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View Poll Results: Should the Garage Sale subforum require users to include an asking price of the item? | |
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No.
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10th February 2011, 07:34 AM
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| | Ron Earp Administrator 
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: NC, USA GT40: None.
Posts: 6,308
|  Garage Sale Rules-Require Prices or Not?
Title says it all. Votes are publicly shown so if you are not comfortable with that then DO NOT vote. I wish to see if the answers really do fall along country lines and have no other way to investigate that unless the poll option to show voters is turned on.
The subforum rules will be altered if the poll indicates that we should alter them. The poll will be active for seven days.
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10th February 2011, 11:42 AM
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| | Big-Foot Super Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kenyon, MN GT40: RCR40 - #45
Posts: 4,785
| Re: Garage Sale Rules-Require Prices or Not?
Yes - Post Price
Or
State your Price and best offer.
This would be a perfect example in my opinion:
Item: ABC-Widget
Condition: New
Location: Minneapolis, MN - USA
Willing to ship: Yes - Internationally
Price: $500 or Best Offer
Funds: Personal Check, PayPal, Postal Money Order, Cash
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10th February 2011, 12:12 PM
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| | Rich Roy A Tenth
Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Colbert, WA. GT40: CAV Mk I B
Posts: 177
| Re: Garage Sale Rules-Require Prices or Not?
Yes: perfect ! | |
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10th February 2011, 12:49 PM
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| | Ron Scarboro 2 Tenths
Join Date: May 2010 Location: NC, USA GT40: CAV #170
Posts: 233
| Re: Garage Sale Rules-Require Prices or Not?
Agreed. Gripes me when someone is "fishing" with "reasonable offers" please.
Many times it is just a veiled mechanism to run an auction as several people's reasonable offers are pitched against each other as the seller simultaneously negotiates with each. | |
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10th February 2011, 04:11 PM
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| | Ron Earp Administrator
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: NC, USA GT40: None.
Posts: 6,308
| Re: Garage Sale Rules-Require Prices or Not?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Big-Foot  Yes - Post Price
Or
State your Price and best offer.
This would be a perfect example in my opinion:
Item: ABC-Widget
Condition: New
Location: Minneapolis, MN - USA
Willing to ship: Yes - Internationally
Price: $500 or Best Offer
Funds: Personal Check, PayPal, Postal Money Order, Cash | I like that too.
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10th February 2011, 04:54 PM
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| | iank2112 10 tenths
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: San Diego, CA GT40: none yet
Posts: 1,491
| Re: Garage Sale Rules-Require Prices or Not?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich Roy Yes: perfect ! | Seconded or thirded or fourthed ...
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10th February 2011, 05:12 PM
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| | PETER HILL 3 Tenths 
Join Date: May 2003 Location: AUSTRALIA GT40: RF083
Posts: 348
| Re: Garage Sale Rules-Require Prices or Not?
Does the forum software have the capacity for standard forms so that all you have to do is fill in the details and that way all post will be uniform and have all of the necessary details.
There may also be an option of mandatory fields that have to be filled in (eg price) and the post will not be accepted if it is not filled in. ???
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10th February 2011, 09:28 PM
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| | Frank3 Bronze Supporter
Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Gloucester , Va GT40: Fiero based kit
Posts: 236
| Re: Garage Sale Rules-Require Prices or Not?
I don't care if a price is asked or not , although I might be less likely to reply .
You should really know what you want for something , because I'm libel to make an offer that will offend you , but make me happy if you accept ! | |
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11th February 2011, 12:11 AM
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| | Cliffbeer2 Gold Supporter
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sand Point, WA
Posts: 2,170
| Re: Garage Sale Rules-Require Prices or Not?
Not posting a price is lazy sales tactics. And, the selling party is just hoping to bump into a stupider party than themselves, hoping that they'll make an overly generous offer.
"Accepting reasonable offers" means absolutely nothing, wastes people's time, and causes confusion amongst the priority of buyers. | |
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11th February 2011, 02:15 AM
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| | Jonny Bronze Supporter 
Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Denmark GT40: MK.1
Posts: 19
| Re: Garage Sale Rules-Require Prices or Not?
I would be satisfied if the asking price was actually what it says "the asking price". Meaning- if the seller want an extra 20% VAT to the price he is asking, it would really not be a "garage sale" would it, or am I wrong?  | |
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11th February 2011, 03:49 AM
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| | Gravy 10 tenths 
Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: UK GT40: Zip, Zero, None
Posts: 1,377
| Re: Garage Sale Rules-Require Prices or Not?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Big-Foot Yes - Post Price
Or
State your Price and best offer.
This would be a perfect example in my opinion:
Item: ABC-Widget
Condition: New
Location: Minneapolis, MN - USA
Willing to ship: Yes - Internationally
Price: $500 or Best Offer
Funds: Personal Check, PayPal, Postal Money Order, Cash | Randy,
That looks like a perfect compromise. Nice one  | |
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11th February 2011, 08:00 AM
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| | albanygt40 7 Tenths
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Australia
Posts: 753
| Re: Garage Sale Rules-Require Prices or Not?
Harden up ya bunch of Pansies.
Who gives a shit if an item has a price.
Just don't buy it if it does not have a price, no need to cry to Mummy.
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13th February 2011, 12:10 PM
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| | Ron Earp Administrator
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: NC, USA GT40: None.
Posts: 6,308
| Re: Garage Sale Rules-Require Prices or Not?
That is a pretty heavy majority for having prices on adverts. Simon didn't vote but even if I count Simon in the "No" camp that gives eight "No" votes. 75% of the no votes are from the UK/Australia, while the "Yes" votes are mainly from the US. I imagine the sample size and forum demographics makes it impossible to draw a general conclusion that geographical location determines the user's preference.
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