Why remove asking price?

Moleng1

Moleng1

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Is there some reason sellers here remove their asking price from their sales threads after the knife has sold??

I realize the knife may or may not have sold for the asking price, but I think it would be advantageous to be able to see past asking price to be able to compare when buying or selling in the future, or just as a history of the prices of certain knives as time goes on.
 
There usually isn't malicious intent in removing the prices. Maybe the buyer asked them to, but as the seller I've found that if I don't take the price down I will keep getting emails asking if it is available.
 
Cynic2701 said:
There usually isn't malicious intent in removing the prices. Maybe the buyer asked them to, but as the seller I've found that if I don't take the price down I will keep getting emails asking if it is available.
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Nailed it. This, and new folks have a tendency to resurrect ancient threads. Look at what 2-4 years did for the BM42 after being discontinued. Values fluctuate.
 
Great question as I've often wondered myself and also though it would be nice to have a history or idea of what things sold for.
 
Unless specifically asked by the buyer I always leave the price and place a SOLD next to the dollar amount. I find it very helpful when selling knives to know how much they have sold for in the past. Some forums require the seller to leave the price...not a bad policy in my opinion.
 
I've removed them a couple times because the buyer asked me to do it. Otherwise I don't bother.
 
Since you can remove the price, I'm assuming you could add a big red "SOLD" as the first word in the thread?? If someone then contacts you asking if the knife is still available, you would be totally within your rights to call said asker a "blind stupid f*#k!! Problem cleared, lol

I'm also wondering why a buyer would want the asking price removed?? It was public to start with, so why the secrecy once purchased??
 
Moleng1 said:
Since you can remove the price, I'm assuming you could add a big red "SOLD" as the first word in the thread?? If someone then contacts you asking if the knife is still available, you would be totally within your rights to call said asker a "blind stupid f*#k!! Problem cleared, lol

I'm also wondering why a buyer would want the asking price removed?? It was public to start with, so why the secrecy once purchased??
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Agreed
 
Moleng1 said:
Since you can remove the price, I'm assuming you could add a big red "SOLD" as the first word in the thread?? If someone then contacts you asking if the knife is still available, you would be totally within your rights to call said asker a "blind stupid f*#k!! Problem cleared, lol

I'm also wondering why a buyer would want the asking price removed?? It was public to start with, so why the secrecy once purchased??
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I totally agree. Having a history of what thing's sell for is valuable info for many reasons. How many times does someone ask "what's this knife worth" I know when I've tried to price knives, especially discontinued ones I look around and try and find what they have actually sold for. Not just what people are asking. It's good info to have.
 
Moleng1 said:
Since you can remove the price, I'm assuming you could add a big red "SOLD" as the first word in the thread?? If someone then contacts you asking if the knife is still available, you would be totally within your rights to call said asker a "blind stupid f*#k!! Problem cleared, lol

I'm also wondering why a buyer would want the asking price removed?? It was public to start with, so why the secrecy once purchased??
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Because I'd still get emails, and I'm not in the business of insulting other people. In general, most people don't actually seem to read the entire post/thread to begin with, so, once more, this still wouldn't solve the problem.

I remove the entire post so that there can be no mistaking the fact that the knife/knives are gone.

Maybe the buyer wants to "flip" the knife. It could be genuinely innocent: they get the knife, it doesn't fit their hand well, so they turn around and sell it. They haven't really done anything to lower its value, so selling it for the same price - or even a higher price if it has become rarer in the meantime - would be reasonable. This would be harder to do if the price was posted by the original seller.

The more avariciously minded "flippers" are pretty easy to pick out, as they will have tons of posts with the same knife or knives.
 
So they can sell the knife at a mark up, and it will be harder for anyone to know that it jumped in price.

There are some sellers on here that will literally do a 40% markup the day after they receive the knife.
 
I struggle a little with this as both a buyer and seller. I like to know the history but again that doesn't set the market value, which is "what it is worth to an individual".
Depends on what your reasoning is for wanting past values, as a buyer, to see if the guy selling it is doing a huge mark up? Sure that would be helpful in negotiations.
As a seller maybe the same, I couldn't mark something 40% once I received it and it would keep some of us above board with pricing as we're suppose to be a knife "community".
Just my thoughts.
thanks
 
I completely accept that someone has the right to sell and set any asking price they want. That's fine but I notice when someone is asking full retail or in some cases more then full retail for a production knife that is still readily available and when I see this I just laugh and say to myself "good luck" but do keep an eye on it just to see if it sells.

I think keeping the asking price posted on knives that have already sold would reduce to some extent the ridiculous prices some people ask at times but then again theres nothing wrong with them doing it either. No one is forcing anyone to buy anything.

It would still be nice to have as a reference what various knives have sold for.
 
Without going into full detail, I believe market-price is fair-price, and keeping the sales price private protects the integrity of "future market price," should the buyer decide to resell their item later.

If an item increases in value, that is a "capital gain" and if that gain is realized (turned into profit), then it should be, IMHO, considered a "fair profit." -Just as if an item were to decreases in value, if the decrease is realized (sold at a loss), then that should be considered a "fair loss." (as if a buyer would index a past sale in order to pay more money:rolleyes:)

I understand the potential for dishonesty, unethical practices, as well as the abuse of forum dealer/ member rules, however I very much appreciate the freedom we are given in the exchange forum. Many people have built solid reputations as good people to deal with, and as long as you make yourself an informed buyer and you use all the tools we have been given, there is really nothing to fear. I have had better experiences in our exchange forum than with any other business in the world.

If a "market price" needs to be identified, there are many ways to determine what it might be. Aside from external sources, a gold member or higher can ask the entire forum should they find it necessary.
 
Why remove the asking price? Because they can.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/announcement.php?f=699&a=98

SECTION 3 - Rules for Sellers / Traders / Service Providers (hereafter referred to as "Sellers"):
13. Please indicate in the original post after the item has been sold or traded. It'd be nice if you locked the thread too.
14. You are not required to edit out, or leave in place, the original or final selling price. That is your prerogative.
 
I personally don't see an issue with marking up 10-25 bucks on a production knife, as we all know they can vary in degree of F&F. I see it done all the time in Busse and Kin forum.
 
I never remove the price, because I know how frustrating it is to run a search for comparable prices only to see that sellers are hiding them. In lieu of removing the price in order to prevent further inquiries, you can just lock the thread (I'm guessing that all membership levels can do that - maybe not). Or post this at the top of your sales thread, which always seems to work:

This knife is SOLD.
 
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