Trading post mini-rant

[TennVol]

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...

[JM Ver. 2.0]

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...

Is there an echo in this thread from the other thread? I... I think there is... Yes! There is!!!

[CareyH]

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.

[TennVol]

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 All have either been sold, or withdrawn.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.

[islandermyk]

...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.

[TheBelly]

Like I said, a "mini" rant.

THen I give your mini rant a mini-2/10.

I appreciate a good filibuster when it comes to ranting. You get extra points if someone calls you a communist/socialist/fascist/nazi/honey-boo-boo-mother-lover within ten minutes of your mini-rant.

[JohnTRourke]

If you wanted to know what it sold for, you should have paid it.

the only two people who "paid" to know the price of that item on that day from that seller is the buyer and the seller. Private party transaction means exactly that, it's private.

if you want to know a "price" go online and buy from a dealer. That's a public transaction, but even that, can be negotiable. You don't know what the previous guy paid for that car like yours or sofa or TV, why should you get to know for free what he paid for that gun that's similar to yours?

Information is valuable, it does have a cost, price discovery costs money.

[islandermyk]

Shouldn't use this site as a reference for pricing out things...


... that's what Armslist is for...

[Sharpienads]

The sold price isn't necessarily the asking price, either.

[mevshooter]

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.

Just my 2 cents.