fracmeister
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Should FS postings leave the prices displayed after the sale?
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Though I like to be able to see what someone was asking for a knife, I think it is totally up to the seller.
I metioned my feelings on the subject in the other post but I wanted to add something here though.
While I would like to see "asking" prices left in the post, I do agree that it's up to the seller. The seller has the right to do whatever they want with the post and I respect that right.
I still would Prefer the asking price to be left.
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Shannon
While I would like to see "asking" prices left in the post, I do agree that it's up to the seller. The seller has the right to do whatever they want with the post and I respect that right.
I still would Prefer the asking price to be left.
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Shannon
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If the price was public before the deal, it should remain so. If the seller does not want the price known (for what reason I cannot imagine) then conduct the entire transaction through private e-mail. What is a reasonable reason to remove the selling price once it is sold? Is it just me or does this make zero sense?! What are the possible privacy concerns? If the price that you are selling the knife for is so private and personal, then don't sell it here on a very PUBLIC forum!!
Matteo Escobar,
The reason that you "cannot imagine" why people won't leave the sale price on the thread is because you strongly support the opinion of leaving the sale price in the thread after the knife is sold.
If I were to advertise a auto or house that I'm selling in a newspaper ad and the auto and house sold.. . .I wouldn't publically announce who or what I sold it for.
Simply, it's none of your business.
Same is true here.
Just because I place a knife for sale here doesn't make certain information (i.e., the sale price) public domain.
I posted the following info on the thread that you started (on this same subject matter) several days ago. . .
"If you're curious, as to the final sale price of a particular knife, you can do several things:
1. E-mail the seller and ask how much they received
2. Check some of the internet knife selling shops
3. Check the custom maker (e-mail, phone, internet)
Is there any particular reason you would be unwilling to contact the above people to obtain the specific info that you're looking for ?
The reason that you "cannot imagine" why people won't leave the sale price on the thread is because you strongly support the opinion of leaving the sale price in the thread after the knife is sold.
If I were to advertise a auto or house that I'm selling in a newspaper ad and the auto and house sold.. . .I wouldn't publically announce who or what I sold it for.
Simply, it's none of your business.
Same is true here.
Just because I place a knife for sale here doesn't make certain information (i.e., the sale price) public domain.
I posted the following info on the thread that you started (on this same subject matter) several days ago. . .
"If you're curious, as to the final sale price of a particular knife, you can do several things:
1. E-mail the seller and ask how much they received
2. Check some of the internet knife selling shops
3. Check the custom maker (e-mail, phone, internet)
Is there any particular reason you would be unwilling to contact the above people to obtain the specific info that you're looking for ?
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Thanks masterchef. I have alot of respect for you also !
I haven't sold a knife here in several months. . .and I'll complete my transactions like I have always done in the past. That is. . .remove the for sale price and mark it as sold. If that is perceived as rude or unfair or not nice. . .oh well. Fund my knife habit and you can be my boss.
I kinda understand (in a very minute way) the position that's being made (to keep the prices visable). But I see a viable solution. . .and that is for "the curious" to e-mail the seller, buyer, maker or internet dealer and ask them for the price that they sold the knife at.
I haven't sold a knife here in several months. . .and I'll complete my transactions like I have always done in the past. That is. . .remove the for sale price and mark it as sold. If that is perceived as rude or unfair or not nice. . .oh well. Fund my knife habit and you can be my boss.
I kinda understand (in a very minute way) the position that's being made (to keep the prices visable). But I see a viable solution. . .and that is for "the curious" to e-mail the seller, buyer, maker or internet dealer and ask them for the price that they sold the knife at.
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Here's my spin on it; As a moderator, WE don't delete posts/threads UNLESS there is a VERY GOOD reason for doing so. I don't see any GOOD reason not to leave the price of a knife/item that has been listed for sale once that knife/item has sold, so I think that the price, as well as the rest of the post, should be left in-place, with *SOLD* or *TRADED* edited in...But that is just MY spin on it, and is not a "rule" of BladeForums.
I'll have to side with Dann on this one.
The moderators would rather the seller leave the asking price showing in the thread. This way, when doing a search, a member, regardless if it's a Gold or Basic menber, can have some price history on the knifes being sold on the forums.
Yes, as Gig One stated, you could ask the seller the selling price, but to me, that is rude, and really none of your business. Besides, if the posted price was left alone, there wouldn't be a need to pester the seller in the first place. Read 'hassle factor' here.
Also, as Dann stated, us moderators DO NOT EDIT POSTS unless it is absolutely necessary, then we post a note saying why we did the edit. I wish other members here would do the same, but that isn't a hard rule for the members in general.
