but when people are paying, they have a right to say what they feel is right and wrong. a free site i would imagine criticism is ignored but a paid one.... then again even on free ones it's taken on board

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306 rallye reproduction decals (full sets/individual decals) | 306 b-pillar textured vinyl weatherstrips
306 slam panel esso stickers | 306 yellow / orange / pension fund red side door badges
gti6 inlet manifold badges | 306 rear boot badges (p2/p3)
winner of Extraction of toys from prams with outstanding vigour award 2009 [source: gti6 owners club]

Granted, but what if you only had yourself to blame? Fair enough, Ash has a life and family and only a fixed amount of time to put into this site - I get that.

What I don't get is then how he decides to spend that little time he has. When there was talk of a "new" site, he asked for ideas on designs, new banners, colour schemes, suggestions. Everyone leapt on board, knocking up ideas and thoughts, brain dumping everything that they'd ever wanted. Everyone felt like they could be part of it, and everyone got excited about the whole project.

Then it went quiet. For ages, like six months. Then there's talk of paying for the site - again people were asked, and people gave opinions. No answers or confirmations came back, but one day we get a post saying the site's going down while the conversion is run.

People were then told they'd have to pay. No details, no discussion, no time to try out the new site before committing, just pay up. Some member levels got PMs, some didn't. Everyone soon realised this was stupid as it was causing issues contacting people who were allowed to sell items but not receive PMs - again if people had been told this was the plan, this flaw would've been pointed out well in advance of Ash wasting his time on it.

Site goes down. For weeks. Comes back up again with very little explanation, then goes back down for a few more weeks. Site comes back up, nothing much seems to have changed. People's design ideas haven't been taken into account, the code is exactly the same as it was before. Still doesn't really work on phones, still full of bugs. People who have paid can't use the site for no reason, things eventually get sorted.

Still, no-one's suggestions have been implemented or even acknowledged. Member Chat appears. Who asked for that?! Classifieds appear, everyone agrees they're awful. Again, waste of Ash's time.

If I asked people for opinions, ignored them and just made what I fancied and people were annoyed, I don't think I'd have anyone to blame but myself.

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Owain is right. Classifieds are s**t.

Can't really be bothered explaining why but the general consensus is that they are.

Okay well maybe he's not at work the whole time, but I can definitely believe people have better things to do than code up car forums.

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I think we can all agree that's all anyone wants, much appreciated Stanley.

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Lets just keep this on the case of the classifieds as the thread is based on and make another rant about the rest of the forum if you wish to.....

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cherry p1.....SOLD (regreting this)
blaze p2.....why did i buy this SOLD
Black p3

No worries Andy, I'm sure something can be sorted, I'll try my best.

Will bring all of the suggestions to the table and see if some changes can be made, hopefully fairly quickly.

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Peugeot 306 GTi-6
2000 (X), Moonstone

there is a classfied section on another forum i go on, and it's a pain in the arse.

i personally would much prefer to use the pugs for sale section as it was, because you have control over your thread and layout. i think that there should be requirements or the thread submitted to be reviewed like on 205 drivers. if the information isn't complete, knock it back

car, details, spec, some photos, tax & mot, important stuff.. contact details etc

if any of that isn't clear or it's a dead simple blatant ad linking to an ebay advert promoting bidding, knock it back

(that also annoys me - hey here's a link to all my stuff on ebay. bid amongst yourselves - that's as bad as just putting 'offers' in parts for sale surely?!)

whatever happens i think everything needs to just be in one section rather than interlinking classifieds / a forum etc

i bet most people just go straight to the main forum pages and skip past classifieds totally. you seem to get far more exposure in the forum sale sections, and it's preferred highly because of ability to do what you want with the thread

moderation on your own thread might help, like to be able to lock it at any given moment

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306 rallye reproduction decals (full sets/individual decals) | 306 b-pillar textured vinyl weatherstrips
306 slam panel esso stickers | 306 yellow / orange / pension fund red side door badges
gti6 inlet manifold badges | 306 rear boot badges (p2/p3)
winner of Extraction of toys from prams with outstanding vigour award 2009 [source: gti6 owners club]

Option 2 would get my vote.

I think this would be a very good solution to the issue to be honest.

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"Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"
Peugeot 306 GTi-6
2000 (X), Moonstone

Option 2 also is my vote

I dont see why people should be just allowed to join up to sell their car.

Option but i also like the idea of the cars for sale at the bottom of each page, is there anyway that you can start a for sale ad in classifieds that when activated stays as is. When you then open up the pugs for sale, its there and you can add pics,comments and what not. But still have the basic layout at the top?

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cherry p1.....SOLD (regreting this)
blaze p2.....why did i buy this SOLD
Black p3

Option two for me.

For some reason the ads that appear at the bottom of every page seem to be ads that are donkeys years old. I keep seeing that nice looking blaze that has the white balance way off in the photo. It looks fluorescent. That ad is years old.

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