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09-02-2009, 06:41 AM
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Why is it that people feel the need to edit the price out of their ad once the item has sold? I see so many ads with nothing changed except SOLD in place of the price.
I often use the classifieds to research the current market price of used gear, and this ruins it.
Why can't one just add the SOLD to the end or beginning of the ad?
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09-02-2009, 07:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | | | I am not sure why people do that. I just leave my sold price in for the reasons you state.
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09-02-2009, 07:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Jacksonville, FL | | | I completely agree. I have looked up stuff before to get a reference and it just gets on my nerves. |
09-02-2009, 07:56 AM
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09-02-2009, 08:07 AM
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09-02-2009, 08:20 AM
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09-02-2009, 08:30 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: just outside B-more Maryland | | | I was just thinking yesterday about starting a thread on the same subject. I agree 1000%.
I also like to use the classifieds to gauge used gear prices.
I just sold an amp and left the sale price in for future reference when I closed the thread.
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09-02-2009, 02:54 PM
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09-02-2009, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by megadan Why is it that people feel the need to edit the price out of their ad once the item has sold? I see so many ads with nothing changed except SOLD in place of the price.
I often use the classifieds to research the current market price of used gear, and this ruins it.
Why can't one just add the SOLD to the end or beginning of the ad? | I agree with the substance of your topic big-time, but your subject line stinks.
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09-02-2009, 05:25 PM
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09-02-2009, 05:41 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bothell, WA | | | I completely agree, that practice bothers me greatly. Perhaps the admin type folks might make that a rule; don't delete the sale price? |
09-02-2009, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by bassrique I agree with the substance of your topic big-time, but your subject line stinks. | Why? The word is well defined and unrelated to another word of similar construction.
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09-02-2009, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Balog I completely agree, that practice bothers me greatly. Perhaps the admin type folks might make that a rule; don't delete the sale price? | as i said, i agree with this concept, but it needs to be voluntary. i'm not comfortable forcing folks to do what they might not want to do with their classifieds threads.
i don't think it would be necessary, either. i think a simple request post stickied in the forums would do the trick for most cases.
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09-02-2009, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by john turner as i said, i agree with this concept, but it needs to be voluntary. i'm not comfortable forcing folks to do what they might not want to do with their classifieds threads.
i don't think it would be necessary, either. i think a simple request post stickied in the forums would do the trick for most cases. | I would have posted it there but that didn't really make sense seeing as there are many forums. Maybe you could use your magic to move this sucker over there and sticky it at the top of them? I don't really know how that works.
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09-02-2009, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by megadan | Oh no, I didn't mean it that way. My objection to your subject line was it wasn't specific enough.
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Prices Edited Out Of Classified Ads: Not Cool
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09-02-2009, 06:44 PM
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09-02-2009, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by bassrique Oh no, I didn't mean it that way. My objection to your subject line was it wasn't specific enough.
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Prices Edited Out Of Classified Ads: Not Cool | Oh ok, that makes more sense. I don't think I can edit the subject line; in retrospect, I didn't realize that more than several people would agree with me.
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09-02-2009, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by megadan Oh ok, that makes more sense. I don't think I can edit the subject line; in retrospect, I didn't realize that more than several people would agree with me. | This classified thread editing has been a peeve of mine for some time. I passed over this thread because the subject line didn't "hit" me.
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09-02-2009, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by megadan I would have posted it there but that didn't really make sense seeing as there are many forums. Maybe you could use your magic to move this sucker over there and sticky it at the top of them? I don't really know how that works. | it's actually good you didn't post it - we do not want any kind of discussion happening in the classifieds.
i'll pass this idea over to the other admins and classifieds mods and get their opinions. if it seems to fly, i'll post something to the effect as a stickied suggestion in each of the forums.
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09-02-2009, 07:42 PM
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