Why do people delete the price when they sell a knife?

Here's a actual example of one reason why I delete the price.

I sold a Spyderco T-mag for $79.00, two days later Spyderco dropped the price of their T-mags to $49.95.

I couldn't foresee this happening, but the last thing I would want is the buyer getting grief from others about overpaying or forming the idea that I was overcharging.
 
hardheart said:
I prefer it when the price is left. It takes no more than changing colors to let everyone know very vividly that the knife is SOLD. I like to follow general pricing trends, and that can't be done when the prices are removed. What did the knife actually sell for? Can't be sure, but I can at least see what it was advertised for, and with enough sales threads, something can be gleaned.

I also don't think one person's 'fire sale' has anything to do with what a maker can charge for their knives. No one is gonna go to a car lot and demand a discount because someone sold a used car of the same make for well under blue book because they were in a tight spot. If everyone left their prices up, then it would be so very easy to see where the outliers are. A single private sale on BF doesn't mean anything, and if a lot of sales are going on below what the maker wants to charge, then that is the market telling him something.

It also doesn't mean anything if you made a profit on the knives. Plenty of production knives increase in price, at least in the short term. There are people selling discontinued Benchmades and Spydercos for twice the original/average net price, and they can't hide that fact because a ton of sites still list the knives with prices, even though they are out of stock. New Graham does it on purpose, for the exact reason of providing visitors a historical reference of their pricing.
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Nice post. Provides a point-by-point examination of some of the weaker arguments offered in support of sale price deletion. :thumbup:
 
I leave 'em up mainly because I like to do market research myself before I buy, and so I extend the same info to others.

I'm smart enough to know that a price listed two years ago may not be the same as today, and I'm not going to try and hold someone to that market value.

If folks want to take them down, that's their choice.
 
5.56 said:
Here's a actual example of one reason why I delete the price.

I sold a Spyderco T-mag for $79.00, two days later Spyderco dropped the price of their T-mags to $49.95.

I couldn't foresee this happening, but the last thing I would want is the buyer getting grief from others about overpaying or forming the idea that I was overcharging.
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You and the buyer both had access to the same market info, so no way could you be legitimately accused of "overcharging". There's a time lag on market info, and this time it worked out in your favor. Next time, maybe not.

We're all adults here and therefore responsible for ourselves w.r.t. how thoroughly we research the market. But, when historical sales data is deliberately withheld from future buyers, the responsibility for inadequate market research shifts squarely to the shoulders of the sellers who withheld the information. (IMHO)
 
I don't try to hide anything. I leave the prices in because there is nothing more frustrating than to do a search and find prices removed.

You only live once guys. Stop being so anal.
 
I leave prices up simply because most peope don't put a note in their PP emails saying what they're paying for. It makes it easier to figure out what the money's for.

I do however tend to delete knives completely from a thread once they're shipped, to remove clutter in multi-knife sale threads.

It's a personal preference.
 
5.56 said:
+1

And I love this quote: Here is another reason to delete the price.
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I loved this one

TorzJohnson said:
Deadpan humor is always most effective when you have to explain the point of the joke, so here goes: My premise was that Kimberholic was unfairly castigated over a non-existant transgression. You then posted an incredibly non-offensive vote of solidarity with Kimberholic. I then replied with an exaggerated aggressive response - obviously way over the top - which was meant to be a satire of the kind of reception that Kimberholic's remarks received. This "satire" often involves the exaggeration of certain elements of the subject. You can refer to humor magazines such as "Mad" or back issues of "National Lampoon" for more examples of satire. Their humor does not include footnotes or explanations, unfortunately, so don't take everything in them at face value.

From now on I'll just add smileys.

Edited to add: the correct response to my scathing post should have been "Why, you bastard" or something along those lines.

Edited again to add: You know I'm just fu#@ing with you, right?
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I was laughing out loud. Very well done.
 
I'm one that replaces the prices with SOLD :o

It's easier for me and buyers to see that the item is no longer available. You'll notice in a lot of 2-3 page sales threads out there that people are asking over and over if an item is still available because the price is still showing in the first post.

Now, in the back of my mind I believe it helps the buyer so that if they ever want/need to re-sell it, they may do so at whatever price they see fit. I know when I buy new or used on the exchange for my personal collection, if I ever sell or trade it off, it's at a slightly lower price than what I paid.
 
HighDesertWalker said:
Kinda sounds like "Let's you and him fight".
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:rolleyes:

Read into my comments whatever you'd like, I'm merely pointing out that this "issue" has been clearly addressed in the past:

Spark said:
What the final price is rests between the buyer and the seller. Using past prices for research, leverage, whatever is not anyone elses concern. If the seller chooses to delete, that's their choice. Imploring them to do otherwise really has no place here.
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5.56 said:
Here's a actual example of one reason why I delete the price.

I sold a Spyderco T-mag for $79.00, two days later Spyderco dropped the price of their T-mags to $49.95.

I couldn't foresee this happening, but the last thing I would want is the buyer getting grief from others about overpaying or forming the idea that I was overcharging.
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they could have bought the knife from Spyderco directly two days before the price drop, same difference.

I still don't see the difference in visibility between

random knife $50 *SOLD*

and

random knife $*SOLD*
 
J's Knives-N-More said:
I'm one that replaces the prices with SOLD :o
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I've begun using the strike command and a red, caps SOLD.

That way, the price is still there, but it's really easy to see the item is sold.

I use bold and size 4 font in my sale threads so the text stands out anyway. Something like this...

$2,500 SOLD
 
I just leave it there and mark the knife sold usually in red. Makes for good information for others and is a help if someone is doing some research on the value of a particular knife. Some people prefer not to leave the information there. Seems to me it is a good thing to have the choice.
 
Guyon said:
I've begun using the strike command and a red, caps SOLD.

That way, the price is still there, but it's really easy to see the item is sold.

I use bold and size 4 font in my sale threads so the text stands out anyway. Something like this...

$2,500 SOLD
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Hey Guyon, how did you do the strike command? :confused:

Ahhh.....nevermind, I just saw it when I quoted you :p

Strike!!!
SOLD!!!

Now I can start doing that as well :thumbup:
 
Rhesus Feces said:
:rolleyes:

Read into my comments whatever you'd like, I'm merely pointing out that this "issue" has been clearly addressed in the past:
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I respond to exactly what I see in your comments Mr. Feces. The menace and dripping sarcasm were unmistakable. So was the taunting. Say whatever you like in whatever manner you choose, and I will give you a response that is appropriate to the whole of your communication.

It's not unusual for issues to be addressed more than once in internet forums. Time passes, new members join and some folks rethink their opinions. In this case six years has passed since the thread you referenced (posted in 2003). I only joined BF in 2008 and its now 2009. I appreciate the moderators granting enough slack for some of us newcomers to be heard. This thread hasn't been closed, so I take it that there is some interest in sampling current opinion. But we all know that it is the forum owner who ultimately decides what goes.
 
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