Not another Marketplace rant..

[robcoe]

Can't speak for everyone but I delete it because I got sick of marking them as sold and leaving the price only to have 5 guys over the next 6 months message me asking if it is available or just sending me an offer for half the price I already sold it for

[gwanghoops]

If I started selling at a high price and intended to go down if needed or get a decent offer, I wouldn't want anyone to see a pattern to this...this also gets a lot of potential buyers to get in the habit of always offering less regardless of the price.

[naimad]

Can't speak for everyone but I delete it because I got sick of marking them as sold and leaving the price only to have 5 guys over the next 6 months message me asking if it is available or just sending me an offer for half the price I already sold it for

[Citadelgrad87]

If I started selling at a high price and intended to go down if needed or get a decent offer, I wouldn't want anyone to see a pattern to this...this also gets a lot of potential buyers to get in the habit of always offering less regardless of the price.

I think that's page one of calguns buying, offer half and say "I have cash"

It's not dependent on listing a sale price, its a function of a room fool of goofballs who all think they are supreme bargainers.

[BigJ]

Can't speak for everyone but I delete it because I got sick of marking them as sold and leaving the price only to have 5 guys over the next 6 months message me asking if it is available or just sending me an offer for half the price I already sold it for

Ditto. Happens all the time.

[1919_4_ME]

Can't speak for everyone but I delete it because I got sick of marking them as sold and leaving the price only to have 5 guys over the next 6 months message me asking if it is available or just sending me an offer for half the price I already sold it for

This is exactly what happens to me I would get PM's on ads that were over a year old and my ads would say SOLD. People would still send offers or want to know if I still had it. I got tired of the constant e-mails on stuff that was already sold so now I just delete/erase the entire ad. Works great now lol.

[Deadon]

From time to time, I search the marketplace to get an idea of what current prices are. For both buying and selling items. I'd say at least 75% of the time, the price has been deleted if it has been sold.
Just now I did a quick look to price gauge a rifle and most of the listings had the prices deleted.
I've, personally, never done this. I always leave my listed price and sometimes list what it actually sold for. I know at least one reputable site states that prices must be left in the ad after selling.

Anyone else bothered by this? Has this site ever considered making this a rule for the marketplace? or at least a suggestion to sellers?

I know I do this because I'll still get PMs. Even if I make sold I'll still get low ball offers so I'll just remove the price. Gunbroker is great for checking prices and selling to. Sold a pof .308 on gunbroker. It was my first time. I had it listed for a couple months here and I got low ball after low ball. Put it on GB and it sold right away for what I wanted. Best 30.00 fee I ever paid.

[Noonanda]

I started changing my prices to sold because even thought it said sold in the title, I would still get PM's asking if the item or firearm was still for sale. This happened quite a few times so I just started removing the price so there was absolutely no doubt it was sold.

[Gryff]

I've seen other forums require the seller to leave the price up after the item sells. It does benefit the forum's community since it leaves a record of what items have sold for in the past.

Since our Marketplace has the strict "No thread crapping" rule, requiring prices to remain posted would help the newbies who bother to research firearm costs before they buy from another Calgunner.

I know I do this because I'll still get PMs. Even if I make sold I'll still get low ball offers so I'll just remove the price.

I leave the price, but put a strike through it, and then put a SPF or SOLD next to it in bold, red text.

Gunbroker is great for checking prices.

Gunbroker's finished auction prices don't reflect California's handgun roster premium, though.

[Bullitt01]

95% of the time i leave the price up, after a sale. That does not mean i sold the item for that price.

I'm on the fence if that should be a rule.

[bsg]

regardless if one is for it or against it, buyer's privacy is considered to be a purchased right in many collectibles circles and it is considered to be respectful to the buyer for the seller to remove and conceal the selling price from public view after the sale is completed.

[jonzer77]

I usually go and delete the entire thread and replace the title and post with SPF because I hate getting PM's a year later asking if something is still for sale.

[BigJ]

regardless if one is for it or against it, buyer's privacy is considered to be a purchased right in many collectibles circles and it is considered to be respectful to the buyer for the seller to remove and conceal the selling price from public view after the sale is completed.

And that's reason #2 I delete prices. As a buyer, I always appreciate it when a seller makes our agreement details private.

With respect, I think the sellers convenience and buyers privacy trump any benefit the lack there of might offer an uninvolved 3rd party.

[meno377]

95% of the time i leave the price up, after a sale. That does not mean i sold the item for that price.

I'm on the fence if that should be a rule.

^^^This! Requiring a price to be listed after the sale is moot. The only people who know the real sale price is the seller and the buyer.

[Fishslayer]

I think that's page one of calguns buying, offer half and say "I have cash"

"Hunnit dollah bills!"

"Today!"