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Re: Folks! Please check the DATES on posts B4 repl

: Hi folks,

: There seems to be an ever increasing tide of
: people responding to ad's for items listed
: four, six months and even two, three, five
: YEARS ago asking if the item is still
: available for sale.

: Also MOST of the time, these items have direct
: email addresses listed of the seller for you
: to communicate directly with them.

: As a result the forum is littered with a bunch
: of posts responding to very dated posts that
: could and really should be responded to
: directly and not via a forum.

: I would really prefer to not have to change the
: guidelines, so I'd like to ask that if you
: see an item that interests you, email the
: poster directly first. You'll likely get a
: quicker and more direct response and you'll
: be keeping the forum clean.

: Thanks for your cooperation,

: -- Chuck

Chuck, I think what you are seeing here is search engines pulling old adds which people respond to.
I think it's a question of time (short) before this stops.

BR
Klaus

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ADMIN! Folks! Please check the DATES on posts B4 replying
Re: Folks! Please check the DATES on posts B4 repl
Just trying to get people to be aware of the issue
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