My Gripe About Classifieds

[newspaperguy]

Maybe I'm the only one (I know I'm old and grumpy)

but why do sellers delete the selling price of their sold gear
in the RFF classified ads?

Can't they just note them SOLD and leave the price up
so those of us out of the major market areas
can have a source to research prices ... other than eboy?

Just my .02 on this 100 F day. (Maybe it's the heat?)

 

[Krzys]

I can agree with this. It's annoying but not really a problem. I am also guilty.

 

[Phantomas]

I do it to punish all those who were late to purchase my gear. Obviously it works.

 

[jonmanjiro]

Just fire off a PM to the seller and ask

 

[Matus]

I think to keep the price would be quite nice. I know a forum where this is actually a rule - quoting the price after the sale. And if the item sold for less after negotiations via PM one could still update the price.

I would actually like to hear a moderators' opinion.

 

[Keith]

It's a fair call ... otherwise how are we to know or understand the market values within our own clasifieds?

 

[Matus]

However there is one more problem. The adds have a rather short lifetime and therefore if a potential buyer or seller would like to browse the history he/she will not learn much. I am wondering whether having the classifieds as a part of the forum would work - although this may complicate the fee collection.

 

[kshapero]

After a sale I click the "Sold It" button (aren't I supposed to?) then the ad is gone. So not the seller's fault. It is in the design of the ad system, me thinks.

 

[bmasonoh]

Wow how the times change... just a couple months back this same thing came up and it was overwhelmingly in favor of "none of your business". I'm going to get some popcorn and sit back. This should be good.

 

[Disaster_Area]

hahah... I remember that thread... had a pretty good run, it's funny how liquid our opinions are

 

[Matus]

Wow how the times change... just a couple months back this same thing came up and it was overwhelmingly in favor of "none of your business". I'm going to get some popcorn and sit back. This should be good.

Must have missed that one Anyhow - it is not only a question what do "we" consider to be the best. Even if some general opinion would emerge here (did not yet) the site moderators and developers do not necessarily need to follow it. We mostly do not need the "best", "working" is often good enough

 

[back alley]

this is a stephen decision.
can't say that i have a strong opinion either way myself.

 

[batterytypehah!]

Put me firmly into the "nobody else's business" camp. The seller buys the ad and can do with it as he/she pleases.

It is the heat.

 

[ItsReallyDarren]

There's the option to save the page (ctrl + s) with the prices still listed for future reference.

 

[Rayt]

For this to mean anything for reference sake the buyer upon receiving the goods shall take detailed (preferably Hi-Res 3D) photographs and then send the item to a RFF certified technical consultant for inspection. Within 2 weeks the report from said RFF certified technical consultant as well as the pictures (preferably notarized) shall be uploaded into a dedicated library so the patrons can for a small fee browse the selections and explore price/condition/mechanics of each piece. Yes I think this is a good idea.

 

[35mmdelux]

I delete the price since I feel no obligation to inform all the lurkers --nevermind that I paid for the ad.

EDIT: Occasionally I get an email asking the sales price and I let them know without hesitation.

 

[mathomas]

I don't think the seller should have to post the sales price. But at least leave the original in place. Seems like a no-brainer to me.

 

[jtm]

I was surprised when I sold some stuff a few months ago that the "Sold it" button made the ad vanish. So when I sold my last Leica last week, I just changed the text to say that it was SOLD, leaving the price and description. After all, I paid for my 15 days, so I'm happy to let the ad clutter up people's searches, in cast the price helps anyone.

 

[35mmdelux]

I don't think the seller should have to post the sales price. But at least leave the original in place. Seems like a no-brainer to me.

Some people remove the entire sold item and only leave what is left for sale. Should they leave the clutter?

 

[cnphoto]

i like the idea of leaving the price in, there are a lot of new members popping up with 0 posts and putting items up in the calssifieds. i think by having existing 'sold' prices it may be good for a reference for these people to see what the items they're selling are going for on RFF.

when i was initially buying gear and had just registered here, i used the RFF prices as a guide for buying gear through other locations (and mostly, these 'other' places where far overpriced in comparison).