I wonder what would happen if......

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I wonder what would happen if folks only posted their knife for sale once. It seems that the Exchange has turned into a battle to "keep my knife on top" again.

IMHO there are not that many knives for sale. It's the same knives over and over and over and over, etc. One would think that after posting a knife 35 times you would get the hint that maybe no one wants it or the price may be to high.

It seems odd that one would post a knife for sale in the afternoon and find it on page 3 by midnight.

This is not a rant, just an observation.

[This message has been edited by UffDa (edited 04-05-2001).]
 
Just trying to get as much exposure as possible.Maybe the one guy that is interested in the knife just logged on.
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If the guy who just logged in hasn't seen your "ad," then the cookie on his computer will have the BF software flag that post as unread.

I realize that some, myself included, clear out their internet cache periodically, but I would hope those people are smart enough to look back through the ads and see what they might have missed.
 
I trade/sell rather frequently here, just becauce i haven't gotten an answer before my ad has dropped out to page #2 doesn't mean that no-one wants it.
Every member doesn't look at the "for sale" forums daily.

I can see that it might be annoying, but then is one only allowed to offer a knife for sale only once???

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I think the "problem" wouldn't be so severe if sellers wouldn't post their 10 knives separately, which knocks other posts to the bottom quickly. I also tend to push my
"for sale/trade" ads back to page 1 simply out of frustration.

This was discussed here awhile ago.
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Dann Fassnacht
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I, for one, have no problem with looking through a few pages for a knife. I don't think a knife has to be on page 1 to sell. If I want a knife, I'm going to spend a little time making sure I get the best deal, so if I have to look to page 11, I will. Rather than reposting, I think the BTTT idea is best. It will reduce the chance of two people fighting over a knife that is listed in two different places, and help avoid some disappointment when the seller forgets to mark one of his knife posts as sold. Just my $.02.

DD
 
If I had my way I'd slap those clueless BTTT'ers who think that 6 months and 50 ++ Btt's will sell their knives and lock their ID from posting for a couple of months.

To me it's pretty simple, 2 or 3 BTTT, and if
it doesn't sell goto ebay, wait 6 months, or drop your price 20%.

I suppose this should go to GBU.

DaveH
 
Whatever floats your boat ... I think the expensive knives especially can take a long time to sell ... you need a buyer who needs that knive -- and has the money just then. It's not always an available combination.

BTTT every few days isn't unreasonable, with a reposting the next month. mojo jojo had a lot of patience selling a nice Dalton, and it ended up OK, with some great pictures along the way for the rest of us!

And what happens if a seller does list 5 or 10 or 20 knives in one ad? That makes it easier for me to see what he's got, and as they sell off and he edits and edits, he's also bringing it to the top so we can see what's left.

I would like to ask, as you all edit off the ones that sold, please just put -- SOLD! next the original entry, to leave us with an idea of the asking price (even if you came down on it a bit by private e-mail but don't want to say so).
 
Really quick solution to this would be to do away with the For Sale forums altogether and to use a Classified Ads program, but that went over like a lead balloon... until someone comes out with some software that is nice and attractive, inexpensive and efficient, we're stuck with what we've got.

Spark

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Kevin Jon Schlossberg
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I think everyone is a little bit right here.
I recently sold 9 knives starting with one individual post in which only ONE sold... Broke them up individually and let them ride to page 2 but not 3 before bumping them and dropped the price $5 about every other BTTT.

Two things were quite evident. 1) Dropping the price had little effect as the people who eventually bought hadn't followed the post and subsequent price droppings. 2) Not ONE of my knives sold nor did I receive an inquiry when it was beyond page 1! You can call it coincidence or BS but that's the way it worked this time.

I got absolutely nowhere with one post containing all knives and they all sold when they were on page 1. And 'yes' every knife sold.

People are BTTT'ing for a reason. It's kinda annoying but I know if I see someone who is motivated to keep their post up and also who's culling the price then they are motivated to sell. Someone whose post is on the 4th or 5th page with no BTTT I figure doesn't need to sell badly and won't inquire unless the price is hot. Just my 2 cents but I have the MO's to back it up.
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And just to spice up the conversation...

I had one knife (a Benchmade 705) that did not sell when on the 1st page. I think I BTTT once or twice. About 3 weeks later(not sure exactly), from a page very far from the 1st, it sold. Obviously, someone was looking for a BM 705.

What works, works. What sells, sells. If it was science we wouldn't need advertising. Can be darned annoying though when a knife you post in the morning slips to page 2 before supper time!
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Dean
 
Let's move this to GB+U.
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I was discussing this exact thing with another forumite recently and he had a good idea which may break things up a little.
Why not break up the "For Sale" forum into different categories:
For Sale:
Custom Folders
Production Folders
Custom Fixed
Production Fixed, and so on..
This is the way it's done over at the "Buy Sharp" forums and I think it's a good idea.
It won't stop people from BTTTing the thing to death but things would stay in sight a little longer.

Donald.
 
I know in my own case I sometimes have to dwell on a knife. I Have been encouraged to buy a knife that I had convinced myself I didnt need after seeing it come up once or twice. Kinda like a tease. I saw it the first time ... liked it .... but just didnt want to beg the wife for another knife I didnt need. Convinced myself I didnt need it and then it poped up again a week later. Held fast and rationalized it away again praying someone would buy it and remove the temptation and then it would pop up again and I was in my email asking about it ... and .. buying it. Soooo I dont like it when someone Bttt every day or every couple of hours but from my own personal experience a bttt every now and then Can work and be affective.


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[This message has been edited by Boriqua (edited 04-11-2001).]
 
The multi categories won't work. Why? Because the "You aren't the net police, you have no right to tell me what to do"'ers will post their knives in every single group using the excuse that it's just "more exposure" and "who knows someone in might decide they want it when they see it".

I'm not usually this grumpy or negative.
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DaveK
 
I kind of like the different categories idea, and I think it's workable. If we are as harsh on mis-posters as we have been in all of the other forusm "There's no knife content here, this doesn't belong in here, etc." then people will learn quickly.

The one post deal has too many workarounds. Someone else suggested that people will have their friends comment to move the post up. What about price reductions? What about changing to accepting trades? I know that you can edit posts without moving them back up, but I want to see new information about a sweetened deal. If I've looked at an item listed for $400 and that's too rich for my blood, then I'm not going to look again. But if they guy reduces it to $350, then I might buy...etc...

This is a free venue to buy/sell/trade and the amount of money/merchandise that passes through here without the owners/operators getting squat is immense. I for one am just happy that we have such a venue, and I don't think a few extra clicks or having to review a few more BTTT'd posts is worth fretting over.

My $2,000,000 worth
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Brandon
 
Like I said, Classified ads... but again, nobody want's to pay for them either.

Guys, if you can come up with a workable solution, feel free to let me know.

Spark

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