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[jas904]

I have been wondering lately why a seller would remove the price from a listing when the item sells.  It seems that leaving the sold price would provide some sort of reference to the marketplace.  I understand the seller has no obligation to others once his item sells, but is there a specific reason for doing so?

[drgolfaholic]

The listed price may not be the sold price so that argument is moot.  I'd like to take it off so there's no confusion.  But I will leave the pictures until the buyer receive the clubs so they know for sure what they're getting was truly depicted.

[cpeck12]

I leave the pictures and final asking price up. Regardless of whether or not the item was sold for the final asking price I still like to leave it up there.... sometimes I'll search old BST listings just to gauge the pricing of something whether I'm buying or selling and I figure others do the same so I just leave it.

[BNich0622]

drgolfaholic, on 17 April 2012 - 11:48 AM, said:

The listed price may not be the sold price so that argument is moot.  I'd like to take it off so there's no confusion.  But I will leave the pictures until the buyer receive the clubs so they know for sure what they're getting was truly depicted.

Right there with ya man. I believe this topic has come up a number of times. I rarely sell items for the price I list as many people have offers. I like marking things as sold. If someone wants to know how much I sold a particular item for so they know how to price their accordingly go ahead and PM me. I also agree with the picture idea. Well said there.

[muxi87]

Why this topic comes up weekly is much more perplexing to me than why a seller would edit his ad...

I put SOLD in place of the price I was asking.  I will always do this.  Why should I leave the price up?  I can make a laundry list of reason why I take it down...

If anyone has ever pm'd me asking what I sold a particular item for, I've always replied with the sales price I got.

I leave up the pictures for literally years.  I just cleaned out some of my old Photobucket pics...but we're talking of clubs I sold back in 07 or 08...maybe 09 at the latest.  Anything I've sold over the past couple years still has pics.

Edited by muxi87, 17 April 2012 - 01:19 PM.

[hebron1427]

muxi87, on 17 April 2012 - 01:18 PM, said:

Why this topic comes up weekly is much more perplexing to me than why a seller would edit his ad...

I put SOLD in place of the price I was asking.  I will always do this.  Why should I leave the price up?  I can make a laundry list of reason why I take it down...

If anyone has ever pm'd me asking what I sold a particular item for, I've always replied with the sales price I got.

I leave up the pictures for literally years.  I just cleaned out some of my old Photobucket pics...but we're talking of clubs I sold back in 07 or 08...maybe 09 at the latest.  Anything I've sold over the past couple years still has pics.

how about sharing some? i've never understood why you go through the trouble. i usually mark mine sold and strikethrough the old price. i dont see a problem with it, especially if someone is planning to flip my stuff over for a profit, the new buyer can say "well, this guy had it listed for $50 less than you." maybe that's just me justifying, but i've never understood why people take them down. a lot of times, i'm looking at 10 or so ads to figure how to price a club because no one has a price listed.

[OldGolfer87]

I thought when a item you posted in BST sold those in charge wanted them cleaned up so a thread no longer used was not taking up extra space with pictures ect . ??

[blink3665]

I agree with leaving the prices up.  Even if it's not the sold price.  It gives me a reference to what price made someone even think about offering a price.  I have PMd people the actual price, and everyone is accommodating.  I just feel that leaving the price gives people a reference point.

Just my $0.02

[muxi87]

hebron1427, on 17 April 2012 - 11:40 PM, said:

muxi87, on 17 April 2012 - 01:18 PM, said:

Why this topic comes up weekly is much more perplexing to me than why a seller would edit his ad...

I put SOLD in place of the price I was asking.  I will always do this.  Why should I leave the price up?  I can make a laundry list of reason why I take it down...

If anyone has ever pm'd me asking what I sold a particular item for, I've always replied with the sales price I got.

I leave up the pictures for literally years.  I just cleaned out some of my old Photobucket pics...but we're talking of clubs I sold back in 07 or 08...maybe 09 at the latest.  Anything I've sold over the past couple years still has pics.

how about sharing some? i've never understood why you go through the trouble. i usually mark mine sold and strikethrough the old price. i dont see a problem with it, especially if someone is planning to flip my stuff over for a profit, the new buyer can say "well, this guy had it listed for $50 less than you." maybe that's just me justifying, but i've never understood why people take them down. a lot of times, i'm looking at 10 or so ads to figure how to price a club because no one has a price listed.

1)  I usually sell at pretty low prices.  I don't want to "kill the market" for others.  If someone sells a driver for $100, and then someone lists the same thing for $175, I can guarantee you that people will chastise the guy asking $175 about his price, even if the value of the club is much more...all because they saw that $100.

2)  If the price is still up, you WILL get pm's wondering if the item is still for sale.  It will happen.  Heck, even when I remove it and mark them SOLD I get it sometimes.  But it never fails the other way--if I close an ad before marking SOLD, I get pms on it for months.

3)  I don't think it's anybody's business what someone pays for an item.

