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Is it just me, or are these get more and more frequent. You aren't swapping anything, your selling, and its annoying having to sift through pages of Ebay listings in order to find something that catches the eye.

If I wanted to do that......I would go to Ebay.

I remember back when I was on Librarium, they had people listing nothing but e-bay listings on their trade forums. Legitimate postings immediately got buried. Eventually, the ebay bot posters took over and nobody cared about the trade forum ever again.

The Swap Shop is not just trades only; it is for people looking for sales and people looking to buy so someone selling stuff via Ebay is no different to someone selling stuff privately. Everyone that uses the Swap Shop has to abide by the rules, namely only create one thread or bump an old thread every 4 days so the playing field is as level as it can be. If you find someone is breaking the rules and spamming Ebay threads then hit the yellow button and report it.