Your take on classified ad "price deleting".

[BigSky]

What's anybody else's take on deleting prices from classified ads? I know, I know, first world problems. Anyway, it's a forum for conversation on topics and this one is annoying, not life-changing, but annoying. When I try to sell something I look for two things. First, I look for someone else who has posted a WTB ad. That's a topic for another time. Then, I check to see what others have sold for or, at least, what they have listed for. If they have sold, it was probably sold somewhere near the final listing price. However, it is extremely difficult to do "market research" when people delete their ad, assuming it sells quickly enough or they edit their ad to replace the asking price with the word "sold". Is it so hard just to ad the word "sold" to your ad rather than deleting the price in inserting "sold" in its place. And before anybody jumps down my throat, I don't think the buyer and seller should be required to disclose the deal they reached.

As a tangential topic, I think it is wrong to delete your whole ad so that there is no reference for the parties involved when a conflict may arise later as to "what was included" or "claimed condition" or "promises made" or other terms that may end up in dispute. My pucker factor goes through the roof if, immediately after I have consummated a deal as a buyer, I see the entire ad from the seller has been deleted. I'm not trying to stir the pot I would just like others take on my original topic. As usual, it's probably just me.

 

[coyotecreek]

I'm with you 100% but wish that people would use the function to change the prefix to sold as well. Doesn't take 2 seconds, but it sure is helpful to others

 

[Timberline001]

Yes, leave the price and just mark sold. Makes it’s easy to know what people want to pay and what’s a fair price.

 

[SloppyJ]

I agree and it's bothered me as well. Not sure why they do that. I like to see what things are going for. I thought the mods did it?

Adjacent to your post, I realized not too long ago you can mark it as sold yourself which is a nice feature.

 

[realunlucky]

Yes the mods would very much appreciate if you marked your item as sold and lock the thread.

Like putting a shopping cart away, those that don't do it shouldn't be afforded the luxury of using it next time.

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[Axle]

I vote for leaving the price in the post after it is sold.

 

[fngTony]

It automatically locks once you change the prefix to sold. Pretty easy, just select the “…” at the top or bottom of the original listing, select edit then there’s a green arrow next to the prefix that opens a menu where you select “sold”.

 

[berretsteve]

as someone who sells its not wise to delete your sold history, thinking from a marketing point of view doesn't seem logical.

 

[Wrench]

I hate when the price disappears. Sometimes I get on a buying spree and forget if the price includes shipping....etc.

 

[gburk]

I would like to hear from someone on the other side of this argument - why remove the price? I never understood it.

 

[ScreamingPotato]

Never understood why people delete the price, makes no sense. Leave the price and definitely lock the thread and/or mark the pedic sold.

 

[cpl666k9]

Leave the price

 

[CorbLand]

I would like to hear from someone on the other side of this argument - why remove the price? I never understood it.

So people start a thread about it mostly.

 

[mvv5137]

+ 1 on leaving the price. More importantly though, change the prefix! Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go make sure I’ve changed all my prior listings to sold.

 

[ODB]

I never understood removing the price either. It's like looking up sold items on ebay, etc.

 

[Axle]

Never understood why people delete the price, makes no sense. Leave the price and definitely lock the thread and/or mark the pedic sold.

I sold some stuff on a different forum years ago. If it was a popular item or I priced it cheap or something, I would sometimes delete the price and write "$ SOLD" so people would stop sending me messages about it. Even if I changed the title to "This is Sold" people would still be sending me messages about it.

Taking away the price seemed to solve that problem for the most part.

 

[ScreamingPotato]

I sold some stuff on a different forum years ago. If it was a popular item or I priced it cheap or something, I would sometimes delete the price and write "$ SOLD" so people would stop sending me messages about it. Even if I changed the title to "This is Sold" people would still be sending me messages about it.

Taking away the price seemed to solve that problem for the most part.

I can see how that makes sense, thanks for explaining it.

 

[rodney482]

And when it sells leave feedback

 

[GearForce1]

Yes the mods would very much appreciate if you marked your item as sold and lock the thread.

Like putting a shopping cart away, those that don't do it shouldn't be afforded the luxury of using it next time.

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This actually made me laugh but I’m in agreement.

 

[Shō[t]gun]

I would like to hear from someone on the other side of this argument - why remove the price? I never understood it.

There really is none. It evens out the playing field between buyer/seller. Any market manipulation you could achieve on a tiny hunting classifieds forum is easily undone by a couple seconds of research on other sales sites.
I’d be way more worried about scams when moving big $$ for some of these optics, which is why I don’t use the classifieds.