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Existing listings will be left as they are

Wow guys. I've been away for a little while with I my phone access so I've missed out on all this. I've just read through all 7 pages and what a brilliant story so far. This is why basschat is the best forum out there. What a superb idea carried out with such spirit and passion. Long may this continue and now I'll read this every day. Cheers ped

Yeah I bet. Just trying to find some pictures.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1361969299' post='1993740'] I bet if Ashley Pangbourne started making basses again there are still plenty of people who would buy them . [/quote] Especially if they have graphite necks! I didn't know about those.

Lovely looking bass. Doesn't MK have one in the 'Sun Goes Down' video? I love the headstock, too. Cheers ped

We'd hope that anyone coming here to sell items around the £50-100 mark are probably selling other items too, or at least members who have signed up for more than to sell these small value items. In that case, a donation from them for the use of the forum in general is probably a reasonable ask. We can always adjust the prices and so forth at a later stage, but to begin with we can't customise it any more because we can't afford to do so, yet. Cheers

We should be able to get it fixed next week... Colin, send me any details you have and I can get the devs on the case as soon as we've paid them!

Probably wouldn't mind you listing them for free.

[quote name='hubrad' timestamp='1361916331' post='1993154'] Who's been attacking Basschat? I'd be looking closely at Banjo Hangout if I were you! :-D [/quote] Those buggers at asschat again

[quote name='Toasted' timestamp='1361914462' post='1993112'] ... and only what users have been asking to happen for [i]years[/i]. [/quote] Yeah it's been a long time coming, but it costs a pretty penny to have the software modified to this degree.

Yah that's the long and the shirt of it. The advertising pays for day to day costs, although its a full time job trying to organise it. The development costs are what we find crippling; especially as we need tighter security and have been attacked on several occasions. We have lots of things to fix and improve, and without regular reliable finding the site will slowly grind to a halt (remember bassworld anyone?!) Thanks in anticipation of your support guys ped

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1361901925' post='1992807'] I think there will definitely be less incentive to do one-off listings for things between £50 and £100. Bearing in mind that it's an up-front fee for a non-guaranteed sale, a point that bobbass4k made in the original thread. £7 is more than I was expecting - most of the concensus in the thread linked to by Hamster was for a fee of around £2 per listing. Also in that thread, Ped stated "Guys .. I've said a few times now, items under £100 or so will be free to list.". I'm a little disappointed that Ped hasn't stuck to this: lowering the limit to £50 quid is going to take a lot of things like effects pedals into that zone where it becomes a big gamble to list them. [/quote] It wasn't just my choice, and we can always raise the free limit if we can afford to do so. Better to do that than decrease the limit later on.

[quote name='Phil-osopher10' timestamp='1361899811' post='1992755'] Do you have to pay to subscribe to the sell anything forum? like the £20 membership fee, will allow you exclusive access to that particular section? [/quote] Hi Phil Anyone who pays the £20 fee to advertise will have access. You can pay the fee to post items there exclusively if you want to, but the £20 fee gives you the right to post anything anywhere. One off £7 listings are just that, and you won't get access to the 'sell anything' forum. We don't want people signing up just to flog dirty mattresses! Hope that makes sense? Cheers

[quote name='hubrad' timestamp='1361894861' post='1992611'] Will there be a voluntary sign-up page? Might as well go for it so I don't have to think about it again later.. [/quote] It might be possible, yes - however we won't be ready until Monday, so watch this space! Thanks for the support ped

[quote name='hubrad' timestamp='1361890674' post='1992529'] I have to hold my hand up; I don't think I've made a donation (did buy a t-shirt!) and this does seem both reasoned and reasonable. I'm sure we'd all hate to be BC-less! Interestingly, while searching for a particular fellow, I couldn't help but notice just how many zero-post members there are on here. Why sign up in that case? [/quote] Posts in the marketplace don't count, so 0 post members probably just signed up to sell, which is great for us as a buying public, hence the 'one off' fee option. It's priced to encourage users to stay around and join in. If you already have a 'for sale' post active it'll remain where it is and any new posts will be subject to the new rule. Obviously any people who try editing an old item to re-list a new one will be given an afternoon with the Spankulator! We'll probably go through a phase of locking completed sales threads for a bit but want to keep disruption to a minimum. Cheers! P.S thanks for buying a shirt - it all helps!

Just to add - EVERYONE will be able to see the classifieds items and post replies/questions/abuse as they do now Cheers ped

I personally email every person who donates, and sometimes I can be quite busy - other times, there's nothing for weeks. Once there was nothing for 3 weeks straight! Still, we made our bed - but I think we'd all like the site to develop so this should be a more sustainable solution. Cheers!

[quote name='Badass' timestamp='1361884515' post='1992373'] The first Fedora @ £49.99 I'll have first dibs on in that case [/quote] Yes, we're going to have to keep our eyes peeled, and if anyone spots such handiwork please report it as it'll spoil it for everyone!

[quote name='Matt P' timestamp='1361883838' post='1992347'] thankyou for the heads up, it all seems very sensible and totally reasonable. one small question, the any items forum, will we be allowed to ask for trades? i've got a bike gathering dust in the spare room that i'd happily trade for something bass-related, and would wanted ads be allowed for non-bass/music related items? Matt [/quote] Hi Matt If you intend to trade an item in the basses/amps/cabs/fx/eub forums you'll be asked to enter a trade value. As the 'any items' forum is for subscribers only, you can put anything you like in there as stating a trade value over £50 won't matter - you'd have paid already. Does that make sense? Cheers! ped

[quote name='Badass' timestamp='1361882615' post='1992327'] When does this start, and where do we pay....Sorry if I've missed it somewhere, scoured the OP but cannot see these details. [/quote] Hi, yes it's going to start probably on Monday and Worldpay about a week later. The payment screen will pop up as you list an advert - it's all built in and seamless. As soon as you have paid you won't see any difference at all to the way the site operates; this was decided to be critical from the discussion we had linked above. Thanks ped

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