B/S/T Suggestion

[HRBAKER]

Once you reach agreement with a buyer ask his/her preference. If he/she doesn't care if you leave it up, leave it up.

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

Once you reach agreement with a buyer ask his/her preference. If he/she doesn't care if you leave it up, leave it up.

Just be sure to ask in strict confidence.

[collectbaseball]

Of course I agree it's completely the seller's prerogative to leave a price up, and wouldn't expect someone to go back and edit in a negotiated price. It's easy to know the value of common things like T205s and T206s, but when it comes to a rarer issue it's sometimes hard to get any bearing on what to buy or sell one for. Even if there's an example or two on eBay it's probably going to be with a ridiculous buy it now, and it's impossible to know if the seller marked it up 20% or 2000%.

For example, a couple of Steven's Firearms and a Baguer's Chocolate are on the B/S/T right now... if I happen across something from one of those sets a year from now I'm not going to have any idea if a reasonable price is $30 or $300 or $3000.

I don't at all mind removing prices for privacy's sake, but thought people might be editing them out in order to avoid confusion -- I would think a "SOLD" does the trick even if a price is still present -- and just wanted to point out that leaving them in would be helpful!

[Anthony S.]

I've always left my prices up, with the assumption that if any buyer ever asked me to remove the price after purchasing a card, I'd honor his/joann's request. But in my 3 years on the BST nobody has ever asked.

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

Just be sure to ask in strict confidence.

Rob,
That goes without saying. Absolutely.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

Rob,
That goes without saying. Absolutely.

LOL!

Jeff, as you may be aware, Rob has often been accused of saying lots of stuff that should "go without saying."

[bcbgcbrcb]

E-bay (for a limited time frame) and major auction house sale prices are always available for public view so why not B/S/T prices? I believe that the majority of sellers on the B/S/T ask for private e-mail responses so no one would know who purchased the item anyway.

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

E-bay (for a limited time frame) and major auction house sale prices are always available for public view so why not B/S/T prices? I believe that the majority of sellers on the B/S/T ask for private e-mail responses so no one would know who purchased the item anyway.

Phil,
All that being true, it's a fairly small community and if the buyer wanted the amount to not be known I could understand bc if it was relisted on ebay or the BST it would not take a lot of sleuthing. I say let the buyer decide.



Jeff


........and Jim VB, good point.

[doug.goodman]

I ask for emails so that I don't clutter up the BST with misc. communications about my items.

Doug