Do you want photos on all posts in the for sale section?

[Ross]

Originally Posted by rondoolaa

maybe this is a bad idea and wouldnt get much support but has anyone ever thought about having an oople membership, even if its only 1 or 2 pound a year, its the price of a cup of coffee these days or a double cheesburger, it would help pay for the oople servers and would mean you couldnt sell on here unless your a paying member and sellers addresses would be stored through the paypal payment process and help stop scammers just coming on here to con people out of their money, and i agree with every item you're selling should have a pic as some scammers use pics found on the web and the owner may see that pic on here and report it and stop people being scammed

Originally Posted by Zippy G

I would have no issues paying a membership fee if it keeps a great forum like Oople going smoothly and as stated it would discourage people just coming on here to scam as they need to pay out money first.

Originally Posted by fidspeed

Im up for a few quid donstion

also I won't/don't use Facebook maybe im in minority now but I dont like the horror stories associated with it
no offence to anyone who does though

regards dave

One of the gun forums i use has a donation system, you don't have to donate but your name is highlighted in a different colour if you do. They have a target of £100 per month and they reach it every month.

Originally Posted by dodgydiy

for sale should have photo's, even better with name and date on the photo. photo's need to be hosted on site for short term though as me and several others i know have problems getting them to show, even when resized to be far less than the 400kb limit. make the ads expire and ad plus photo vanish after something like 4 or 6 weeks to reduce the webspace taken up by doing this. i would donate but wouldnt pay a forced subscription, i would just go elsewhere as site interest and content has dropped away a lot in the last year and would be reduced even more by doing this as there are too many other sources available for free online

Also, could the sales post be moderated and not show in the section until a Mod or Admin has authorised it. That way you know all sales have been seen by admin and are good to go.