A suggestion for Forum Sponsors to add Sale beginning and End dates.

MartyEOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBERMEMORIAL SUPPORTER

Just a quick suggestion when advertising a sale, please put a date in either the title or in the thread body for any sale.

I've seen more than a few times an ad posted that says "Today is the last day to pre-order out of the MartyE Trains catalog!" or "Saint MartyE Sale Ends Today" and that is the only time frames posted. May I suggest these edit, "Today 2/30/2024 is the last day to pre-order out of the MartyE Trains catalog!" or "Saint MartyE Sale Ends Today 6/31/2024". Yes I know these are fictional dates but it is used as an example. With threads getting bumped, Today may be Tomorrow or even a week from now and some extreme cases a year. Actually this could apply to anything with a fixed time frame.

Just a suggestion and yes I made myself a Saint. Canonized by the 1/48 scale pope on my layout.

2/21/248:16 AM

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Walter MatuchOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

Another suggestion to Forum members would be to add the wordsFOR SALE or FS in the beginning title of your' For Sale' posting. Helps everybody to understand what you are posting about and maybe gets more interest in your post. This requirement is stated already in Forum terms of service but I thought a reminder/suggestion would be helpful to posters.

Walter

2/21/248:24 AM

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Yellowstone SpecialOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Both of the above posts suggest excellent ideas that should have been done from the get-go. nod

2/21/249:22 AM

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Training WheelsOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

@Walter Matuch posted:
Another suggestion to Forum members would be to add the wordsFOR SALE or FS in the beginning title of your' For Sale' posting. Helps everybody to understand what you are posting about and maybe gets more interest in your post.
Walter

The FOR SALE / TRADE and WANT TO BUY RULES already state this:

Depending on which forum, start your post with "For Sale" and/or "Trade" or "Want To Buy".

2/21/244:43 PM

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Rich MelvinOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Using "Today" or "Tomorrow" in ANY post on the forum is folly. A post like that has meaning for 12-16 hour at best. Outside that time frame, it is meaningless.

2/21/244:53 PM

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MartyEOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBERMEMORIAL SUPPORTER

@Rich Melvin posted:
Using "Today" or "Tomorrow" in ANY post on the forum is folly. A post like that has meaning for 12-16 hour at best. Outside that time frame, it is meaningless.

Well that may be true but somethings are more time sensitive than others. Like a sale! Who doesn't want cheaper trains? LOL!

2/21/246:15 PM

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PRRMP54OGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

@Walter Matuch posted:
Another suggestion to Forum members would be to add the wordsFOR SALE or FS in the beginning title of your' For Sale' posting. Helps everybody to understand what you are posting about and maybe gets more interest in your post.
Walter

I agree wholeheartedly!! I get tired of opening a thread to read about something that might be interesting to me only to find out that it is an FS or WTB post.

2/21/249:11 PM

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Walter MatuchOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

Training Wheels...you and I may know that but not everyone reads Forum terms of service that tells that story. Walter

2/21/2411:20 PM

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Training WheelsOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

@Walter Matuch posted:
Training Wheels...you and I may know that but not everyone reads Forum terms of service that tells that story. Walter

That’s why it’s a good opportunity to make that link readily available to those who haven’t seen it…reading may be fundamental, but comprehension is essential.