10 replies to this topic

[emille]

do people generally respond when you have questions about their adverts?  i find that people don't return my pm's - one was a recent advert for 2 eheim filters to sell and the other one for aquariums - i only have tomorrow to pick up as its quite far from where I live, and I have been sending messages for the past few days.  its just frustrating, wats the point of advertising if you don't respond when people are interested?

 

sorry just frustrated

[jasonm]

Feel your pain!!! Having the same problem

[Kleinz]

Perhaps they are away or do not check the site so often and have not seen your PM.

[TheTexasCichlidMasacre]

You can see if they have read it yet by looking in the top left hand corner

You've gotta remember it's school holidays ATM some people might be spending time with family instead of checking pcs



 

[emille]

Thanks for the replies.
As long as everybodys responses are delayed as to not to beat me to it...m

[Mattehx]

If it's the ad I'm thinking about, I messaged 3 weeks ago and got replies and then none thereafter. I'm just assuming something may have come up because my message regarding pickup hasn't been read yet. I think that if someone is selling something, even if it is school holidays or what not they should endeavour to check their messages. If you want to sell something then choose a time period that enables you to be able to communicate efficiently and in a timely manner because its not just you that can be busy. It will also enable pickup to be more timely and convenient for both parties. But obviously there are things that come up that may be out of your control. 

[emille]

yes Mattehx, if i advertise/want to sell something, i want to do it asap and would check my messages every few hours as that would be one of my main objectives for that particular period...  often i pm, and then don't get replies, and then later on it says 'sold', so some people obviously has the people's phone numbers or inside info... 

[TheTexasCichlidMasacre]

Most ads I see have the number advertised and even when I advertise with my mobile number in an ad most people send me a pm instead of texting or calling lol


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[malawiman85]

Often stuff gets sold, you forget to edit the add to say sold, someone else pm's you about it then you edit the add. I always try and respond to everyone. Personally I think its rude to ignore someone even if the item they enquire about is sold.

[dazzabozza]

Some people reply to the email alert notifying them of the PM rather than replying to the PM via the forum. This would cause a delay until they realise. We see some replies come in via the PCS info@ email and in most cases let them know of the mistake.

[Redevilz]

I am sorry to hear that you have been experiencing that problem with this forum.

In my experience people have been fantastic with replying to my inquiries in what they have for sale.