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There's a fair number of sales in which the price isn't put in the advert, but the item most definitely is for sale.
Usually the price goes along the line of:
A: "How much is this?"
B: "I didn't know how to price it, make me a fair offer"
A: "£x"
B: "I guess that's fair... done deal"
And that's fine, as the haggle isn't prohibited and is frequently in the thread and public.
Those sales happen, there is a zero incident rate related to that type of haggle-based transaction.
The only time an issue arises... is when someone really doesn't mean to sell for less than an exorbitant price and is basically fishing for interest at some hopeful price point.
I don't see why those who sell with a little haggle to reach a fair and agreeable price should be prevented from doing so just because an entirely unrelated party gets greedy once in a while and wants to run a closed auction.
I still believe it's more of a benefit LFGSS to permit the haggle than to drive that section of sales (those unsure on price, but willing to accept and sell on a fair offer amongst friends) off to eBay.
The only thing I'm blocking and preventing is auctions. Oh, and raffles.