Some Thoughts On The Forum Main Page Layout Re-Marketplace

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99% phone user here.
I tried using my PC once... on a 37 inch screen the photos, outside of watch photos that is, were huge and off-putting with detail.
My nostrils, dust covered lenses of my glasses, unshaven mug and non-goo'd hair were too much for even me to look at on 37 inches of screen.
Evidence ~

janice&fred

Yea I suppose I was just thinking out loud with this. A stream of consciousness sort of post like most of my contributions on the forum.

BTW Ash I lost that link to the writing program for the "Omega Stories" section. I tried PMing you but it probably got lost among the more important messages you get. 😁

dsio

I try to jump on as many as I can to aid them but if you don’t feel like helping someone just ignore it rather than posting something snarky and let others reply or let it drop down the latest list.

JwRosenthal

Right there with ya, Ash.
I think if there would be any header we should have this for the veteran members and not the newbie

“if you don’t feel like helping someone just ignore it rather than posting something snarky”

bananapeanut

My point is that it's not a marketplace like FB, eBay, Reddit and the likes

cineaste

Thoughts on this Memovox?


https://www.ebay.de/itm/31429237538...51uQMNMTgO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

janice&fred

The long-time trend is newly signed up members asking about an Omega they spotted somewhere on the net for sale and warned off as the majority of those watches are sub-par, to outright rip offs/frankens. Often times myself and other members post a suggestion for the new member to browse our own for-sale marketplace to have a better chance of buying something legit and priced reasonable.

Now of course there are decent watches for sale anywhere on the net if one is savvy, but why are these new members unaware of our own marketplace until they are told? Then it is like a revelation. This happens so often that there must be some subtle way to inform newly signed up members that there is a marketplace section. I know this site is not primarily a sales forum, but perhaps if there was some sort of heading on the main page that indicated a for sale section, it might be of service to new collectors who have come across our forum. Nothing tacky, just something to clue in new members who might be too excited to dive into the discussion sections with questions that they haven't scrolled completely down the forums sections list.

Many of us members sporadically post stuff for sale, and not many of us are in the reselling business so it's not imperative for the watches to go quickly. I myself just started popping a few on here for sale a couple months ago after over a year of not posting anything for sale online. Mostly we members list watches as they start to clutter up and are not being used, or to turn the cash into another watch. I think it would be beneficial for both seasoned members and new members alike if the marketplace section was listed in a way that the majority of new members spot it without needing to be enlightened. These newbies will surely benefit from safer dealings.


Thoughts? 😀

perks713

I sometimes wish price was required in the title so that I could easily scroll through for things in my price range. I look at most of them anyway because I like seeing awesome watches but catching something in my budget is hard at times when the price is buried in the description.

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99% phone user here.
I tried using my PC once... on a 37 inch screen the photos, outside of watch photos that is, were huge and off-putting with detail.
My nostrils, dust covered lenses of my glasses, unshaven mug and non-goo'd hair were too much for even me to look at on 37 inches of screen.
Evidence ~

JwRosenthal

But then you wouldn’t be inspired to open the link and fall in love after you see the pictures. I do wish some sellers would at least put it at the top of the listing in bold as I have had to read descriptions multiple times to find the price buried in the text.