Dear MNHQ, For the benefit of the MAJORITY of users, can we have a sticky please?

lol at 'especially aitch', BIWI, oh yes i am...

PMSL at ant farm and scuttly things.

BIWI - surely the answer is nothing ! terhe is no subscription , no fee , no % that's why it is such a mess and is so easily abused. It's not even as if MN has an affiliation with Photobucket, picturetail or whateverthe latest jumble sale link is. The business/advertising boards do attract a fee but not sure it is really significant.

BNWT is Brand New With Tags ie bought(nicked ?) but not used/worn or BNWOT is as above without tag

now, BIWI!

i got shot down for even suggesting such a thing!

you baddie .

yup. vs. that's me, it's a fair cop!
i did change my name to include gobshite at the huns suggestion..... a sort of homage to their culture if you will.

Thank you!

(Is that also a euphemism for 'fresh off the back of a lorry'?!)

It would be interesting to know exactly how much the For Sale boards generate for MN.

I can quite appreciate that they would want to maximise their revenue, but I really think that this is becoming a serious issue within the MN community.

Ignorant and ill-mannered attacks on anyone (but especially Aitch) are unforgiveable and should not be what MN is about.

It really is time for MNHQ to do something about this.

(and btw, what does BNTW or whatever mean?!)

LOL CF, you know youre a gobshite that needs to get laid, stop complaining

gawd, get rid of it!

there are enough places to buy and sell stuff in cyberspace these days.

not to mention the local boot sale.

Mercy - I requested for the earlier post to be deleted. IMO the picture was poking fun at all of these "for Sale posters" and I thought it was out of line and the stereotype was completely wrong.

I completely understand the anger towards the constant bumpers and picture trailers.

I understand your POV that it isn't offensive as it wasn't a personal slight.

aitch darling, if you think they hate you, you should see how much they love me....!
my modest proposal www.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=1910&threadid=458607#9303920.
they are so taking the piss (some of them) and are beyond rude and horrible (some of them).

I tried to add my (normally not controversial) voice to the topic last week. People are now openly saying 'Hi I'm new here' & then wanting to sell 100 quid items like prams & phones. You wouldn't hand over 100 quid to someone in the street so I don't see whay it's a good idea to do it on MN. People then start slinging mud & sending round the mynch mobs when things go astray. There's been debates about whether to phone people's work numbers FGS to chase up parcels ! I'm suprised there's not a 'MN' Buyers & Sellers Minibus trip to hunt down said 'Seller'

This is what gets me madamez, I have 'general stuff' I would love to sell on so it gets used, but am not desperate for money for it so don't want to ebay. The few times I have tried it just gets lost in the maelstrom so I give up.

Sorry, that thread was appalling and I am horrified at some attitudes on this site.....

but Roffling at

'BNWT handbags at dawn'

[snurk]

I'm another one who actually likes to use the for sale boards sometimes and I have sold stuff that was not baby clothes. IE I had some books that (after a thread on another part of the board) I thought some MNers might like, listed them, sold some, no hassle at all. I've also tried more than once to sell some baby clothes - and am about to try again - but I find that a bit baffling. I'm trying to sell outgrown, worn stuff very cheaply ie just enough to cover postage, a jiffy bag to post the stuff in and, you know, a few pence on top.

But I am pretty baffled about why the not-into-for-sale people are getting quite so aereated about it. Regard it as a wierd little ant farm in the corner of the room: safe to ignore but now and again moderately amusing to see what the little scuttly ones are up to.

I can't bear the for sale threads. It used to be so nice. Now its a nightmare.

Are MNHQ planning anything ?

I saw Angryregular's post. I don't recall it being anything offensive.

Imo MNHQ have really been dragging their feet on this issue.

Some of them are fences, some are just as thick as two short planks, and some of them are o.k.

Sadly, the OK are outnumbered overrun by the low life ill educated chavs.

funnily enough, sorenlorenson, i've only every had very good experiences buying stuff on MN but then i've been selective about who i've got stuff from. i've had a buggy, a swim vest and some nappies and it's been fine. but no-one's ever called me hunni until today, let's just say. i think that's why i really think something has to be done. a lot of these picturetrails are the same ones on bounty or babycentre, i can't remember which.

remember with the buggy that was being sold as second-hand and had in fact been owned by about fifteen mners? i think that the woman just sold it on b'centre. an mner went to warn them and they saw her off as if she was the enemy. it's another culture almost, one of continuous consumption, i'd worry about some of them if i cared enough.

that said, it's all ad revenue for MN at the end of the day. what about an MN marketplace available from the home page and a restricted swaps/passing on service for regs (as i believe we're called...)? and then if people have something to sell they can do so through the marketplace but via a thread on the service board on here?

gosh, i've just read that thread in its entirety, it was pretty shocking wasn't it? they are barking. and yes, mrsbadger, i was a bit shaken actually but am fine now, thanks.

I have Buying and Selling (and For Free and Swap Shop - or whatever the other topics are) on my "ignore list". Does MN actually 'gain' anything from having the Buying and Selling threads - because, honestly, I think so many people on there are abusing the whole idea of Mumsnet and simply using it as a free alternative to ebay.

I wouldn't use it to buy or sell - I had a once bitten, twice shy experience when I offered an almost new piece of baby equipment 'free to a good home' - which was pounced on immediately by someone whose name I didn't recognise and when I searched her nickname on ebay she was clearly a buyer/seller of second hand baby goods. I asked if she wanted it for her child and got a load of abuse. I know I was just giving it away - but it's the principle of the thing. Anyway, I didn't give it to her - I gave it to the next person to ask (who just happened to be a regular Mumsnetter). So call me cliquey