Selling Prices

[L78M22Rag]

Why do some sellers delete their asking prices after selling their items in the classified section?

I realize that the selling price is only between the seller and buyer, but when searching for a similar item it may be helpful knowing what the asking prices were.

[SS427]

I have wondered the same thing and for the same reason. Lets some of us know who are researching old sales to try and get a market value idea for similar parts we are selling.

[big gear head]

Yes, I've been doing the same thing. I have no idea what some of my stuff is worth and I look through the classified adds to help me price stuff.

[rlw68]

The original post is stored in the vBulletin database, if sYc site has the option enabled. Technically it would be simple to extract these into a single document for reference.

For a low tech option subscribe to the Parts for sale forum, with the daily email. Then set up an inbox rule in your eMail app to route them to a 'parts' folder (or just move them manually every so often). Now you can keyword search these emails to look stuff up.

[lbnaz]

I've had a few buyers ask me to delete the price once it sells. I also do not post a reply with sold as most do I just revise the ad and change selling to sold. That way it doesn't bump it back to the top.

[L78M22Rag]

The other day an item was listed for sale, quickly sold and the asking price was deleted. I’ve been looking for a similar item, and it would have been helpful to know how much I could expect to pay next time I find one.

I can see why someone flipping an item at a higher price might want the original asking price deleted, but it’s still the seller’s Ad not the buyer’s. If running an ad in the first place requires a price, I don’t know why it’s ok to delete that price once the item sells.

[PeteLeathersac]

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I'd prefer the # to remain too but seller's discretion best for some circumstances.
What I find confusing are ads w/ price reductions but previous pricing edited to the same new # so unless checking previously, you don't know what the original # was etc?:hmmm:
:beers:
~ Pete

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[firstgenaddict]

I've had a few buyers ask me to delete the price once it sells. I also do not post a reply with sold as most do I just revise the ad and change selling to sold. That way it doesn't bump it back to the top.

Same here, I figured I had priced below market which was why they asked I remove the price.

[lbnaz]

Like an old man once told me years ago you make your money when you buy not when you sell. Larry