Some May Rent/Trade Board "statistics" - Just FYI.

CarolMN

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MORE THAN HALF (55%) of the 85 threads submitted for approval in May were declined. (So far, June isn't looking much better). 44% were approved, but 16% of those were only conditionally approved. (The poster was asked to edit the thread title to conform to the required format). Some of the 37 approvals took more than one try to make it through.

Of the 48 threads declined, slightly less than half were requesting reservations or transfers. The DIS does not accept "wanted" threads. Posters were sent a private message inviting them to choose a thread(s) offering points / transfers and post their request as a reply.

The rest of the declined threads (24) were from owners offering points (or reservations) for rent or transfer. None of them had enough qualifying posts on the DIS to use the R/T Board without purchasing a rental plan. Some had more than one additional issue (such as offering a reservation more than 30 days in advance or posts not evenly distributed over past 6 months) .

All of the May declined threads were due to posters failing to read the directions before posting. :(


In addition to approving and declining submitted threads, there were 23 other R/T Board-related items in May that the mods had to address. Those were not counted in the 85 threads mentioned above. Most of them involved infractions - posters who posted availability for dates not requested, posted an email or telephone number, or edited their thread to include a confirmed reservation not in the original post. At least one of those posters lost access to the R/T Board for repeated violations. A few others came perilously close.

Take Away: If you want your rental request or thread to appear as quickly as possible, read and follow the directions before you post. Reading the directions before you post takes a LOT LESS time than the "trial and error" method. :)
 
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