The other day someone posted several cues on the wanted/for sale forum for sale at a shipped price , and another forum regular has a couple of the same cues for sale on his website with free shipping for about 25 dollars cheaper . Would it be bad form to bring this up ?
Forum Etiquette
- Thread starter david(tx)
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I always try to take the position of minding my own business. Im sure the seller has reasons behind his pricing strategy. He may have more in the product than the other seller, or just needs a higher profit margine. If you are interested in the cue from the higher priced seller you may contact them with a pm and work out a deal.
This was my line of thinking , but just putting out a feeler , i wasn't going to buy any , just wondering :grin:. thx
TheThaiger
Banned
Yes, he's cheating people.
Why can't we criticise? I'm sick of seeing products that are blatantly overpriced. I see people put production cues up that have been modified, and used and abused for all I know, and they're asking 90% retail? Are they nuts?? Now, this is fine for those of us that know the market, that are players, that are internet savvy and have the majority of our marbles in place, but there are people who are not these things, and they need protecting. I believe we have an obligation to ridicule ridiculous prices.
master9baller
Banned
Via PM to the seller who is priced higher? Certainly. In an open forum where others can see? Absolutely not.
...Or just mind your own business.
Honestly, I disagree. If someone is going to shell out hundreds of dollars for a cue, then it is their responsibility to do their own research. People sell items all the time for more than their, "worth." Any product is worth whatever someone else is willing to pay for it. If a person wants to buy a certain product for a listed price, I don't think it's right for you to go out of your way to sabotage the sale.
Look at it this way:
Would you stand out side of Target with a sign that says WalMart's prices are cheaper?
As a non-involved consumer I mean? Not paid by Wal-Mart?
Prices are all over the place. It's up to the person considering a purchase to do their homework and find out the best balance of price and service that works for them.
I'd LOVE to crap all over threads where I feel the price/value ratio is out of line. But doing that ensures mutually assured destruction as the other side will look for ANYTHING that they can use against me.
It's really simple. Leave it alone unless there is a super compelling reason to say something like possible fraud.
Or start another thread and list all the places that x-product can be bought for x-prices if you feel that you must be a consumer advocate. I am a big fan of providing consumers with as much information as possible so that they can make an informed decision. But there is a right way and a wrong way to do it.
It's not right to automatically say that so-and-so is overpriced just because you see the same item on a website somewhere at a lower price. The website might not actually have the item, it might be a bait and switch operation, they might be liquidating seconds, they might have made a typo.....
You know the old saying about a bird in the hand being worth two in the bush. Well if a guy has the actual product in his hands as would assumed with an AZB seller then that by itself should be worth something compared to a web seller who has to have it dropshipped from a distributor.
25% more? Probably not to me but you get my point.
Would you stand out side of Target with a sign that says WalMart's prices are cheaper?
As a non-involved consumer I mean? Not paid by Wal-Mart?
Prices are all over the place. It's up to the person considering a purchase to do their homework and find out the best balance of price and service that works for them.
I'd LOVE to crap all over threads where I feel the price/value ratio is out of line. But doing that ensures mutually assured destruction as the other side will look for ANYTHING that they can use against me.
It's really simple. Leave it alone unless there is a super compelling reason to say something like possible fraud.
Or start another thread and list all the places that x-product can be bought for x-prices if you feel that you must be a consumer advocate. I am a big fan of providing consumers with as much information as possible so that they can make an informed decision. But there is a right way and a wrong way to do it.
It's not right to automatically say that so-and-so is overpriced just because you see the same item on a website somewhere at a lower price. The website might not actually have the item, it might be a bait and switch operation, they might be liquidating seconds, they might have made a typo.....
You know the old saying about a bird in the hand being worth two in the bush. Well if a guy has the actual product in his hands as would assumed with an AZB seller then that by itself should be worth something compared to a web seller who has to have it dropshipped from a distributor.
25% more? Probably not to me but you get my point.
If you have something to sell, post it. If you see someone selling something you are selling for cheaper, make your own f*cking thread. If the price is too high, don't buy it.
Simple.
Simple.
Good points but this isn't what the thread is about.
Forget about the "opinions" about whether it's OK. The fact is it is against forum rules to knock action in a thread in the for sale forum.. If you are an interested buyer then handle it in a PM to the seller. If the potential buyer is a friend of yours then PM him about it.
So yeah, it's bad etiquette by definition because it is against the rules.
If the guy is pitching his wares in the main forum or somewhere else, then you are free to say pretty much whatever you want, so have at it. The rules apply only to threads in the for sale forum.
If you are curious about the rules, there is a sticky thread in the For Sale forum on page one.
This also reminds me of the old story about the apple seller.
He has his apples priced at 10cts each. A guy walks up and says, " are you crazy? the seller down the block is selling them for 5cts each."
The fruit merchant says in reply, "then go and buy from him."
The buyer says, "I can't, he is all sold out."
He has his apples priced at 10cts each. A guy walks up and says, " are you crazy? the seller down the block is selling them for 5cts each."
The fruit merchant says in reply, "then go and buy from him."
The buyer says, "I can't, he is all sold out."
He sees a thread with an item. He finds the item cheaper somewhere else. He wants to know if it is bad to post in that thread that he found it cheaper somewhere else. "If the price is too high, don't buy it" seems to fit perfectly.
Or you could click on the link I made in RED.