I do not think posting ebay links in classifieds should be allowed. It defeats the entire point of the section, and nearly every other messageboard in existance takes the same approach.

Or at the least, not to post an ebay link until after a reasonable amount of time in the classifieds has passed (5-7 days?)

Frankly I think the classifieds needs to be ditched completely in favor of some kind of bidding system, but that would require a lot of work.

8/22/2002 1:45:35 AM

well then i cant secretly buy things through aim now, can i!

imo, i think it's ok for them to have ebay links BUT they should have the courtesy to type out all the info, post all the pictures, and make a nice presentable... presentation of things to buy. just straight-up links are pretty annoying though

8/22/2002 1:50:23 AM

repeated E-bay linkage in Classifieds should be terms of termination.....

8/29/2002 5:06:59 PM

and why is that?

8/29/2002 5:40:53 PM

i have absolutely nothing against them

8/29/2002 6:46:54 PM

no way, i think its totally cool. Its a way of enforcing TWW bids, since TWW doesn't have that sort of infrastructure (yet?)

8/29/2002 7:47:46 PM

and never will. This is a message board, not an auction site.

8/29/2002 8:21:36 PM

^^^
Ah, but this is also a book exchange and Grade Distribution on drugs...why not let it become an auction site?

[Edited on August 29, 2002 at 9:48 PM. Reason : ]

8/29/2002 9:47:49 PM