Why is my ad being deleted?

[SOONERMAGIC]

Where's the "close this thread" button? It's turning into a whaa whaa nanny nenny boo boo elementary school lunchroom arguement. Adios.......

[mat562]

It occurs to me that it would be somewhat ironic if, given your BST travails, you were to click a 'Close' button for [i]this[/i] thread.

[tigerfan23]

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Where's the "close this thread" button? It's turning into a whaa whaa nanny nenny boo boo elementary school lunchroom arguement. Adios.......
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Better change your name if you ever want to sell anything!

[SOONERMAGIC]

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[quote name='ORLANDOZAC13' timestamp='1282259114' post='2649970']
Where's the "close this thread" button? It's turning into a whaa whaa nanny nenny boo boo elementary school lunchroom arguement. Adios.......
[/quote]

Better change your name if you ever want to sell anything!
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OH NOOOOOOOOO!


Your being quite a tool. You do realize this?

[littlepingman]

The most shocking thing to me about this thread is the fact that its still open. Talking about beating a dead horse...

[drpino]

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[quote name='stage1350' timestamp='1282149367' post='2647129']
Why is it everyone else's responsibility but yours? You expect them to hold your hand while you post?

I think I've see a total of TWO listings out of well over a thousand that were pulled by the mods incorrectly and both times, they reinstated the post.

But when you make a mistake and your ad gets pulled, correct your problem and relist it. If there's no pain felt on your end, why would you make the same mistake again and again? The 30 minutes done twice should be a sufficient deterrant from "forgetting" to close your ad a second time.

Everyone else seems to be able to follow the rules just fine.
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He was asking why the mods cant send a short PM why the ad was closed. I have had ads pulled with no explanation either. So with all the rules, how do you know what you're doing wrong?

Just my opinion.
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The quick and dirty answer to that question is that the mods DID send PMs in the past. I can't speak for them, but I'd guess they were ignored greater than half the time. So why should they go out of their way for people that can't read, comprehend, or follow the rules? This is a free service and the mods aren't getting paid by this site anyway. Why is it upon them and not upon the person that wants to post an ad?

This is the reason that there is a post on EVERY BST forum that says "You ad will be deleted [b]without warning[/b] if..." and it's a result of posts like this. But coming on here with attitude like someone shot your dog doesn't help matters. Yes, ads take time to post. yes, uploading to limited space creates problems. But you would think with all the effort needed to list, you'd double check your work and make sure you did everything right before you posted.

I personally love the fact that people are held accountable for their BST ads. That's part of the sport that all of us claim to enjoy: personal responsibility and following the rules. It's also not their responsibility to point out what you are doing wrong. If you don't know the rules, it'll still cost you two strokes on the course too.
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It is a free service until you pay the $5 for an ad if you don't have enough posts. Also, some of us are WRX members which we pay a $35 fee to get in on the contests which is great. I wouldn't mind paying a fee to be a member of this site knowing I would be contacted for a violation. That's the point I am trying to make. I have been suspended from the site before without any explanation as well which I think stinks. The guy was asking a question, no need to blow up on him or me.
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slapjax, you know exactly why you were suspended in the past...

Here's the simple fact: yes, it may take less, the same or slightly more time to PM each and every seller [i]INDIVIDUALLY[/i] for rules violations as it does to post the ad...[b]BUT[/b] multiply however long you guys think it take us to do stuff (edit, delete, move, warn, suspend, ban, moderate, mediate, advise, help, etc.) by [b][i]hundreds (if not thousands)[/i][/b] of members, topics, posts and ads. The task(s) ceases to be as simple, quick, easy, etc as you may believe it to be. The people who own, operate and moderate these forums are greatly outnumbered.

In short, please be mindful of the forum and BST rules before clicking "SUBMIT" and you shouldn't run into many problems at all. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.