It's time to end PSAs in the PACELINE classifieds

[pdmtong]

It's time to end PSAs in the PACELINE classifieds.

Our classifieds are for member-member transactions. Period.

Yes, Charles got a little crazy early today. But this comment is for all PSAs from anyone. Some of you posting PSAs think you are doing forum members a service. I disagree. The classifieds are not meant to be an index of eBay or Craigslist or PinkBike etc. It doesn't matter if the PSA frame is something I am or am not interested in. I can do my own searching myself, thank you. Don't clutter the classifieds with frames YOU think are interesting at the expense of pushing ads from forum members further down or off the page.

Some of you here have benefited from PSAs. IMHO those were opportunistic purchases. If no one mentioned that frame/bike, you would not have known about it or bought it. If you really wanted that frame, you could have been doing your own ongoing search and find. Your benefit is irrelevant to the contention that classifieds should be for member-member transactions.

I get that the number of PSA ebbs and flows. It's time to end them, whether 12/day or one/month.

Paceline classifieds are for Paceline member transactions.

[Luwabra]

Is this a psa?

[dustyrider]

Your post in the classifieds suggests psa’s aren’t really clogging things up that much, right?

Keep them coming Charles, I love what you find!

[andeww]

why not a PSA STICKY at the top where they can all be posted?

[Heisenberg]

Completely agree.

This is 2018. There are plenty of tools available to scour the internet for whatever random handbuilt oddity your heart may desire. I come to the PL classifieds to buy within the community, not to peep a random 15 year-old Serotta in East Lansing, Michigan. Seeing the listings cluttered by well-meaning PSAs is annoying and detracts from why the classifieds are here.

Creating a separate forum would be wise. Or just learning to use any one of the CL meta-searchers available with Google alerts.

[joosttx]

Here here. This is more important than the like button

[YoKev]

I posted a PSA once, and it ended up being a stolen bike.

It was successfully reunited with the owner because of this forum.

[mtechnica]

I like the PSAs

[kppolich]

I would like to see the Marketplace split up into 3-4 sections

For Sale:
Wanted to buy:
PSA:
Vendor:

[s4life]

Hmm.. I can skip through PSAs faster than using internet tools to find good bikes.. I would have probably never found the Kirk on ebay if Dan didn't post it as a PSA. Conflicted on this one.

[sfghbiker]

I like the PSAs

[idrinkwater]

I see the point but to play devil's advocate; trolling pl for anything (member to member or PSA) is a pretty inefficient and inherently opportunistic way to bike bikes and bike stuff. If you want something NOW, your lbs, ebay, Pinkbike, etc are better. 75% of the time I've used the pl classified search, the thing I'm looking for has been sold and the seller never updated the ad. I like the luck of the draw nature here.

[PaMtbRider]

Totally agree. If we must have them make a separate forum. I really wish they would just go away.

[xnetter]

I like the PSAs. I don't spend all day trawling every internet buy/sell channel, so getting tall-bike leads from others is appreciated.

I also like to idea of separating them into sub-category or sticky, as deference to forum member ads. Seems like an easy fix.

KJ

[jtbadge]

+1 for consolidating into a sticky thread.