would get a PM is because you asked for something and someone has PM'ed with an offer.
This is the default setting on a lot of forums and would likely help people vanishing and not replying to PM's
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Picture speaks a thousand words...
We were suggesting changing that, so by default you WOULD get an email if you get a PM.
As, the only real reason you would get a PM is because you asked for something and someone has PM'ed with an offer.
This is the default setting on a lot of forums and would likely help people vanishing and not replying to PM's
Edit:
Picture speaks a thousand words...
indeed, I see your point =)
While I beleive that you are onto something, we must check to see if this wont overload the webserver resources. so please bear with us, the team will have a chat and see what we can come up with.
although this doesn't stop you guys from comming up with any more ideas in the mean time =)
While I beleive that you are onto something, we must check to see if this wont overload the webserver resources. so please bear with us, the team will have a chat and see what we can come up with.
although this doesn't stop you guys from comming up with any more ideas in the mean time =)
When registering, the user is given the option to switch the setting on during the registration process, so they are informed about the setting from the beginning.
There are a number of reasons for it being set to optional.
The most important reason is the ratio of active to inactive members on Amibay. We have roughly 1700 active members on the site, but more than 5300 total members, so a lot more inactive ones. If all accounts were set to send email alerts by default we would be sending thousands of emails to accounts that don't want them. A lot of people get annoyed by emails from a forum. Over the years you would be surprised by the number of nastygrams I've read from people irate about emails being received from a site.
Finally we have spam and bounceback issues. A lot of webmail servers actively watch the frequency of mail being received from a domain and also the number of bouncebacks originating from a single source. It is very easy these days for a site to get blacklisted by hotmail, gmail, yahoo mail etc, meaning all email traffic would then be blocked and the related search engine results removed from searches. A lot of people with webmail accounts sign up to sites, use a site for a couple of days, and then never return. They don't maintain their webmail accounts so they become full or closed and then their mailservers start rejecting (bouncing back) any more incoming mail. A large number of generated bouncebacks to a single domain raises automated flags and the blacklisting is applied, and very hard to get lifted.
There are a number of reasons for it being set to optional.
The most important reason is the ratio of active to inactive members on Amibay. We have roughly 1700 active members on the site, but more than 5300 total members, so a lot more inactive ones. If all accounts were set to send email alerts by default we would be sending thousands of emails to accounts that don't want them. A lot of people get annoyed by emails from a forum. Over the years you would be surprised by the number of nastygrams I've read from people irate about emails being received from a site.
Finally we have spam and bounceback issues. A lot of webmail servers actively watch the frequency of mail being received from a domain and also the number of bouncebacks originating from a single source. It is very easy these days for a site to get blacklisted by hotmail, gmail, yahoo mail etc, meaning all email traffic would then be blocked and the related search engine results removed from searches. A lot of people with webmail accounts sign up to sites, use a site for a couple of days, and then never return. They don't maintain their webmail accounts so they become full or closed and then their mailservers start rejecting (bouncing back) any more incoming mail. A large number of generated bouncebacks to a single domain raises automated flags and the blacklisting is applied, and very hard to get lifted.
No one would get an alert (unless you send out PM's en-mass?) if it was on by default. I am not talking about subscribed thread alerts (where a user would get an email to each reply). Only when a user received a PM.
If you send out bulk PM's - then fair enough, I have not been here long enough to know.
However, I was an admin of a forum much larger than this (100k+ registered users)- we never had email issues with it turned on by default.
If you send out bulk PM's - then fair enough, I have not been here long enough to know.
However, I was an admin of a forum much larger than this (100k+ registered users)- we never had email issues with it turned on by default.
As much as the discussion is interesting, it seems to be "dragging" away from the initial topic i think..
What slk486 is trying to say -as i understand it- is that even though he has started a Wanted thread, another user starts a newer one asking the same things, getting more attention.
It has happened to me quite a few times, but after so long, i believe it's down to the seller's "mood" or "will" to pick a fresh thread or an older one, an old user or any user to respond to. We simply can't force anyone, and the staff has actually done a real good job with the automated pop-ups showing who's looking for similar stuff when someone starts a Sales thread.
Thus, in my humble opinion, we must respect every users choice. At first i was thinking the same way, felt a little sad, but went over it.
What slk486 is trying to say -as i understand it- is that even though he has started a Wanted thread, another user starts a newer one asking the same things, getting more attention.
It has happened to me quite a few times, but after so long, i believe it's down to the seller's "mood" or "will" to pick a fresh thread or an older one, an old user or any user to respond to. We simply can't force anyone, and the staff has actually done a real good job with the automated pop-ups showing who's looking for similar stuff when someone starts a Sales thread.
Thus, in my humble opinion, we must respect every users choice. At first i was thinking the same way, felt a little sad, but went over it.
Good point. Should stay on topic.
Regarding being passed over. As you mention, I added the similar items thread list when creating a new sale's thread exactly for this reason when it was discussed before.
I expect the main reason is just being in the right place at the right time. If a member posts a wanted ad just as someone comes online with that item to sell they will see the wanted advert and reply. If you create one when no one is around with what you want then it could go overlooked and you will need to wait a couple of weeks to see if anyone comes forward, then you can bump it back to the top and see if that helps.
Regarding being passed over. As you mention, I added the similar items thread list when creating a new sale's thread exactly for this reason when it was discussed before.
I expect the main reason is just being in the right place at the right time. If a member posts a wanted ad just as someone comes online with that item to sell they will see the wanted advert and reply. If you create one when no one is around with what you want then it could go overlooked and you will need to wait a couple of weeks to see if anyone comes forward, then you can bump it back to the top and see if that helps.
Justin
Active member
look, it was an accident, i am sorry i missed your wanted ad
i just happened to see the later wanted ad, it was nothing personal
i just happened to see the later wanted ad, it was nothing personal
look, it was an accident, i am sorry i missed your wanted ad
i just happened to see the later wanted ad, it was nothing personal
Nah mate, no hard feelings or anything, just felt like a rant to get it out of my system. No worries! Not even minded at you at all
Just a rant , nothing more, nothing less.
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