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Stating Sold Prices....Trading Rules?....
Moz:
--- Quote from: RedRobin on May 14, 2012, 12:35:52 pm ---^^^^
I don't disagree with you, Moz.
The price an item sells for is a reflection of its value in the marketplace at that time. In other words, it's true worth is what someone pays for it - it's always been that way.
All I'm suggesting is a way in which this forum can enhance its value as a resource by having more public information about what items sell for. And, of course, a way in which bods like me can take the guesswork out of arriving at a selling price which is fair for both seller and buyer. Personally, I don't like bartering - This isn't the Souq in Marrakesh or Jerusalem etc.
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The British do suck at bartering, but it's down to the seller to accept or not, comparing dropping a fiver on a £45 item, isn't the same as being hounded and dropped 90% value at the Turkish markets, so silly comparison.
If the only reason you see is to use it to enhance the forum, why not look at the trading feedback score that other forums use. Similar to ebay, you rate your purchase on quality, accuracy, delivery etc. That's far more useful that someone knowing what I bought an air filter and some subframe bolts for.
to me anyway...
andrewparker:
If I sold an item I'd consider the price I accepted for it private information, and quite frankly no ones business by mine and the buyer. I would however, answer a PM from someone interested in how much it sold for.
Moz:
--- Quote from: RedRobin on May 14, 2012, 12:38:55 pm ---
--- Quote from: andrewparker on May 14, 2012, 12:35:16 pm ---
Nah, I don't agree at all. Why should it be anyone else's business?
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....It's not a matter of wanting to know someone else's business, Andrew. It's just a matter of learning what certain items are sold for so that a seller (myself in this case) can offer an item at a fair and reasonable price. Or should I just pull any figure out of the air and either undersell it or waste time bartering?
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Now you're just being silly.
If you're that desperate for a figure as you have no idea what it may be worth, have a look at what other items have been advertised for more widely, that should give you a more accurate figure, that shooting numbers ducks with a water pistol.
Don't take it personally, RR.
andrewparker:
If you really have no idea then it all comes down to making an educated guess. You know how much you paid for it, you know hold old it is and what condition it is, you also have the ability to revise the price should it not garner any interest. None of that it wasting people's time IMO.
jedi-knight83:
Isnt this what ebay is for RR?
I rarely actually sell things on ebay now due to the commission ebay and paypal take but its a good tool for gauging how much someone is willing to pay for an item.
I dont dislike your idea but its impossible to police and people may well just put over inflated prices to try to keep parts prices higher.
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