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That is basically what 'moved to ebay' tells me - no longer available on this forum.
Yes but if I PM Amey and say 'hey can I buy your bike'
...if he says yes he is breaking both the exclusivity rule and eBays T&Cs
...if he says no it's sold it means his ad. has violated the principle that was behind exclusivity, in that if something is advertised here and it is not marked as SOLD, then it is still available (unless the ad. is like two years old or something).
...if he says no go buy it on eBay is he is a bit odd.
tl;dr end a classified with 'Moved to eBay' you are contributing to ducking up the classifieds , just end it by deleting the ad. and locking the thread.
If the sale is over, there is no reason to keep the thread alive, it will only clog up the Classifieds.
I think in an iteration of the classified rules it was required to keep the thread open in case the item was not as described and the buyer wanted to leave feedback.
I'm not really so bothered because I'm not buying bike shiz at the moment, but it has felt the classifieds have been on the slide over the last couple of years, and I think these 'on here and eBay' by stealth ads. are part of it.
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...if he says yes he is breaking both the exclusivity rule and eBays T&Cs
Sure but he can do that regardless of whether he tells the world it's on ebay or not. Also, if someone closes a sale thread without it having been sold, isn't it on ebay in 90% of the cases anyway?
and I think these 'on here and eBay' by stealth ads. are part of it.
I think the cases that are actually bad is when it's on both at the same time, but they don't tell you about it, nicely breaking the rules on both sites. Personally I don't think it's unfair to inform people 'hey this is on ebay now' after a prolonged period of no one buying it on the forum. I'd see it differently if the forum was just used as an 'announcement' platform to drum up interest for the ebay sale.
SwissChap
I haven't been on the forum for long, but I've been on quite a few other forums, so I'll post my opinion anyway - I'm not sure I agree with you on this tbh.
Well, you should be allowed to stop an offer / sale. That is basically what 'moved to ebay' tells me - no longer available on this forum. Is it a problem that I know it is now on ebay? I'd say it should just come with an automatic thread lock.
Yes - but if anything, the thread should just be closed / locked immediately. If the sale is over, there is no reason to keep the thread alive, it will only clog up the Classifieds.