Private sales reboot?

[Quickdraw559]

I know this has been discussed a thousand and a half times, but can we figure out a system to help filter the private sales threads?

Between new users, handgun roster, and people just not following the format, the sales section is beginning to look like Craigslist.

It could be as simple as before the site allows you to post a thread in the sales section, you have to select your county or area code and whether or not you will ship. This will be displayed in the title.

I don't know what this would entail, but I imagine it would require the hiring of a tech guy to write some new code or something. We could set up a donation account for this and get it done without taking from the boss' pocket.

[SkyHawk]

Once you start modifying the code you make future upgrades or even patches to the vBulletin software more complicated. Can of worms. Pandoras box.

[traveler1952]

Nice thought but all we really need is people who can fallow directions.
Strange some can't and they own guns.

[Bobby Ricigliano]

That happens everywhere. Very first post is a want to sell ad that ignores all rules and bumps to the top 4-5 times in a single day. It is literally only 1 step above the random bot spam.

[Mr.Caketown]

we really just need two sections

First would split it between Norcal and Socal , I hate seeing a good deal in Fresno lol

Second would be price gouged vs non price gouged within North or South section

[-hanko]

we really just need two sections

First would split it between Norcal and Socal , I hate seeing a good deal in Fresno lol

Second would be price gouged vs non price gouged within North or South section

2 questions...

1. Are you looking for an appointment to gouging monitor, or are you assuming that position yourself.

2. Can you remember the old saying about opinions?

[Brick Top]

I think he means on-roster/off-roster, latter being invariably gouged.

[-hanko]

I think he means on-roster/off-roster, latter being invariably gouged.

Understood.

I'd say that if it's off-roster, it's scarcer than on-roster. Scarcity with high demand tends to raise the price.

As I posted above, if a buyer is happy with price and the weapon, who the hell should judge whether he was gouged willingly...I'd say if he weren't willing to pay the price, he would have passed on the deal. His choice, not yours or mine or anyone on the gouging committee. Easier to myob, imo.

[Blade Gunner]

Understood.

I'd say that if it's off-roster, it's scarcer than on-roster. Scarcity with high demand tends to raise the price.

As I posted above, if a buyer is happy with price and the weapon, who the hell should judge whether he was gouged willingly...I'd say if he weren't willing to pay the price, he would have passed on the deal. His choice, not yours or mine or anyone on the gouging committee. Easier to myob, imo.

^^^^^This^^^^^^^
Stop *****ing about the off roster prices and fund the CGF to legally get rid of it.

[hermosabeach]

People posting can't even follow the template...

Remove this before posting

Thread title - item / location / shipping

[wpage]

Private sale reboot yes...

Square peg in round hole, maybe.

[freonr22]

2 questions...

1. Are you looking for an appointment to gouging monitor, or are you assuming that position yourself.

2. Can you remember the old saying about opinions?

Many car for sales sites state whether the vehicle is above or below market conditions. .

[-hanko]

Many car for sales sites state whether the vehicle is above or below market conditions. .

There's far more public knowledge as to car sales, not to mention the selling price of houses, than on firearms sales. E.g., take a look at how many completed sales don't show final price.

Part of your due diligence is to check other places where guns are sold for history on a particular model or something very similar to it. I'd opine that if you're too new or young to understand due diligence, that you continue to check prices until you're confident you're getting a great or decent or pure crap deal on a gun. If that's too difficult for you, I'd suggest you simply ask Dad or another adult.

[Inquirer]

First would split it between Norcal and Socal , I hate seeing a good deal in Fresno lol

This. It's fairly easy to differentiate between long guns and pistols, but geographically it's pretty impossible to sort out relevant deals. I'd imagine people are generally people are browsing with something specific in mind, but typing in "Glock 19," for example, will yield a ton of results you can't use.

Second would be price gouged vs non price gouged

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... WTS Ruger 10-22 custom rattlecan paintjob $900 isn't going away any time soon.

[MrOrange]

Seems to me that it's a simple solution that we just need the manpower to implement: Enforce the existing rules. Easy for me to say from the sidelines, of course.

A while back I tried to contact several mods with a list I had compiled of folks with multiple listings (dozens of them per marketplace), and never even got a response; yes, no, go to hell, whatever. (That was when my username was in gold, too.) I picked that particular problem because it's one that demonstrably hurts legit posters.

And again, I fully understand that I'm standing in the crowd yelling for somebody else to do something.