As a buyer, not a seller, I've come to see that nearly every knife for sale represents some degree of bargain on the board. Just how much of a bargain seems to be the crux of this topic.
While I appreciate prices being left in posts, I concur with GigOne; it really is up to the seller as to whether or not prices will persist. And perhaps an occasional buyer might ask the seller to delete the price--I don't know about that, what about you folks?
A simple solution for Matteo et al, if one regularly follows the board, is to save as text files those threads with knives of interest. Tiny file size, replace with updates, at least you'll track a fair number of pricing histories and compile them for later use. Build a separate/associated cache of jpegs.
If you develop interest in a new and different knife than you've already tracked, you of course can still search threads and find SOME which probably have price info still present.
Text files like these are so small you can save 500,000 on the space of a CD-R (which you can buy for 10 cents apiece all over, BTW). Your hard drive should be lean and mean anyway--prune the many gigs of junk by burning to CD or dumping, and streamline/speed up your machine. Plenty of room for knife info.
Five seconds of saving per post will accumulate a useful data file in no time. If prices are deleted later, your file is still useful. Those that sell superfast (before you see/save) probably were a super-bargain or so sought after that the thread price is not that helpful.
So sellers, thanks if you leave the info, no sweat if you edit. Another example of freedom, eh?
Regards,
Norman
