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Topic: Mandatory Price Listing in "Films For Sale" Sections
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Steve Klare
Film Guy
Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted August 11, 2016 09:52 AM
If I was selling a print I'd put up a price just to save myself a lot of low-ball offers and other price questions, but I don't see it being exactly mandatory.
A posting of a sales ad on an online discussion forum is kind of an interesting phenomenon. If you saw a sheet of paper on the bulletin board at the supermarket from some guy wanting to sell his bike, you'd never see six more sheets underneath from other people saying "I had one of these bikes, it was awful." or "You're asking for too much money." or "Do you know how to adjust the seat?".
-but here it's just natural to discuss these postings, I do it myself. It's just that it doesn't always go well, especially for the seller.
In the best of all worlds these ads would go up locked, so they'd function more like a classified ad in print media.
-but speaking as somebody who isn't the moderator that's too easy for me to say.
Maybe my main point here is the ads themselves really aren't the big problem, it's the direction the discussion that follows takes that sometimes skids into a swamp.
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Andrew Woodcock
Film God
Posts: 7477
From: Manchester Uk
Registered: Aug 2012
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posted August 11, 2016 10:04 AM
For me personally Doug, I like to see transparency in all items being sold.
By that I mean, if we are to know the exact "going rate" of items now, be it new or experienced collectors, then a comparison between sales is essential in order to establish what an item is actually worth in today's market.
Of course, any item for sale, is only worth what someone else is prepared to pay for it, but by giving prices at all times, even inexperienced people selling relatives estates etc, would be granted a rough idea of what an item should be valued at.
Taking it one step further, I actually believe any films sold on forums or ebay should have at least one or two screen shots to accompany them.
This of course, will not tell the perspective buyer all he or she needs to know about a particular films condition being offered up for sale, but will at least offer a glimpse of what to expect regarding such attributes as colour fade, blue tinge etc etc and give further comparison for future reference when evaluating what a new print coming to market is worth.
That I suppose is for another time but on this one here, for me, all films and equipment should be advertised here with a fixed price.
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted August 11, 2016 01:06 PM
Personally, as a collector and a seller (at times), I certainly prefer seeing a price on any film that is offered on here. If a person is wanting an unreasonable amount (or, in other words much higher than anyone expects), then sell it elsewhere OR, put it up on ebay or otherwise, and then create a link to thier auction on here.
i understand the other point, a new person not knowing all the rules, but then, becoming a member, one really should know what is required of one when doing anything on a forum.
Having said all of that, i do like you're current policies, Doug.
As you well know, there are some, who post films for sale, that are "repeat offenders" in listing films with no prices, and with the number of people who constantly ask "Where is the price?" on thier listings, it's not like they don't know the policy, they do, and are purposefully ignoring it, thereby dishonoring the very forum, forum owners and members that frequent honorably.
The same rules should apply to all, otherwise, EVERYBODY will take the attitude, "Screw the rules and the forum moderators/owners, if they don't apply to this person, they don't apply to me."
Nuff said.
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