Buy/Sell/Trade check? How's it going over there?

[FrankWakefield]

I dislike the messaging. I prefer emails. The messaging system here frustrates me because of the pop up aspect of it. Also, when I try to go to Net54 I want to look at a thread or the board in general, and I don't want to get sidetracked by a message that jumps up first. eBay has a similar deal at their start, if I go there I end up with some ad or notice of theirs, and there's usually a 'continue to my eBay' box in the corner. Sometimes, instead of clicking it, I go to bookmarks and go somewhere else, sometimes here. If I wanted to go to My eBay, I wanted to go to My eBay; I didn't want to go to some ad they had going... I think some folks like the Net54 messaging, which is fine. I don't, and prefer to not use it.

I do wish folks would leave the prices up. The price was up before the buyer bought, so it is little protection to the buyer. When left up, the prices are a good resource for many of us. So leave them up, please, to help the many, instead of the one. Thanks.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

I dislike the messaging. I prefer emails. The messaging system here frustrates me because of the pop up aspect of it. Also, when I try to go to Net54 I want to look at a thread or the board in general, and I don't want to get sidetracked by a message that jumps up first. eBay has a similar deal at their start, if I go there I end up with some ad or notice of theirs, and there's usually a 'continue to my eBay' box in the corner. Sometimes, instead of clicking it, I go to bookmarks and go somewhere else, sometimes here. If I wanted to go to My eBay, I wanted to go to My eBay; I didn't want to go to some ad they had going... I think some folks like the Net54 messaging, which is fine. I don't, and prefer to not use it.

Frank, it's been explained to you before, but for the benefit of others, the pop-up notification can be disabled in your User Control Panel (top left link).

[marcdelpercio]

As a frequent buyer, seller, AND trader, I will say that I have had nothing but positive experiences. I have added to my collection immensely due to the deals I've been able to make on the B/S/T and it's a wonderful forum for sellers as well. Whether it's a multi-thousand dollar deal or trading $10 beaters, 99% (not a verified statistic ) of the correspondence I have had has been pleasant and polite, even when I don't end up making a deal. So definitely a thumbs-up from me.

[caramelcard]

Great resource!

Thanks to Leon, the former owners, the moderators, and the community for making it a good experience.

Robert

[buymycards]

I have completed dozens of BST transactions, as a buyer, seller, and trader, and all have gone well. Plus, the lower end stuff that I sell would cost me an average of 36% for ebay and PayPal fees, so it works well for me.

Rick

[srs1a]

I am a great fan of the T card BST board. I have never had a bad experience buying or selling.

[FrankWakefield]

Thank you, Matt. And I agree, it has been explained to me before. (Amazing how I can type that without having to do that "quoting" crap...)

I still don't like the pop ups and stuff. Emails are a much more tolerable means of communication, for me. Again, I'm not whining to get rid of the messaging and pop up stuff. I was just answering Leon. S,H,D, if he's wanting an answer I should be able to answer.

I think the B/S/T section is a great aspect of what we have going here... Thank you guys for having it.

[Anthony S.]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

Thank you, Matt. And I agree, it has been explained to me before. (Amazing how I can type that without having to do that "quoting" crap...)

Which post are you referring to? Who's Matt? I'm confused.

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

Thank you, Matt. And I agree, it has been explained to me before. (Amazing how I can type that without having to do that "quoting" crap...)

I still don't like the pop ups and stuff. Emails are a much more tolerable means of communication, for me. Again, I'm not whining to get rid of the messaging and pop up stuff. I was just answering Leon. S,H,D, if he's wanting an answer I should be able to answer.

I think the B/S/T section is a great aspect of what we have going here... Thank you guys for having it.

Frank,

A few months ago I e-mailed you step-by-step directions how to disable the PM/pop-up feature, and you replied the problem had been taken care of to your satisfaction. If those PMs/pop-ups have somehow activated themselves and are bothering you, would you like to have those directions provided again? Just let me know, and I'll be more than happy to do so.

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

The messaging system here frustrates me because of the pop up aspect of it. Also, when I try to go to Net54 I want to look at a thread or the board in general, and I don't want to get sidetracked by a message that jumps up first.

