[renielarson]

Does anyone else notice that this site is becoming The Villages Craig's List? There are many times I get on this site and there are more "for sale" listings than anything else. Has anyone else noticed this?

[DougB]

I haven't noticed

YES,YES,YES! I always click on New Posts and after a few pages there's nothing but things for sale. And most of them w/o pictures. I need more gossip and rumors.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by brightspot01

Does anyone else notice that this site is becoming The Villages Craig's List? There are many times I get on this site and there are more "for sale" listings than anything else. Has anyone else noticed this? <Bracing myself for the slaughter>

Yes! Like KittyKat, I enjoy reading Villages chit chat as opposed to reading sales ads. Sometimes I think I've gone on E-Bay or Craig's List by mistake. I realize that there are category identifiers on the right-hand side. But I wish the ads would go into a separate category of "Stuff for Sale", and not appear under New Posts.

[Trish Miller]

People put their stuff on here because Craigslist doesn't have The Villages under their places to put ads, so for me, I like the fact that we can sell stuff on here

[KathieI]

Originally Posted by brightspot01

Does anyone else notice that this site is becoming The Villages Craig's List? There are many times I get on this site and there are more "for sale" listings than anything else. Has anyone else noticed this? <Bracing myself for the slaughter>

Totally agree. I do believe that I even recommended (complained?) to the Moderator a few months ago that a rule be instituted that items must be over $100 in order to be posted on TOTV. Most of these other items can be sold in a yard sale when they are under that amount.

I agree with posters wanting more information and/or gossip. LOL.

[graciegirl]

I absolutely agree.

[tainsley]

I just skip over topics I don't want to read. I also have bought and sold items on TOTV.

[kagney123]

Originally Posted by Trish65

People put their stuff on here because Craigslist doesn't have The Villages under their places to put ads, so for me, I like the fact that we can sell stuff on here

I know what you mean, I wonder what is required to get the Villages onto Craigslist.. You are able to do a search using "The Villages" on the Ocala list, there are many entries from the Villages.

[McP1605]

The "for sale" items have been such a great bonus for me as someone that is moving to the Villages and needs lots of stuff. Please don't stop selling. I think it is a great way to find stuff in the area right around us. Maybe items for sale should just put "For Sale…" in the topic and then those that don't want to look at them can just bypass them??? Anyways… personally it has been a great asset for this newbie!

[McP1605]

Oh forgot… meant to add to my last post that I agree that "For Sale" posts are almost useless without pictures and prices. Please add those folks! Thank you!

[Parker]

I'm not sure we'd want Craigs List shoppers coming here. Some of them are known to bring a criminal element with them. I like the aforementioned idea of a separate sales category on this site.

[redwitch]

It would be nice if people listed everything they were selling in one ad rather than several ads and if there were some sort of dollar limit. I mean selling $5-10 items here is ridiculous. But I have found the sale items to be useful -- have both sold and purchased so wouldn't want to see them totally go.

[Pepperhead]

I belong to a Hot Rod forum that uses the same software as this one and they have it configured so you cannot reply to classifieds. You can only PM the OP. They allow the OP to bump their post every three days.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I hadn't noticed, but so what? How does that affect anyone. If you are not looking to buy something, don't open the ads.