Why do people delete the selling price of a cue after the sale is over? Who doesn't want the final price to be known, the buyer or the seller? And why?
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Fatz
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Fatz
Deleting Selling Price after Sale
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most of the time the buyer.....some flippers dont want you to know what was paid for it so they can make a small profit in the future....
It helps as a shopper to know what things are "worth".
I'd like to see the prices stay up. I don't even need to know the selling price - we almost never know that for sure - but I do wish the asking prices remained up on the board.
What good is it to only be able to research the prices of cues that haven't sold?
I think maybe this started with dealers, who list cues on their websites long after they're gone, with only the words "sold" where the price used to be.
What good is it to only be able to research the prices of cues that haven't sold?
I think maybe this started with dealers, who list cues on their websites long after they're gone, with only the words "sold" where the price used to be.
A cue has the worth, somebody is willing to pay for it.
If I´m a buyer, I should know, what I want and how much I can spend. If I want something special, I should have a look at similar sticks and think about the asked prices.
I don´t care for earlier prices, because they are past.
A few years ago cues had been sold for almost the double of their actual value- so what are old prices good for?
If I´m a buyer, I should know, what I want and how much I can spend. If I want something special, I should have a look at similar sticks and think about the asked prices.
I don´t care for earlier prices, because they are past.
A few years ago cues had been sold for almost the double of their actual value- so what are old prices good for?
Maybe, but why do they do it?
TheThaiger
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As with just about every other trick and device around here, it's to keep the power with the sellers and to maintain artificially high prices.
What saps we are. Has there ever been a bigger market for gullible sheep?
What saps we are. Has there ever been a bigger market for gullible sheep?
Or people actually value their privacy. The other thought I had was that the seller probably continues to get contacted about the cue they no longer possess if the price were to remain posted.
To show site activity. If a dealer left the price up and didn't mark it sold, the cue or site may look dormant. So now someone supposedly looking for prices, can say "oh look that cue didn't sell, it must not be worth it"...
The other reason is that if someone bought a cue, and decided after a few months they wanted to sell it, they can start at whatever number they want.
JV
Let me ask you.. whay do you want to see list prices? You want an appraisal? There are people who do this for a living. Oh wait.. you don't want to pay for that service. I see...
There are two sides to every coin.
JV
I've always deleted my selling price and marked with a SOLD just because that seemed to be the standard protocol on here. Doesn't make any difference to me either way but might not tell you much anyway. Say someone has a cue listed for $650 and you send a PM offering $550, they might accept that. Should the seller then post and say, "Sold for $550"?
That's what I would like to see as well. But if the buyer specifically asked that all pricing info be removed, I would do that too.
Fatz
I can think of a few possible reasons. To someone not really thinking about it the dealer's website appears to have more inventory. And by leaving a lot of cues up and marked sold it gives the perception that this guy must have good prices because he sells a lot of cues. It also shows all the cues that pass through the dealers hands so say I'm looking for a SW, the dealer might not have one but I might think "This guy sells a lot of SW's so I'll keep checking back."
Really JV, you don't understand why I as a buyer would prefer it if list prices were kept in the post? There are several reasons, none of which have to do with my willingness to pay for an appraisal. I'm not buying a house for gosh sakes, and even then it is the lender that requires the appraisal. But you are correct, I'm not willing to pay for an appraisal for a cue I do not own (unless it's a jumbo monster). Do you really want all buyers to start having your inventory sent to an appraiser before they buy? Are you willing to send every cue in your inventory from appraiser to appraiser before the purchase? Exactly what percentage of the cues that you sell are sent out to a buyer's appraiser before the purchase is made?
The answer why I'd prefer list prices stay published is really simple - it's good information. Being able to research recent asking prices for a cue is advantageous for the buyer.
If you were looking for a 2003 Camry, would you pay for an appraisal on every car that is for sale, or would you look at the asking prices and go from there?
In most other purchases, the asking prices can be readily researched. Houses, cars, boats, etc. This is good for the buyer. Of course asking price doesn't set the value in stone but do you not get that it is good information for a buyer to have?
Now let me ask a question. If you don't see the value in it for the buyer, why do most dealers post an asking price at all on almost every cue?
Look, I'm not attacking sellers for taking the list prices down, I'm only saying that as a buyer I would prefer the prices to remain posted. Not sure why you tried to make me sound like a nit for not paying for an appraisal on every cue I might consider buying.
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This should be in the main forum, not the classified section...
You'll never really know what the cue sold or traded for. There are so many different variables when it comes to making transactions happen. Want to know why prices are deleted? Try it yourself. List a cue from a sought after cuesmith for a great price and hold on. Your inbox wil be full in a matter of hours, peppered with emails out the wazoo, etc,etc.
I think some guys remove the selling price as a simple act of mental preservation...
You'll never really know what the cue sold or traded for. There are so many different variables when it comes to making transactions happen. Want to know why prices are deleted? Try it yourself. List a cue from a sought after cuesmith for a great price and hold on. Your inbox wil be full in a matter of hours, peppered with emails out the wazoo, etc,etc.
I think some guys remove the selling price as a simple act of mental preservation...
