Posting a classified is getting absurd

It is all nowhere near
as small as you make it appear
by sweeping it under a rug
I tried.

Commenting here CHAS eh, not that it was particularly helpful. Hope you liked the wording, or is that more a ROLO thing? You two get me crossed up, both older cranky stubborn close minded...
Pass on the reply above if you liked it. Let me know. I'm pretty much done here.

Originally Posted by Neil Barnett

It is all nowhere near
as small as you make it appear
by sweeping it under a rug
I tried.

Commenting here CHAS eh, not that it was particularly helpful. Hope you liked the wording, or is that more a ROLO thing? You two get me crossed up, both older cranky stubborn close minded...
Pass on the reply above if you liked it. Let me know. I'm pretty much done here.

LOL..... The yellow announcements are not a small thing? All I can say is if thats the only thing you have left to complain about AM is doing real good

It really gives me a nitch the way it keeps going.

1. Replying with " that has been this way for years" is pretty bad considering that AM has been falling behind for years on it's top of the classifieds ladder.....
Make the relation

2. There are lots of things. They ad up. They can all be belittled to a show of head in the sand.

3. Specifics at hand: General approach is to Go to AM, Click the classifieds, Go to bottom of left column, Click view all,  wade through yellow highlight stuff. AM knows that, you honestly think AM announcements are made to hide in the MISC. postings? I went there, who's going there just to see that! It gets deeper but done here...

4. Typing is not my forte. The attention to technical issues has been exemplary. The other side of the coin has me busy with running some land solo. I have to prioritize and I'm done here all things considered.  put in your last comment, I'm sure you'll make it a good one from AM side.  I won't be making a point to bother now.  good luck.

I am still getting people that did not get my reply to their ad once in a while. If i don't hear back within a day i send them a message and they seem to get it.  Not sure what is up with people not getting my reply?

Originally Posted by Neil Barnett

It really gives me a nitch the way it keeps going.

1. Replying with " that has been this way for years" is pretty bad considering that AM has been falling behind for years on it's top of the classifieds ladder.....
Make the relation

2. There are lots of things. They ad up. They can all be belittled to a show of head in the sand.

3. Specifics at hand: General approach is to Go to AM, Click the classifieds, Go to bottom of left column, Click view all,  wade through yellow highlight stuff. AM knows that, you honestly think AM announcements are made to hide in the MISC. postings? I went there, who's going there just to see that! It gets deeper but done here...

4. Typing is not my forte. The attention to technical issues has been exemplary. The other side of the coin has me busy with running some land solo. I have to prioritize and I'm done here all things considered.  put in your last comment, I'm sure you'll make it a good one from AM side.  I won't be making a point to bother now.  good luck.

#1 - "Its been this way for years" is a fact no more no less. New member announcements just aren't a factor for me especially when it is so easy to NOT see them.

#2 - There are things I don't particularly like in the way they work on every site I use including AM. You seem to be under the impression I have a dog in the hunt when it comes to AM.....I am a member same as you, no more, no less. Given 95% of the astronomy gear I own was purchased used via AM at considerable savings I will admit to being a fan of the site and do try to help out where I can such as beta testing, reporting problems, trying to help those who are confused or pointing out work arounds for issues (such as yours)

#3 - Your complaint re the yellow member announcements. Perhaps a picture will help. See the screen shot below taken when using the SAME "view all" ads function you describe. Note that I circled the functions I previously described. When I tell it to "view ALL" and set the "for sale" option I don't see a single membership announcement. when listing the ads. Its not perfect....you would need to also view using the "wanted" option to see everything but it DOES eliminate your complaint and is a viable work around. I use it myself pretty often because I too don't care about the membership announcements and am only interested in "for sale" ads.

#4 - I get its sometimes difficult to teach old dogs new tricks....I am one of those myself

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Originally Posted by Charles Peterson

I am still getting people that did not get my reply to their ad once in a while. If i don't hear back within a day i send them a message and they seem to get it.  Not sure what is up with people not getting my reply?

I just responded as a test to your latest ad from the end of last month.....you get it? I know that's not the issue you are talking about but it was an opportunity to test if it was working for you.

I have noticed there are a few folks still having issues with ad responses not getting thru.....I have no input here as I have not been responding to any ads recently. There are only 3 issues I am aware of that cause this. #1 their registered email is not correct or #2 their ad responses are getting sent to their junk mail folder (not all that uncommon) or #3 their email provider is not sending thru emails from AM due to the repetitive nature of the email headers and they get filtered out by default. Hotmail has been a major issue in this regard in the past, don't know about now and I have seen mention of a couple others as well before. In the case of #3 the only option is for them to contact their email provider.

Note: I did get a copy of my response to your ad so I know it went out.....

I guess i am getting a reply to my ads if someone send me a e mail.  I did get yours.

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

#1 - "Its been this way for years" is a fact no more no less. New member announcements just aren't a factor for me especially when it is so easy to NOT see them.

#2 - There are things I don't particularly like in the way they work on every site I use including AM. You seem to be under the impression I have a dog in the hunt when it comes to AM.....I am a member same as you, no more, no less. Given 95% of the astronomy gear I own was purchased used via AM at considerable savings I will admit to being a fan of the site and do try to help out where I can such as beta testing, reporting problems, trying to help those who are confused or pointing out work arounds for issues (such as yours)

#3 - Your complaint re the yellow member announcements. Perhaps a picture will help. See the screen shot below taken when using the SAME "view all" ads function you describe. Note that I circled the functions I previously described. When I tell it to "view ALL" and set the "for sale" option I don't see a single membership announcement. when listing the ads. Its not perfect....you would need to also view using the "wanted" option to see everything but it DOES eliminate your complaint and is a viable work around. I use it myself pretty often because I too don't care about the membership announcements and am only interested in "for sale" ads.

#4 - I get its sometimes difficult to teach old dogs new tricks....I am one of those myself

Actually, that's kind of insulting. I don't need a picture, I know how it works. I occasionally use the limited search for just 'want' ads or 'sales' ads, but for rare specific purposes. For the far bigger picture I'm not hopping around. I recently responded to a want ad, I look at trades, I look at it all. The fact remains the general procedure for most is to do what I stated. Thank you for stating that YOU don't care for the announcement thing either, just like the vast majority don't and wade through them with the general procedure to just see all the ads. Give it a rest, at least please leave me out of the endless loop around the main idea in what seems to be a required last word. Please. Thank you.

Originally Posted by Neil Barnett

Actually, that's kind of insulting. I don't need a picture, I know how it works. I occasionally use the limited search for just 'want' ads or 'sales' ads, but for rare specific purposes. For the far bigger picture I'm not hopping around. I recently responded to a want ad, I look at trades, I look at it all. The fact remains the general procedure for most is to do what I stated. Thank you for stating that YOU don't care for the announcement thing either, just like the vast majority don't and wade through them with the general procedure to just see all the ads. Give it a rest, at least please leave me out of the endless loop around the main idea in what seems to be a required last word. Please. Thank you.

Actually Neil given your responses I dont give a rats ass if you feel insulted when the goal here was to be helpful over what should be a NON-issue.....Perhaps had you simply said you knew this info to start with rather than all the snidery this wouldnt have drawn out......You implied that the the work around I pointed out wasnt available when you use the "list all" function not me. It is and now you claim you knew it was and knew how to use it. So be insulted all you like lol

Maybe make another section and maybe that will make some happy?