Ok guys, lets all simmer down here. Thomae and HotOlds442 are simply enforcing the rule that's been in place here and enforced for YEARS. Stop acting like this is something new.

BGinvestor's post that was deleted made it perfectly clear he had no interest in the rifle, thus there's no point in the reply having even been made.

Zap's reply falls into the same category

Waceyf's post follows suit, but at least it's showing he has some interest and thus probably shouldn't have been deleted.

The sellers reply to that post also should not have been deleted (it's his ad after all)

Waceyf comes back in again giving yet another reason why he's not interested in buying it - more useless banter that doesn't belong here.

This of course prompts the seller to chime in again and entertain said useless banter.

And so-on and so-forth until we get to this point - an ad in which 3/4 the replies have nothing to do with the sale of the item listed.

Classified ads are for buying and selling, not chit-chatting, and the rule is to keep the ads clean an uncluttered. The seller is trying to sell something, and as such replies should be limited to questions specific to the item for sale by those seriously interested in purchasing it. Those who are actually interested in the item listed don't want to have to read through 20 posts that have nothing to do with the condition or sale of the item while trying to figure out if it's still available or not.

We have 31 different boards on this forum to discuss pretty much anything and everything pertaining to Savage firearms. You want to chit-chat go do it in one of those because the boards in the classifieds are for buying and selling.