Major Change In Emporium Use: Please Read!

[big mike]

Well builders do need to use the emporiums correctly.

Selliong items. IE: Run of pedals.

Announcing a release of new prodiucts, changes, etc. Dealer/MFR Forum.

[psyandy]

Mike,
I don't discount the purpose of the search function, but there was nothing like hitting the Dealers Emporium daily to look for the Danocaster thread. Now they can be buried three of four pages deep by member ads.....that's all.
Clearly this decision was made with rationale and data. I don't want to be an irritation, and I don't want to poke the admins further. We are given free reign to express ourselves and other than making our thoughts known I'm done putting it out there. I love the site....like some changes and don't like others. Rock on!!!

Andy

[big mike]

No worries, I just try to answer as best I can for you. I don't make the decisions, the admins do, but they do listen to our input.

I agreed this was a good idea. Less work for us, more views for the dealers/vendors.

to me it's a win/win.

[dlc1953]

Originally Posted by Lambone

I liked it better when dealers had their own emporium that I could ignore. This new system is really not good for my GAS.

I also don't like that dealer listings aren't always obviously a dealer vs private seller.

Yes I agree with you. Not crazy at all on this new format. 1st one for me I have an issue with.

[psyandy]

Cool. I appreciate all the work and policing you guys do behind (and in front) of the scenes. This site has never turned into the free for all of other sites and that's why I've stayed forever .

Thanks to all the Mods for their hard work!!!!

[Spir4L]

Hi,
I'm actually a new member and this is not properly in theme with the discussion but I have a suggestion...
wouldn't it be better if the Emporium threads had an obliged part of the title?
For example:

"FS (US only) many guitars"

"FT/FS (EU, Worldwide) beautiful amp "

or someth similar?
In this way you immediately know where the item is and where the person want to ship.
And you don't even open a thread if you already know that guy doesn't want to trade with you, without wastes.

Just an idea, but I think it would be quite useful.

[Londonbus]

Originally Posted by Thor

Not sure if this is the right thread but...

There has been a new update to the Emporium rules that now allows dealer threads to be put in the main member "for sale" areas. I read Brian's announcemnt, and he estimated that about 1% of all general Emporium threads would be from dealers, but based on a quick sampling of the first page of the guitars area, nearly 13% of the threads were from dealers. It was about 8% in the amps section, and about 13% in the effects section.

Won't this end up creating more "traffic cop" and rules enforcement work for the mods?

As a member, I'm honestly not so thrilled.
Thanks for listening.

I second this. I am not thrilled with the dealer ads.

[gregsguitars]

Just sent my Gold as well.....

[japanmoran]

I get the error that I can't bump an ad in the forum - even though I didn't start the thread. Apparently, you can't reply to an Emporium ad more than once a day - even if you didn't start the thread. That seems wrong...just was trying to respond to something posted.

[Zuper]

If the "combined" emporium areas continue, I would love to see a limit of 1 thread per member. There are several dealers with 4 threads going in a given emporium. That's the only part that is consistently irritating, as a user looking primarily for used gear.

[CyberFerret]

There doesn't seem to be a limit to the number of ads that dealers can post concurrently in the Emporiums? Just went to the guitar Emporium and counted at least FOUR ads from one dealer on the front page.

Count me in the camp who would like to see dealer ads highlighted differently from normal member ads - perhaps a different colour or icon etc. so I can quickly visually filter them out?

[danonbass]

Yeah, as a supporting member, I feel something needs to be done about the enormous amount of dealer postings. It's getting silly.

I apologize for not being able to offer constructive suggestions on how to fix the issue. I'm not familiar with the v-bulletin software and it's limitations.

[midwayfair]

I've noticed that there are some DIY builders here on TGP that don't really hang out often elsewhere. I was wondering what the proper forum would be to sell PCBs of original designs, or if that would even be allowed (an unbuilt circuit board doesn't exactly count as "gear"). There are some designers that pop in here every once in a while that have really cool pedals, and I think there are some people who don't build who would be interested in some of the cool designs out there if they just knew about them.

Please let me know. Thanks.

[eberg15101]

I was wondering, how long does it take to be able to post in the emporiums after you become a supporting member?