TGO Trading Post ... The Return!

[TGO David]

TGO Trading Post ... The Return!

Back by popular demand are the TGO Trading Post Forums, our Classifieds ads section. GONE is the enhanced Classifieds software that caused a schism among the members between those who liked it, those who tolerated it, and those who utterly hated it. A lesson was learned along the way: Don't screw with the formula!

So what does this mean? Here are the bullet points:

• The enhanced Classifieds software is gone. Any ads posted within it need to be re-created by their authors using the TGO Trading Post forums. Sorry, I realize that's a pain in the butt, however it is a necessary evil that we will get past.
  

• The Trading Post forums are now back online and available to view via Tapatalk. I know this was a big deal to a lot of folks and I'm glad we can accommodate you once again. There are also some changes that you need to be aware of. Those changes are...
  

• The Trading Post forums are now set so that only TGO Benefactor members can post publicly within them. This means new threads or replies to threads. If you want to post publicly in the Trading Post, become a Benefactor. It's not expensive and it helps me offset the cost of running and maintaining a forum the size of TGO and keeps the rest of the forum free to be used by anyone and everyone.
  

• The Trading Post forums now allow Benefactor members to upload attachments (!!!) directly to their posts. This means you can upload a photo straight to your advertisement. Right now I'm limiting every Benefactor member to 5MB worth of total attachments on the site so be sure to size your photos conservatively. This means don't upload a full high-resolution 30000000 pixel photo from your super-duper camera phone. Shrink that sucker first then upload it. If you don't, you'll run out of space quickly. As always you can still upload your photos to Photobucket or other such site and then link to them in your posts. That doesn't deduct from your 5MB limit.
  

• TGO Benefactor members will soon have the ability to moderate their own threads (!!!) in the Trading Post. Open, close, edit, delete... you get the idea. I am waiting on a software update that will let this happen. As soon as that software is released, I'll be adding it to the forum so that you guys can take care of your own Trading Post threads. MORE POWER!!! It almost makes you giddy, doesn't it?
  

• Did I mention that only Benefactors may post public replies to Trading Post threads? Yeah, I mentioned that... but it's worth repeating because I know someone is going to ask "Why can't I post in a Trading Post thread blah blah blah?" and I'm going to point them right back here to this announcement. So pay attention! Only Benefactors may post public replies from this point forward.
  

Sorry but that's just the way it is going to be. We've had too many people try to screw the system and cheat their fellow members by sneaking items in for sale or trade within an existing ad

paid for

by a TGO Benefactor. That's simply stealing and I'm tired of it. So are the Benefactors and I don't blame them one bit. They support the site, so should you.

If you're not a Benefactor and you want to contact a seller about an item, contact them privately.

So that's where we are as of this morning, June 5th, 2012. If you have any questions or concerns let me know via the Feedback and Support forum. Thanks!

--David