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Lately I've noticed on the trading forum specifically that some members aren't polite enough to respond to trade offers. A simple no thanks would suffice.
 
I wish that once a knife was sold, they would leave the asking price there instead of putting $SPF or $old. Not like I could afford to buy anything right now anyway :grumpy:
 
Another forum I'm a member of has very strict rules on leaving prices after items sell. I think it should be an option, not a requirement.
 
As long as the offer is not a ridiculous lowball then a response is always nice. I try to give a simple no thanks or I will pass and thanks for the offer.
 
There is a forum for this discussion, the Good the Bad and the Ugly under knife exchange. In before the move!
 
jjoanty01 said:
Why would that be? I meant regarding the removal of pricing after they sell?
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Their rules probably explain it but I've never read them. I'm guessing to help others value their knives appropriately when pricing them to sell.
 
If the seller specifically mentions "No Trades"...then I think we should respect him enough to not offer a trade.
Or, if we do offer a trade...when asked NOT TO...then we shouldn't be upset when we get no answer.
And yes, I've done it myself on some folders when the lust overcame my good sense.
 
I will say this. As someone who may at some point want to sell a knife, I have no problem with people removing their prices from their thread. Because that's what you have to do when there are people with a self-entitlement mentality in the world. So, you're trying to sell, say a Spydero whatever. You post up an ad for $150, guaranteed there will be ten people who offer you $135 because some guy sold one a week ago for that price, and so they think therefore that you should sell them YOUR knife for that same price.

My response in such an instance would be less than polite, more along the lines with "Well, then go buy that guy's knife. If you want MY knife, it's going to be $150. Now, will that be Paypal or a money order?"
 
Sonnydaze said:
If the seller specifically mentions "No Trades"...then I think we should respect him enough to not offer a trade.
Or, if we do offer a trade...when asked NOT TO...then we shouldn't be upset when we get no answer.
And yes, I've done it myself on some folders when the lust overcame my good sense.
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+1 ;)
 
mauser133 said:
Lately I've noticed on the trading forum specifically that some members aren't polite enough to respond to trade offers. A simple no thanks would suffice.
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This is an old topic, it's been discussed numerous times in the Good, Bad, &Ugly forum.
General Knife Discussion is for discussing knives specifically, not the best place for observations on forum etiquette.
 
I listed a NIB Sebenza once for sale only, I got like 8 email/PM trade offers from partial cash to DVDs to 5 budget knives, all sorts of stuff. I replied to each one and offered my thanks, but at that time I was in need of cash. Wasn't a bother to me.
 
RevDevil said:
I listed a NIB Sebenza once for sale only, I got like 8 email/PM trade offers from partial cash to DVDs to 5 budget knives, all sorts of stuff. I replied to each one and offered my thanks, but at that time I was in need of cash. Wasn't a bother to me.
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^ Exactly what I do. It takes no more time to reply back with a polite "thank you but no" and that way things stay courteous and nobody feels ignored. On my exchange ads I always write "No trades", but still receive emails and PMs with trade offers. Coming from their point of view, it does no harm to make a trade offer and as the saying goes, the worst thing that could happen would be that the seller declines the offer.
 
Quiet said:
I will say this. As someone who may at some point want to sell a knife, I have no problem with people removing their prices from their thread. Because that's what you have to do when there are people with a self-entitlement mentality in the world. So, you're trying to sell, say a Spydero whatever. You post up an ad for $150, guaranteed there will be ten people who offer you $135 because some guy sold one a week ago for that price, and so they think therefore that you should sell them YOUR knife for that same price.

My response in such an instance would be less than polite, more along the lines with "Well, then go buy that guy's knife. If you want MY knife, it's going to be $150. Now, will that be Paypal or a money order?"
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The point of leaving the price up is to establish a market value. If there were 10 that sold for $50 in the same condition as one you see selling for $100, then buyers should be allowed to know that the market price is around $50 and should be allowed to politely inform the seller (key is POLITELY). If I am selling something and people let me know that my price is too high, then the market decided I was asking too much and I either have to suck it up and know the sale is unlikely, or adjust my price accordingly.

I cannot stand seeing almost every sale have the price edited out. I can understand not leaving it if you put a low price for quick sale, but if your price is around the standard there is little point in editing it out.
 
dkb45 said:
The point of leaving the price up is to establish a market value. If there were 10 that sold for $50 in the same condition as one you see selling for $100, then buyers should be allowed to know that the market price is around $50 and should be allowed to politely inform the seller (key is POLITELY). If I am selling something and people let me know that my price is too high, then the market decided I was asking too much and I either have to suck it up and know the sale is unlikely, or adjust my price accordingly.

I cannot stand seeing almost every sale have the price edited out. I can understand not leaving it if you put a low price for quick sale, but if your price is around the standard there is little point in editing it out.
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Market Price is whatever someone is willing to pay for it. Some people here might discount knives below what others list them at for a quicker sale or because they want to give a good deal. And it's not like this is the only place on the internet you can sell knives, check out eBay or other BST sites to see what similar knives are going for there. It doesn't matter what other people have paid for it, all that matters is what the buyer is willing to pay for it. Just because some people are buying a knife for $50 doesn't mean that other's won't pay $100 for it.

Heck, you see this all the time with LE ZT's. Sold from the knife stores for $400 and flipped the next day for $1000. Markets fluctuate.
 
This is getting old new guys complaining not even a paid member. If you can afford to buy knives fork over the cash for a membership sell and trade, then see why prices are deleted nobody elses business what somebody charges. Low ball offers will be ignored pretty simple if you ask me.
 
These types of threads are getting old. I need to get better at identifying them from the offset in order to avoid them and not lend them legitimacy. These types of whines don't deserve page views.

If you're too cheap to get a paid membership and/or too lazy to figure out why some knives cost what they cost, you don't deserve to know why. No one cares that you think something costs too much. Good for you. Don't contact me and tell me you think what I have costs too much, but you still want it. Yea, I delete that stuff.

Some people still haven't figured out there is a human on the other end of that communication, not a price bot. Act as if it is one of your friends on the other end of the communication before you whine into your keyboard.
 
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