New Classified Format !!!

New Classified Format !!!

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Stuart

11,635 posts

250 months

Monday 19th November 2012
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Sorry yes, fixed this morning but I've been out and about all day. An Exeter based dealer had given themselves a Croydon postcode.

C.A.R.

3,967 posts

187 months

Tuesday 20th November 2012
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£9.99 to advertise a £650 Micra? Gumtree it is then.

It's a shame that it's so hard to browse the other cars which are for sale too, I sold and bought my last 3 cars from this site but sadly it just doesn't work.

The (perhaps out-dated) simple interface worked so well for this site too.

Podie

46,630 posts

274 months

Tuesday 20th November 2012
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C.A.R. said:
£9.99 to advertise a £650 Micra? Gumtree it is then.
Just had a quick Google...

PH - £9.99 for 30 days.
Autotrader - £9.99 for 2 weeks.

Gumtree is a slightly different kettle of fish...

Stuart

11,635 posts

250 months

Tuesday 20th November 2012
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C.A.R. said:
£9.99 to advertise a £650 Micra? Gumtree it is then.

It's a shame that it's so hard to browse the other cars which are for sale too, I sold and bought my last 3 cars from this site but sadly it just doesn't work.

The (perhaps out-dated) simple interface worked so well for this site too.
Care to expand on why it "just doesn't work"? I'd genuinely be interested in what makes you think this.

C.A.R.

3,967 posts

187 months

Tuesday 20th November 2012
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Podie said:
Just had a quick Google...

PH - £9.99 for 30 days.
Autotrader - £9.99 for 2 weeks.

Gumtree is a slightly different kettle of fish...
Pistonheads - Something which is found using Google or by recommendation of a friend, a website / forum for like-minded car enthusiasts
Autotrader - Long-standing classified ads magazine, heaps of online, television and radio advertising.

Don't get me wrong - I don't like using Autotrader and have only done so twice. It's a means to an end if a car isn't getting enough interest on Pistonheads / eBay or the likes. It was just nice that it was free to occasionally try and flog your car on a forum that also happened to have classified ads.

Stuart said:
Care to expand on why it "just doesn't work"? I'd genuinely be interested in what makes you think this.
It's very slow to navigate is my main gripe. It's slow on both my phone browser and the internet on my pc, neither of which struggle with other websites. The layout also seems overly-complicated, very Autotrader-like.

Probably has a lot to do with this being the first time in a while I've actually tried to use the classifieds section, and I'm just not keen on the updates.

bicycleshorts

1,939 posts

160 months

Tuesday 20th November 2012
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Podie said:
C.A.R. said:
£9.99 to advertise a £650 Micra? Gumtree it is then.
Just had a quick Google...

PH - £9.99 for 30 days.
Autotrader - £9.99 for 2 weeks.

Gumtree is a slightly different kettle of fish...
If there were a two tier pricing scheme like on AutoTrader you'd also get everyone posting cars as:
"Price: £999

Real price is £9,999!"

PH is significantly cheaper than AT when trying to sell something over £1k.

Stuart

11,635 posts

250 months

Tuesday 20th November 2012
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C.A.R. said:
It's very slow to navigate is my main gripe. It's slow on both my phone browser and the internet on my pc, neither of which struggle with other websites. The layout also seems overly-complicated, very Autotrader-like.

Probably has a lot to do with this being the first time in a while I've actually tried to use the classifieds section, and I'm just not keen on the updates.
Thanks. It is possible that unfamiliarity is part of this to start with. Objectively the site is much faster than the old one, although I'd be interested to know what browser you're using.

The mobile site is rubbish, and will shortly be switched off in favour of a much better and more carefully thought through site.

Incidentally you're entitled to free ads because of when you joined the forums. Please PM me and I'll see if we can make sure you're using the right account to login.

MattDell

3,239 posts

154 months

Tuesday 20th November 2012
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Stuart said:
Incidentally you're entitled to free ads because of when you joined the forums. Please PM me and I'll see if we can make sure you're using the right account to login.
yes

I've updated his account, Stuart.

-Matt

cuneus

5,963 posts

241 months

Tuesday 20th November 2012
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Stuart said:
Objectively the site is much faster than the old one
Objectively when loading that is simply not possible

The size of the new site (and the lack of optmisation) means that is ~ 5 times the size (in KB)

If you are on on dodgy 3G or GPRS connection it is painful

(the oversized thumbnails aren't helping either)

Diesel130

1,549 posts

211 months

Tuesday 20th November 2012
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Stuart said:
Diesel130 said:
I get "missing" entries when viewing in thumbnail view - i.e. sometimes you only see one or two cars per row, rather than 4.

See screenshot below

Thanks for this. What browser and OS are you using please?
Stuart.. Sorry for delay. I'm running Window 7, 64-bit with all the latest updates. Have just retested...

With IE9 it is wrong, but the same page viewed with Chrome is OK... See below

This is using IE9...


Whereas, this is using Chrome...


Back to IE9 and the same model but sorted by newest first is OK, but page 2 has only one entry on one line, like this..


HTH.

cuneus

5,963 posts

241 months

Tuesday 20th November 2012
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I can reproduce that fault in IE9

Stuart

11,635 posts

250 months

Tuesday 20th November 2012
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Thanks, very useful indeed. thumbup