on the whole had really good experiences on classifieds, but been a few odd experiences of late. Like a seller who keeps advertising wheels despite emailing me a month ago saying he'd send pics, and has chosen to put the price up.
Sadly for the poster, as I was left to trawl his previous posts I saw a thread asking how to solve a problem with the rear hub. So if he is trying to pass on a pup he's missed an opportunity by blanking me.
And a seller of a nice hardtail that had a load of interest (I got first dibs on forum and via email) and has suddenly disappeared and not responded to either. Fair enough if youve decided not to sell, or decided you want to ask more for it either here or elsewhere, but a reply to serious interest (as in "what's your paypal?") is just common courtesy.
There does seem to be a correlation between issues with vendors, and the ratio of that vendors classifieds vs other forum posts. The people that only come here to sell or speculate have no vested interest or community spirit. The positive experiences far outweigh the negative/neutral though.