Comments in for sale posts

toolmanmike said

If the sale thread is properly done there is no need to Delete if just for comments. Just delete them. If the sale thread is not proper, contains personal information, wrong forum or worse yet, a sale in a non-sale forum, lacks photos, descriptions, price, etc the thread "may" be deleted. For me it all depends on how many rules were broken. If it only has one issue we try to get the seller to correct it. If it has a bunch of things wrong the seller needs to start over and re-read the sale rules. Also. it wouldn't be fair to the seller to delete the sale thread just because other members don't follow the "no comment" rule.

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What's a for sale ad without pictures, prices or even actual items listed then? That's what is in question here.

I personally do not agree with some of the rules but they don't really bother me and I just try to follow along. I wasn't the one that questioned what happened in this particular case. I do understand where he's coming from with his questions and thought I would try and help explain. I do feel there is some double standard here going on with the rules.

Here's what I see in this case....

Someone commented on a for sale ad - 1 rule broken and the post gets deleted
Someone created an ad in the For Sale forum without pictures, prices or even an item listed - 3 rules broken and yet the post is still active.

Your last sentence reminds me of what happened with a post I had created recently. I didn't post a wanted ad, yet other members chose to not follow the rules and offered items for sale on my thread. Instead of their offers getting deleted, my thread did and it was a legitimate thread asking a question. I understood the reason you chose to delete my thread instead of their offers because I don't expect anyone to babysit the forum or my threads to ensure everyone follows rules but yet you are choosing to do that in this case. Kinda feels like a double standard to me.

Again, I really don't give a crap about any of this and will continue to try to follow the rules of the forum. :)