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Sticking an ad up on a public forum is like putting something on the table at a car boot sale.
You can't install and guarantee a sense of grassroots morality on a public internet marketplace in 2024.This is bollocks. Any platform of users can and do police themselves, either through direct authority that controls that space or through the actions / reciprocality of the collective.
Seems the general mood is that anyone who picks stuff up at forum rates and then goes on to punt for profit elsewhere is out of step with the broader consensus of what we're actually all doing here.
Personally I don't understand anyone who would rather hear out profteering shits but are ready to try and explain away gripes from long time members who have sold stuff in good faith.
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Seems the genral mood is that anyone who picks stuff up at forum rates and then goes on to punt for profit elsewhere is out of step with the broader consensus of what we're actually all doing here.
I think thats a separate issue to what I was discussing. Thats a little shitty.
But how do we lose out if a same thing is advertised 'on here' and on ebay/fb etc? That I dont understand.
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There appears to be absolutely nothing stopping anyone from signing up and buying from the classifieds section on this forum.
If sellers are hellbent on their items going to active forum members for their sole use only they should state their terms in their initial post.
It's all good and well kicking off a hissyfit afterwards when something appears on eBay a week later but it's not exactly going to stop the supposed "problem".
I was delighted to sell my Bullit bike to a really nice chap through this forum, seemingly a good home it went to, which sure feels good, but not for a single moment would I give a single damn if he chose to flog it on for a profit next week. I asked for my price, item gone, me grateful, everyone wins. Especially when there's such an influx of incredible piss poor time wasters applying the "dibs" system - hell, if someone's going to come on a professional basis that day, be my guest.
Seems like a weird controlling authoritarian crabby attitude to insist somebody uses your unwanted belongings in a specific way after you've sold it. Move on. It's not yours anymore. Spend the money on something delightful like a trip to Belgium or a new crankset.
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Perhaps sellers obsessed at "finding a good home" for their unwanted objects should write in bold in their listings TO A GOOD HOME ONLY, NO RESELLERS
You can't dictate what a buyer does with an item once a transaction and a handshake has been done.
I'd personally be overjoyed to know someone might make a profit on something I'd sold for my initial asking price. Pretty monstrous outlook on life to think otherwise. You've both done each other a favour.
Nourish the earth, let matey have his fun, the bike will find itself a "good home" eventually. User456446345🤣45 might need that extra £400, times are tough!
Sticking an ad up on a public forum is like putting something on the table at a car boot sale. First buyer to the table wins the prize. You can't assume "good faith" from whoever that might be, after all they got up at 5am on a Sunday morning for the privilege - or in this case was pressing F5 on their computer keyboard repetitively in pursuit of the next quick flip.
Make the Classifieds section private and vet users if Average Joe getting a bargain is a problem?
You can't install and guarantee a sense of grassroots morality on a public internet marketplace in 2024.