[Closed] So they said they would.... (new classifieds)

I can still see it

On the bright side, we now know that they really meant 12 noon and not 12 midnight.

What's wrong with the new classifieds? Seems daft having 2.

so where will we sell stuff now

How much do you want for the pigeon?

As much as anyone is reading this

But in before the

• The forum ‘Classifieds – For Sale’ is closed to new topics and replies.

Ahhh this bit

Old classifieds still there but it’s been locked so you cannot post or reply

They want your money, not your opinions.

Start a forum elsewhere, leave the magazine to die on it's inevitable arse,

What is so bad about the new one? I don't like it because it's change and I'm over 40, but I had a look and it seems obviously better than the old way.

(is there a correlation between people who want to rant about the new classifieds, who also rant about the general forum?)

Well the irritation in some respects is the rest of the forum still doesn't work properly and is obviously not on any kind of list to be fixed

It’s like posted before in the ‘we are closing’ thread, for me the limited number of ads you can place.  The fact you need to search rather than browse, the fact I have yet to be able to see anyone that’s managed to post a clear out style ad successfully yet.  But most of all the fact that regardless of the user feedback there wasn’t even a reply, just shows absolutely no regard for members or customers.  I was initially supportive of the change but it needed some work and that was promised before closing the old classifieds which never happened.

The forum bugs are pretty laughable with all the <font> DIV pish that ends up making replys unreadabru

The new classifieds is truely awful. I can't think of one good thing to say about it. (but can't really be bothered to list all the bad thngs)

It's not worth ranting about I just don't understand how anyone in charge can think either were an improvement.

Just been in there, aren’t they the same things that were on there weeks ago?

Looking at the pictures is hard work on my iPhone, keeps jumping out of them back to the main list.

Bit messy really.

<p>(is there a correlation between people who want to rant about the new classifieds, who also rant about the general forum?)</p>

<p>Inverse maybe, I like the new section as I can actually find things by category rather than aimlessly meandering through pages of ambiguous titles.</p>

<p>The fact you need to search rather than browse,</p>

<p>No you don't, you can still scroll down the page like before!</p>

There's a weird tension between the users and owners here that I haven't seen anywhere else.

And I don't think it's the sexual kind of tension.

Bit of a bunker mentality, maybe?

Never had sex in a bunker?

You don't need to search, just scroll down to browse. Paid for ads are first, free ads are below.

At at least now there are photos, none of this "email me for photos" bollocks. Just one niggle for me though, why have a limit of three ads, even for P subscribers?

But you can’t can you, as it’s the same crappy over priced cars and bikes.  Filled with pictures.  It’s far inferior for ‘jumble’ style multi classified listings.

Never had sex in a bunker?

making a blog about WWII spoons while holding hands isn't sex

fatbikers 🙄

I was thinking more of the golf kind 😉

(also - fatbikers)

a simple link to a free image hosting site next to or within the start thread image tab and pics could have been added to posts on the old classifieds easily in exactly the same way they are here.

The contours at the edge of loads of golf bunkers make awesome jumps.
Going home with sand in your pants and a smelly finger is awesome when your 15.
30-40years later not so much. Especially with a bunch of fatbikers.

Listing images are far too big on mobile - formatting the listings like the 'recent boosted ads' section would be an improvement.

Geex you've commented on this thread multiple times and not mentioned ebikes once. What's happened mate?

Does <span style="text-decoration: underline;">on</span> a bunker count? Juno Beach, Normandy.

Oh and to add the new "Review Catagories" now sit under any post on mobile from what I see so it's even harder to easily get to the end of the thread on mobiles. Again not expecting any of this to be fixed, the logo probably needs tweaking first

FFS, shitty text format strikes again.

Never had sex in a bunker?

Now I feel like life has somehow passed me by. Does a bird hide count?

Will there be a wanted forum? That was the more useful forum for me, someone out there always had an obscure or obsolete part if I needed one.

If there’s no Wanted forum then the Bike forum (or chat depending on what you’re after) would be the place to post

But you can’t can you, as it’s the same crappy over priced cars and bikes. Filled with pictures. It’s far inferior for ‘jumble’ style multi classified listings.

Half of the first page is taken up with paid for ads. There is currently 2.5 pages of normal ads, not paid for. Don't complain about the content of the ads, that's what is for sale at the moment. There's been a large number of new ads in the last 10 hours.

You can list a clearout the same as you used to, it just now has a "clearout" category. Put multiple things in one ad with lots of photos.

Whats so ****ing difficult?

Will there be a wanted forum?

Create a wanted ad, "wanted" in the categories.

Am I the only one that finds this forum relatively simple to use? I do most of my browsing and posting from an iPhone and no longer get any quote or linking issues.

The new classifieds seems okay apart from that bloody yellow Santa Cruz and the Mojo. Nobody is buying them, lower your prices!

How long does a "boost" last? If it was capped at 7 days before having to be renewed then maybe folk would think again about how much they are looking to sell for (especially if the cost rose each week).

Why not complain bigblackshed? Hell if the STW leadership had listened and followed through with their promises there would be no need to complain! Fact is they have created a poorer version of pinkbike classifieds.  The beauty of STW classifieds was it’s simplicity and it’s uniqueness. That’s gone now!  As someone who sees their subscription as a way of funding a website I enjoy I have a right to complain.  As were the posters on the 7 pages of the previous thread.

Could we have a Forum Sub-forum please?

russyh.

My massive criticism of the old for sale forum was traders, no photos on threads, endless re-posting of the same shit, vague thread titles, no search, or at least one that functioned.

The new classifieds give all of those people who asked for categories, for years, a category for everything. If the posting of a photo in your ad means it puts off the traders or piss takers or lazy sellers, then I'm all for it. There's no issues with image hosting, just post directly from your phone, the one you used to take the photo with.

Pinkbike is utter shit. Virtually impossible to search for items on a mobile unless you know exactly which sub forum it was posted in. It defaults to North America every time you start a new search. It doesn't "show reel" photos from within a ad, it links to a new page, or opens in a new tab if you remember to, then it's "page back" to find the original ad.

Forum Sub-forum

Is that searchable?

Pinkbike is utter shit.

You do know the 'use desktop site' link is at the bottom, then it all works pretty peachy...

What? With the poor light in here and my trombone arms.

#idontneedglasses

😉

"Why not complain, bigblackshed?"

Evening! I'm afraid I've only just seen this as we were out on a photoshoot all day. So far there has been one email complaint about the new classifieds, (this afternoon, from someone called Matt) that I've seen and I answered it right away. I'm afraid I rarely get time to browse the forum, so I rarely see big grumbly threads unless someone points them out. By all means email or phone if there's something that you're not getting a reply to. I might not have all the answers, but I can do my best.

I'm sure there'll be a few tweaks to the new Classifieds as we go along, but it seems that new things like the photos, the categories and so on are things that people have been asking for for years, so hopefully those new bits will make them happy - and our hard-working tech guys (who've been doing far duller but more important tasks recently) will be able to get it all working smoothly to everyone's satisfaction.

Cheers, Chipps