Why the $old???

i think many people do it for privacy of buyer and seller.

i agree it would be nice if more people left the selling or asking price, but i bet some people would not sell or buy here if prices were required to be posted after sale.
 
I agree that it is truly annoying. The only real reason I can think of as to why some people do it is so that the buyer is free to ask a higher price down the road without someone looking up the previous sales price much like the used car market.
 
Triton said:
I agree that it is truly annoying. The only real reason I can think of as to why some people do it is so that the buyer is free to ask a higher price down the road without someone looking up the previous sales price much like the used car market.
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Correct, this is something that has happened to me personally. I used to leave prices up, but I was once asked to mark it as sold and remove pricing to 'protect privacy' (pretty much just keeping the future value of the item flexible for the new owner), and have done that since. I would also note that in cases where a bargain/negotiation took place, having the price listed doesn't exactly make much sense, since anyone else who comes across the post won't actually have the final price that the item went for, as some others have already mentioned earlier in the thread.

That said, I will probably go back to leaving the prices up, seeing as how most folks here seem to favor that.
 
I do this because I saw other sellers do it and will now mark an item as sold and leave the price up. That being said, I think folks are over reacting to a very minor issue. Most of you have been around long enough to know what X knife is worth and don’t need to find 10 sale posts to figure out the value.
 
Dfunk1210 said:
I agree with whats being said, but at the same time, wouldnt that defeat the point of needing a membership to ask for knife values if you can easily use the sales section as a price guide?
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No, not really. The point of needing a membership to ask values is to curb folks without the proper membership to post up veiled sales threads.

Plus, Google is more times than not a quicker way to find new and used prices on things. BF threads will pull up this way without having to sift through pages of threads.

Unless it's something rare or unique, taken the price off doesn't really bother me. I usually don't need it to figure out what I will pay or what I want for something.
 
So much consternation (or constipation?).....perhaps it is done it to protect the market for other sellers on BF?

Say, for example, I and 10 other members have a Delica for sale all priced at $60 and listed at approximately the same time on the exchange. Now, for whatever reason, I get an offer of $30 and decide to take it. Should I leave "SOLD for $30" up on my thread while others are still legitimately trying to get $60 for their Delicas? That has never seemed fair to other members IMO. BF Exchange shoppers are very shrewd and will take advantage of any chance to save miserly amounts of $.
 
The way I typically do it is strike through the asking price $100 and put SOLD next to it. That doesn't necessarily mean I got the asking price, but it does leave a ballpark figure for others to reference.
 
it doesn't affect me either way … what one person may sell a knife for or what one person may pay to buy a knife can be very different on the very same knife on the very same day … I am no expert and don't sell or buy a lot on here … but I know what the knives I'm selling or buying are worth to me and that's all the value I need to know …

I doubt it would get anyone anywhere to go to a seller saying this post sold one like you have for $50.00 less so that's what I'll pay you.
 
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I am someone who has a habit of under valuing items both when selling and buying so I question the price people list things at and will often shoot myself in the foot selling things so low. I like to research prices of things and this practice does make it harder. I understand that something might not sell for what it listed at and that yesterday's price isn't today's price but it all helps put you in the range you want to be in.
 
I don't have strong feelings pro or con, but I don't understand what the big deal is about removing the price?

As others have said, frequently the actual sale price is lower - sometimes much lower - than the asking price, so leaving the ASKING price up simply gives the false impression that the secondary market value of a given knife is higher than it actually is - which to me means that it's not important.

The only purpose I could see would be if it someone wanted to give the impression that the secondary market value is higher than it actually is.
 
Jsega51 said:
Usually I end up taking an offer lower than the listing price so I just mark it as “Sold”.
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There’s no reason you would have to edit the price in the thread to what was the negotiated final price.

People could atleast leave the original asking price so people have some idea.
 
Triton said:
I agree that it is truly annoying. The only real reason I can think of as to why some people do it is so that the buyer is free to ask a higher price down the road without someone looking up the previous sales price much like the used car market.
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As Porky Pig would say, "Ba-ba, ba-ba, ba-ba, baaaaaa BINGO!";)

Most folks who have replied here don't like prices getting deleted yet it goes on all the time. I suspect that in deleting a price, people are simply mirroring what they see others do without giving it a thought.

I like to see the requested price in a completed sale thread because it provides a starting point that I may have no clue about, even after doing a little research. As for a buyer asking me to delete a price after I sold an item, I refuse. The buyer can remain anonymous or take his/her business elsewhere if they don't want me to leave my asking price up. Of course I iz smartz enuf to understand that the asking price is not necessarily equivalent to a sale price; again, it is a starting point.
 
I maintain prices in my sale threads, and have no strong position/opinion on this matter. I often PM/email the buyer and/or seller to know the price the knife $old for, and almost always have received a response.
 
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