4)  People on here tend to be about the "cheapest" people I've ever seen.  Another example:  Say I sell a driver for $100.  The guy I sell it to tries it, doesn't like it, lists it for $125.  Again, even if that's a great price, people are would see my ad, then chastise him for asking more than he paid.  Nevermind the fact that he has to take a PayPal fee hit and a hit on shipping fees.  Also, forgetting the fact that he probably listed for $125 only in hopes that he gets $110, because the plethora of people here never pay the asking price, even if it's a steal.  So say he gets $110, after PayPal fees, that $105...after shipping, that's $90...after expense to go package it, drop it off somewhere, etc, he's down to netting $85 max on a $110 sell.  Unless people sell very often, they have no idea of the overhead of selling.


I can keep going with examples and reasons.  I put the word "SOLD" in place of the price.  Just the way I do it.

[shootermcgavin2]

muxi87, on 18 April 2012 - 08:02 AM, said:

4)  People on here tend to be about the "cheapest" people I've ever seen.  Another example:  Say I sell a driver for $100.  The guy I sell it to tries it, doesn't like it, lists it for $125.  Again, even if that's a great price, people are would see my ad, then chastise him for asking more than he paid.  Nevermind the fact that he has to take a PayPal fee hit and a hit on shipping fees.  Also, forgetting the fact that he probably listed for $125 only in hopes that he gets $110, because the plethora of people here never pay the asking price, even if it's a steal.  So say he gets $110, after PayPal fees, that $105...after shipping, that's $90...after expense to go package it, drop it off somewhere, etc, he's down to netting $85 max on a $110 sell.  Unless people sell very often, they have no idea of the overhead of selling.

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[jas904]

muxi87, on 17 April 2012 - 01:18 PM, said:

Why this topic comes up weekly is much more perplexing to me than why a seller would edit his ad...

I put SOLD in place of the price I was asking.  I will always do this.  Why should I leave the price up?  I can make a laundry list of reason why I take it down...

If anyone has ever pm'd me asking what I sold a particular item for, I've always replied with the sales price I got.

I leave up the pictures for literally years.  I just cleaned out some of my old Photobucket pics...but we're talking of clubs I sold back in 07 or 08...maybe 09 at the latest.  Anything I've sold over the past couple years still has pics.

My apologies for re-hashing what appears to be an old topic. It was new to me at least.

[golfva28]

I always leave the price to help people gauge the market.  I have no reason to remove it.

[Pudgelewis]

chunkyhunky, on 17 April 2012 - 11:48 PM, said:

I thought when a item you posted in BST sold those in charge wanted them cleaned up so a thread no longer used was not taking up extra space with pictures ect . ??

I believe they just want you to "close" the ad so they can tell more easily what ads to move to the archives section. I would imagine they would be for leaving the description and pics up until buyers receive their items.  

As for the selling price being left up, I don't care one way or the other. It's always easier to check eBay ended auctions for a base price anyways. Heck, sometimes I'd rather prices not be left up just do I don't regret missing out on a deal. Personally, I just put a strike through it and put ***SOLD*** out to the side of it.

[cohenfive]

personally i think it is a big mistake (ok, not monumental or anything) to take the prices off when something sells. all of that information is lost to the buyers and sellers when all you see is 'SOLD' with nothing else in the ad....personal opinion, but i'd rather see that valuable market information (at least asking prices) maintained on the site as it would make it easier to judge where things are trading. this is my biggest beef with the entire BST site, which is indicative of how well things work here....but they could always be better!

[kencanuck]

I have heard the arguments for and against but I also use the price as a gauge when I am listing something so I just strike through the price and mark SOLD beside it.  That way everyone knows it is sold but you have some idea of what I priced the item at.   Just how I do things.

Ken

[bigmoneyp]

I take the price down, mainly for the same reasons Muxi87 has mentioned.  The thing I don't like is when people replace price with "Pending".  I don't like this because many times those pending sales fall through and I have no clue what the asking price is.  Sure, I could send a PM but if you leave the price up I'd be much more inclined to get in line if its an item if I'm interested in.

[hebron1427]

muxi87, on 18 April 2012 - 08:02 AM, said:

hebron1427, on 17 April 2012 - 11:40 PM, said:

how about sharing some? i've never understood why you go through the trouble. i usually mark mine sold and strikethrough the old price. i dont see a problem with it, especially if someone is planning to flip my stuff over for a profit, the new buyer can say "well, this guy had it listed for $50 less than you." maybe that's just me justifying, but i've never understood why people take them down. a lot of times, i'm looking at 10 or so ads to figure how to price a club because no one has a price listed.

1)  I usually sell at pretty low prices.  I don't want to "kill the market" for others.  If someone sells a driver for $100, and then someone lists the same thing for $175, I can guarantee you that people will chastise the guy asking $175 about his price, even if the value of the club is much more...all because they saw that $100.

2)  If the price is still up, you WILL get pm's wondering if the item is still for sale.  It will happen.  Heck, even when I remove it and mark them SOLD I get it sometimes.  But it never fails the other way--if I close an ad before marking SOLD, I get pms on it for months.

