Hi Chin Leng,
For people who joined before 15 nov 06, they can post in WTS but noticed that there's an increasing trend that they start to post in Free/WTB sects as these 2 sects are where most newcomers visited. Newcomers are the ones likely to buy 2nd hand stuff cos they are pregnant now or just become mummies.
Old timers are setting bad examples for the newcomers as newcomers would think that it is ok to sell things in Free/WTB sects. While newcomers' threads are being removed & some may hv their accts suspended, we don't see any action taken against these old timers.
What is the massage put across to newcomers? As long as one obtains a "full membership", he/she can sell anywhere, such as Free/WTB sects.
Contacting seller by PM, pls note that not all people activates PM, also, sometimes, it takes quite a while for PM to reach the seller, by the time it reaches the seller, the item may already be reserved by someone else.
Asking other members to post on behalf means I need to get that somebody who can post in WTS, this will also increase the time taken to respond to that posting, hence losing out to other people who can post directly.
I applaud the efforts & time taken that you & your team have put in to give us this great forum. I've benefitted much from it as I've got to know a lot of people. But I can't help feeling that I'm a 2nd class citizen; & the feeling of old timers constantly looking out there to catch us is very unpleasant & due to this, there's seems to have some form of enemity btwn old timers & newcomers. We are all mummies here, why can't we live in harmony?
It's not our fault that we only become mother this year, why can't we enjoy the same status as other mummies who joined earlier? Year 2008 is coming & more women whose going to become mummies will join this forum.
Also, doesn't all the postings that pointed out newcomers selling illegally take up your server resources? Not only this, it also takes up a lot of yours & Bee Lee's precious time to investigate & remove the threads, answering to newcomers' queries, complaints, etc. I believe your precious time can be better spent elsewhere or upgrading the forum.
When the restriction was implemented, there wasn't such a group of newcomers, so you would not be able to listen to our feelings/comments & get our feedback. It's been a yr now & more mummies have joined your forum, I do hope that you would consider our feelings & think of other means of controlling the marketplace. Thank you.