Leave the sale price in the thread

[zombieassassin]

Not only will I leave my price in the ad, when I close the thread, I state the price it sold for and to who it sold. Why, because I have had people track me down to ask who bought it to see if they could possibly buy it from them. Fine by me if people choose to delete prices, I just don't agree with it for reasons stated above. Price hiking for a profit is just crappy business IMO. There are other sites to go to if you want to be shady and try to get well more than you should...just ask LK.

 

[McFeeli]

I agree about leaving the sold price viewable just from a buyers perspective. For me I like to see what certain knives are selling at for a better understanding of the market. It's that type of knowledge that'll help me out on future deals. It's useful information for anyone who's really interested in it.

 

[hhmoore]

Not only will I leave my price in the ad, when I close the thread, I state the price it sold for and to who it sold. Why, because I have had people track me down to ask who bought it to see if they could possibly buy it from them.

The bolded portion above is one of the main reasons I refuse to post a claim in a thread....and why having the seller post my name as the buyer is a deal killer. If I want to sell something, I'll post it - I don't want to be bothered by people trying to buy something I'm not actively selling...it doesn't matter whether I made the purchase a half hour ago, or 3 years ago.

 

[ArchVV]

I've always deleted final sale prices, as it just seems the logical thing to do. However, I've mostly sold used production knives on the exchange here and I generally can't see the utility in posting what any of those sold for. The reflexive sensitivity to members deleting prices seems to be mostly spurred by the activity of "flippers", though there are good points on both sides.

 

[Jaxx]

The bolded portion above is one of the main reasons I refuse to post a claim in a thread....and why having the seller post my name as the buyer is a deal killer. If I want to sell something, I'll post it - I don't want to be bothered by people trying to buy something I'm not actively selling...it doesn't matter whether I made the purchase a half hour ago, or 3 years ago.

You could just not reply.
Honestly, that's what I do wIith unsolicited buy offers.

I've always deleted final sale prices, as it just seems the logical thing to do. However, I've mostly sold used production knives on the exchange here and I generally can't see the utility in posting what any of those sold for. The reflexive sensitivity to members deleting prices seems to be mostly spurred by the activity of "flippers", though there are good points on both sides.

I can. I sold 2 NMFBM's and 2 NMSFNO's in...2012? Maybe 2013? See. i don't remember, let alone for what amount...
But I remember that the prices are still there, and so next time I go to sell one of these, I can at least check it for a low-end price to consider towards pricing the next.
It's all easy now...wait til you have a collection. Hard to put up fair prices when you can't find newer completed sales to compare with.

Who wants HG55's? $1000 per. Lmao
(NOT really selling at any price, don't ask)

 

[hhmoore]

You could just not reply.
Honestly, that's what I with unsolicited buy offers.

Yeah, but it's still annoying...especially when those offers are coming 15-20 minutes after I made payment. (Occasionally at a "premium" of $5-10 more than I just paid, which wouldn't even cover the paypal fees in many instances; but usually for just the same amount. At least make it worth my consideration, for f-sake, lol). I've only made that mistake on this site, twice (prior to going gold)...and it happened both times - left me with a great impression of the place - and the one guy was so persistent that I ended up blocking his emails.

 

[Ratman79]

I leave the price up; I think taking it down is just shady. What is there to hide? Why the cloak-and dagger routine? Are you a flipper out to rip off the unsuspecting? Those questions certainly cross my mind. Whether that is truly what's happening is anyone's guess. It just gives an unfavorable impression is all.

 

[hydeinmind]

Agree, the transaction is ultimately between the buyer and seller-NO ONE ELSE!! If this becomes a rule or standard Practice on the forum I will abide by it-However let's just inherent this policy also
Seller must also list what he or she originally paid for the knife! If were going to make some changes let's do them right
For Sale CGFBM New and Unused $800! I originally purchased this knife in 2007 for $427! (I am pretty sure most will not agree with this suggestion! I wonder why not?)
No one ever influenced me to remove the sales price from a knife I sold! I always thought it was a common courtesy as some people may have felt embarrassed that they had paid too much for a particular knife, or were going to try and re-sell it at a profit! Either way "I Do Not Care what an individual does with a knife after I have sold it to them" It is their Knife! I have also bought many knives on the exchange and have never asked someone to remove the price! The Transaction in the end is between the buyer and seller IMO!
So my feelings at the moment are this-Cheers!!

This certainly bears repeating. Very well said Tommy! From what I've seen during my short time here the prices on the listing threads don't mean $h!t and most everyone has no problem at all flipping knives and jacking up resale prices as long as it ain't happening to them. When its happening to them THEN its a big problem. Once again in the words of TommyGun56 "If were going to make some changes let's do them right"

 

[bullpin]

This thread is starting to get silly. No one wants to lose money. We have all over paid for a knife we really wanted . We have all tried to recoup that money if possible. There is nothing wrong with that. We all know who the knife flippers are , if you don't do some research. If you don't like the practice don't buy from them. We don't need any more rules to break. If any changes were to be made . In the best interest of the forum , I would Suggest the "exchange" be available to paid members only as some other forums do. This way people aren't searching prices out here and selling elsewhere.

