[Frenchy]

The way I see the Classifieds, is there are 2 things to consider, if ppl are allowed to post under it, then some one could technically snatch the sale for themselves.
IE: some one posts a S&W mod 66 4’ at $450.00 and I see some one respond to it, I would be hard pressed not to contact the person responding to it and say Hey Buddy, $450 I can get you one with a holster and belt. ( I technically could If I was to sell my S&W cause I did pay less then that.) No guys it’s not for sale!

That’s the down side. Mind you, $450 is not that far off what you see in many stores, but it is high still considering you can and do see them much lower then this many times, EX: I paid $275 for mine.

The up side of being able to post under is to help newbies, For example, not too long ago, Some one was selling a S&W 9mm Sigma, the price if I remember well was around $275. I would have jumped in there to say HEY SOME ONE!!! If your looking for a bargain gun, here it is!

I ended up buying the 2 mags for $40 SHIPPING PAID they could have sold for $60 + shipping anywhere.

So it goes both ways, It would be nice to say “Buddy, price check” when the price is high, or “Look at this!” when the price is more then fair but you are not looking for one.

An other example, last week there was a computer for sale, I know for a fact some one was looking for one, So I interceded by pm and said Hold this for Josh, his SN is XXX and got him the sale. Had I not seen it, Josh would have been with a much more expensive computer and some one else would have gotten the sale.

So the problem that exists is on both sides of the fence. Some one could technically flame a sale, or undercut it by knowing who is interested in it. Or some one could help the sale by saying I know who wants one contact them.

The first needs to be avoided if at all possible, the second can be remedied by sending a PM like I did to both parties to get together.

As we don’t pay to advertise here, I think Doug and Dan can do what ever they please with advertisings. But it would be nice to know if some thing being sold is high or possibly the same price you could buy it elsewhere. I think the idea of the Classifieds is to get a fair price between members, not to make a profit on the sale.

As we have many newbies here, It might be good if we could scale the price maybe with the rating system. 5 being very good, 1 being high.
Could this be possible?




Sorry for writing a book about it again...
Well not really