Suggestions For " FOR SALE" Posters

Well said John.

good post,john...might i suggest if the buyer is paying shipping on something your selling, it would be great if the seller would include a location ,so we have a rough idea for shipping costs....i've had to back out of 2 deals recently[ dont like doing that ] because shipping was more than the train item cost.....put a location ....zipcode/ state works good in your ad......this should be required in profiles to begin with...along with contact info...

I agree with points 1 and 2. Point 3 is really not necessary. If you are looking at the "For Sale or Trade" forum I think it is a given that everything there is for sale or trade. Very few people actually want to trade anything so unless you are specifically wanting to trade only, I wouldn't bother posting that the item is for sale. Same goes for "Wanted to Buy" forum. If you are posting there you want to buy something. As far as point one is concerned, the old forum rules said to edit the title so the mods would know to delete the post. Most people probably don't know that if no one has replied to your post, you can delete it. Once a post has a reply the mods have to delete it. Since replies are no longer allowed in the For Sale forum the OP can delete it his or herself.

Mike D posted:

I agree with points 1 and 2. Point 3 is really not necessary. If you are looking at the "For Sale or Trade" forum I think it is a given that everything there is for sale or trade. Very few people actually want to trade anything so unless you are specifically wanting to trade only, I wouldn't bother posting that the item is for sale. Same goes for "Wanted to Buy" forum. If you are posting there you want to buy something.

Yes, but point 3 is very useful for those of us that browse the forum by scrolling past the "Recent Posts" list to the right of the screen(on a PC Web browser).  I pretty much almost never go into all the various sub-forums anymore since we have so many of them.

As simple "F/S", "WTB" or "F/S or Trade" is a great benefit.

-Dave

Or, you could do absolutely nothing, and leave well enough alone.

Leaving old posts of items that have sold is useful in gauging what an item is worth or will sell for.

This part of the Forum is one of the best parts.  Not sure why people are constantly trying to change it or implement new rules.

Dave, I guess it depends on how one goes about browsing. I almost never look at the sidebar on the right of the screen. It is just a sampling of what has been posted to each forum. I don't find it to be of much value, because there is so much more information posted everyday.

Jim Berger posted:

good post,john...might i suggest if the buyer is paying shipping on something your selling, it would be great if the seller would include a location ,so we have a rough idea for shipping costs....i've had to back out of 2 deals recently[ dont like doing that ] because shipping was more than the train item cost.....put a location ....zipcode/ state works good in your ad......this should be required in profiles to begin with...along with contact info...

Don't do this unless you want folks other than our membership to know where you live, etc.  You can share this with the membership within your profile without outside folks seeing it...  By the way, all profiles are being reviewed and those without verifiable information in them...in other words, correct addresses and names that are associated with those addresses,  will be put on temporary ban until the profile is updated with info that at least the admins can verify.  It is up to the member if they want to share that information with the membership however....  You will be notified if your profile has been reviewed and tagged for an update....

I agree with Mr Berger on the location info.

When I see something that I’m really interested in and if it within 100 maybe miles of me,I would prefer to pick it up and give the seller cash. This way I don’t have to sweat the carrier damaging it. 

Also if you don’t want me at your house...fine I’ll meet you somewhere of your choosing.

rattler21 posted:

This morning a For Sale ad was posted with a ladies phone number in the ad.  She did not originate the ad and may not be aware of it.  John in Lansing, ILL

Without the URL of this post, how are we suppose to find it?

I agree with John's original comment and try to do all 3 suggestions.

rattler21 posted:

Its in the For Sale Forum, posted this morning:

 

the Chicago O Scale Show  by  2RAILNUT.

 

John in Lansing, ILL

Gone!!  It had no price in it and was originally in another forum....

Dave45681 posted:

Mike D posted:

I agree with points 1 and 2. Point 3 is really not necessary. If you are looking at the "For Sale or Trade" forum I think it is a given that everything there is for sale or trade. Very few people actually want to trade anything so unless you are specifically wanting to trade only, I wouldn't bother posting that the item is for sale. Same goes for "Wanted to Buy" forum. If you are posting there you want to buy something.

Yes, but point 3 is very useful for those of us that browse the forum by scrolling past the "Recent Posts" list to the right of the screen(on a PC Web browser).  I pretty much almost never go into all the various sub-forums anymore since we have so many of them.

As simple "F/S", "WTB" or "F/S or Trade" is a great benefit.

-Dave

I operate the same. I like the side bar of recent posts

I would also add as a suggestion that has been said many times before.

Make sure your email address is in your profile!

Great addition, Marty! I added it to my post.

I would also suggest if you re-up your F/S thread after 7 days...delete the original.  It slows things down and takes up space.  No need to see 2 ads of the same basic post if you do a search for a specific item #.

Also, as was suggested..if you lower prices or change something update the title.  A prospective buyer might not look at your add again if they think you re-upped without lowering the price.  I think this one would help sell lots more trains!

Marty and Andy, I agree with both of those suggestions!

OK Andy. Yours just became #5.

I would like to state that I use the buy/sell forum as a respository for seeing about how much stuff is worth.  I find it handy to be able to look at older posts where stuff as sold and see how much it sold for.   Gets me a good idea on the worth of items. 

Maybe move the sold posts to a new subforum called Sold?  That way we can research the value of items that actually were sold. 

bobotech posted:

I would like to state that I use the buy/sell forum as a respository for seeing about how much stuff is worth.  I find it handy to be able to look at older posts where stuff as sold and see how much it sold for.   Gets me a good idea on the worth of items. 

Amen to the above!

 

 

roll_the_dice posted:

I would also suggest if you re-up your F/S thread after 7 days...delete the original.  It slows things down and takes up space.  No need to see 2 ads of the same basic post if you do a search for a specific item #.

Also, as was suggested..if you lower prices or change something update the title.  A prospective buyer might not look at your add again if they think you re-upped without lowering the price.  I think this one would help sell lots more trains!

 

Sellers are supposed to delete their original F/S post when they "re-up" it.  If we get an alert that there are two for sale posts that are the same, then both may be deleted...

bobotech posted:

I would like to state that I use the buy/sell forum as a respository for seeing about how much stuff is worth.  I find it handy to be able to look at older posts where stuff as sold and see how much it sold for.   Gets me a good idea on the worth of items. 

Maybe move the sold posts to a new subforum called Sold?  That way we can research the value of items that actually were sold. 

 

 

Sorry...not going to happen.  If you all realized how much time OGR invests in the F/S and sold posts, you would understand by adding the time it would take to filter through all of the for sale posts (some are not clear as to whether they have been sold) would be a full time job.  When an item is sold, we ask that the seller delete the post....  If we see or get an alert that an item is sold, then it gets deleted.  Helps with the bandwidth for which we pay.  If we add more, then someone is going to have to pay for it....perhaps we need to charge a fee to sell items on the forum....   Yeah, I already know what kind of reaction that will get so please don't comment...I am just trying to get across the point that our F/S forum is a great place to sell and is free...we don't need to complicate it further as that adds costs that could eventually be past on to the membership.