Question for wanted/for sale sellers?

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Why do you replace the asking price with SOLD in the original post after the deal is done? It ruins the value of searching past threads to get an idea what things are worth in the real market place. And there would be substantial value in that over time. Is there any real purpose to delete the price? It's not protecting anyone or anything to do that as far as I can reason out. But it seems to be the common practice. Why?


JC
 
Why not. Editing the first post keeps a seller from having to then unecessarily bump the thread to inform that it's been sold. Also, the information is not all that useful because market values for cues can flucuate wildly and quickly....plus a seller can list something for whatever they want to...doesn't mean the item actually sold for that. That is also true that some, maybe even most, buyers would prefer that info not be there for future reference.
 
I do it because if I don't I will get PM's for weeks and even a year or two later asking if the item is still for sale. Removing the price and replacing with the word SOLD seems to get my point across. I don't believe a price helps research anything. Most cues are priced at top dollar for the current market and actually sell for less. Unless of course it's something special or from an elite maker and priced below market value. In this economy a cue that brought 3k 8 years ago might not bring 1500 today. So researching by asking price is pointless for the most part.
 
As a courtesy to the buyer. Once he owns the cue its nobody's business what he paid.
 
after the sale

Very bad business practice to keep the thread as being possibly active after the transaction has been made.

To many reasons to list why its not wise to leave the thread active.
One example is you leave the thread active and the cue gets damaged or you just notice it was damaged..
You send the buyers money back, then the buyer thinks someone else wanted the cue and you sold it out from under him for more money.
As long as the thread is active everyone thinks the cue is still up for sale.

Better off to edit the post s being sold or payment pending, just for the customers peace of mind.

As of the price being left in the thread.
I always edit it out.......................
 
I put SOLD and leave the price. I think others do it as mentioned to prevent people from later referencing the price. Some people remove the whole listing.
 
I ask.. why do people want the prices to stay....

1. People want other people to price their items, in other words, god forbid I price it to low, and someone steals it from me.

2. They have a chance at an item, and want to see if they are in fact stealing it.

3. Free education

BTW I don't mean stealing.. only in the dealing sense.. I mean undervaluing.. ;)

JV

JC said:
Why do you replace the asking price with SOLD in the original post after the deal is done? It ruins the value of searching past threads to get an idea what things are worth in the real market place. And there would be substantial value in that over time. Is there any real purpose to delete the price? It's not protecting anyone or anything to do that as far as I can reason out. But it seems to be the common practice. Why?


JC
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I just purchased a case and the seller left the price and "sold to Aff" directly next to it...I'm not bothered.


I don't believe that the name thing should be common practice. However I do like researching prices by looking at recent sale threads.
 
JC said:
Why do you replace the asking price with SOLD in the original post after the deal is done? It ruins the value of searching past threads to get an idea what things are worth in the real market place. And there would be substantial value in that over time. Is there any real purpose to delete the price? It's not protecting anyone or anything to do that as far as I can reason out. But it seems to be the common practice. Why?


JC
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i personally don't do this but i've seen a few others do it. i guess it just makes it easier for the new owner to sell the cue for more or less if he wants to down the road. a while back, few years, i saw a sugar tree for sale on the forum for way less than i though it should have gone for. it was lunder $500. the guy started more than 2 threads trying to sell it but to no avail. when he did get it sold the new owner waited a few months and sold it for twice what he paid.

now sure nothings to say that this wouldn't have happened anyway. but who wants to deal with someone saying "why are you asking for so much? i know you only paid $xxx.xx for it."? some people have a problem knowing that someone is making some cash on a deal.
 
poolplayer2093 said:
i personally don't do this but i've seen a few others do it. i guess it just makes it easier for the new owner to sell the cue for more or less if he wants to down the road. a while back, few years, i saw a sugar tree for sale on the forum for way less than i though it should have gone for. it was lunder $500. the guy started more than 2 threads trying to sell it but to no avail. when he did get it sold the new owner waited a few months and sold it for twice what he paid.

now sure nothings to say that this wouldn't have happened anyway. but who wants to deal with someone saying "why are you asking for so much? i know you only paid $xxx.xx for it."? some people have a problem knowing that someone is making some cash on a deal.
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^^^^^^This^^^^^
 
cueaddicts said:
Why not. Editing the first post keeps a seller from having to then unecessarily bump the thread to inform that it's been sold. Also, the information is not all that useful because market values for cues can flucuate wildly and quickly....plus a seller can list something for whatever they want to...doesn't mean the item actually sold for that. That is also true that some, maybe even most, buyers would prefer that info not be there for future reference.
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Unnecessarily bumping a thread to inform the world that the cue is "sold" is one of those brain-dead things people are doing more & more every day.
Sadly, it's not just the newbies doing it..."look at me, I sold a cue"
 
Thanks guys,

A lot of reasons that aren't logical and one that makes some sense.

JC
 
cuesblues said:
Unnecessarily bumping a thread to inform the world that the cue is "sold" is one of those brain-dead things people are doing more & more every day.

Sadly, it's not just the newbies doing it..."look at me, I sold a cue"
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You don't have to bump a thread to indicate it's sold. Just edit the price to sold.

I also edit the price to sold to stop the offers and to put the post to bed.

I also believe it helps the buyer in the event, down the road, that they may become a seller.


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Asking price

I agree with the op Leave the Asking price.
Remember that's the asking price NOT the sold price.
Another annoyance is when someone says cue for sale and and there is no price.
What's that ?
I am not fond of bidding against my self. a conversation for another time.
Mcp.
 
I am a member of lots of different forums and the vast majority require you to leave the original asking price and to close your thread once the item is sold. It makes perfect sense. There is no way to bump the post pr ask questions after the sale, but it also allows people to research the history of items. The excuse most people have posted on this thread are not very well thought out. If some "stole" the cue, it is irrelevant. Those backdoor deals are almost always done via PM's or email so they are irrelevant as far as the original asking price goes. Same with people asking questions after the sale. if the thread is closed then obviously this will not happen or via PM which would not matter anyway.

I am glad the OP asked this question. I have been wondering the same thing for awhile and I for one would like to be able to research my purchases before hand.
 
I will hurry on to say, if I had the ability to close the thread and change the title to Sold, like happens in many other forums, then I may leave the price. But without the ability to do those things, leaving the price just leads to confusion and the PM Inbox full of questions.
 
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