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Just tell me why it is ok to edit out information of ones's for sale post once a deal is pending. When I say edit, I mean editing out the price, what was for sale, and so on. You can find some posts with just the words "Deal Pending" and everything else is gone. It just looks plain suspicious to me. Big D1
 
I fully agree

The information is important for future trades and sale decision..

Simply adding - pending or sold is good enough

No need to take out all the info.
 
Is Blilious the only one that has an opinion on this matter. I am not going to let this thread die until until I have heard an answer from the other side. Big D1
 
I sometimes continue to get offers for things that have been sold already if I don't say "SOLD" blatantly enough. I guess deleting all the info would also be an effective way.
 
I generally leave the information intact, but edit the post to overstrike it. That's hard to miss, but the info is still readable.

--Bob Q
 
Biohazard, deleting all the information about the sell would be a very effective way to say "Sold", and do not bother me anymore. But the trade off is that the edited post looks very suspicious, and when something goes wrong with the deal there is no way for you, them, or members of bladeforums to verify what has been sold.

The seller, only, has the power to edit information on a for sale post and not the buyer, and that is why I have a big problem with it.

You send your money order to a seller, and then you email seller that payment is on the way, and then you check post, and find that the seller has deleted everything. That is a bunch of B.S. Big D1
 
bquinlan, yes I have seen the overstrike method being used on seller's post, and I really do not have a problem with it just as long as the information is readable. However, I still do not see a need to edit a post unless it is for obvious reasons like sold, deal pending, changed my mind, and other reasons of that nature.

The question has been raised that posting an item "Sold" is not enough for some people, but that is the price we have to pay.

How hard is it to click the reply button and type the letters "Sold", and then click the send button, and then click the delete button?
Big D1
 
If I put something up for sale and list the price, I edit the post to add "deal pending or sold" but I do not edit out the price from the post.

BUT, if I had a knife for sale and then sold it, what difference does it make. If it comes up for sale again, it's gonna be posted at whatever the new owner feels it's worth. It is irrelevant that I sold it for $450 and he now has it for $550. It would be up to the potential buyer to work that out, but using my numbers means nothing. maybe the market was flooded with that model at the time, or the Maker crashed thru into the Major-league or the knife's value in the secondary market increased or I was desperate to sell it and low-balled it.

I am very confused. I do not see why it matters.....Ira:confused: :confused:
 
wolfmann, you sure you are not confusing yourself?

What matters is the fact that some sellers are editing out the whole dang post or bits and pieces as they see fit. Now how hard is that to understand?

Furthermore, it is my opinion that once the initial sellers post has been listed that it can not be changed. They could only reply to their own post, and that would put a stop to the the B.S. going on around here lately. Big D1
 
Originally posted by Big D1
(snip)Furthermore, it is my opinion that once the initial sellers post has been listed that it can not be changed. They could only reply to their own post, and that would put a stop to the the B.S. going on around here lately. Big D1
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I now it would be nice to have a readily accessible database of past transactions, but that isn't "the deal." I am assuming you have more in mind when you talk about B.S. I am not particularly interested in letting people know how much I paid for a knife or sold one for. That said, I have sometimes written "sold" over purchase prices --- certainly not as hanky panky. If you just want the information about past offering prices, well too bad. Stop whining. But if there is some mysterious "B.S." you want to complain about, let's hear it.
 
I really don't do a lot of looking at the for sale forums so I have not noticed the posts that you have mentioned. As far as when I sell a knife here, when there is an offer made I post in large red letters that a sale is pending. Once the knife is sold I post this in the same manner. I never delete anything from the original post. I do not see that there is any reason to do so.
 
whose business is it what anything sold for if you weren't the buyer or seller? And that coming from me, a notorious post changer. I change my posts because either I want to, or because it suits me.

All my prices listed are 'suggestions', being that nearly everything in life is negotiable. What something sells for probably can't be determined from any of my posts. Sometimes I trade, and still list it as sold...easier than 'gone'...(where did it go?, etc.)

The only thing I care about is that posters go back and mark their sold knives as sold.

Now, tell me more about this 'B.S.' that you're referring too...I still don't get it.

And changing posts "looks suspicious" to you? Well yes, that's the conspiracy...but we weren't going to tell you about it. I know, I know, that's a whole 'nother conspiracy all together...lol ;)

Mel
 
I'm kinda slow...

I still don't get it.

Please clarify.

In English.

Thanks,

Mel
 
Purvis, I really just do not pay attention to you anyway. You always have a way of twisting things to suit you. And you have in your egotistical way missed the point again. Big D1
 
Pervis, a word of advice. Keep your mouth shut and act stupid, or open it and prove it. Big D1
 
Ummm...

I'm kinda slow...

I still don't get it.

Please clarify.

In English.

Thanks,

Mel

(Are you getting pissed? If so, why are you getting pissed? I don't get it...)
 
Originally posted by Big D1
fracmeister, you even posted to the dang sellers post. What a dang double standard.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210051

That above is the BS I am talking about. I do not give a sh*t who you are. Editing posts in that fashion is totally unacceptable. Now do you understand??????
Now, I guess you want a pissing match????? Big D1
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No, I am sure that you can urinate at championship form and I can't imagine that "winning" in a pissing contest is much fun. That particular post of masterchef was a bit mysterious and I poked a little fun at it. But is it "B.S."? Is it something evil going on in the pokey little town of bladeforum city? I don't think so.

You still haven't given us any understanding of what the "B.S." is. I am willing to listen and learn, but your statement that "Editing posts in that fashion is totally unacceptable." doesn't make me understand. What is it these posters are hiding? Why does it matter to you? I am willing to learn!
 
The seller can do whatever they want with a post as long as they aren't intentionally trying to rip someone off. If they decide to delete everything out, mark it as sold, whatever, it's no big deal. If you've already sent in your money and they confirm you are the buyer, what's the problem? If they edit it out before you have a chance; oh well, "You Snooze, You Lose, right?"

Again, I don't see the big deal here. Maybe D1 just isn't expressing himself as well as could be.

Kevin
 
frac, you tell me if something is going on since you think you know it all. Just another growing trend here on bladeforums with the double standards of late.

And if you have not gotten the point that I have made thus far, then man I can be of no further assistance to you. Big D1
 
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