Wanted ads

[Free Radical]

This was probably brought up before but I'm not sure.

Wouldn't it be more beneficial to the paid members to be the only ones who could post in the wanted section and have everyone be able to have access the the wanted ads?

 

[Esav Benyamin]

Not really. By allowing everyone to post in Wanted, we increase the number of items anyone can sell or trade.

 

[Free Radical]

Esav,

I think you read my post wrong. I meant paid members are the only ones who could post a wanted ad.

The rest of the people can only reply.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Esav,

I think you read my post wrong. I meant paid members are the only ones who could post a wanted ad.

The rest of the people can only reply.

That would allow non paying members to sell and would be against the forum rules.

 

[Esav Benyamin]

I didn't read it wrong. You're suggesting that only paid members post Want to Buy/Want to Trade.

If we do that, all the Want to Buy/Want to Trade that are now posted by non-paying members would be gone, giving all of us fewer opportunities to sell knives or gear we are willing to part with.

 

[Planterz]

Wouldn't it be more beneficial to the paid members to be the only ones who could post in the wanted section and have everyone be able to have access the the wanted ads?

That makes no sense to me. It costs to sell because the seller is using a service to make his sales easier. If you want to sell, but don't want to pay for the service, then you're stuck waiting for a WTB post, and that's a long wait for a train that might not come. That's why it costs to make a WTS post.

That's why there's ads in newspapers, ebay, auction houses, and consignment sellers. Nowhere does it cost the buyer extra to buy.

Besides, imagine if you paid for a WTB service, but you were never able to make a deal.