ORIGINAL: Gordon Mc
Maybe only 6 people have the item in queston, and are willing to part with it...
In the for-sale forum, people will often look at an ad even if they are not all that interested in the item in question, just in case it turns out to be a great deal that they can't pass up. A lot of other people take a look because they have no idea what the item being sold is, and they are curious.
For a Wanted ad, there is no point in someone looking inside your ad when they can tell (from just seeing the thread tile in the forum) that they don't have the item you are looking for. Consequently, the number of views for a wanted ad is naturally going to be a whole lot lower than for a for-sale ad.
Gordon
Gordon,
Yup, I agree with you, I just was thinking back to the couple of wanted ads I had placed on the old RCU, they got quite a few views, but more importantly, I had people who didn't have the items still email or post saying "try this guy, he had something" etc. Some of these people just know others who don't frequent the forum etc.
Part of the reason I asked, was in all honesty, until I needed to post a wanted ad, I never even noticed the wanted section (which was stupid on my part I know, it's right there for all to see) but I did like when the wanted ad's were on the bottom of the for sale page. I used to (and still do) read all the for sale ads just for kicks, but I used to read all the wanted ad's to see what guys were planning etc. I also was able to offer some help in locating items by looking at the wanted ad's when they were right there.
Oh well, just one of those things I guess [sm=bananahead.gif][sm=bananahead.gif]