WHy write "sold" over your asking price

[stevenkelby]

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Originally Posted by rhythmicmoose /img/forum/go_quote.gif I blank out my prices for privacy reasons, but I'd definitely be willing to tell anyone the price if they PMed me asking about it.

You make good points about market value, but could you expand a bit on your privacy reasons? Why hide it from everyone if you are willing to share it with anyone, via pm?

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Originally Posted by rhythmicmoose /img/forum/go_quote.gif If you want a reference for the going price of an item, just look at others that are currently for sale. I don't see why an archive of every sale price would be necessary.

What if there are none of the item you want to buy or sell currently listed in the FS forum, and the ones that have been sold have had the price removed? Thats why it would be nice to have an acrchive of sale prices. It would also help track trends to judge if the average sale price is going up or down. Then you would know that some cans are a sound investment, others are not.

 

[ecclesand]

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Originally Posted by Spaceage /img/forum/go_quote.gif Same here. I was only putting "SOLD" in because I saw so many other people doing it.

Ditto...I think I will stop that practice and leave the price as is. I will just add SOLD somewhere else...

 

[Blitzula]

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Originally Posted by grawk /img/forum/go_quote.gif After all, price paid isnt' part of what something is worth.

I add to the chorus of people saying what??? Of course it is.

If pricing of items didn't affect resale values, many people wouldn't put sold over the prices.

And whether or not people pay above or below what an item has sold for in the past, that doesn't mean that prior sale prices in general don't affect value.

I've heard this arguement before, and it flies in the face of basic economics in a capitalistic society.

 

[socrates63]

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Originally Posted by FooTemps /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wow, whoever said "pipe down" to OP should take the stick out of their collective asses.

lol, you're right, so much for piping down.

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Originally Posted by FooTemps /img/forum/go_quote.gif /yes, i've been pissed off by this many times //no, I never asked why because I assumed too many people would have said 'pipe down' or 'gb2noobland' or 'you're an idiot and i'm elitist'

Foo, chill man, and come hang out with us at the Seattle meet.

 

[vcoheda]

this comes up every few weeks. and every few weeks, there is no clear or satisfying answer.

 

[Febs]

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Originally Posted by jp11801 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Firevortex, that is nothing but pure paranoia. The practice of replacing the price with sold is to stop the flow of pms about an item you have already sold. It also let's the buyer know the transaction is closed and reassures them.

You can add the word "SOLD" to your threads and to the titles without replacing the asking price. These are two separate issues.

 

[stevenkelby]

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Originally Posted by vcoheda /img/forum/go_quote.gif there is no clear or satisfying answer.

to why people put SOLD over the price!

As pointed out, many people do it just because thats the way it's always been done around here.

Anyway, I'm off to bed. If the mods don't set rules one way or the other, every seller has the right to delete the price, or not, as they choose. I don't necessarily understand or agree with it, but I respect their decision.

Peace!

 

[ken36]

I agree. I just started leaving my asking price where it is. Of course my asking is not necessarily the selling price. A seller can ask whatever he wants, but it takes both a buyer and a seller to make a deal. Why not let folks in on it. Just my opinion, of course. I'm tempted to leave the sale price there also. The market determines price and both parties to a transaction should be aware of the going market price. Now, IMO the public should be aware also, so they can make informed decisions.

 

[ecclesand]

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Originally Posted by FooTemps /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wow, whoever said "pipe down" to OP should take the stick out of their collective asses. /yes, i've been pissed off by this many times //no, I never asked why because I assumed too many people would have said 'pipe down' or 'gb2noobland' or 'you're an idiot and i'm elitist'

I couldn't agree with this more! Well put!

 

[silverrain]

I, for one, will no longer put SOLD over my FS prices.
If my item sells for $SOLD, then it doesn't matter if I actually accepted an offer of $SOLD, or if it went for the original $SOLD price.
It helps when trying to sell something yourself, or buying, to know that the going price for the item is $SOLD and not $SOLD or $SOLD so you know how to price it, or what is fair to expect to pay-to-buy.
Sorry -- couldn't resist -- but I did speak the truth about no more $SOLD in my FS stuff.

 

[n_maher]

 

[milkpowder]

^^ LOL! Really making sure its dead ay?

It's not really a problem that people hide the prices after the sale. Most of us know what the stuff is worth anyway... For the more exotic gear, a quick question to a couple experienced members would sort you out in no time. I don't know what the fuss is all about. On Head-Fi, no horse is too dead to beat...

 

[nfusion770]

I don't care one way or the other, but it certainly can be annoying to be confronted about your selling price based on what you paid. I once purchased a pair of Senns with an extra cable. I decided to keep the cable for a while and re-sell the headphones stock at their going rate. I had an emailer break down my costs, and tell me how much he was going to pay me. I know such an email could be construed as typically low-balling, but this seemed a step beyond. Considering the amount of money I have lost in simple transactional fees and re-selling, I hardly feel I need to be preached at for potentially (though not certainly) clearing a whopping $15 on a theoretical re-sale of both items.

I know most of the good people on this site have a bit more integrity than this, but it annoyed me. If I buy something, I certainly don't feel entitled to the benefits of the sellers good fortune, I'm looking for a price I am willing to pay.

Anyway, I know its a dead horse- sorry.

 

[Kees]

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Originally Posted by Sherwood /img/forum/go_quote.gif I could not possibly agree less. Price paid is the ONLY measure of what something is worth in a free market economy, which head-fi is. There is no other objective measure of value available. That's the whole purpose of money. I know, I know, "geezpipedown", but this is bad economics and I cannot cotton it.

It is not objective. It can't be and never will be.
It is essentially allways "what any fool wants to pay for it".
1$ has a different value to different people, depending on their circumstances.

 

[Audiofiler]

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Originally Posted by n_maher /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I am starting a brand new thread, with the same question in week or less..but commencing my "new" thread with the picture above first. Maybe with links to the last 3-9 threads dealing with the exact subject content