Frank,

I read your comment above, which says the messaging systems "frustrates" you (present tense), to mean that it is frustrating you. I didn't realize that, despite you having disabled the pop-ups, they are still frustrating you. Can't help you with that.

Good luck.

[toppcat]

Leon-I have a significant complaint-there is no quarter posted next to your Peck & Snyder........

In all seriousness, I buy and sell at least 50% of my cards on the BST here. I have had exactly zero problems in four years or so and that's probably over 150 transactions.

[tbob]

No problems other than I am always missing cards I am interested in selling very quickly, before I see them

[HRBAKER]

With multiple transactions as both a buyer and seller, nary a complaint.

[B O'Brien]

I have had a three years worth of smooth deals on the BST as both a buyer, trader and a seller. The deals have ranged between $10 and $4000 and all good. It hasn't mattered if it was a beater hoarder, family member of a player, rarity collector, board runner, or folks that are just out to ruin humanity and everyone in betwixt.

One thing I would mention to sellers and buyers of lots that include cards of some value, would be to set a price for each of the cards in the deal that add up to your total. This way, if a return is needed you have agreed up front on the value of the cards. As Blair mentioned above, we had a one card return in one of our package deals, but we had a (ballpark) set price for each of the cards in the lot, so the was no question about how much we should return for the one card in the lot. I could see how that could be an issue with a package deal and there is a card in question of considerable value.

There have been a couple "your price is off" comments, but that is the way it goes when buying or selling things you don't see very often, so no skin off my back on those either, just a matter of demand and supply and who needs something when!

I have made a couple bucks, broke even, helped folks out, and been crushed, but all in the good fun of cardboard!

Laying low for now,
Bob

[marcdelpercio]

Sorry to drag this thread back to the top but it seemed an appropriate place for this discussion. As a frequent B/S/T user, it is always a bit frustrating to start a new thread and see it quickly bumped to the bottom of the page in a matter of a few hours.

I think most would agree that it would be courteous to all B/S/T users that if you have...say, 9 different small lots of similarly valued T206's...these could be combined into one or two threads rather than taking up half of the first page with a separate thread for each and then repeatedly bumping EACH thread to update every time a card is sold. Posts can easily be edited to update such information without bumping the thread to the top, thus allowing a fair amount of exposure to others' threads.

To quote the FAQ:

"Items should be consolidated in the BST area, into one thread, when appropriate. In other words don’t list more than a few similar items in single threads, in the same BST area, at once. IF you do this, they will most likely be deleted and asked to be posted again in a consolidated fashion. You should not bump a BST thread to the top very often (every 3-4 days at most) as it is discourteous to other posters."

[Jaybird]

Originally Posted by marcdelpercio

Sorry to drag this thread back to the top but it seemed an appropriate place for this discussion. As a frequent B/S/T user, it is always a bit frustrating to start a new thread and see it quickly bumped to the bottom of the page in a matter of a few hours.

I think most would agree that it would be courteous to all B/S/T users that if you have...say, 9 different small lots of similarly valued T206's...these could be combined into one or two threads rather than taking up half of the first page with a separate thread for each and then repeatedly bumping EACH thread to update every time a card is sold. Posts can easily be edited to update such information without bumping the thread to the top, thus allowing a fair amount of exposure to others' threads.

To quote the FAQ:

"Items should be consolidated in the BST area, into one thread, when appropriate. In other words don’t list more than a few similar items in single threads, in the same BST area, at once. IF you do this, they will most likely be deleted and asked to be posted again in a consolidated fashion. You should not bump a BST thread to the top very often (every 3-4 days at most) as it is discourteous to other posters."

+1 I think we can call a spade a spade. Klrbee posted 7 or 8 threads all selling T206s and then bumped each time one of the cards was sold. I posted as well somewhere during in that deluge. I felt the need to bump my thread at some point the next day when some cards were sold just to get it somewhere off of the second page. At any rate, I would rather not have bumped my thread at all and probably shouldn't have. But, the above practice encourages other bad behaviors. Especially from me

It's good to be reminded of the rules now and again.

[Piratedogcardshows]

it seems i have found i nice alternative to ebay and other sites.I havent had a hitch in any purchase so far.Honest collectors here.Thanks