**** READ FIRST! - How to Use the For Sale by Owner sub-forum ****

Hi all, it's clear that some have difficulty with this part of the Forum, so here's some directions & guidelines that should help.

• Please briefly state what you have For Sale in the thread title - you don't need to tell us it's for sale, the FS Prefix will do that.
• Please post a price, but then keep any price/sale negotiation discussion off the public pages - use PM's to exchange contact details, then if necessary, negotiate via email or phone.
• Please ONLY use the Forum's PM facility to negotiate &/or exchange contact details - you should not exchange phone numbers &/or email addresses on the public pages, and certainly not without considering the Warning below;
• Please select the appropriate Prefix when you start your new thread:
• - FS = For Sale OR Free items being offered to members - Please add the word 'Free' to your title if warranted;
• - TRADE = You've got items to swap/Trade;
• - WTB = Wanted to Buy;
• - SOLD = the items are Sold, Given Away, Acquired, OR no longer wanted or on offer for sale.
• Once your Advert has been posted, you should review your PM's & check in on your ad for replies frequently, but at least once a month make a post in it telling people your gear is still available/wanted, adding some new info, or an encouraging post etc - just posting 'bump' or similar probably won't help you sell it all that much; neither will posting too often &/or too frequently dropping the price; and failing to post in it will likely see it closed as being no longer live...
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• Once you've Sold or Acquired your items, Please DO NOT Edit or needlessly post in the thread or text that they are sold/no longer wanted; simply use the 'Mark this thread as sold' option to mark the thread as SOLD and at the same time, you'll also Close the thread - it's the last option in the drop down list that will appear below Thread Tools when you click on it, and 'Thread Tools' can be found in the middle of the line immediately above your very first post in your Ad/thread.

Note: For anyone posting an ad or replying, please do not make yourself and the Forum a target for scammers/spammers/identity thieves or worse by providing your personal contact details or other sensitive identification info on the public pages of this Forum (or any other social media really! ;) ) Go to PM if you wish to exchange that info - see the Warning Below! Sharing contact &/or identity information on the public pages contributes to attracting these low-lives to this site, so PLEASE, use PM's instead of posting it for all to see!

If you leave your Ad unattended &/or don't post in it &/or reply to any posted questions about it for too long, your Ad may be closed as being no longer live/abandoned. So please keep an eye on it & update it at least monthly and as/when necessary to respond to posts/questions, then mark it as SOLD once you've moved or acquired your gear! (see the last dot point above! ;) ) And if you have any questions, issues, or problems, don't hesitate to drop me or any of the other Mods here a PM. :thumbup:

Good Luck with your Selling/Buying/Giving Away :cheers:



Nb: for those thinking of commenting/complaining in an advert re price, freight, availability etc &/or otherwise hijacking the thread - Please DO NOT! :banghead:

These threads/ads are the Original Poster's advertisement, and unless otherwise invited by them in the text of their posts, those extraneous or negative comments are NOT appropriate - and if you are a prospective buyer (or seller) & want to discuss the price &/or negotiate, please go to PM to do so. However, if you aren't buying & have issues or concerns with the price or anything else, it's not really your business what the OP is asking/offering, so either butt out or if you really can't, then simply send a politely worded PM offering constructive criticism, but DO NOT HIJACK someone else's thread/advertisement! :lecturef_smilie:


***** Warning *****

Members Placing or Responding to Adverts:

We have had a number of incidents where 'Members/Posters' who had little history on the Forum turned out to be scammers and some members have been caught/lost money/goods. Hence this warning to all, especially any users of the 'For Sale by Owner' sub-forum, to be very careful in their dealings with ANY potential buyers/sellers, especially if they are new or unknown members &/or posters with little posting history here to give you any idea about them. So if you are a new member/haven't posted much or at all since joining, I'd suggest that you spend a bit of time out on the other pages contributing &/or interacting otherwise, generating a bit of history so that other members can get a feel for you before you jump in here. ;) Can't force you tho, but if you don't do that and get ignored... it's likely nothing personal, they're probably only being careful! :rolleyes:

Additionally, given all this here in this section, it is also quite risky to provide any 'Non-Forum' contact details in your posts anywhere on the Forum, but especially in an Ad or in any reply to an Ad, not only for you, but also for the entire site; So Please, only exchange this info with other members privately via PM; as by posting this in the public pages of the Forum (or any other media) anywhere, you are effectively inviting scammers to target you and any/all other members :mad:

Please take care, and don't divulge your contact, identification, or banking details unnecesarily on this or any other social media site without due consideration of the risks that doing so may entail to you and other members! :shocked: All advertisements, discussions, & dealings posted here/via the Forum are done so at the risk & responsibility of the poster. Don't make yourself (and the rest of us too!) a target!

:coffee: I welcome the information on how to buy and sell on this forum.
It's a great platform for Spyder members, so they can help others.

The information is straightforward, so hopefully members can get a positive feedback.

Read and Learn, let's try to help everyone. ......:yes: