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irl
Citizen
Username: Irl
Post Number: 215
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 10:59 am: | 
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When did we start charging for MOL Classified ads?
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irl
Citizen
Username: Irl
Post Number: 216
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 11:05 am: |
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What if you're one of those neanderthal-types who don't do online credit card purchases? How do I pay the $3.99 fee? |
upondaroof
Citizen
Username: Upondaroof
Post Number: 614
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 4:58 pm: |
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Are you stating for the record that you are a Neanderthal or are you refering to the hypothetical Neanderthal type?.
Either way one should probably use the "Mastedon Charge" or "American T Rex", charge cards, but they make accept pelts in exchange. |
jamie
Citizen
Username: Jamie
Post Number: 462
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 6:04 pm: |
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I'll need to give offline instructions on the site. If you want to pay by check - you can mail it to:
Maplewood Online LLC
4 Highland Place #3
Maplewood, NJ 07040
Or give credit card over the phone - 973 762-0119.
We started charging a few weeks ago. We also are promoting ads on the homepages of our sites - $3.99 is a great deal! Especially if you compare with the News-Record - 20 words or less is $20 with no picture. Plus you get to sell to local people, unlike Craig's list where people can come from anywhere. |
John
Citizen
Username: Jdm
Post Number: 21
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 9:16 pm: |
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Jamie,
How's the number of postings since you started charging? Any change? |
jamie
Citizen
Username: Jamie
Post Number: 463
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 9:28 pm: |
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I think there have been fewer $10 and under items. But for the larger items, I think it's been fairly consistent.
I would like to make it a tiered system where it won't cost as much for the lower items, I just don't have that feature rigged up at the moment. |
John
Citizen
Username: Jdm
Post Number: 22
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 11:57 pm: |
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Just wondering because my wife says she noticed the dropoff. I see that no items were posted on Tuesday, which strikes me as odd, but I'm not a regular visitor.
What's to stop Craigslisters from putting "Maplewood" in their ads? Or, more to the point, isn't it the buyers who care about locality, and not sellers? You want to drive 100 miles to buy my old kitchen table, no skin off my nose. Why should I care that you aren't from Maplewood? |
BGS
Citizen
Username: Bgs
Post Number: 809
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 8:46 am: |
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Jamie- $3.99 is a bargain at twice the price!! My family and I have really benefited from the classifieds on MOL and am surely willng to pay should we have to list something.
Thanks for the services that you provide!
BGS |
irl
Citizen
Username: Irl
Post Number: 217
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 9:01 pm: |
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I agree that the fee is reasonable, but I was VERY spoiled by "free".
Mostly, I didn't see any way to pay it other than online. Thanks for clarifying. |
Goldyjess
Citizen
Username: Goldyjess
Post Number: 38
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 12:39 pm: |
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Where are the classifieds now? I don't see them listed in "topics". Thanks. |
jamie
Citizen
Username: Jamie
Post Number: 470
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 12:51 pm: |
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it's a seperate section:
http://www.maplewoodonline.com/classifiedads/
Ads are also highlighted on the MOL and SOV homepage.
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papayagirl
Citizen
Username: Papayagirl
Post Number: 518
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 3:15 pm: |
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If you're looking for feedback on the classifieds section (not that you asked)... it would be great if the 4 or so most recent posts under categories such as Free Items, Garage Sales, etc. were displayed on the homepage, rather than being buried down a click.
Even still, it's becoming a really useful area of the site, and i appreciate you maintining it! |
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