Bottom line here, folks, is that this is a community of knife nuts, and we all need to show some common courtesy towards one another, and leaving the asking price in a thread isn't going to harm anyone, and it will help provide some history on the models being sold here.
The moderators would rather the seller leave the asking price showing in the thread. This way, when doing a search, a member, regardless if it's a Gold or Basic menber, can have some price history on the knifes being sold on the forums.
Yes, as Gig One stated, you could ask the seller the selling price, but to me, that is rude, and really none of your business. Besides, if the posted price was left alone, there wouldn't be a need to pester the seller in the first place. Read 'hassle factor' here.
Also, as Dann stated, us moderators DO NOT EDIT POSTS unless it is absolutely necessary, then we post a note saying why we did the edit. I wish other members here would do the same, but that isn't a hard rule for the members in general.
Bottom line here, folks, is that this is a community of knife nuts, and we all need to show some common courtesy towards one another, and leaving the asking price in a thread isn't going to harm anyone, and it will help provide some history on the models being sold here.
Leaving the price in the thread is only the asking price and not final sale price. So, what specifically is gained ?
"We think the knife sold for. . . ."
Common on. . .
If you want a history of the models sold. . .go back and look at the threads where most if not all knives have been listed. The descriptions of the knives and the pic's (usually) are posted.
There is your history.
Again. . .what specifically is gained ?
"I want to use the asking price in one of the threads as a guesstimate of worth for a knife that I'm buying. . .
Ya know what. . .Most of us are educated on the wares that we're selling. We have a pretty accurate view of what the knife "may" bring. Should. . .we bought them.
And, I have absolutely no problem in sharing what I know about our common desire. But, unfortunately (for some) the part that indicates what "I may have sold a knife for. . .won't be shared."
Like I stated earlier. . .
"Fund my knife habit and you can have me leave the price in the thread."
Not being rude. . .just tellin' ya like it is !
"We think the knife sold for. . . ."
Common on. . .
If you want a history of the models sold. . .go back and look at the threads where most if not all knives have been listed. The descriptions of the knives and the pic's (usually) are posted.
There is your history.
Again. . .what specifically is gained ?
"I want to use the asking price in one of the threads as a guesstimate of worth for a knife that I'm buying. . .
Ya know what. . .Most of us are educated on the wares that we're selling. We have a pretty accurate view of what the knife "may" bring. Should. . .we bought them.
And, I have absolutely no problem in sharing what I know about our common desire. But, unfortunately (for some) the part that indicates what "I may have sold a knife for. . .won't be shared."
Like I stated earlier. . .
"Fund my knife habit and you can have me leave the price in the thread."
Not being rude. . .just tellin' ya like it is !
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The for sale forums should be just that as far as I am concerned. They should be nothing more than a place for a person to try and sell or trade his property. It is not the responsibility of the seller to provide the rest of us with a reference to use in later knife deals. If the person wishes to do so then fine, but if he doesn't, that is fine as well. There should not even be any contempation of making it a requirement to leave prices once the item is sold. The way things are being done right now is perfectly all right.
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What is gained is that past asking prices are still accessible with a search -- a valuable resource for people who are wondering what asking price to post when they post a knife for sale.
No doubt. However, Bladeforums is not just used by most of us. It's used by all of us. That includes some who have not memorized average asking prices for every knife in every condition, believe it or not....
As the other moderators have already explained, editing out the asking price is not against the rules. You can even edit out all your asking prices and then go to the Whine & Cheese forum and whine about newbies posting unreasonable asking prices for knives, if you want....
I appreciate all info being left in the post. It is interesting and educational to go back and look at how the popularity of certain knives have increased or decreased as represented by their asking prices.
Why take the time to "modify" the post? What I would like to see is a policy where we simply notify a moderator when an item sells and the moderator inserts sold into the subject listings.
Phillip
Why take the time to "modify" the post? What I would like to see is a policy where we simply notify a moderator when an item sells and the moderator inserts sold into the subject listings.
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Oh yeah, just what we need more for the moderators to do..
See my reply to GigOne in the other thread.
I'm not going to get into a pissing match over this. I posted my opinion, and have asked for other's opinions.
GigOne, don't yank my chain, or I WILL discuss making a new policy concerning this. Also, if you can give me a good reason why asking prices shouldn't be left in a thread, then I will concede. Until then, my opinion stands.
Please, lets drop the attitude, and discuss this respectfully.
I'm not going to get into a pissing match over this. I posted my opinion, and have asked for other's opinions.
GigOne, don't yank my chain, or I WILL discuss making a new policy concerning this. Also, if you can give me a good reason why asking prices shouldn't be left in a thread, then I will concede. Until then, my opinion stands.
Please, lets drop the attitude, and discuss this respectfully.