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    Default Trading post mini-rant

    Why is it that sellers remove the price on items (especially firearms) after they've posted them SPF/sold on the Trading Post? I'm happy people are posting the final disposition (SPF, or sold, or whatever). But why do you have to remove the asking price from the post after it's sold? Leaving the price on the ad is very helpful to those of us considering buying/selling the same/similar item.

    Just my $.02 worth...
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    Quote Originally Posted by TennVol View Post
    Why is it that sellers remove the price on items (especially firearms) after they've posted them SPF/sold on the Trading Post? I'm happy people are posting the final disposition (SPF, or sold, or whatever). But why do you have to remove the asking price from the post after it's sold? Leaving the price on the ad is very helpful to those of us considering buying/selling the same/similar item.

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    I give this rant a 3 out of 10. For lack of cursing and no finger pointing. LOL

    I often wonder the samething. It would be nice to know that info.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CareyH View Post
    I give this rant a 3 out of 10. For lack of cursing and no finger pointing. LOL

    I often wonder the samething. It would be nice to know that info.
    Like I said, a "mini" rant.

    I just looked at four separate ads for HD shotguns. All have either been sold, or withdrawn. Not a one still had the original asking price listed.

    ...I guess there must be a big secret in regards to the price once an item has sold.
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    Shouldn't use this site as a reference for pricing out things...


    ... that's what Armslist is for...
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    The sold price isn't necessarily the asking price, either.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TennVol View Post
    ...I guess there must be a big secret in regards to the price once an item has sold.

    I as a seller like the idea of hooking up members on here.. when the price is erased or no longer available... just assume that it was a good deal.
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    I rarely end up selling or buying a gun for the listed price. Often times I do not want people to know what I sold a gun for, and most sellers don't want people to know either.

    In a pinch, someone might sell a gun for below its listed value due to a financial need. If we base all of the prices off of those quick sales, a lot of people would take unnecessary hits on gun prices.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TennVol View Post
    Why is it that sellers remove the price on items (especially firearms) after they've posted them SPF/sold on the Trading Post? I'm happy people are posting the final disposition (SPF, or sold, or whatever). But why do you have to remove the asking price from the post after it's sold? Leaving the price on the ad is very helpful to those of us considering buying/selling the same/similar item.

    Just my $.02 worth...
    You know everything that's ever online is recorded right? http://archive.org/web/web.php

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    PS if it doesnt show there..google it. There is a SF based online archive that I cannot remember at the moment.
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    Nevermind on the archive thing... i just remember the trading post is login only area.
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