3)  I don't think it's anybody's business what someone pays for an item.

4)  People on here tend to be about the "cheapest" people I've ever seen.  Another example:  Say I sell a driver for $100.  The guy I sell it to tries it, doesn't like it, lists it for $125.  Again, even if that's a great price, people are would see my ad, then chastise him for asking more than he paid.  Nevermind the fact that he has to take a PayPal fee hit and a hit on shipping fees.  Also, forgetting the fact that he probably listed for $125 only in hopes that he gets $110, because the plethora of people here never pay the asking price, even if it's a steal.  So say he gets $110, after PayPal fees, that $105...after shipping, that's $90...after expense to go package it, drop it off somewhere, etc, he's down to netting $85 max on a $110 sell.  Unless people sell very often, they have no idea of the overhead of selling.


I can keep going with examples and reasons.  I put the word "SOLD" in place of the price.  Just the way I do it.

I've sold a bunch on here and never experienced any of the negatives you're talking about. I use the strikethourhg price and "SOLD" method. i think it's worth leaving the price up so that not only buyers but also sellers can see what the market is for their items. I can't tell you the number of times i've tried looking up listings of stuff only to find 5 or 10 ads with the thing i want to sell and none of them have a price listed. i have no idea what it's worth. and ebay isn't always a good gauge of the market--for example, there are WAY more examples of people selling byron putters here than ebay. and i don't trust ebay because a bunch of the mainstream stuff on there is fake.

also, who cares if someone "chastizes" you? if they don't like your price, they don't have to buy.

[muxi87]

hebron1427, on 23 April 2012 - 07:16 PM, said:

I've sold a bunch on here and never experienced any of the negatives you're talking about. I use the strikethourhg price and "SOLD" method. i think it's worth leaving the price up so that not only buyers but also sellers can see what the market is for their items. I can't tell you the number of times i've tried looking up listings of stuff only to find 5 or 10 ads with the thing i want to sell and none of them have a price listed. i have no idea what it's worth. and ebay isn't always a good gauge of the market--for example, there are WAY more examples of people selling byron putters here than ebay. and i don't trust ebay because a bunch of the mainstream stuff on there is fake.

also, who cares if someone "chastizes" you? if they don't like your price, they don't have to buy.

How about this...you do things your way, I'll do things my way.

Work for you?

I'll go ahead and tell you this:  there's a 0% chance that I change the way I do things...I think they've been pretty successful.

[hebron1427]

muxi87, on 23 April 2012 - 07:32 PM, said:

hebron1427, on 23 April 2012 - 07:16 PM, said:

I've sold a bunch on here and never experienced any of the negatives you're talking about. I use the strikethourhg price and "SOLD" method. i think it's worth leaving the price up so that not only buyers but also sellers can see what the market is for their items. I can't tell you the number of times i've tried looking up listings of stuff only to find 5 or 10 ads with the thing i want to sell and none of them have a price listed. i have no idea what it's worth. and ebay isn't always a good gauge of the market--for example, there are WAY more examples of people selling byron putters here than ebay. and i don't trust ebay because a bunch of the mainstream stuff on there is fake.

also, who cares if someone "chastizes" you? if they don't like your price, they don't have to buy.

How about this...you do things your way, I'll do things my way.

Work for you?

I'll go ahead and tell you this:  there's a 0% chance that I change the way I do things...I think they've been pretty successful.

i never expected that you'd change. just showing the error of this reasoning to others who might read this thread.

[Stinger82]

hebron1427, on 24 April 2012 - 08:10 AM, said:

muxi87, on 23 April 2012 - 07:32 PM, said:

hebron1427, on 23 April 2012 - 07:16 PM, said:

I've sold a bunch on here and never experienced any of the negatives you're talking about. I use the strikethourhg price and "SOLD" method. i think it's worth leaving the price up so that not only buyers but also sellers can see what the market is for their items. I can't tell you the number of times i've tried looking up listings of stuff only to find 5 or 10 ads with the thing i want to sell and none of them have a price listed. i have no idea what it's worth. and ebay isn't always a good gauge of the market--for example, there are WAY more examples of people selling byron putters here than ebay. and i don't trust ebay because a bunch of the mainstream stuff on there is fake.

also, who cares if someone "chastizes" you? if they don't like your price, they don't have to buy.

How about this...you do things your way, I'll do things my way.

Work for you?

I'll go ahead and tell you this:  there's a 0% chance that I change the way I do things...I think they've been pretty successful.

i never expected that you'd change. just showing the error of this reasoning to others who might read this thread.

So his reasoning is wrong because you dont agree with it? I'm going to continue to do things my way as well and it seems like it has been working pretty well to me. It's really noones business what I LISTED my item at, if you have sold on the BST then you know its pretty rare to get your asking price. I agree with Muxi on this, you do things the way you want and we will continue to do things our way. I couldn't care less how others do things but don't blast us for how we do things