 

[ArchVV]

But I remember that the prices are still there, and so next time I go to sell one of these, I can at least check it for a low-end price to consider towards pricing the next.
It's all easy now...wait til you have a collection. Hard to put up fair prices when you can't find newer completed sales to compare with.

I'm at a couple hundred (folders), hence the selling of the old used ones...

If most people use the posted sold price of a knife on the exchange as a metric to determine what they will sell their own for (as it sounds like is the case), then I can see personally leaving them up in the future. I do not, as there exist many other ways to figure this out, at least for myself.

Would I then go back and add what the knife actually sold for to the closed sale thread? All of my interactions after the initial "I'll take it" post generally occur via email. How much of the personal communications between buyer and seller should be divulged to the entire forum, exactly?

 

[boring]

I suppose it would be interesting to see what the seller paid for a knife and when, however, the current price is whats relevant. although it would be interesting to see how the price escalates or deescalates over time.

 

[Jaxx]

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Agree, the transaction is ultimately between the buyer and seller-NO ONE ELSE!! If this becomes a rule or standard Practice on the forum I will abide by it-However let's just inherent this policy also
Seller must also list what he or she originally paid for the knife! If were going to make some changes let's do them right
For Sale CGFBM New and Unused $800! I originally purchased this knife in 2007 for $427! (I am pretty sure most will not agree with this suggestion! I wonder why not?)
No one ever influenced me to remove the sales price from a knife I sold! I always thought it was a common courtesy as some people may have felt embarrassed that they had paid too much for a particular knife, or were going to try and re-sell it at a profit! Either way "I Do Not Care what an individual does with a knife after I have sold it to them" It is their Knife! I have also bought many knives on the exchange and have never asked someone to remove the price! The Transaction in the end is between the buyer and seller IMO!
So my feelings at the moment are this-Cheers!!

Works for me. If I don't list my buying price, you may assume I got it at table/Busse price. Still gonna be FS $800 though.

For those who don't know, one former member here was in the practice of requesting prices to be removed. Why? So he could re-list them here, as soon as he received them, and for much more. Total flipper. This practice brought on the bad days in this forum, with good folks fighting good folks, arguing over subjects like these almost daily. One guy almost wrecked it all...for profit.
Do what you want. There are no rules concerning prices left/not left...
But if you want to contribute to keeping butthole flippers who don't care about knives, the community, or your reasons for selling...bills, medical injuries, an unexploded RPG to the ribs and only your accumulated possessions to cover costs...
Then please at least consider leaving your fair market prices behind in sales threads. But, ultimately, it's your call & only yours.

 

[clampdaddy]

A few degrees off topic but I would love to see for WTT posts allowed in the Busse Exchange. Never cared to go sift thru the trade section because it's a needle in a haystack of a whooooole bunch of brands that don't interest me.

 

[Jaxx]

A few degrees off topic but I would love to see for WTT posts allowed in the Busse Exchange. Never cared to go sift thru the trade section because it's a needle in a haystack of a whooooole bunch of brands that don't interest me.

Search is your friend.
I don't think Spark is willing to carve out brand specific WTT exchanges...at least not now, and I'm pretty sure this won't happen in discussion forums.

 

[clampdaddy]

Search is your friend.
I don't think Spark is willing to carve out brand specific WTT exchanges...at least not now, and I'm pretty sure this won't happen in discussion forums.

I guess that I just don't get why WTT posts are segregated. Never seen it as a problem at any other forum I've been a part of.

 

[legaleagle]

I have seen a lot of threads that had trade offers in them. if you are really only looking to trade, just put a high price on the buy option and a lower trade value.

 

[clampdaddy]

I have seen a lot of threads that had trade offers in them. if you are really only looking to trade, just put a high price on the buy option and a lower trade value.

Yep. A guy could do that to get around the rule. Seen it quite a bit. May have done it once or twice myself. My point is that putting a "WTT" in the thread title doesn't alter the intent.

 

[NJBillK]

But if you want to contribute to keeping butthole flippers who don't care about knives, the community, or your reasons for selling...bills, medical injuries, an unexploded RPG to the ribs and only your accumulated possessions to cover costs...
Then please at least consider leaving your fair market prices behind in sales threads.

Hrm...
And here I thought by removing my price, I was pushing people to buy a gold membership to ask for a valuation.

 

[Jaxx]

Hrm...
And here I thought by removing my price, I was pushing people to buy a gold membership to ask for a valuation.

If you left the price(s) up, there'd be folks still askin'. ...And probably upgrading as well...there were plenty of gold members here back when everyone left them up.

 

[adamlau]

Four pages of arguments and counterarguments have come full circle for me: Leave the prices up