Post Sold Price When Closing

[jthrelf]

Am I the only one who gets bugged by people deleting their entire Classifieds post or deleting the price when closing it and declaring it sold? Why not just be transparent and leave the sold @ price for market analysis? It would be helpful for others to look back on.

So from now on when closing my posts I'll leave the pictures and info up, keep the title, mark it closed, and put a note up top in bold that says the item was sold @ $xxx.

Free market...

[internet troll]

Agreed. It would be great way to get an idea of the market value of things for both selling and buying.

[CallinSIC]

Totally agree. It would be very helpful.

[Walleye Hunter]

That's what GB is for.

[Bang]

Yes, but we are all brothers in arms and we ask low prices and pay higher than asked for, so......

[zachomega]

The problem is, months after something is sold, people still message you as if it was never sold. No matter how clear you are in the message that it is gone. So erasing the content is the only really foolproof way.

-Zach

[knight0334]

The problem is, months after something is sold, people still message you as if it was never sold. No matter how clear you are in the message that it is gone. So erasing the content is the only really foolproof way.

-Zach

I'm a bit slow to moving ads that are marked [CLOSED ], or otherwise noted as "sold", "close", etc. I did a cleanup last nite, which took a couple hours. Only getting around to doing this 2-6 times a year.

We move these noted ads to the archive. I also move any ad that is 1year old that hasn't been bumped at that time too.

[HanzMcFeely]

It's none of your fucking business what I sell something for.

How about them apples?

Agreed. Shouldn’t have to advertise price of something sold after it’s sold. Selling Price is subjective and relative to current market. What you value it at in a current market situation someone else may value it higher or lower. Keeping price up for a sold item, even for “market evaluation” purposes doesn’t give an accurate value as to what it’s actually worth, so becomes a moot point.

And as Noah said, keeping the ad up with information just invites people to bother you later on after it’s sold.

[jthrelf]

Agreed. Shouldn*t have to advertise price of something sold after it*s sold. Selling Price is subjective and relative to current market. What you value it at in a current market situation someone else may value it higher or lower. Keeping price up for a sold item, even for *market evaluation* purposes doesn*t give an accurate value as to what it*s actually worth, so becomes a moot point.

And as Noah said, keeping the ad up with information just invites people to bother you later on after it*s sold.

Of course the market changes, but seeing an item that was sold a week ago can give you a bit of an idea of what buyers are willing to pay if you're looking to sell the same item shortly after. Wasn't implying to rely on those numbers a year later.

And sure some may read too quickly and contact you but how long does it take to maybe at most one or two PMs saying "sorry it's been sold". It's not like you'll continue to bump it to the top.

Hey different strokes, that's why I started the discussion.

[JoshIronshaft]

Im not interested in leaving a record of what I sold, when I sold it, and for how much. My sale my choice!

And yes you can see what I paid for my house. I can’t control that. I can control plenty of other things though.