A BST rule about bumping. Should there be one?

Originally Posted by marcdelpercio

Generally, I am of the opinion that the fewer rules the better. I think that the vast majority of B/S/T users are courteous in their listing and bumping practices. Personally, I don't think that there should ever need to be a bump in a listing before 3 or 4 days at the earliest. I also think that like cards listed at the same time should be combined into one thread, rather than individually listing multiple different T206 cards, for example, in separate threads (which causes others' listings to fall down the page quicker and thus causes those posters to want to bump theirs more).

I imagine that it would be somewhat of a hassle for the moderator(s) to have to police these things all the time though, so a few basic hard rules to that effect would probably make it clearer and easier for everybody.

Common sense by the posters, and certain guidelines set the moderator, a listing 7 days or more is fair for a bump or when off the current page.

[Billy5858]

Originally Posted by rgpete

Common sense by the posters, and certain guidelines set the moderator, a listing 7 days or more is fair for a bump or when off the current page.

+1

[Sean1125]

Based on all factors having to do with this forum if an item hasn't sold within 72 hours it likely won't sell without a price drop of some sort.

I would vote 3 days for the first bump. If no listed price, no allowable bumps after that. If price is dropping then one bump every 3 days.

[shammus]

I voted 3 days which is sort of the way I've been policing it over the past few years. I find that 3 days is kind of the average amount of time it takes for a post to hit the 2nd page so I always thought it was a good benchmark.

With bumping, there's also some exceptions. If something about the listing is changing (ie...cards being added or sold, the prices change, scans get added....etc..) then I've always given leeway to a certain extent. Although if you list 50 cards for individual sale and bump the thread every time a card gets sold, that gets annoying pretty quick!

Also, if someone asks a question and the seller answers it, that's also not a bump in my opinion because you're just responding to another board member.

So there's little bit of "grey area" when it comes to thread bumping I suppose...

[obcbobd]

Leon

Whatever is easiest for you!

Bob