I just read the rules. It says no public comment unless you are interesting in buying it-which actually makes little sense. Why is there ever a need for public comment? The rule permits comment if you want to buy. Otherwise, the rules requires no comment. If you are interested in buying it, just send a PM! There is no need for public comment (although the unnecessary public comments are overwhelmingly positive and very rarely negative).
Over the years I have been a member, the rules on the for sale forum have never been consistently enforced. The best example of that is the requirement that a price be posted. Many times members will post that they have guns available for sale at some upcoming event but not post prices. Depending on who you are, you may or may not get called on it by other members or the moderator. Personally, the failure to post a price does not offend me. I'm just pointing something out folks have a problem with.
"Selling for a friend" is another issue as Chris points out. I guess I have
learned tonight that nonmembers can sell guns through members if they are "pre-qualified" by the moderator? Where is that in the rules? (it isn't). You are either a member or your not and the moderator should not be permitted to "pre-qualify" a nonmember at his discretion. After all rules are rules and the
moderator is charged with enforcing them! A member selling for another member should not require any prequalifcation so that is a nonissue (although it is not expressly permitted by the rule either but who cares?) I'm confused as to what may be going on here and may be misunderstanding whether nonmembers are permitted to sell through members at the moderators
discretion. Are the sale of nonmember's guns sometimes pre-qualified?
Problems with "grey areas" to moderate arise when the rules are vague, ambiguous, arbitrary and/or nonsensical. Such rules create an unnecessary burden on the moderator (although some of them have been apparently decreed by moderators) and invite arbitrary enforcement. Since the rules on
the for sale forum are not consistently enforced, Mike's idea is a good one.
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