Price mentioning in a 'For Sale' thread

[uiv]

If asking price mention is made compulsory, then users should be barred from commenting on the demand. If they think that demand is high they should keep it to themselves, what's the use of spoiling others thread?

Fair enough, agree. Use the 'Report Abuse' system.

Tldr....

PM me for the summary

Wouldn't telling a troll to "bugger off" on the thread contribute to spam?

Address them in general, in the original post. Use 'Report Abuse' later.

Next time lets ask a seller the price via pm and then post it on his thread. This will surely discourage the sellers to hide the price/demand.

Right, but without a definitive rule, the seller would just report you to a Mod. for doing it.

i agree that price should be mentioned. but there are some keyboard warriors here, car ki price 10 ho and you ask 2, phir bhe they will type 4 5 paragraphs and tell you that the demand is high

I my experience, no one does that. If you're asking fair price every one would stop by and say BOL or 'reasonable demand'. We need to admit that sellers do ask for insane prices and get very touchy about it.
If you're asking a high price, the least you can do is to have some patience and be cool about it.
If you're selling a 96 Civic for 1.1 million, or a Nokia 3310 for 4000, it's not unearthly to imagine that you'd face some criticism. Be extra cool.

[jadoon1992_vxlimited]

I my experience, no one does that. If you're asking fair price every one would stop by and say BOL or 'reasonable demand'. We need to admit that sellers do ask for insane prices and get very touchy about it.
If you're asking a high price, the least you can do is to have some patience and be cool about it.
If you're selling a 96 Civic for 1.1 million, or a Nokia 3310 for 3000, it's not unearthly to imagine that you'd face some criticism. Be extra cool.

i agree on everything that you said. i have never faced any such issue from members here but i have seen alot of people complaining about it so shared it here

[uiv]

More over adding to this.
If sone one wants to buy it, that's fine but there is no need to corner the seller and make a point by proving him wrong or prooving him bad.
If potential buyer has some doubt he can't clear it or leave the item.
There should nt Br any kind or hard argument

Exactly, no one is a fool these days, potential buyers should be aware enough before bidding. Everyone has internet to confirm prices else where. And if someone is not aware, and let the other make a fool out of him, then whose fault is it?

BTW, adding to your point: I've suggested it before and let me strongly suggest it again, we should have a buyer/seller rating system like Ebay etc. I know that'd be very difficult to establish, but that should make life so easier.

A single bump in 24HR by seller is permitted. But then there are instances where seller go on auto and post "BUMP" post every few minutes/hours ; multiple times a day. It's not allowed. Some members just come and say "best of luck" which actually also a bump. Many threads where seller is following Rules have their threads go down due to this behaviour. As per set rules linked in my post above members are advised to refrain from BOL messages.

I think BOL is the single most annoying thing to lay your eyes upon, in a thread. If you actually have something to say about the item, or to the seller, you can add 'best of luck' in the context. But poping up just to write BOL is plain abuse.

Damn you @uiv
You made me create a new file on desktop, ,select, copy, past, adjust font color and font size.......
How could you do this brutality.....
and you still need a love story for grand children?????
THIS....IS....... IT.. I am reporting abuse right now......
By the way, Nice writeup, and I agree to your point 100%. These days, I am also in search of a car overseas........there are some really eye catching deals.......but the one's without price tag simply meet their ultimate fate..."CLOSE TAB"

That, good Sir, is the point.
Thanks for reading all that, guess you're the only one

[khalid7shafqat]

I agree with you.
But most people here have no real intention to buy the product, but are commenting on its price.
Bhae apko lena hai nd price se masla hai, ap intention show kro , we ll come at some mutually beneficial conclusion.
You have the right to ask for details and availability, but you should respect the sellers estimate of the selling price, regardless of how overly stated it is.

Having said that, a seller is more on the safer side by not mentioning the price, and only disclosing it to the customers who are interested.

[uiv]

I agree with you.
But most people here have no real intention to buy the product, but are commenting on its price.
Bhae apko lena hai nd price se masla hai, ap intention show kro , we ll come at some mutually beneficial conclusion.
You have the right to ask for details and availability, but you should respect the sellers estimate of the selling price, regardless of how overly stated it is.
Having said that, a seller is more on the safer side by not mentioning the price, and only disclosing it to the customers who are interested.

