MC wrote:

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This is a repost that I earlier wrote in the Cdn Pontiacs for sale forum, but it's buried in a thread for an ad that I had posted and I later thought that it would be more effective and appropriate to post it here (I'll remove the original posting to avoid duplication):

I tend to post a lot of cars that I find interesting that I see for sale on the net, thinking that perhaps a CP member might be looking for just that thing.  Technically I'm thinking that I might be breaking the rules as it's not really my item for sale, though it is for sale.  Other members generally appear to find them interesting as lots of people comment on the ads that everybody posts here.  The downside to all this is that members who actually have their own stuff for sale will have their ads lost in the shuffle, which is certainly not my intention.

I often read the forums at moparts (http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?Cat=0) where these type of postings tended to clog up the forums somewhat (moparts is a VERY busy board), so they actually created a separate forum for ebay, craigslist, etc. for just these types of postings.

So, my questions for those whom are responsible for this board:

(1) Is it acceptable to continue posting ads for items that we randomly find on the net but aren't selling ourselves?

(2) If the answer to (1) is "yes", would it be in the better interest of those selling their own items to have a separate forum for those of us who are compulsive internet old car shoppers and want to share our findings?

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