TGO David

Folks, there has been minor confusion about this recently and I want make a public statement about our policy regarding training classes offered by Police Departments or EMS / Fire Departments: So long as the tuition fees are going directly to the public agency conducting the class and not to an individual instructor, there is no need for the public agency to be a Vendor on TGO in order to announce their class. However, if an individual or commercial entity is using the public agency's facilities to conduct a class and that individual or commercial entity is the recipient of the tuition fees, then that person or entity must be a TGO Vendor in order to advertise their class. Some examples of things that would be permissible under our policy: First aid class conducted by a Fire Department or EMS agency Handgun Permit class conducted by a Police Department Self Defense class conducted by a Police Department An example of a class that would not fall under this policy: High Risk Civilian Contractor class conducted by Blackwater, presented by the East Dirtfloor TN Police Department Obviously there may be times when the lines are blurred between a class being conducted by vs. being presented by a public agency. In those cases, an on the field ruling may be required and the decision of the TGO staff will be final. Thanks.

Do want. I'll pick up one of these as soon as they are available.

The odd thing is that this only seemed to affect a handful of people who had (a.) at some point been marked as a Vendor and (b.) had a current Benefactor status. We caught 99% of the mistakes and fixed them, but at some point TripleDigitRide's account had erroneously been made a Vendor, subsequently fixed, and then it got caught in this snafu the other night. Glad it's sorted out now.

Last week we picked up a bottle of Noah's Mill Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey [link] and have been enjoying it tremendously. Tonight we picked up a bottle of Eagle Rare Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey [link] and we're enjoying it equally as much.

You're absolutely welcome. Sorry it got screwed up. Thanks for the support!

Oh, I already looked at his user activity in the admin area.

No, but they shouldn't be necessary with this system either. The reason why so many valid threads got pushed down the list when we were using the forums themselves to do the Trading Post is because there was so much off-topic chatter going on in the threads that kept some of the pushed to the top. The Classifieds system is sort of the great equalizer in that sense. The off-topic remarks are curtailed, legitimate questions can be asked on the Questions tab of each ad, and the overall value of the system goes way up as the signal-to-noise ratio improves. I can't tell you how many people complained almost daily via the report this post feature about people ruining Trading Post threads with dumb commentary. Not saying all commentary is dumb, just saying the really dumb remarks made people unhappy.

Just sayin' Some people just don't have any manners.

No, as mentioned there is a Questions tab in each Classified ad. They can click that and enter a question and it will let you know.

I've set it so that there is now a 2048 KB (2MB) upload limit per advertisement. Folks, that is a LOT of space. If you're using up more than 2MB to post pictures, you need to resize your pictures. In fact you should always resize your pictures before you upload them. Even an 8 megapixel camera will generate photos that are just too damn big for practical use. 800 x 600 pixels is perfect for most ads. 1024 x 768 pixels is way larger than most things require. If you're uploading a photo that is over 500KB, you're probably uploading something too big.

I don't see a whole lot of point in the needless chatter that so many people filled the ads with in the past. The classifieds are for selling. The forums are for talking. As for the problem with not being able to add more than one or two uploads, I'll get that squared away.

Send me the PayPal transaction ID. We had a problem yesterday that IPB support had to fix for us and the query they ran to straighten it out may have hosed your Benefactor account.

Thanks for stopping in to reply to this!

I'm working on that.

Disregard previous. You were ahead of the game.

I'm not seeing it in PayPal under your current email address of record here. Can you PM me the PayPal transaction ID please? Thanks.

Let me check into it for you. Your account got moved to the wrong group yesterday when I was doing some work and it may have messed up your Benefactor status.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT... PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW: Before posting announcements about upcoming classes or training, it is imperative that you use the following format or include the following information as bullet-point items at the head of your post. Any post that does not include this information may be deleted without warning by the Moderating team. Include the following at the top of your post: Name of Training Program or Course Name of Organization or Entity conducting the training Name of Instructor (if known) Cost of Training Your affiliation with the Org, Entity, Trainer or Event That last item is crucial and so is your honesty. If you are affiliated in any way beyond being a student or having merely stumbled across the training class in question and felt the desire to share it on TGO, state so clearly. Full disclosure is imperative. WHY? Because full disclosure is very important and because we have Vendor sponsors on this forum who have paid for the right to advertise their classes. We do not want to stifle the flow of information regarding good training, but we also cannot have people abusing our good graces by trying to fly under the radar and advertise for free. It's not fair to our Vendors and it amounts to stealing from TGO at a very basic level. If you are a student, feel free to share any information about upcoming classes that you might be attending. There are likely others who would be interested in attending as well. ***** If it is found that you intentionally withheld, misrepresented or otherwise hid your affiliation with the organization, entity, trainer or event being promoted, your post will be deleted, your account will be banned from the forum and the entity conducting the training might permanently be blacklisted from TGO as a result of your indiscretion! ***** Again, we do not want to stifle the flow of good information on this forum however we cannot and will not tolerate anyone trying to circumvent the Vendor program. Please help us by being honest. Thanks!

You don't appear to have a current Benefactor membership. That's what is keeping you from posting a new ad. As for the WTB section, yes... there's currently not a good way for us to implement that inside the Classifieds. It hasn't been decided yet whether we will continue to allow non-Benefactor members to even post WTB ads as it has constantly presented problems when people abuse the ability to do that by trying to sneak in items for sale or trade.

I'm about to make it worse on you guys who were asking for RSS feeds to stay on top of things...

Yes... it worked and you're good to go. As for all of the other queries about this, I think you guys will find that the new system is working much better. Let me know if you have any problems!

Exciting. Hopefully they will become a Vendor here on TGO. It almost sounds like you have an inside track, so be sure to pass that along to them.

I kinda figured you'd just suck it out of there. Giggity.

Doesn't look like you still are, though.