Classifieds reorganisation

You're not being forced to do so . The old For Sales are there again for now.

I know its just one payment. And I did read that HUGE thread. My point being I didnt know it was going live as of yesterday, otherwise I would have asked those who were buying things of me for a way to contact them outside of MN. I see from reading this that Im not the only one who had threads running that are now lost. Seems unfair that decent MN's should be punished in this way. I may pay in future but I shouldnt be foreced to in order to finish threads that were started before this began.

AND stop picking on people who dont have plastic... not everyone has succumed to it.

Techc a quick Q. In Unanswered threads is it possible to group all the For Sale/Wanteds together rather than have each category in its alphabetical place. Takes an age to skim through now and can't ignore.

Hi moljam

It was me, i asked i emailed mnhq and asked got an email back saying that i could send postal orders, just drop them an email, but if your stuck Sharon has said (soremummy)here that she would put it on her card if your stuck, and you can just pp her thats what she did for me
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debbie

how would you find out about that that faq?i asked on thread yesterday but didnt hear anything.

Missy - I'm sure someone yesterday arranged to send a postal order to MN to pay for their CAT (costs an extra 85p or something like that) so you could look into that

I thought that Mumsnet used some 3rd party to process the CAT fees (Worldpay or someone?). Are MN really privy to our credit card details?

i cant use them full stop i have no cards so cant subscribe to cat

i like the way its laid out from aquick glace

Hi all...I have some items pending in the old for sale board and now can't correspond on them

yes but having bank details doesn't mean that you have a debit or credit card

Don't you have to give bank details or fcard details to have a paypal acount anyway ? Agree it is the principle of trackability in registering which may deter some scammers and noone is forcing you to use CAT to communicate just to be registered as a seller. In the past you were able to send a cheque to a MN PO box to subscribe, nto sure if that is still the case.

Clare - I can't see the detering the scammers - they same thing applies to having a paypal/ebay sellers account........but there are plenty of scammers on there sadly.

I think the reason the cat fee will deter the scammers is that, by having to use a card, you need to input a matching address for home and card billing address. Its doesn't appear to me, to be about the amount you have to pay, but the details you have to give to sign up. This alone should deter the scammers, no?

2shoes

Im happy just dissapointed .

Loobie2-If you look under your threads I'm on tech has put them back on for now,although not sure how far back they go

No you dont need a card to register on ebay, you can pay the fees through your paypal account which is good, also yes i do agree that things neeed improving on there re the scammers but as loobie said the 5.00 fee wont deter them if they intend to make hundreds, theyl find a way.
the notice that was given i do think we all saw and we did expect thisto happen but to just have it done without even a days notice or an hours notice wasnt good.
Like ive already said i do use other sites to buy and sell and also ebay and post on other boards on different sites were i feel comfortable , but people who have made friends on that board, some of which carnt get in contact now, im just giving my opinion, i know i have made alot of good friends on there, who have got me through alot including all my chemo fortunatly i was lucky i have there address and numbers some people havent it just a shame.
the boards are back up now so hopefully people will get these details and be able to get in contact again.
Sorry to go on didnt realise this was so long

wow talk about people never being happy.

debbie102....i thought u needed a card to register on ebay? or was that just when i registered years ago??

you missed a HUGE thread (possibly threads knowing MN) about what to do with for sale/wanted etc. it was linked several times onto forsale. temporary guidelines were drawn up-by regular SELLERS i might add. and the majority of MN suggested CAT as a way of making an improvement.

Its not like there was no notice.

If you depseratly need to sell things then there are NCT sales that you can sell with (and make money) which i don't think you need a card to sign up for, there is also the option of selling using your local paper or advertising in baby clinics.

Im not sure that having to pay £5 fee will keep the scammers away!
They make far too much money to worry about £5 a year.

I have lost contact with everyone i was dealing with now as i wont be paying the fee and cant contact them.

themildmanneredjanitor

Just for the record, i do use ebay to sell my stuff also and i use here and visit other parts of the board, not as oftern as you thats obvious, but its because of people like you with comments like that and a nasy attitude that i dont, its enough to put anyone of visiting the other boards.
I agree that things had to change but we had no warning of when this was going to happen some people mite have been in the middle of a sale or a transaction and will not be be able to contact the other person, i see the old boards have gone back now so people can finish what they were doing.And its not a shame that i dont a credit or debit card at all i choose not to have one.

nataz , it is only one fee, not per CAT. Once you have established contact via CAT you can get the other person's email address anyway. Agree the old threads should be archived for now, then expire after the normal 30 days though, for reference purposes only.

I was out of pocket anyway by giving my stuff away for free - my choice I know - but I will definately be thinking twice about paying £5 when I obviously did not have the kind of things people wanted to buy. Nothing I advertised sold!! . I did enjoy browsing the wanted pages though to see if I had anything that someone else wanted. Not so easy to do in this format.

I just feel sorry for all the mums out there in the middle of buying or selling and have been frozen out of the threads. I'm certainly not gonna pay £5 just to tell someone I've sent their parcel. Cant imagine many people will.

WallOfSilence dont blush it doesnt suit you.