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Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:09 am

how about a standardized price system? something like craigslist.

so then you can offer more search options, based on prices.

-Grant

Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:53 am

Grant88 wrote: how about a standardized price system? something like craigslist.
so then you can offer more search options, based on prices.
-Grant
I haven't done this in the past because of the need for "obo" "make offer" etc ads. Plus all the different worldwide currencies.

I'm not sure what craig's list does if you put "make offer"? I did notice if you do a price search on there, you miss all the ads without prices.

Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:56 am

EverettB wrote:
I'm not sure what craig's list does if you put "make offer"? I did notice if you do a price search on there, you miss all the ads without prices.

good.

Fri Jul 08, 2005 11:11 am

It would be a cool if each ad included code to calculate prices in real-time using exchange rates from xe.com.

But I have no idea how to do it. I'm more of an idea man.

Fri Jul 08, 2005 11:48 am

Grant88 wrote: EverettB wrote:
I'm not sure what craig's list does if you put "make offer"? I did notice if you do a price search on there, you miss all the ads without prices.
good.
Ok but what happens if someone puts in "1000 obo".

Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:34 pm

I added sorting by price to the individual categories today using a few tricks. :)

I may add it to the Search screen later, it requires a bunch of changes and will not really return a complete and valuable listing due to prices like "1000US/5000 Euro" etc..

Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:37 pm

How about no classified ads in your signiture?
Quote:
-Grant
_________________
Playstation2 for sale!!! includes:
two controllers
memory card
6or 7 games
$150

AlSO, Gamecube for sale!!!(aren't you lucky) includes:
2 controlers
3-4 games
memory card
$100

Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:52 am

:oops:

Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:05 am

Signatures are open to anything you want, as long as it is not offensive or NSFW. Although, that signature is a bit long and annoying.

You can turn off signatures in the Control Panel if you don't want to see them.

Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:17 pm

Ev--could you restrict the price field to numeric data only (except for wanted ads)? That would get rid of the OBOs and allow for sorting by price. Nobody would want to search the "items wanted" category by price anyway so you could exclude it from searches.

Just a thought.

Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:58 am

I think OBO is an integral part of selling something. Although maybe it's safe to assume everything is OBO.

Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:33 pm

Add a checkbox to the posting entry. If they check it, "OBO" displays after the price but you keep the text out of the numeric field.

Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:46 pm

Major Woody wrote: Add a checkbox to the posting entry. If they check it, "OBO" displays after the price but you keep the text out of the numeric field.
or other options like "FIRM"

and what is "ONO"? the british version of "OBO"?

as seen: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=214259

Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:06 pm

ONO = or nearest offer AFAIK

Same as OBO