Private sales reboot?

[GunnerMichael]

Location, location, location.

I agree that the sales section is not very well thought out and needs improvement. I have been searching for used guns on this forum for years and always end up going to the gun shop since searching is so difficult. meaning I search for a few weeks, can't find any guns I am interested in (even when I have many guns in mind that I would purchase). I have never bought a gun off here.

I think an easy solution to part of the problem is to add sub-forums by geographic location.

Example:

- Market place>Private firearms for sale-Handguns>San Francisco Bay area/Napa
- Market place>Private firearms for sale-Handguns>Sacramento Area
- Market place>Private firearms for sale-Handguns>LA/San Diego
- Market place>Private firearms for sale-Handguns>Santa Cruze/SLO
- Market place>Private firearms for sale-Handguns>Outside Cali
etc.

The areas could even been more broad, however, only cutting it into NCal and SCal would not be enough. Maybe every 100-200 square miles or something.

At least add these sub-forums in the private Long gun, handgun, accessories and ammo section. This would not require changing any coding. I'm not saying it won't be more work but even Craigslist has a way of sorting by region. You can even search by city in most cases.

[-hanko]

I agree that the sales section is not very well thought out and needs improvement. I have been searching for used guns on this forum for years and always end up going to the gun shop since searching is so difficult. meaning I search for a few weeks, can't find any guns I am interested in (even when I have many guns in mind that I would purchase). I have never bought a gun off here.

I think an easy solution to part of the problem is to add sub-forums by geographic location.

Example:

- Market place>Private firearms for sale-Handguns>San Francisco Bay area/Napa
- Market place>Private firearms for sale-Handguns>Sacramento Area
- Market place>Private firearms for sale-Handguns>LA/San Diego
- Market place>Private firearms for sale-Handguns>Santa Cruze/SLO
- Market place>Private firearms for sale-Handguns>Outside Cali
etc.

The areas could even been more broad, however, only cutting it into NCal and SCal would not be enough. Maybe every 100-200 square miles or something.

At least add these sub-forums in the private Long gun, handgun, accessories and ammo section. This would not require changing any coding. I'm not saying it won't be more work but even Craigslist has a way of sorting by region. You can even search by city in most cases.

I guess I don't understand the need for geographical division, other than Calguns sellers have issues with shipping guns...unlike any other nationwide forum this one seems to be just a lot more localized.

That results in significantly limiting your marketplace, which in turn makes you wait a lot longer for what you're selling or buying.

Those who do not follow the rules need to have their posts deleted by a moderator, if in fact the FS is actually being moderated. I hate to keep writing the same thing over and over, but spend a half an hour on the ar15.com equipment exchange and you'll see what I mean