Refer to f.

Every one is a customer mate. You just need to show them how empty and shallow their lives are without this flimsy tow hook, that adjustable license plate holder, or those Ferrari badges.

Put on a show, make a big fuss outta nothing, create fake necessity, then create fake shortage, offer sale prices, then raise prices and blame it on some new taxes (people love when you abuse Govt.) Lure them in and let them sink, and think, and think twice. Ultimately they'll give up and buy what they never needed at first place.
It's human nature, we see a nicely placed item with an attractive price, we start to think where it'd fit. And if we see a lot of people buying something, we'd probably think about getting it as well. We are dumb social sheep, we don't like being left out; to be a black-sheep.

Now advertising and presentation is half the show, quoting price being the rest of it. Don't ask me how, just imagine a super market- the biggest of its kind- with all kind of new and used stuff. Now you'd probably be interested in buying less than 1% of the items in shelves- but imagine the frustration of asking a sales clerk for the prices of every single item, especially when all clerks are men. I don't think such a store would stay in business for quite long.

So moral of the story? More ladies on Pakwheels?

[Xulfiqar]

I think its mostly for people to "feel" important. I wonder how these guys buy their toothpaste, they go to the store and then SMS the owner

"yeh toothpaste kitnay ka hai"

Or how they bought their own car infact.

[uiv]

I think its mostly for people to "feel" important. I wonder how these guys buy their toothpaste, they go to the store and then SMS the owner
"yeh toothpaste kitnay ka hai"
Or how they bought their own car infact.

Shop teller: 150 ka.

Them: Dudezz PM me F&F plz.

Shop teller: It's a personal import from Dubai, very rare stuff. Price is almost final, very slightly negotiable, PM your offer.

Them: 100 iz my lasst ofer, my couzin'z auntz secrt lovr'z naybar sold saym 4 rupz 80 onli.

[saboor73]

Shop teller: 150 ka.

Them: Dudezz PM me F&F plz.

Shop teller: It's a personal import from Dubai, very rare stuff. Price is final very slightly negotiable, PM your offer.

Them: 100 iz my lasst ofer, my couzin'z auntz secrt lovr'z naybar sold saym 4 rupz 80 onli.

shop keeper I am doctor and my brother is in army so the value if this toothpaste will be more then others

[Proverbial_Slang]

Last time I checked this was the WWW. You selling something in the global market place and nervous about stating the price?
Scared of haggling with buyers?

Shouldn't have posted the ad in the first place.

Sent using Curiosity's onboard communications sytem.

[bango]

What do you know about the intrigue of the unknown?

Curiosity is the second strongest basic instinct in us mortals. Our ancestors travelled into the scorching Sahara on camels never to return. They tightened their masts, said goodbye to their siblings and lovers and to everything that ever mattered to them and set sail into the unknowns of Pacific ocean, never to be heard of again. How many lives and resources have been spent to delve into the emptiness of the skies? 'Where no man has gone before'..remember?

The chicanery of the unknown draws us, the artifice of a secret makes it..makes it ever so prepossessing.

So may be, just may be, those sellers are using curiousity as a marketing tool?

Nah, nevermind, who are we kidding?

[Farhansa]

100% agreed with uiv.

[NiGhTShAdE]

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[NiGhTShAdE]

The simple point that i have never been able to get cleared from MODs here is that what is the meaning of word "Forum" in their dictionary. Last time i posted this point it was rudely removed instead of being catered. I am posting it here again coz i think this is very logical point.
There are two parts on this site for Buyers and Sellers. 1) Used car/Parts section. Where you post your item with price and you wait for potential Buyers. 2) Buyers/ Seller Forum which basically i don't know how on the Earth is called a "Forum" with restriction on posting so many type of opinions decribed in rules.
If Seller does not have courage of accepting Good as well as bad comments, he shouldn't post his sellable item in forum rather should use only Used Cars/Items section. Discussion is what the forum is all about and OPs should have courage in acceptin -ve comments about their items and Price should be the primary discussion as buying and selling is all about money....
Instead discouraging the people commenting in the forum from commenting, MODs should discourage courageless people from posting their Ads in the forums.