"Auctions!" Topic
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Leadjunky | 14 Feb 2014 12:23 p.m. PST |
Is there a way to remove the seemingly endless postings of auctions from showing up on the sidebar? I am interested in marketplace items, but not links to ebay. |
highlandcatfrog | 14 Feb 2014 12:38 p.m. PST |
Click on Marketplace, click one of the sub-boards, uncheck the box next to auctions, click update. Repeat for each of the sub-boards and voila! The auctions will disappear. (I did it, for the same reason, quite some time ago.) |
combatpainter | 14 Feb 2014 3:48 p.m. PST |
I get great deals on Ebay. Why would you not want a great deal? TMP is about endless postings, that is what keeps it alive. If you were to stop it all there would be nothing here. You don't have to buy or look but if something pops up, you admit you are interested, and you want it, why not take a look? Do you not have an Ebay membership? I then could understand why you don't want Ebay postings. I don't get the logic. If you like marketplace, Ebay is another means of getting something that is all. It isn't necessarily good or bad, just different. |
Leadjunky | 15 Feb 2014 8:16 a.m. PST |
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Ben Avery | 17 Feb 2014 1:18 p.m. PST |
I would assume, combatpainter, it's to avoid the latest auctions (which Leadjunky doesn't want to see) driving the marketplace auctions (which he does) off the home page. I can think of several reasons why someone doesn't want to use EBay or read the auction posts* but ultimately, surely it's Leadjunky's choice and you could have just answered his question? 'I don't get the logic'. *off the top of my head: - not wanting the hassle of waiting for auctions to end and just getting what you want, when you want and for the price you see. Sometimes you hang back on some auctions because you're waiting to see if you've won others. - not wanting to read the multiple posts from the same people, rather than combined ones. - not having a paypal account, making it harder to arrange payment. - not having to click through to see what the price is. - not having to read yet another 'OOP' 'pro-painted' description and ridiculously optimistic starting prices. - not wanting to pay the often inflated prices and postage charges, courtesy of EBay's systems, random bidding and occasionally sellers finding ways to drive them up. Yes, there are bargains to be had, but sometimes it's just not worth the hassle. |
alien BLOODY HELL surfer | 19 Feb 2014 6:48 a.m. PST |
I have to agree, I click on a thread in the marketplace, and it just links to ebay. I cannot get ebay at work, and by the time I get home I've forgotten about whatever you are selling. Or I do recall, go to bid and find out it's usa only and will not ship to Great Britain. |
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